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DESCRIEREA OLTENIEI
LA 1723
Ediție, traducere din limba germană,
studiu introductiv, note și indice de
Mircea-Gheorghe Abrudan
Prefață de
Ioan-Aurel Pop
MUZEUL BRĂILEI,
Editura ISTROS
ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ
Centrul de Studii Transilvane
Brăila/Cluj-Napoca, 2017
All rights reserved
© Academia Română
Centrul de Studii Transilvane;
Editura istros a Muzeului Brăilei „Carol I”, 2017
© „Kurtze Erklährung und Bericht über die
diesseith des Alth-Flusses gelegene fünff Districte der kayserlichen Valachey
sive Valachiae Cis Alutanae neu verfertigte Land-Charte”,
păstrat la Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Wien,
Sammlung von Handschriften und alten Drucken, cod. ser. n. 34 Han.
© Asociația „Renașterea Obiceiurilor și Tradițiilor Românești”,
pentru publicarea și traducerea manuscrisului în limba română.
Ilustrația copertei:
„Tabula Valachiae Cis-Alutanae per Frider:
Schwantzium Regiminis Heisteriani Capitaneum. Ao: 1723”
(Biblioteca Academiei Române din București)
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