(FRENCH JUDAICA)

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

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François Antoine

Place

Metz

Publication

(1747)

Description

Extrait des Registres de Parlement...[“Summary of Records of the Supreme Court of Metz, Friday, April 21st, 1747, in the action between Cerf Moyse, a Jew living at Mittelbronne, Appellant..... and Jean-Claude Moutier, the Prévôt of Phalsbourg, Respondant.”]

references

Szajkowski, Franco-Judaica no. 196

summary

Moïse Cerf successfully appealed against a charge of usury. “The Jewish community of Metz was constantly involved in legal action against the various trade and merchant guilds of the city which sought to limit the rights of Jews [to conduct business].” See Z. Szajkowski, Economic Status, p. 42

pp. 4. Light stains in places, taped repairs to clean marginal tear of both leaves, early inscription in French on title. Recent boards. 4to

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