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Ordonnance et Instruction, published by Chez Hierosme Verduffen, 1633, ex-Busto.

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Ordonnance et Instruction, published by Chez Hierosme Verduffen, 1633, ex-Busto.
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Ordonnance et Instruction, published by Chez Hierosme Verduffen, 1633, ex-Busto. 12" x 4" x 1". Described as a manual of "ordinance and instruction according to which money changers or collectors of gold and silver pieces shall hereafter conduct and regulate themselves," and issued by the Council of Finances of the Habsburgs to prevent money changing fraud, illegal speculation, or altering the value of currency and published in Antwerp. In original, fair condition, with handmade binding, liberally illustrated. A drawing of the Santo Domingo 10 reales is a reproduction of the earliest representation from 1576, in Plantin and Parijs. Pedigreed to the José Busto Collection.