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178620377colophon: Linz: no publisher/printer 1786. <br><br>Pastoral letter. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with an old library stamp. A good copy. no publisher/printer unknown books
17817564Paris: Nyon et La Porte 1781. First edn. 8vo pp 332ii Bound in little worn contemporary full calf worn at top of spine A good tight copy Engraved portrait and 4 other full page engraved plates. Born in Vienna in 1717 Marie-Therese Walpurge Amelie Christine D'Autriche was the daughter of Charles IV 16th Emperor de la Maison d'Autriche. Nyon et La Porte unknown books
171340099Wien: Johann van Ghelen 1713. 4to 18.5 cm 7.25". 36 pp. <br><br>The official report "thorough and detailed" according to the title-page about "the infectious disease which crept into the Ertz-Hertzogthum Lower Austria this year."<br>Â Â Â Â The National Library of Medicine reports there is another edition printed at Nürnberg 1713 with the title Ansteckender Seuche welche dieses 1713. Jahr in das Ertz-Hertzogthum Nieder-Oesterreich eingeschlichen gründliche und ausführliche Nachricht sonderbar auf das Land sammt benöthigten Hülffs-Rettungs- und Verwahrungs-Mitteln.<br>Â Â Â Â WorldCat locates only one U.S. library reporting owenrship National Libary of Medicine. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â VD18 90098676. Removed from a nonce volume. Closely trimmed at top and foremargins touching letters. Curiously the same is true of the digitized copy in Germany. Age-toning and stray stains. Johann van Ghelen unknown books
1704241802Vienna: Gedruckt bey Leopold Voight 1704. First edition. Parts 1 & 2 only. Additional engraved general title page and two large beautiful woodcut tailpieces. 8 788; 2 547 10 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary pigskin. Title page defective with loss including loss of imprint otherwise fine. First edition. Parts 1 & 2 only. Additional engraved general title page and two large beautiful woodcut tailpieces. 8 788; 2 547 10 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Although this massive compilation of laws alphabetically arranged with a final Index was updated throughout the century until Pars 6 of 1770 this first volume of 1704 is complete albeit with a defective title page in and of itself. Subsequent additions were added thus: Pars 3 1704-1720; Pars 4 1721-1740; Pars 5 1740-1758; Pars 6 1759-1770. Gedruckt bey Leopold Voight unknown books
176957355Wien: Johann Thomas Edlen von Trattnern 1769. First Edition. Folio pp. xvi 282 lvi Illustrated with 27 engravings in the text & 3 folding engraved plates included in the pagination. Some foxed and toned lacks the front flyleaf. Bound in very rubbed contemporary calf still a very good tight copy. Woodcut and typographic ornaments and initials. Text in German black letter with glosses in Latin. Bound in contemporary calf spine gilt little rubbed and recently rebacked red edges. Woodblock printed end papers. Some toning to the text The binding is a little rubbed but still a very good crisp and clean copy. Maria Theresa was the eldest daughter of emperor Charles I and of Elizabeth Christina of Brunswick. At the death of her father in 1740 she became the sole heiress of his dominions of the house of Austria. Upon her accesion to the throne the neighboring countries tried to capture parts of the empire which led to the Wars of Austrian Succession which finally concuded with the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. This is the famous criminal code of Maria Theresa which used torture as a means of "eliciting truth." Her insticts were absolutist and she would allow nothing that limited state power even as she reformed the education system and worked to better the lives of her citizens. And she did not forbid torture. Torture was only to be used only is capital and very serious criminal cases. Included in this volume are very graphic illustrattions of instruments of torture thumb-screws stocks racks burning candles leg vices winches the Viennese shoe! with detailed and precise instruction of their use. According to the Britannica this edition was suppressed by Prince Kaunitz chancellor of the state and an advisor to the Empress. Torture was formally abolished in the empire in 1776. Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. Maria Theresa and her husband Francis I Holy Roman Emperor had sixteen children including Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Maria Theresa was the absolute sovereign . She promulgated financial and educational reforms promoted commerce and the development of agriculture and reorganised Austria's ramshackle military all of which strengthened Austria's international standing. Johann Thomas Edlen von Trattnern unknown books
176952694Wien: Johann Thomas Edlen von Trattnern 1769. First Edition. Folio pp. xvi 282 lvi Illustrated with 27 engravings in the text & 3 folding engraved plates included in the pagination. One of the plates was misfolded and is consequently slightly frayed at the lower edge with an old paper repair at the foredge not affecting the print area. Woodcut and typographic ornaments and initials. Text in German black letter with glosses in Latin. Bound in contemporary calf spine gilt little rubbed and recently rebacked red edges. Woodblock printed end papers. Some toning to the text The binding is a little rubbed but still a very good crisp and clean copy. Laid in: MARIA THERESA; EMPRESS. Autograph Note Signed "Maria Theresia" on black rimmed mouring paper to paymaster Mayer in German concerning her son's pension requesting 500 ducats or sovereigns and in a postscript written at lower edge and vertically at upper edge adding that the letters would follow in the evening. 1 page 12mo mourning stationery; some staining affecting signature but still legible folds. Vienna circa 1776. Maria Theresa was the eldest daughter of emperor Charles I and of Elizabeth Christina of Brunswick. At the death of her father in 1740 she became the sole heiress of his dominions of the house of Austria. Upon her accesion to the throne the neighboring countries tried to capture parts of the empire which led to the Wars of Austrian Succession which finally concuded with the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. This is the famous criminal code of Maria Theresa which used torture as a means of "eliciting truth." Her insticts were absolutist and she would allow nothing that limited state power even as she reformed the education system and worked to better the lives of her citizens. And she did not forbid torture. Torture was only to be used in capital and very serious criminal cases. Included in this volume are very graphic illustrattions of instruments of torture thumb-screws stocks racks burning candles leg vices winches the Viennese shoe! with detailed and precise instruction of their use. According to the Britannica this edition was suppressed by Prince Kaunitz chancellor of the state and an advisor to the Empress. Torture was formally abolished in the empire in 1776. Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. Maria Theresa and her husband Francis I Holy Roman Emperor had sixteen children including Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Maria Theresa was the absolute sovereign . She promulgated financial and educational reforms promoted commerce and the development of agriculture and reorganised Austria's ramshackle military all of which strengthened Austria's international standing. Johann Thomas Edlen von Trattnern unknown books
