Lot n° 1047

Brabant - Instructie gemaeckt byden Staeten van Brabant, achtervolgende der welcker men tellen sal allen de heerden van allen schouwen, ovens, asten, fournaise, met den ploegen binnen den voirs. lande van Brabant bevonden (...) blijckende byder Acten...

Estimation : 250 / 250
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
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Antwerp, J. Mollijns, 1553
4to, disbound, [6] lvs. Good copy. Extr. rare and interesting pamphlet : 1st ed. of an instruction by the States of Brabant, regulating the counting of all fireplaces, furnaces and forges, and the collection of taxes to be paid for each of them. Expressly included are all furnaces of tradesmen, like gold- and silversmiths, all sorts of bakeries etc. In the cities one generally had to pay 20 and in the country 15 "stuvers" per fireplace. When a chimney was concealed, a fine of 3 "Carolusgulden" was to be paid.  Religious praying orders were exempted. On verso of the last leaf the names are given of the Superintendants, responsible for carrying out the instruction in the 4 main cities of Brabant : Louvain, Brussels, Antwerp and 's Hertogenbosch.
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