Cologna, Abraham Vita de. Discours Pronoce la Grande Synagogue de Paris a l’Occasion de l’Ouverture du Grand Sanhédrin. [Sermon delivered at the Paris Grand Synagogue on the occasion of the inception of the Grand Sanhedrin]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $550

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author

(FRENCH JUDAICA).

printer

Imprimerie de Levrault

Place

Paris

Publication

1807

Description

First Edition. Italian and French on facing pages

summary

Convened by Napoleon in 1806, the Paris Sanhedrin formulated rulings concerning civil issues that faced the Jews who had become enfranchised citizens of a centralised modern democratic state. See S. Schwarzfuchs, Napoleon, the Jews and the Sanhedrin ( 1979) pp.88-114. Abraham De Cologna, the Italian rabbi of Mantua was one of the founding delegates to the Assembly of Jewish Notables. In 1807, he was appointed vice-president of the Sanhedrin

pp.28. Lightly browned and stained in places. Modern boards. 8vo

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