Auction 55 · Lot 109
Recueil sur la Question de Savoir. Si un Juif marié dans sa Religion, peut se remarier après son Baptême lorsque sa femme juive refuse de le suivre & d’habiter avec lui.
- Estimate
- $800–$1,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(FRENCH-JUDAICA).
Place
Amsterdam, (Paris?)
Publication
1759
Description
FIRST EDITION.
references
Szajkowski, Franco-Judaica no. 516.
summary
A collection of judicial opinions centering upon the case of one Baruch Levi (later Joseph-Jean-François Elie), a converted Jew of Hagenau (Alsace), who sought to marry a Christian woman without having obtained a divorce from his Jewish wife, who in turn, refused to convert to Christianity. The French Parliament subsequently upheld the decision against Levi by the ecclesiastical court of Soissons.
pp. 275, 441. Ex-library, few light stains, previous owners marks. Contemporary boards, defective. 8vo.
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