Tractatus de mendaciis ex sacris, juridicis, ethicis, politicis, historicisque variè congestus & in tres libros dispositus [...]. Editio secunda priore multis mendis castigatior et correctior.

4to: [8]-504-[40] pp. (age-toned, some pp. browned, sl. marg. damp stains, foxing).

Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt orn. spine with raised bands (joints split, head & tail missing, def. to lower cover, corners bumped).

Second ed. (1st: 1662) of an extensive treatise on all kinds of lies, and their moral and legal consequences, by the Unna (near Dortmund) lawyer Zahn (1616-1665). Title in red and black. Printed in 2 col.
Ref. VD17 12:109106Z. - Not in Paisey (BL).
Prov. D. Dehare, "Mader" 1716 (ms. mention of purchase). - Joseph Augustin Bodesson, Malmedy (ms. ownership entry). - A. Pierty (id.).
Bound with: Du Bois, Nicolas - Ad quadraginta quinque propositiones in praxi perniciosas & nuper damnatas ac quasdam censuras tractatus duo [...]. Leuven, P. Sassenus, 1666. [104] ff. (tear to N without loss). First edition of this controversial work by N. Du Bois (ca. 1620-1696), who opposed the Jansenists, Professor of Philosophy at Leuven University in the Paedagogium Porci (1650-1654). Ref. STCV 6899722. - https://archives.uclouvain.be/atom/index.php/du-bois-nicolas (BE A4006 NA 001022).