Auction 24 · Lot 92
Brevet qui permet au M. Nathan Elias Dreifuss, Juif, d’Alsace, de se marier
- Estimate
- $3,000–$5,000
- Hammer price
- $4,750
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(FRENCH JUDAICA)
Publication
1784
Description
Printed Document on vellum with manuscript additions. Signed “Louis.”
summary
Royal Permit permitting Nathan Elias Dreifuss of Sierentz (Alsace) to marry in 1784.
Louis XI’s Letters of Patent of July 10th 1784 contained 25 articles “aimed at reducing the numbers of Jews in Alsace in the name of justice and humanity” (JQR, Vol.44 (1954). Among the Articles was one regulating Jewish marriages and decreeing that all prospective weddings were to be approved by a Royal License.
Szajkowski (no.128a) records but a single example of this license he saw listed in a bookseller’s catalogue. The present example is printed on vellum
Folds. 4to
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