Auction 26 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Poem in Honor of Napoleon Bonaparte's Wedding – Vienna, 1810

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"Shir Kelulot", a wedding-poem for Napoleon I, French Emperor and Italian King with Maria Luisa von Österreich, daughter of Francis the First, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary and Bohemia, [by Yehuda Leib Ben-Ze'ev]. Vienna: Anton Schmidt printing press, [1810]. Poem in honor of the wedding of Napoleon Bonaparte and Mari-Louise, daughter of Franz II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (also known as Franz I Emperor of Austria). Napoleon remarried after his divorce from his first wife Josephine. The poem was probably composed by Yehuda Leib Ben-Ze'ev (1764-1811), of the Jewish Enlightenment Movement first generation. [6] leaves, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains.
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