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an old book with a drawing of a village and people
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320 - Law - Law books
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Estimate €240 - €360
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Law - Law books Walther, Johann Christoph (born Georg Christoph) Tractatus juridico-politico-polemico-historicus de jure metatorum vel hospitationibus militum. On the right of quartering, compiled from both ancient imperial laws and new imperial constitutions, as well as provisions regarding subsistence. ... due to its excellence ... translated into German and expanded with six remarkable appendices, and provided with several necessary indexes. With an engraved frontispiece. Frankfurt and Leipzig, Albrecht, 1734. 11 leaves, 442 pages, 11 leaves (modern) in a cardboard binding with a leather label. First 18th-century edition (first published in 1641), rare. – VD18 10777725 - Not listed in Stintzing-L. or Kleinheyer/Schröder - This treatise is not only a legal document, but also a vivid insight into the social and moral dilemmas of military life in the 18th century. Drawing on 60 questions – some of them rather curious – it answers everything concerning the quartering of soldiers in private households, on farms, and with wealthy, poor and related citizens: “What sort of soldiers one must take in as lodgers”, “Whether poor people should also be burdened with the responsibility of quartering soldiers”, “Whether a soldier is permitted to use magic to unearth money that has been buried for safekeeping”, “Whether a soldier, in the most extreme emergency, may eat human flesh …” etc. … Also includes an extensive chapter explaining technical terms. 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 the standard tax regime. 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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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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