[Printed leaflet, issue of appeal by the Prague community to the Venice parnassim, 24 Shevaṭ 5505].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, associated name.

Miscellaneous Print Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jews--Czech Republic--Prague--History--Expulsion, 1744-1745.

Jews.

Rabbis--Czech Republic--Prague--18th century--Correspondence.

Rabbis.

Rabbis--Italy--Venice--18th century--Correspondence.

Genre:

leaflets (printed works)

epistles.

Physical Description:

[2] leaves ; 30 cm (fol.)

Other Title:

caption: Ṭofes igeret ha-baʼah po Ṿenetsyah me-ʼir Praga y.ʻa.E ; yom 4, 24 Shevaṭ [5]505 ...

טופס אגרת הבאה פה ויניציאה מעיר פראגא יע"א ; יום ד' כ"ד שבט תק"ה ...

Place of Publication:

[Venice, Italy] : [publisher not identified], [February 1745]

Notes:

Double-sided leaflet of printing issued in Venice of two rabbinical epistles regarding the expulsion of Jews from Prague by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria following the War of the Austrian Succession; the first from Prague rabbis, 24 Shevat [27 January] detailing the decree of expulsion, and the February appeal by Venetian rabbis, dated Friday, 24 I Adar [14 February].

Undersigned Venice rabbis and court Jews Jacob Levi [renowned in the Court of Habsburg], Isaac ben Gad Foà, Jacob ibn Jakar, and Moses Ḥai Merari.

Undersigned Prague rabbis and court Jews Abraham Duschenes-Horovice, Mishl Leib Jeitteles, Avraham Pressburger, Benjamin Wolff-Spira, Isaac Bondi, Moses Isaac Spira, Simcha Poppert, Abraham Posselberger, Menahem Mendel ben Jonah, and Solomon Karau (spelled קרוב).

Signatures: [1]².

Local Notes:

Kislak Misc Print Collection box 16 no 45: Purchased from London Treasures (London, England), 2021; with a manuscript note in Italian translating a portion of the Hebrew text; additional manuscript shelfmark -- f. [2]v ("Filza L.V.A.J.8").

OCLC:

1551321345