Further Correspondence Respecting the Persecution of the Jews in Moldavia [and] Continuation... July 1, 1867 [and] Continuation... July, 9 1867.

£550 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Three parliamentary papers presented to the Houses of Parliament in July 1867 on the persecution of Jews in Iași, Moldavia. In a series of telegrams to influential British Jews including Sir Moses Montefiore, Sir Francis Goldsmid and Baron Rothschild, the Jewish community reported an outbreak of antisemitism in the regional capital triggered by opposition to Article 6 of the proposed 1866 Constitution of Romania which would grant Jews a legal route to obtaining citizenship of the country. OCLC lists only two copies, one at the National Library of Israel, the other Koç University, Turkey. Three papers; folio (32 x 21 cm); minor marginal tear to titles of first and second papers, offsetting to title of second paper, last leaf of third paper loose from textblock; disbound; [2], 13, [1]; [2], 4, [2]; [2], 9, [1]pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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