818 - Germany - Bremen and Verden - Extensive collection of 2,500 printed documents, laws, edicts, public notices, official documents, insurance documents, privileges, prohibitions, etc. relating to the Duchy of Bremen-Verden, in chronological order, 1650 to 1871. Various formats. Loose, arranged by year in cardboard boxes.

Germany - Bremen and Verden - Extensive collection of 2,500 printed documents, laws, edicts, public notices, official documents, insurance documents, privileges, prohibitions, etc. relating to the Duchy of Bremen-Verden, in chronological order, 1650 to 1871. Various formats. Loose, arranged by year in cardboard boxes. The collection begins with a proclamation issued by Christine of Sweden calling for a feudal assembly in 1650 and ends with administrative correspondence from the Royal Prussian District Administration in Stade in 1871. 1650–1871. - Over 2,500 items, mostly folded folio sheets or folio sheets printed across the width, including some multi-page decrees. - The Duchy of Bremen and Verden passed to Sweden after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, to Denmark by conquest in 1712, to Hanover in 1715, in 1720 to Hanover, occupied by France in 1803, returned to Hanover in 1815, and passed to Prussia in 1866. The place of printing can usually be assumed to be Stade or Hanover; occasionally, the local printers—such as Holwein—are also named. These printers were active until the privilege expired: Holwein until 1724, Ehlers 1724–29, Erbricht 1731–45, and Friedrich 1746–1820. - With a few exceptions, the volumes are in very good condition and have never been used; they are arranged by year and stored in 13 cardboard boxes. *