Description
Illustrium controversiarium, aliarumque usu frequentium libri tres.
Lyon, Faber & Stoer; 1595
Size 6 1/2 by 9 1/4"
3 leaves, 940 pages, 30 leaves.
Original blind-stamped pigskin with black-stamped initials and year on front cover (MBBC 1609).
Spine with raised bands
(Vasquez de Menchaca is considered one of the greatest Spanish jurists of the 16th century)
Beginning and end stained (repaired, some loss of text added by old hand), some soiling and wear to the binding, title page mounted
Text in Latin
Reserve: $600.00
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1595 LAW BOOK by Spanish jurist Vasquez de Menchaca antique PIGSKIN BINDING
Estimate $700-$800
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