Edict by August William, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (1662-1731) concerning the consumption of beer in the country obtained from strange places and raising the penalty provided by edict of July 10, 1722, to 10 $ per half-barrel. Published Wolfenbüttel April 20, 1723. Without place + printer (1723). 31 x 37.8 cm. 1 page. With woodcut initial. With the ducal signature printed together with L(oco) S(igilli) mark and that of E. D. V. (von?) Dehn.

with figurative watermark. – Three sides wide-margined, the upper margin torn up to about 2 cm to the text. The several light foxing dots on the back hardly noticeable from the text side.

About August William, 3^rd son of Duke Anton Ulrich, governing since 1714, see ADB I, 664 f.
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