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CHARLES, ARCHDUKE (LATER CHARLES VI, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR), PRETENDER TO THE SPANISH THRONE, CAROLUS III. Dei gratia Hispanarum &c. Rex, & Mediolani Dux & &c [drop-title].
Milan: M.A.P. Malatesta, 1708. (ITALY, MILAN) Samll folio. [6], [2 blank] pp. Old stab-marks visible. Very good. ¶ Issued during the Wars of Spanish Succession, when Archduke Charles, the future Emperor (1711-40) claimed the Spanish throne as Charles III. In 1706, the Austrians invaded Northern Italy and entered Milan, ending he Spanish rule there. This edict of 31 August, 1708 is an attempt to regulate the currency, eliminate the flight of Milanese gold and silver coins through black market foreign exchange, and set the rate of the new Milanese money against seventeen other foreign currencies
Offered for US$ 500.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 217289