[POST-INCUNABULA - LAW] - Lot 231

[POST-INCUNABULA - LAW] FERRARI Giovanni Pietro Practica singularis ac perutilis conspicui D. Joannis Petri de Ferrariis utriusque juris doctoris : una cum additionibus domini Francisci de Curte necnon Domini Joannis de gradibus nuper correcta et emendata. Lugduni (Lyon), Stephano (Etienne) Gueynard, May 24, 1519 [colophon]. In-4, 18th-century half-basane, 5-ribbed spine, red edges. Mention Dubois in gilt lettering on tail of spine. [AA]8-(BB]4-[a-z]8-[A-B]8-C6-D4. [12] ff. including engraved and illustrated title in red and black, CCX ff. Text on two columns and glosses printed in the margins. Historiated letters. Fine bookseller's mark in fine. Ex-libris armorié sur vignette début XXe Camille de Warenghien avec sa devise " vis unita fortior ". Worn binding, a few rare freckles, some old annotations, stains on ff. III and IV, light marginal wetness in fine and minor defects. The Practica singularis by the young Italian jurist Giovanni Pietro Ferrari (1389-1416) is an ancient classic manual of procedure in Latin (ordo judiciarius), which was a great success (at least 32 manuscripts, according to Gero Dolezalek's Verzeichnis, and several incunabula and 16th c. editions). Collation complete.