Printed Proclamation to the Jewish Community, in Anticipation of the Grand Sanhedrin of Paris Established by ...

Printed Proclamation to the Jewish Community, in Anticipation of the Grand Sanhedrin of Paris Established by Napoleon – Paris, 1806
Proclamation to the Jewish community, issued by the "Assembly of Jewish Notables, citizens of France and Italy", in preparation for the Grand Sanhedrin. Paris, October 6, 1806. Hebrew and French, on facing columns.
Printed proclamation, addressing "Our brethren, Adat Yeshurun", issued by the Assembly of Notables of the Jewish communities of France and Italy, to encourage participation in the Grand Sanhedrin.
The proclamation depicts at length the great importance of the "Sanhedrin of Paris", and the glory of Napoleon, their imperial protector.
On May 30, 1806, following a wave of antisemitism which hit the Alsace-Lorraine region, the Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, gathered an assembly of notables, rabbis and Jewish community leaders of France and Italy. Twelve questions were presented before the assembly to assess their identification with the French Empire, and particularly to determine whether Jewish law contradicts French Law. The responses, which expressed the Jewish people's connection to France, satisfied Napoleon, who wished to give these answers judicial validity and use them as the basis for the legislation of the Jews' status. He therefore convened another, exclusive assembly, of rabbis and Jewish notables - the "Grand Sanhedrin". The Sanhedrin authorized the conclusions of the Assembly and thereby allegedly gave them halachic validity.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book lists copies of this proclamation with Italian and German translations only, and does not list a French translation. The catalogue of the NLI also only contains copies in these two languages.
[4] pages (sheet folded in two). 35.5 cm. Good condition. Light stains. Folding marks and creases.