Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Part I

"Diatagmata Judaeorum" – Latin Work on the Legal-Civic Status of the Jews – Helmstedt, 1596

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Diatagmata Judaeorum, Jüden Ordnung, ex jure caesareo, et pontificio concinnata, by Eberhard Speckhan. Helmstedt: Iacobus Lucius, 1596. Latin and some German and Greek. First edition.
A 23-chapter work advocating the improvement of the legal-civic status of the Jews. Eberhard Speckhan (1550-1627) was a German jurist and professor at the faculty of law of the University of Helmstedt.
[26] ff. (including cover), 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Detached leaves and gatherings; booklet split in two. Minor stains. Creases and minor blemishes. Small tears to edges. Contemporary notations.
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