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FIRST EDITION OF TWO IMPORTANT RENAISSANCE TREATISES OF FAMILY LAWDAMHOUDER,...

FIRST EDITION OF TWO IMPORTANT RENAISSANCE TREATISES OF FAMILY LAW

DAMHOUDER, JODUCUS – CAVALCANI, BORGNINUS. Patrocinium pupillorum et viduarum nouum; siue De tutore, curatore, et de vsufructu mulieri relicto, ... tractatus, auctoribus ... D. Iodoco Damhouderio I.C. Brugensi, ... & D. Borgnino Caualcano I.C. Fiuizanensi, .... Correctius et emendatius secundo nunc editum; notationibusque nonnullis auctum a F.M. Francisco Modio! I.C.B. Cum indice notabilium et additionum longe locupletissimo. Impressum Francofurti ad Moenum, per Petrum Fabricium, impensis Sigismundi Feyrabendii, 1586. (Frankfurt, Fabricius for Feyrabend, 1586).

2 works in a volume in folio (340x215 mm), later half calf, ff. [9], 59, [10]; [4], 74, [24].
Two separate title-pages (the first one printed in red and black). Woodcut devices, woodcut head-letters, head and –tail pieces, woodcut half-page illustration. Text on two columns.

First edition of two most important Renaissance treatises of Family Law.

Provenance: Not identified annotations of a contemporary hand.

References: OCLC locates 20 copies worldwide, only 2 complete copies in Italy (ICUU), OCLC 166002245/ 28708933; VD 16 D 53.