Damhouder, Joost de. Praxis Rerum Civilium,

praetoribus, propraetoribus, consulibus, proconsulibus, magistratibus, reliqui'sque id genus iustitiariis (...). Antw., I. Bellerus, 1567, (64),575 (i.e. 557),(37)p, w. woodcut coat of arms, portrait and 13 ills. (all full-p., incl. the oldest printed picture of a book auction), 17th cent. speckled calf, gilt and ribbed spine. (Vaguely) waterst. throughout, occas. underlinings/ annots. in pen, lacks first free endpaper. Joints splitting (upper joint in top compartment only), outer corners bumped. In all, a good complete copy, w. bookseller's ticket of A. Durand (Paris) on first free endpaper, and w. (crossed-out) old owner's entries in pen on title-p. and on the page opposing the portrait (a.o. of Joannes Baptista Vernimmen and Aegidius Winnorus Vernimmen ("Iuris utrisusque licentiati 1702").

Bibl. Belg., D52; Adams, D11. The rare first edition of one of the major and most succesful 16th cent. works on law, with 11 editions up to 1617 in var. languages. "Of inestimable value for the history of legal customs and social conditions in the 16th century." (Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie). One of the woodcuts shows the oldest printed picture of a book auction.