Von Gottes Gnaden Wir August Wilhelm, Hertzog zu Braunschweig und Lueneburg.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(GERMANY).

printer

circa

Place

(Wolfenbuettel)

Publication

1720

references

Worldcat records 1 copy in the United States, in the University of Pennsylvania, Van Pelt Library.

summary

Attempts to inhibit the spread of the Plague that was seemingly running rampant in neighboring Poland. Decree specifying that no Polish beggar nor any Polish Jew is permitted to enter the territories of the Duke of Braunschweig under pain of severe punishment, including execution. Even such named persons with valid travel documents are not allowed into the country.

pp. (4). Unbound. 4to.

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