Praxis rerum criminalium praetoribus, propraetoribus, consulibus [...] ac officiarijs [...] apprime utilis & necessaria […] [rev. ed.].

Antwerp, J. Bellerus, 1570

€ 1.200 / 1.500

Live bidding (Drouot*) Live bidding (Invaluable*)

Bidding is closed

Lot description

4to: [32]-508 (= 512)-[64] pp. (sm. part of bottom of title cut out & underlaid; cut a bit short at top but not touching the running title, browning, occ. spotting & staining).

Overl. vellum signed Pierson, flat spine, sp. edges (sl. soiled).

Rev. ed. of this Flemish humanist classic manual of criminal law and legal procedure by the Bruges lawyer Damhouder (1507-1581). Ill. with 73 nice woodcuts: full-page arms of Ph. de St.-Aldegonde (dedicatee), full-page portrait and arms of Damhouder, 70 ill. in text (a large number full-page). Printed in 2 col.
Ref. BB II:22-23 D-34. - Pettegree NB 9338. - BT 787. - Adams D-16. - Dekkers 44:4. - Not in STC Dutch (BL).
Prov. Ownership entry on title.