Ordonnances d'Alsace (Ordinances of Alsace) Vol. I 1657-1725; Vol. II 1726-1770

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(FRENCH JUDAICA)

printer

Jean-Henri Decker

Place

Colmar

Publication

1775

Description

Vignette on title. Very ornate headpieces and tailpieces

summary

Contains more than forty decisions concerning Jews: forbidding them from having Christian domestic servants, building new synagogues, opening new cemeteries, etc. A treasure trove of information concerning the conditions of Alsatian Jewish life in the waning era of the monarchy

Two vols. I: pp. (46), 66, 631. II: pp. (34), 876, (52). Owner's signature on title. Contemporary calf, gilt. Foilo

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