Decree by Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (1713-1780, ascension to the throne 1735, nephew of emperor Charles VI and brother-in-law of Frederick the Great, founder of the Collegium Carolinum) concerning carrion places and shooting cabins. Published Brunswick November 5, 1767. 34.3 x 42 cm. 1 page. With large woodcut initial. With the ducal signature printed together with the L(oco) S(igilli) stamp and that of J. H. v. Bötticher.

Double note in pencil at the back. – Evenly slightly toned. In the uncut wide white margin left two finger traces from the printer as typographically attractive garnishing out of the ordinary. – On Charles see Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie XV, 266 ff. – Typographic (CBW) and large figurative princely hat watermark.

Consideration between the lower chase interested in such places and cabins for “felling the game” and the high chase fearing disadvantages by this and also the concern, the game could “be driven out of the wood (by this) to the disadvantage of the public”. Ergo “that none should be allowed to set up a carrion place or shooting cabin in his lower chase under which, however, the craw, starling or other cabins in which only birds are chased are not comprehended”. Forest and hunting servants are urged to enforce such will.

The large V initial with Lower Saxony’s horse and princely hat inserted again lately here in the version with escutcheon, but simultaneously omitting the additional small crown. Decrees between 1705 and 1749 sold here without these attributes.

Of  especially  effective  typography  +  with  untrimmed  wide  margins .

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