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LOT 307:
"Examination of Jewish Life" – Paris, 1652 – Anti-Semitic Booklet
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"Examination of Jewish Life" – Paris, 1652 – Anti-Semitic Booklet
L'examen de la vie des Iuifs, de leur religion, commerce et trafic dans leur Synagogue [Examination of Jewish life, their religion, commerce... in their synagogues]. Paris: François Prevveray, 1652. French.
"Examination of Jewish life", a booklet published in France in 1652 following the murder of Jean Bourgeois by members of the guild of secondhand clothes dealers (fripiers). At the time, selling secondhand clothes was considered by the French to be a Jewish occupation. The clothes dealers, even though most of them were Catholic, were named "Jews", and the guild which they founded was named "Synagogue". The murder of Jean Bourgeois led to anti-Semitic claims and publications in which the clothes dealers were presented as Jews, moneylenders, and descendants of the murderers of Jesus.
8 pp, 22 cm. No cover. Strip of paper on spine. Good condition. Stains.
Not in OCLC.
