May 11, 2010 - Sale 2214

Sale 2214 - Lot 121

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MINING.) George, Duke of Saxony. Bergkordenung mit etzlichen vil newen artickeln. welche die aldenn czum teyle auff heben vn[d] czum teyle deuten und ercleren. [45] (of [46]) leaves; lacks (blank?) last leaf. 4to, 18th-century 1/2 sheep; light marginal soiling and dampstaining, old owner's stamp on title verso. (Leipzig: Melchior Lotter the Elder), [1520]

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Revision of the 1509 Annaberg code promulgated by the Duke of Saxony, the earliest comprehensive mining legislation in Germany. VD16 S759.