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LOT 210:
Study of Laws and Rights of Jews in Germany - Nuremberg, 1741
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Study of Laws and Rights of Jews in Germany - Nuremberg, 1741
Tractatus de juribus Judaeorum, Von Recht der Juden, by Johann Jodicus Beck. Nuremberg: Johann Georg Lochner, 1741. German.
Comprehensive study of laws and rights of the Jews in Germany: criminal law, contract law, civil law, inheritance law and more. This composition refers both to the German law and to Jewish law [Halakha], and was written to serve as a guide, and to promote tolerance toward the Jewish congregation through study and explanation of Halakhic rules.
A fine Engraved frontispiece divided into four vignettes depicting: Jewish marriage ceremony; deathbed scene (writing a will); financial dealings; and a death-sentence. [1] engraving; [10], 599 pp, 20 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Minor tears at margins of frontispiece. Ex-library copy (Ex-libris label on verso of title page). Damaged binding, tears to margins and to spine.
