(Napoleonica). Tekanoth asher Yesodu Anshei Shem Sanhedrin - Décisions Doctrinales du Grand Sanhedrin qui s’est tenu a Paris au mois d’Adar permier, l’an de la Création 5567 (Février 1807), sous les Auspices de Napoléon-Le-Grand

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: $4,000

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author

(FRENCH JUDAICA)

printer

for the Consistoire Central des Israelites

Place

Paris

Publication

1812

Description

FIRST EDITION. Text in French and Hebrew on facing pages

references

Vinograd, Paris 108

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

pp. 72. Lightly foxed in places. Recent half-calf over marbled boards. 4to

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