1593 LAW BOOK by Johannes Petrus de Ferrariis ANTIQUE Geneva 16th century

Ferrariis, Johannes Petrus de.

Praxis aurea celeberrimi et antiqui iuris utriusque doctoris Ioannis Petri de Ferrariis Papiensis…


Geneva, apud haeredes Eustathii Vignon; 1593


Thick octavo

Important manual of judicial practice and civil procedure, gathering forms, libels, exceptions, interrogations, appeals, sentences and modes of execution, augmented by Innocent Gentillet and followed by an appendix drawn from Petrus Jacobi.


Printer's device with an anchor at the title, wood-engraved initials.

Original reversed calf binding,  worn , with some worm damage as visible on the photos,  spine with raised bands.

Toning and some interior spots.

An interesting witness to the practical legal literature printed in Geneva at the end of the 16th century.

 Size: 5 by 8"

Thickness 3 1/4"

Text in Latin
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