Scandalous Inheritance

Scandalous Inheritance. After Johannes Petri's death in 1511, his nephew Adam Petri took over the printing business, but not before a bitter dispute with Johan…

Location: Ackermannshof, Basel, Switzerland

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After Johannes Petri's death in 1511, his nephew Adam Petri took over the printing business, but not before a bitter dispute with Johannes Froben over the guardianship of Petri's children. The court ultimately ruled in Froben's favor, forcing the children's grandmother to hand them over to him. Adam Petri later settled his debts with the widow, but the drama surrounding the inheritance was a notable scandal in Basel's printing community.

Source: Die Druckerherren Petri und Henricpetri

Scandalous Inheritance — Basel, Canton of Zurich

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