[VOC - CHARTER].
Octroy bij haar Mogende verleend aan de Oostindische Compagnie dezer landen op t Regt van de Successien Ab intestato in Oost Indien, en op de reyse gints en herrewaarts in dato 10e Januarij 1661.
[Amsterdam], [Johannes Allart], [1661?]. Folio. Disbound, folded. 5, [3 blank] pp.
€ 750
Handwritten proclamation concerning the rights and commitments of the VOC (Dutch East India Company) with respect to the inheritances of employees of the Company who died in, on their way to, or returning from the East Indies without leaving a last will ("ab intestinao") - especially with regard to their back pay. The States General promulgated the present proclamation based on a report by Huygens (Constantijn Huygens junior (1628-1697)?) and others. Contemporary copy from a pamphlet in the Groot placaetboek.
In good condition. Groot placaetboek 1658-1770, II, p. 2634.
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