35 - Sturm, Johann Heinrich. *Compactatorum Ducatus Würtemberg. Compendium*. That is, a Summary of All Treaties, Agreements, Confirmations, and Privileges of the Duchy of Württemberg from the Year 1482 through the Year 1686, inclusive. Manuscript. No place, 1720. 15 unnumbered leaves, 304 leaves (64 of which are blank). Contemporary parchment binding.

Sturm, Johann Heinrich. *Compactatorum Ducatus Würtemberg. Compendium*. That is, a Summary of All Treaties, Agreements, Confirmations, and Privileges of the Duchy of Württemberg from the Year 1482 through the Year 1686, inclusive. Manuscript. No place, 1720. 15 unnumbered leaves, 304 leaves (64 of which are blank). Contemporary parchment binding. The preface is dated: Stuttgart, March 27, 1683. - An interesting collection of documents on the constitutional history of Württemberg in chronological order. - Contents: Title page; Preface, 5 leaves; 2 blank leaves; Table of contents, 4 leaves; 3 blank leaves; Leaves 1–133: Treaty of Münsingen, 1482; Establishment of the Duchy of Württemberg, 1495; Treaty of Tübingen, 1514; State Diet Resolutions, 1520–1686; folios 134–176 blank; folios 177–273: Alphabetical index; pp. 274–278 blank; pp. 279–288: List of all entries in the index; p. 289 removed, pp. 290–294 blank; pp. 295–298: List of persons who were sentenced before January 8, 1554 … up to the present date …; pp. 299–304 blank. — Johann Heinrich Sturm (1651–1709) was a ducal senior councilor and provincial consultant. He was one of the seven so-called “contribution hostages” who were held captive in Strasbourg and Metz from 1693 to 1696 to secure French claims amounting to 600,000 guilders, in order to avert the destruction of Stuttgart. - Frontispiece with contemporary handwritten additions; foxing in places; book block slightly warped. *