Urbani…Papae VIII. Constitutio super praestatione alimentorum Hebraeis pauperibus ad instantiam Christianorum creditorum carceratis [concerning supplying of food by Christian creditors to Jews incarcerated in debtor's prison]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,100

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author

(ITALY)

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Typographia Reu. Cam. Apost.

Place

Rome

Publication

1637

Description

FIRST EDITION. On title, papal seal. Floriated initial.

summary

Breaking with his predecessors who forbade Christian creditors from supplying food to incarcerated Jewish debtors, Pope Urban VIII allowed this humanitarian gesture.

pp. (4). Foxed. Unbound. 4to

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