Thomann von Hagelstein, David. Der Röm. Kayserl. Majestat und deß Heil. Röm. Reichs geist- und weltlicher Chur Fürsten, Fürsten und Ständen acta publica monetaria [...].

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First edition. A massive compilation of treatises and regulations on the monetary system of the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries. The first part collects the principal treatises on the subject: Tilemann Friese's "Müntzspiegel" (1592), with a folding table showing the increase and decrease of the value of several species of coin from 1582 to 1690; Cyriacus Spangenberg's "Nützlicher Tractat vom rechten Brauch und Missbrauch der Müntzen" (1592), Johann Georg Krull's "Tractatus politico-nomicus de regali monetarum jure" (1667), Tobias Oelhafen von Schollenbach's "De rei monetariae statu hodierno" (1665), the anonymous "Mysterium mysteriorum mundanorum, das ist: ein Welt- oder Gelt-Geheimnuß" (1620), Nicolas Oresme's seminal "Tractatus de origine & jure nec non & de mutationibus monetarum" (1605), Gabriel Biel's "De monetis" (1605), and Johannes Aquila's "Libellus egregius de potestate & utilitate monetarum" (1516). The second part contains numerous ordinances and similar legal documents concerning the currency issued by German towns and states. The final part contains considerations, propositions, advices etc. for the regulation and amendment of the currency, issued by individual authors such as Modestinus Fachs, Paul and Matthaeus Welser, Johann Caspar Lentz, Christian Billich, and the compiler himself.

Wants half-title; title wrinkled and detached. Mild paper spotting in first and a few other quires, generally remarkably clean. 18th century ownership and early 20th c. bookplate to pastedown. Still a very good copy.