Announcement – Searching a Jew – Austria, 1807

Kreisfchreiben, circular note on behalf of the government of Krems province (Austria) concerning a Jew who deceived a tax collector in the Moravia-Silesia province. November, 1807.
The province government searches an anonymous Jew, who exchanged with the tax-collector a bill of 1000 kro nen against a bill of 1000 kronen and requests of anyone who encountered him to stop him right away and inform the authorities. On the bottom part of this announcement appears the description of the Jew: born in Prague, tall, pale, longish face, somewhat red, with a cut beard, wearing a white scarf around his neck and a black coat, probably not older than 25, look more Christian than Jewish, does not speak with the known Jewish accent.
34.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and slight tears to edges.