144. DECREE OF CESSAR FERDINAND I on the abolition of serfdom and enfranchisement of the peasantry.
Vienna August 9, 1848, 6 pp.
An exceptionally interesting and rare example of printing from the Austrian partition period. Decree of Emperor Ferdinand I of Habsburg on the abolition of serfdom and enfranchisement of peasants.This was a fundamental effect of the Spring of Nations in the territory of the Austrian Empire. The text parallels in two columns in Polish and German. At the end, in addition to the printed signature "Ferdinand", the signature Antoni Baron Doblhoff. Minister of the Interior. Rare!
Booklet in average condition; pages with folds at corners and losses without loss of text, loose; visible trace of a crease in the middle of the text with some soiling; overall average condition.