Nº. 11. Ascamâ das Impostas

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $2,400

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

printer

15th Heshvan

Place

London

Publication

1770

Description

Single-page Spanish broadside, with manuscript addition

summary

By order of the Queen of England, an impost of two shillings per pound on all transactions (i.e. 10%), is to be paid to the Spanish-Portuguese community. According to the final paragraph of the proclamation, Ascamah Nº. 11 was to be read in the synagogue on two consecutive Sabbaths, also every Rosh Hashanah - “E Paz Sobre Israel” (And peace be upon Israel)

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