Broadside issued by Domenico Balbi, the governor of Rovigo. Rovigo, October 28, 1731.
The broadside states the Jews right to live as free citizens and warns against printing publications against Jews or mocking them in public. The penalties for violations of the law are also listed. Topped by a woodcut depicting a winged lion (the emblem of the Republic of Venice, to which Rovigo belonged).
41 Cm, Very good condition. Folded, few tiny pinhead holes.
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