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DE DAMHOUDER, Joost

Praxis rerum criminalium... Editio ultima

Antverpiae
apud Joannem Bellerum
1570

€950 - €1.200

In-4°, [32] + 508 [i.e. 512] + [63 + 1 blanco] pp. Text in 2 columns. With the arms of Philippe de Noircarmes, heer van Sainte-Aldegonde, portrait of the author, 70 woodcuts (with cont. red accents) in text and on the last page the arms of the author. Errors in pagination, foxing, some pages browned. Contemporary limp vellum soiled binding. Good copy Provenance: Bibliothéque des Avocats, Grenoble (3 old stamps)

Last work edited and corrected by the author. Torture, duel, forgery, homicide, adultery etc. are represented in beautiful woodcuts. Ref. BB II, 22/23 ; BT I, n° 797 ; Machiels I, D-14 ; Dekkers p. 44 nr. 4 ; Adams D-16.

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