Tractatus de Judaeis eorum Privilegiis, Observantiâ, et Recto Intellectu, continens Pignora, Usuras, Testimonia, Testamenta, Juramenta, Successiones, Immunitates, Matrimonia, Repudia, Jus Gazágà, et de ejus effectibus, Latrocinia, et eorum Receptatores, Delicta carnis Judaei cum Christianâ, vel Christiani cum Judaeâ, et de condignâ pena, Blasphemias, Salvos Conductus, et Securitates, Mancipia, et Nutrices Christianas, Potestatem Rabbinorum, Judaeorum Lauda, Baptizatos invitis parentibus, vel ipsis offerentibus, Neophytos, sive ad Fidum sincerè conversos, et jura eis debita in bonis parentum, Baptismum simulantes, aut redeuntes ad Judaismum...
Turin: J. F. Mairesse & J. Radix, 1717. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. [20], 387, [1]pp. Half title; title-page in red and black with small woodcut device. Decorative head- and tailpieces, initials. Recent quarter calf over marbled boards (extremities lightly rubbed); spine with raised bands, lettered in gilt. Very minor and sporadic yellowing and/or foxing throughout. A very good copy.
First edition of a first hand testimony on the Jewish life and conditions in the early 18th century in the Kingdom of Sardinia and its dependent principalities: Piémont, Nice, Savoie. The author, Joseph Sessa, a lawyer in the Savoie Senate, was also one of the judges appointed in Piedmont to regulate the affairs of the Jews.
Provenance and annotations: Old entry of G. Jaré at top margin title; old annotations at verso half-title, followed by more recent notes in pencil; occasional undlerlining and marginal annotations in ink or colored pencil. Very Good. Item #25174
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Full title and imprint: Tractatus de Judaeis eorum Privilegiis, Observantiâ, et Recto Intellectu, continens Pignora, Usuras, Testimonia, Testamenta, Juramenta, Successiones, Immunitates, Matrimonia, Repudia, Jus Gazágà, et de ejus effectibus, Latrocinia, et eorum Receptatores, Delicta carnis Judaei cum Christianâ, vel Christiani cum Judaeâ, et de condignâ pena, Blasphemias, Salvos Conductus, et Securitates, Mancipia, et Nutrices Christianas, Potestatem Rabbinorum, Judaeorum Lauda, Baptizatos invitis parentibus, vel ipsis offerentibus, Neophytos, sive ad Fidum sincerè conversos, et jura eis debita in bonis parentum, Baptismum simulantes, aut redeuntes ad Judaismum.
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