[Forensic science. Renaissance binding] Praxis Rerum Criminalium Iconibus

Materiae Subjectae Convenientibus, Pulchrius Quam Unquam hactenus recognita atque illustrata (...) Iodoco Damhouderio Brugen[sis] [Joost de Damhouder]. Antwerp, Johannes Bellerum, 1562. Sm. 4to, vellum over wooden boards, 2 metal clamps, red edges, ms. title on spine, (24),467,(1) pp. + repertorium and 68 woodcuts in the text (several full-page). Ann. in old ms. with the text.

Rhineland Renaissance binding. Blindstamped, border with typographical design and biblical figures incl. Raphael, Zadkiel and Gabriel. Washed copy, professionally restored in several places, else in very good condition. An early work, extremely important to the history of criminal law and social conditions in the Netherlands in the 16th century. Ref. Adams D 15. Brunet II, 479.