Jew Suss Oppenheimer: The Great Financier, Gallant, and Adventurer of the 18th Century

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Subtitle: 'A Study based on Various Documents, Private Papers and Traditions'. Translated into English by CATTLE, Edward. Frontispiece: Joseph Süss Oppenheimer ......Page 5 Title Page ......Page 6 Index to the Illustrations and Facsimiles ......Page 8 Foreword ......Page 10 Jew Süss Oppenheimer ......Page 14 plate: The Duke Carl Alexander von Württemburg ......Page 16 plate: The Duchess Maria Augusta von Württemburg ......Page 45 plate: MS. Letter from Carl Alexander to Süss ......Page 64 facsimile: Jew Süss's House in the then Seestrasse ......Page 67 plate: MS. Letter from the Duchess Maria Augusta to Süss ......Page 75 plate: Caricature of Jew Süss ......Page 114 plate: Süss and a Woman: the Woman Fischer? ......Page 145 facsimile: The end of a Letter by Luciana Fischer ......Page 148 plate: "One of Jew Süss's Women Lamenting" ......Page 162 facsimile: Süss in Prison, with the allegorical Figures of two Women ......Page 173 facsimile: The Ducal Absolutorium for Jew Süss ......Page 191 plate: Jew Süss before his Fall and after ......Page 199 facsimile: Re-Arrest of Oppenheimer ......Page 205 facsimile: Conclusion of a Letter from Oppenheimer to his Defending Counsel ......Page 221 plate: Pencil Note Smuggled by Süss to his Protector while in Prison ......Page 223 plate: Pencil Note (2) Smuggled by Süss to his Protector while in Prison ......Page 230 facsimile: Jew Süss at his Execution Breakfast ......Page 245 facsimile: Jew Süss in the Gallows-Cart ......Page 250 facsimile: The Death-Warrant ......Page 254 plate: The Procession leaving the Old "Herrenhaus" for the Execution ......Page 256 plate: Approaching the Gallows ......Page 261 facsimile: Medallion Commemorating the Execution of Jew Süss ......Page 262 plate: The Execution of Jew Süss ......Page 264 facsimile: An Interesting Specimen of Printing, 1738 ......Page 272 Bibliography ......Page 295