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THE "GOLDEN TREATISE": A STANDARD RENAISSANCE HANDBOOK OF CRIMINAL LAWNO COPY...

THE "GOLDEN TREATISE": A STANDARD RENAISSANCE HANDBOOK OF CRIMINAL LAW
NO COPY IN USA OF THIS EDITION

Novelli, Jacopo. Tractatus Aureus defensionem omnium reorum adversusquascunque accusationes et inquisitiones pro quibuscunque criminibus docens, tum ad theoricam iuris, tum ad comunem omnium tribunalium uniuersae Europae stilum & praxim accommodatus. Iacobo Nouello iureconsulto authore. Adiectis summariis ac indice copiosiss. Nunc primum in lucem prodit. [...]. Venetiis apud Baltassarem Constantinum ad signum diui Georgii, 1552.

8vo (152x105 mm), ancient stiff vellum, label with gilt title at spine, blue edges, ff. 116, [16].

Second, increased edition (after the first one of 1549) of this standard handbook of criminal law, containing the important elements useful for the public and private prosecutions of the guilty party.

Provenienza: Several not identified contemporary annotations.

References: CNCE 25174. There are two editions printed this year, the second one being with a different foliation and without printer's name (and the “fountain supported by winged putti” device). OCLC 50198505 (the copy of the Library of Congress) locates in USA libraries three copies of this anonymous issue (the others at Harvard Law Library and University of Michigan Law Library) and no copy of this Costantini edition.