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Auction 21 · Lot 81
(FRENCH JUDAICA)
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,000
- Hammer price
- $2,750
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
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Publication
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Description
I. Décret Impérial Concernant les Juifs qui n’ont pas de nom de famille et de prénoms fixes. [Imperial Decree concerning the Jews without Family names and fixed first names]. Woodcut headpiece on recto of first leaf. Single leaf. Lightly worn at margins. 4to. [Z. Szajkowski, Judaica-Napoleonica: A Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets and Printed Documents, no. 142, in; Studies in Books and Booklore, June, 1956]. Paris, Rondonneau, July 20th, 1809.
II. Mémorial Administratif du Département de la Haute-Garonne. No. 251…Le Préfet du département de la Haute-Garonne, Baron de l’Empire, Chevalier de l’Ordre impérial de la Réunion [By this declaration, it was made illegal to refuse to admit Biblical names for Jewish children. The legalization of non-Saint names for Jews was hereby established]. pp. 221-4. Light dampstains. Wrappers. 8vo. Toulouse, October 12th, 1813.
summary
“Those subjects of our Empire who follow the Hebrew cult and who, up to now, have not had family names and fixed first names, must adopt them during the three months following this decree and declare them in front of a civil officer of the Community where they live.”
A landmark decree, responsible for most of the Family-names now employed by Jews from Central and Eastern Europe.