Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 450

Landrecht - Landrecht Obern und Nidern Bayern, 1616.


450
Landrecht
Landrecht Obern und Nidern Bayern, 1616.
Estimate:
€ 1,000 / $ 1,070
Sold:
€ 876 / $ 937

(incl. surcharge)
Landrecht, Policey: Gerichts- Malefitz- und andere Ordnungen. Der Fürstenthumben Obern und Nidern Bayrn. With engr. title, 8 fullpage armorial woodcuts (rep.), 9 partly fullpage woodcuts in the text. Munich, N. Henricus 1616. Contemp. blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards. Folio.
VD 17, 1:015484M. - Pfister I, 78. - Lentner 3570. - First edition of the Codex Maximilianus. - The large law code, edited by the order of Maximillian I, is the first compendium of Bavarian Landrecht and was obligatory for more than 150 years. - The nice woodcuts mostly show a life-size fish as gauge. - Collation: Engr. title, 10 ll. (the last blank), 62 pp., 4 ll. (the first blank), pp. 63-94, 9 ll. (the first blank), pp. 95-200, 19 ll. (the first blank), pp. 201-406, 7 ll. (the first blank), pp. 407-443, 22 ll., pp. 444-728, 4 ll., pp. 729-774, 2 ll, pp. 775-793, 4 ll., pp. 794-827, 6 ll. - Somewhat stained in places and partly slightly browned, thumb index partly removed, 12 ll. with marginal tears (some rebacked with tape), 1 l. with small rebacked defective spot, title and first ll. with minor marginal defects. Metal clasps removed, corners and edges scuffed, spine ends chipped.




450
Landrecht
Landrecht Obern und Nidern Bayern, 1616.
Estimate:
€ 1,000 / $ 1,070
Sold:
€ 876 / $ 937

(incl. surcharge)