JEWS. - Set of 8 printed pieces. - Lot 175

JEWS. - Set of 8 printed pieces. Collection of 8 printed documents relating to the question of the Jews and their emancipation under the constitutional monarchy (1790-1791). - EXTRACT from the Minutes of the Sessions of the Intermediate Provincial Commission of Alsace. August 28, 1789. S.l.n.d. [1789]. Folio-sized leaflet. Very rare historical document, of capital importance for the history of the Jews in France during the Revolution, and in particular in Alsace where they were persecuted: The Intermediate Commission has seen with sorrow the excesses committed in several communities of the province, against the Jewish families established there, & the bad treatment with which they were expelled from their homes, after having plundered & devastated their properties. [...] declares that, if new offenses are committed, the entire communities & all inhabitants in particular will be in a position to be considered seditious, disrupters of public peace, deemed jointly responsible for all damages, & condemned to repair them; since every society must protect the property of all its members [...]. This text is quoted by Robert Badinter in Libres et égaux..., 1989, p. 124. Printed in French and German. Cuts on the edge of the cupboard. - GODARD (Jacques)]. Adresse de l'Assemnlée des Représentans de la Commune de Paris, à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur l'admission des Juifs à l'État civil. [Paris],De l'Imprimerie de Lottin, 1790. Plaquette in-12 of 15 pages, bradel modern cardboard. - LETTRES patentes du Roi, [...] portant que les Juifs, connus en France sous le nom de Juifs Portugais, Espagnols & Avignonois, y jouiront des droits de Citoyen actif. Given in Paris, in the month of January 1790. Bordeaux, Michel Racle, 1790. Brochure in-4, 3 pages. - LETTRES patentes du Roi, sur un Décret de l'Assemblée nationale, relatif aux conditions exigées pour être Citoyen actif. Données à Paris, le 16 janvier 1790. Rennes, Veuve François Vatar & de Bruté, 1790. Brochure in-4, 3 pages. - PROCLAMATION du Roi, sur un décret de l'Assemblée nationale, concernant les Juifs. Bordeaux, Michel Racle, 1790. Brochure in-4, 2 pages. - LETTRES patentes du Roi, sur le Décret de l'Assemblée nationale, du 20 juillet dernier, portant suppression des droits d'habitation, de protection, de tolérance & de redevance semblables sur les Juifs. Given at Saint-Cloud on August 7, 1790. Auxerre, Fournier, [1790]. Brochure in-4, 3 pages. Stamp of Université de Paris, Institut d'histoire de la Révolution française. - TRÈS-HUMBLE et très-respectueuse adresse que présente à l'Assemblée nationale la Commune toute entière de la ville de Strasbourg. [Paris], De l'Imprimerie de Moutard, s.d. [circa 1790]. In-8 pamphlet, 20 pages. A harsh indictment of the Jews, discussed at length by Robert Badinter in his book Libres et égaux, 1989, pp. 197-200. - LOI relative aux Juifs. Given in Paris on November 13, 1791. Douai, De l'Imprimerie de Wagrez, [1791]. Brochure in-4, 3 pages. Very important law ratifying the decree of the National Assembly of September 27, 1791 for the emancipation of the Jews of France.The decree of emancipation of the Jews of September 27, 1791 refers to the French Constitution, from which it logically follows. The Constituents, faithful to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and to the Constitution, recognized that the Jews of France were French, like all Frenchmen (Feuerwerker).