MANUSCRIPT. — General Customs of the Bailiwick of Bassigny, - Lot 165

MANUSCRIPT. — General Customs of the Bailiwick of Bassigny, drawn up by the three estates thereof, convened for this purpose by ordinance of His Serene Highness Prince Charles, Duke of Calabria, Lorraine, Bar, Guelders, &c., and ratified by His Highness in the month of November 1580. Small quarto manuscript, 205 pages, brown sheepskin, red edges (18th-century binding). 18th-century manuscript copy, dated 1746. At the end, a copy of the Almanac by Joseph Moult, a native of Naples, astronomer, prophet, and philosopher, spanning 18 pages (pp. 209–227), the title page adorned with a pen-and-ink drawing depicting a flowerpot. Binding is scuffed; damage to the lower cap.

Estimate:£166.85

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