Beschreibung des Auszugs der sämtlichen Prager-Judenschafft aus Prag den 21. Febr. und 3. Martii 1745… [”Description of the Exodus of the Entire Jewish Community of Prague from the City of Prague from February 21 through March 3, 1745…”]

(PRAGUE).

Friedrich Wilhelm Seger

Nurnberg

c. 1745

Large, fold-out engraving opposite title-page depicting the expulsion of the Jews from Prague.

“The one extant contemporary publication devoted to the Jewish expulsion from Prague in a language other than Hebrew or Yiddish.” See Francois Guesnet. Textures of Intercession: Rescue Efforts for the Jews of Prague, 1744/1748, in: Simon Dubnow Institute Yearbook Vol. IV (2005). On December 18th, 1744, Maria Theresa (1717-80) decreed the expulsion of all Jews from Bohemia and Moravia. This led to considerable bitterness and distress by the Jews of Prague, but after much diplomatic pressure by European Jews as well as the intercession of foreign governments, the edict of expulsion was revoked by Maria Theresa four years later despite her almost visceral aversion to Jews. According to OCLC, only two copies extant, neither in North America nor Israel.