COLLECTION OF LAWS FOR THE STATES OF THE KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA [1839-1840].

Description

Collection of laws for the States of the Kingdom of Prussia 1839-1840 / Gesetz-Sammlung für die Königlichen Preussischen Staaten

Two annuals of the official official publication of the Kingdom of Prussia were bound in one volume, covering the year 1839 – Branch I, numbers 1-27, and the year 1840 – Branch I, numbers 1-23.

An original official publication containing legal acts promulgated by the state authorities of the Kingdom of Prussia, printed in German. The collection documents the development of administrative, civil, military and economic legislation of one of the most important European states of the 19th century, providing a valuable source for the study of the history of the law, system and functioning of the state apparatus of the era. Printed at the Court Printing House of W. Decker and Company – one of Prussia’s leading official outlets – it has the character of an official promulgator of legislation and is among the basic normative sources of the period.

The copy is hand-bound in leather in the bindery of the Polish Antiquarian, with the utmost care taken to ensure durability and security for generations.