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an old book with a black and white image of a coat of arms
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195 - Paper A newly drawn up and stamped paper regulation by the m…
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Estimate €300 - €400
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Paper A newly drawn up and stamped paper regulation by the most noble, self-sufficient and most wise Council of the City of Nuremberg, etc., of the Holy Roman Empire, applicable within the city, its suburbs and the surrounding countryside. Nuremberg, Balthasar Joachim Endter, 1690. Title page with woodcut coat of arms of the Imperial City of Nuremberg. 8 unnumbered leaves. 4°. Two loose folded sheets (uncut and partly unseparated). Verso of the last leaf: ‘Decretum in Senatu, 28 February 1690.’ Occasional slight browning at the outer margins; otherwise well preserved. VD17 23:299291G.- Extremely rare; no copy known to us in the international market. - A rare official decree of the Nuremberg Council dating from 1690, introducing new, binding regulations on paper for the Imperial City, its suburbs and the surrounding countryside. The text regulates in great detail all the characteristics required for official municipal documents: the prescribed watermarks and embossed stamps, the use of the city coat of arms on the paper, the permissible paper qualities and the prices set for them. The document thus ranks among the early modern examples of municipal economic and administrative regulation designed to control and standardise the paper trade and paper production within the Nuremberg domain – an important record of the history of the paper industry and of municipal administrative practice in the Holy Roman Empire at the end of the 17th century Title with woodcut coat of arms of the Imperial City of Nuremberg. 8 unnumbered leaves. 4°. Two loose folded quires (uncut and partially unopened). Verso of the last leaf: ‘Decretum in Senatu, den 28. Febr. A. 1690.’ Slight browning to the outer margins in places; otherwise well preserved. VD17 23:299291G. - Extremely rare; no copy has been found by us on the international market. - A rare official ordinance issued by the Nuremberg city council in 1690, introducing new, binding regulations on paper for the Imperial City, its suburbs and the surrounding territory. The text sets out in great detail all the features required of official municipal documents: the prescribed watermarks and embossed stamps, the use of the city’s coat of arms on the paper, the permissible paper qualities, and the prices fixed for them. The document thus stands as an early-modern example of municipal economic and administrative regulation, intended to control and standardise the paper trade and paper production within Nuremberg’s territory – an important testimony to the history of papermaking as well as to municipal administrative practice within the Holy Roman Empire at the close of the 17th century. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to standard taxation. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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