(PARDO, DAVID SAMUEL). Passaporta all’Interno [printed passport/personal identification document]. Single printed sheet, with manuscript additions. Text in Italian and German

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $400

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author

(ITALY)

Place

Verona

Publication

1856

Description

The passport includes pertinant personal information such as description of facial features, eye and hair color, date and place of birth, profession and religion: “Israelitica.”

summary

David Samuel Pardo, born in Ragusa (Dubrovnik) in 1781, served as the rabbi of Verona. The Pardos were a distinguished Italian rabbinic family which hailed originally from Prado in Castile. See JE, Vol. XII, p. 421; Vol. IX, p. 525

Lightly browned in places, integral folds. Folio. Framed

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