Alsace BOUG d'ORSCHWILLER (François Henri de) Collection... Lot 582

Alsace BOUG d'ORSCHWILLER (François Henri de) Collection of Edicts, Declarations, Letters Patent, Decisions of the Council of State and Sovereign Council of Alsace. Volume one 1657-1725; volume two 1726-1770. Colmar, Decker, 1775. 2 volumes i n folio :22f, LXVI, 642pp / 17f, 876pp, 26f. (table). Contemporary fawn granite calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red title-pieces, black tomaisons, headpieces torn off, one bit cracked, one plate slightly burnt at the edge, small leather losses, red edges. The work contains precious information on Alsatian customs, printing, trade, factories, water and forests, taxes. Among the texts included in these two volumes, which cover the period from 1685 to 1770, 80 ordinances concern the Jews of Alsace, constituting irreplaceable documentation on their subject.