Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Printed Booklet – A Legal Dispute between Three Jewish Communities in Northern Italy – 1786

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Informazione legale per l'Università degli Ebrei, legal information for the Jewish community of Modena, by the attorney Emerenzio Margini. Modena: Società tipografica Press, 1786. Italian.
The booklet was presumably printed following a legal dispute between three Jewish communities in Italy – Modena, Reggio Emilia and Scandiano. At the beginning of the booklet, legal information by the attorney Emerenzio Margini and in the last leaves, copies of letters and documents, some of them signed by dignitaries of the Jewish communities.
35 pp., 29 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Ornate contemporary cover, with open tears to spine. The leaves and cover are loose.
Provenance: The Estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.
Jewish Communities
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