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30 - [ORDER OF MALTA]. A collection of thirteen reports on legal …
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Estimate €300 - €500
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[ORDER OF MALTA]. A collection of thirteen reports on legal proceedings and disputes concerning jurisdiction and property relating to the Order of Malta. Rome, Venice and Malta, 1767–1797. An interesting collection of legal memorials and responses relating to the judicial activity of the Order of Malta in the late eighteenth century, concerning disputes between knights, commanders, priories and Langues over succession, the possession and administration of commanderies, financial rights and conflicts of jurisdiction. Documents of limited circulation, of particular interest for the history of the Order’s judicial system and the administration of its estates. 13 folio pamphlets (minor defects). Contents: Sacra Congregatione Boni Regiminis... in defence of the Holy Jerusalem Order against the Most Illustrious Community of Faventia. Rome: Bernabò, 1767. [WITH:] Representation by the Venerable Bailiff Fra Bartolomeo Ruspoli. 1788. [WITH:] Representation by the Lieutenant of the Venerable Marshal Commendator Fra Alessandro de Fricon. 1789. [WITH:] Memorandum by the Noble Gio. Ferdinando Enrico de Picot de Moras. 1789. [WITH:] Reply from the Venerable Priory of Catalonia to the memorial of the Venerable Bailiff of Majorca, Fra D. Nicolò Oleza, and Comm. F. D. Piergirolamo Neti. 1789. [WITH:] Reply from the Venerable Prior of the Bailiwick of St Euphemia, Fra Bartolomeo Arezzo and his associates, to the memorial of Knight Fra Nicolò Leopoldo Medici. 1792. [WITH:] Reply from the Venerable Prior of the Bailiwick of St Euphemia, Fra Bartolomeo Arezzo, and his associates to the memorial of Knight Fra Nicolò Leopoldo Medici. 1793. [WITH:] Memorandum on behalf of Comm. Fra Giovandomenico Bosurgi. 1794. [WITH:] Memorandum on behalf of Cav. Antonio Busca. 1794. [WITH:] Memorandum on behalf of Commendatore Fra Giuseppe Emanuele Ventimiglia against the Venerable Bailiff Fra Scipione Bonelli. 1795. [WITH:] Memorandum on behalf of the Venerable Lingua d’Italia against the Noble Antonio Mascaro. 1795. [WITH:] Second memorial on behalf of the Venerable Bailiff Fra Gino Ginori against the Venerable Comun Tesoro. 1797. [WITH:] Petition on behalf of the Nobleman Nicola Giugnano and Friozzi. 1797. (13)
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