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OTTO KARMIN

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Original: "Doktor der Philosophie" — LICENTIATE IN SOCIAL SCIENCES Original: "Licencié ès Sciences Sociales"

PRIVATE LECTURER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA A 'Privatdocent' is a title used in European universities for a teacher who has been granted the formal right to teach (venia legendi) but is not a permanent professor.

THE LAW OF THE FLORENTINE CATASTO The Catasto was a landmark wealth tax system established in 1427. It required every household in Florence to submit a detailed declaration of assets and debts, providing historians today with an incredible demographic and economic snapshot of the Renaissance city.

OF 1427

FLORENCE

BERNARDO SEEBER

BOOKSELLER-PUBLISHER

1906