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.