Reich, Zadik. Kol Todah [Thanksgiving sermon in honor of the deliverance of Emperor Franz Josef I from assassination]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $400

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author

(AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE)

printer

Fr. Galinski

Place

Lemberg

Publication

1853

Description

FIRST EDITION

references

Unrecorded by Vinograd

summary

The first ten years of Emperor Franz Josef’s reign, the era of so-called neo-absolutism, was of harsh rule and the formation of an intolerant police apparatus. Inevitably, a latent mood of rebellion arose, that only grew more threatening when the Government withdrew the promise of a constitution in 1851. That retraction had repercussions that lasted long into Franz Josef’s rule and resulted in an attempt on the Emperor’s life in 1853

pp.7 (i.e. 8). Light stains. 8vo

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