Live auction - Lot 1043
[Law - Flanders]
Practycke. In Criminele saecken [...].
Rotterdam, J. van Waesberge, 1618
€ 500 / 600
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Lot description
8vo: [16 incl. engr. title]-366-[2 bl.], 102 pp. (some min. browning).
Contemp. overl. vellum, flat ink-titled spine, red sp. edges.
Dutch re-edition of this major textbook on criminal law by the Bruges lawyer J. de Damhouder (1507-1581), with, in addition, "Ordinancie, Edict/ ende gebot/ ons sHeeren des Concincx/ op t stuck van de criminele iusticie in dese sijne Nederlanden" (part title). Ill. with a nice engraved title with 8 scenes of criminal justice and 56 woodcuts (showing crimes) in text. Woodcut mark on part title. Gothic type.
Ref. STCN. - BB II:29:D-46.