Lot n° 2
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EUR
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: 614EUR
DAMHOUDER (Joss, de Bruges). La pratique et enchiridion des - Lot 2
DAMHOUDER (Joss, de Bruges). La pratique et enchiridion des causes criminelles, illustrée par plusieurs elegantes figures , redigée en escript par Joss de Damhouder...Louvain, Estienne Waters et Jehan Bathen, 1554; in 4, [8] introductory leaves and 364 pages, 56 full-page woodcut figures depicting crimes and torments (the leaves on pages 196 and 199 are licentious. Bound in obliquely striped paper-covered boards, first board detached and missing at large headpieces, corners and edges. Missing 28 leaves, including 22 engravings identified on a loose leaf. Handwritten bookplate "B.Dubuisson 1738". First edition.
Despite its condition and missing parts, this 16th-century volume remains a real curiosity. Ex-libris Fernand Heitz. Estienne Wauters is a variant of Gualtherus Estienne (1500-1555?); active in Leuven from August 1552 to 1555. Worked in association with Johannes Bathenius (Mellot-Queval 4415).
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