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1767 Gedeputeerde Staten des Kwartiers van Nijmegen. Interpretatie over de Ordonnantie van het Zegel. A. van Goor, First Edition. - This eighteenth-century Dutch official document is an unbound pamphlet titled Interpretatie over de Ordonnantie van het Zegel (Interpretation of the Ordinance of the Seal). The item consists of a single large sheet of laid paper intended to be folded into a small quarto or octavo format. The title page features a large woodcut coat of arms depicting two lions supporting shields surmounted by a crown. The imprint identifies the printer as A. van Goor, Quartiers-Drukker, located on the Market in Nijmegen, dated 1767. The text identifies the issuing authority as the Gedeputeerde Staten des Quartiers van Nymegen. Page 3 opens with a large decorative woodcut initial D featuring floral motifs. The document concludes on page 5 with an official statement regarding fines and legal proceedings, dated December 4, 1767, at the Chamber in Nijmegen. It is signed in print by J. van Leeuwen. A decorative floral woodcut tailpiece appears at the end of the text. The sheet remains in its original unbound and untrimmed state with deckled edges. Unfolded height: 8.25 inches Unfolded width: 9.5 inches.