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Title: 1567 LAW BOOK Josse de Damhoudere ILLUSTRATED 16th CENTURY antique VELLUM BOUND

Description: Josse de Damhoudere
Le Refuge et Garand des Pupilles, Orphelins, et Prodigues: Traite fort utile et necessaire a tous Legistes, Practiciens, Iusticiers & Officiers, aorne de figures convenables a la matiere.
Autheur Messire Iosse de Damhoudere, Chevalier, Docteur es deux Droicts, Conseiller & Commis des Finances, tant de feu de treshaute memoire l'Empereur Charles Cinquiesme, comme du Roy Catholique son Fils, Roy d'Espaigne, &c. Avec un Indice ou Repertoire des choses plus memorables contenues en iceluy.
(The Refuge and Guardian of the Pupils, Orphans, and Prodigals:
A very useful and necessary treatise for all Lawyers, Practitioners, Justices and Officers, decorated with figures suitable to the subject)
Anvers (Antwerp) : Chez Iean Bellere; 1567
(18)+134+(34) pp;
frontispiece portrait and 9 full-page woodcuts (depicting scenes from courts of justice or offices with often picturesque details: children, dogs, scenes of torture in the background, etc.).
Original vellum binding, with damages to the cover edges, new pastedowns
Lacks title page (supplied with facsimile)
ORIGINAL EDITION of the French translation (in the colophon ‘Brussels 11 October 1566’) of the “Patrocinium pupillorum” (Bruges, 1544), a treatise on the management of property, guardianship and curatorship composed by Joseph de Damhoudere (1507-1581), Flemish jurist, financial advisor to Charles V and Philip II for more than thirty years; also well known as the author of the “Practique et enchiridion des causes criminelles” and the “Practique judiciaire des causes civiles”
Size 6 by 7.5 inches
Text in French
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1567 LAW BOOK Josse de Damhoudere ILLUSTRATED 16th CENTURY antique VELLUM BOUND

Name: 1567 LAW BOOK Josse de Damhoudere ILLUSTRATED 16th CENTURY antique VELLUM BOUND
SKU: 226452491
Price: 550 USD
Availability: InStock