Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Collection of Printed Booklets – The Jews of Italy, 17th Century to 19th Century
Opening: $200
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Seven booklets issued by Jewish communities in Italy. Rome, Mantua and Venice, 1699-1826. Italian, one booklet in Latin.
Including: ● "Descrizione delle decorazioni onde fù ornato il recinto degli ebrei di Mantova all'occasione delle illuminazioni in esso fatte dalla nazione ebrea nelle sere 4. 5. 6. ottobre 1799", a booklet issued by the Jewish community of Mantua, with a detailed description of the decorations and sculptures placed in the city in honor of the entrance of the Austrian army and the city's return to the rule of Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor (Mantua, ca. 1799).
● "All' Illustrissima Congregazione Particolare Deputata Dalla Santita Di Nostro Signore S. Pio PP. VI. Per L'Universita Degli Ebrei Di Roma, Memoriale / Sommario", a petition by the Jewish community of Rome and Ancona to Pope Pius VI subsequent to the government's discrimination against the Jews. Two booklets (one incomplete).
● "Libretto da consegnare a' SS. tansadori per la nuova tansa, 5540", a booklet with a list of names – presumably, taxpayers of the Jewish community (Venice, 1780?).
● And more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.
Including: ● "Descrizione delle decorazioni onde fù ornato il recinto degli ebrei di Mantova all'occasione delle illuminazioni in esso fatte dalla nazione ebrea nelle sere 4. 5. 6. ottobre 1799", a booklet issued by the Jewish community of Mantua, with a detailed description of the decorations and sculptures placed in the city in honor of the entrance of the Austrian army and the city's return to the rule of Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor (Mantua, ca. 1799).
● "All' Illustrissima Congregazione Particolare Deputata Dalla Santita Di Nostro Signore S. Pio PP. VI. Per L'Universita Degli Ebrei Di Roma, Memoriale / Sommario", a petition by the Jewish community of Rome and Ancona to Pope Pius VI subsequent to the government's discrimination against the Jews. Two booklets (one incomplete).
● "Libretto da consegnare a' SS. tansadori per la nuova tansa, 5540", a booklet with a list of names – presumably, taxpayers of the Jewish community (Venice, 1780?).
● And more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.
Jewish Communities
Jewish Communities