Rechten, ende costumen van Antwerpen.

Folio: [28]-390-[1] pp. (few spots throughout, some annot. in an old hand, title cut shaving old ms. entry).

18th-c. sheep, richly gilt spine with raised bands, red edges (sm. shelf mark on tail, some sm. scratches on boards, corners sl. bumped). Large paper copy.

First edition of the Antwerp Common Law. Only 400 copies were printed, not for the trade, but exclusively for the City authorities. In Gothic type with large decorative initials. Woodcut arms of Antwerp on title. Without the often missing folding map of Antwerp.
Ref. Voet 569. - BT 4109. - Pettegree (NB) 1538. - Not in Adams, Sorgeloos.
Bound with, as usual: Ordonnantie ende verhael vanden stijl ende maniere van procederen voor amptman borghemeester ende schepenen der Stadt van Antwerpen. Ibid., 1582. 56-[1] pp. Issued 29 November 1582. "On the procedure to be followed in civil litigations before the competent judicial authorities at Antwerp" (Voet). Gothic type. Woodcut Antwerp arms on title. Ref. Voet 108. - BT 2265 - Pettegree (NB) 1535. - Not in Adams, Sorgeloos.
Prov. E. Van Havre (arm. bookpl.).