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174 - Saxony-Anhalt Acta Inquisitionis contra Michael Zezschen and…
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Estimate €300 - €450
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Saxony-Anhalt Acta Inquisitionis contra Michael Zezschen and Anna Maria Kraussin in pto. Adulterii. Court file. German manuscript on handmade paper bearing the watermark ‘Radis’, Bodenhaus Court, 1711–1713. Title page, 55 numbered leaves, 9 leaves containing 2 letters and letter addresses, some bearing seals. 4° (approx. 33 x 20 cm). Thread-bound. Contains reports, minutes, defence submissions, expert opinions, petitions to the Elector, replies from his chancellery, etc., concerning a case of adultery. – Also included are two further handwritten court files from Radis: Judicial records concerning the pregnancy case pending against Marien Elisabeth Friesin in Gräfenhaynichen, the forfeiture of the paternal inheritance due to the latter, brought against Andreas Ludley in Uthausen, and the complaint lodged by the former in this regard ... concerning (effend). 1796. 4 unnumbered, 19 handwritten numbered, 1 unnumbered folio (approx. 35 x 21 cm). Thread-bound. – 2. The Court Protocol of the House of Radis, Anno MDCLXXV. A collection of 53 files from the ‘court clerk’ dating from 1675, indexed by a later catalogue. 5, 116 numbered folios, 2 leaves (approx. 33 x 21.5 cm). Thread-bound. - Untrimmed, browned due to the nature of the paper; page margins partly dusty and with minor losses; otherwise generally well preserved. Saxony-Anhalt – Court files. 3 German manuscripts on handmade paper with a watermark and some seals. Thread-bound. – Contains, amongst other things, reports, minutes, defence submissions, expert opinions, petitions to the Elector, replies from his chancellery, etc., concerning a case of adultery, Acta Judicialia concerning the pregnancy case pending against Marien Elisabeth Friesin in Gräfenhaynichen, a collection of 53 files from the ‘court clerk’ dating from 1675. – Untrimmed, browned due to the paper, page edges partly dusty and with minor defects, otherwise generally well preserved.
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