“ That the Brewers nevertheless
… cannot make Ends Meet ”
Decree of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (1713-1780) allowing another raise in beer prices for the districts Wolfenbüttel + Schöningen “until coming Michaelmas” in addition to that of the decree of Nov. 14, 1761 to ensure the supply of beer despite further rising cereals prices. The several prices “incl. tax and excise” fixed binding and ordering at the same time “that there shall never be any shortage of sufficient beer supply”. Published Brunswick April 26, 1762. Without place + printer (1762). 33.2 x 41.2 cm. 1 page. With large woodcut initial with the freely jumping horse of Lower Saxony under the ducal crown. With the ducal signature printed together with the L(oco) S(igilli) mark and that of A. A. v. Cramm.
Framing-worthy Broadsheet meant for the Billboards
of unused freshness on untrimmed handmade paper with broad margins of 3.5-6 cm with large coat-of-arms watermark under crown and another large one.
(See also the thematically immediately following decrees of May 28, 1762, furthermore raising, then, of Oct. 8, 1762, stagnating, and finally, per Aug. 28, 1764, lowering.)
On Charles, nephew of the Emperor Charles VI, brother-in-law of Frederick the Great, founder of the Collegium Carolinum, governing since 1735, see ADB XV, 266 ff.
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„ ich danke für die unbeschreiblich gut verpackte Sendung, die mich heute wohlbehalten erreichte, Sollten Sie mal wieder etwas von … haben, wäre ich für eine Benachrichtigung dankbar. Ebenso interessieren mich die Maler … Herzliche Grüße aus Hamburg “
(Herr A. W., 24. Oktober 2007)