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Lot 15

Three Manuscript Documents – Jewish Merchant in Avignon – 1759-1763

Three manuscript documents: two documents of exchange and one letter by the Jewish merchant Abraham de Monteaux, known as Aron Lainé. Avignon, 1759-1763. French.

• Lengthy letter (3 pages) from Abraham de Monteaux to a merchant in Toulouse. Avignon, January 21, 1763.

• Two documents of exchange, instructions on a payment. On verso of first, handwritten receipt dated December 14, 1765 on belated repayment with interest. Avignon, December 20, 1759.

Enclosed: Letter from Baroness Alix de Rothschild donating the present letter of Abraham de Monteaux to the private collection of Victor Klagsbald, or, at his choice, to the Museum of Jewish Art in Paris.

4 paper items. Varying size and condition. Overall good-fair condition. Tears to documents of exchange.