An die romisch-kayserliche auch in Germanien und zu Jerusalem konigliche Majestat. Frankfurt am Main, 1772.
Binder including all regulations and laws concerning Jews in Frankfurt, published between the years 1240-1772.
Extensive historical-legal material, regarding all aspects of Jewish life in Frankfurt, their rights, limitations, clothing, tax regulations, and more.
The history of the Jewish community in Frankfurt depicts the often deportations, conditions of rehabilitation, pogroms against the Jews (Fettmilich Aufstand), construction of the ghetto and more.
Requests and complaints against the municipality by members of the Jewish community, amongst them – individuals, rabbis, merchants, courts and more.
At the end of the binder appears an appendix detailing the numbers of houses and their legal owners in the street of Jews for the year 1612.
The binder was presented by Johann Rudolph Buvher to Emperor Josef II on behalf of the management of the Frankfurt municipality.
German, citations in Latin.
168 pages, 35 cm. Good condition. Clean white paper. Few stains.