[Court record]. Official record of a hearing of witnesses regarding the wilful damaging of a dyke.

Tessin near Rostock, 1st through 8th February 1796.

Folio (215 x 326 mm). German manuscript on paper. 139 pp. With a sketch map. Sewn with a red alcquer seal.

€ 750.00

Curious early modern court records covering an on-site inspection and an extensive hearing of witnesses, conducted over several days and recorded verbatim, about malicious damage done to a dam or dyke in the northern German hamlet of Gnewitz near Rostock on the Baltic sea.

Some browning and staining throughout; sewing loosened in places. Last leaf reinforced on verso by an early owner. Well legible.

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