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

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