Auction 8 Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Feb 2, 2010
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LOT 284:

Manifest Against Jewish Merchants – Holland, 1770

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Manifest Against Jewish Merchants – Holland, 1770
Official announcement by the Austro-Hungarian empress, Maria Theresa. Holland, 1770.
According to the empress's instruction, all the policemen, military, mayors of cities and villages and civil servant should prevent all beggars, merchants, and Jewish peddlers from trading used clothes and rags, in order to avoid the spreading of the leprosy plague which originated in Poland, and all the parcels containing such merchandise should be burnt.
This announcement is signed (in print) by A.C. Vendernbergh, head of Gelderland county in Holland. In that period Holland was ruled by the Austo-Hungarian empress. Dutch.
[1]leaf, [3] printed pages, 36 cm. Good condition. Tears to borders and stains. Folding mark is professionally restored.

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