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First edition of the laws of the city and province of Utrecht, promulgated in 1550

[UTRECHT - LAW].
Costumen, usantien pollitien ende stijl van procederen der stadt jurisdictie, en[de] vrijheyt va[n] Utrecht gheapprobeert en[de] ghedecreteert, . . .
[Colophon:] Amsterdam, printed by Willem Jacobsz. and sold at Utrecht by Jan van Gelre, 1550. 4to. With the title and the arms of the city of Utrecht in red and black in a 4-piece woodcut frame with figures and decoration, the arms repeated below the red and black colophon with the publisher's authenticating signature in dark brown ink; 3 different woodcut coats of arms for the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, each with a different bearing: 2 small in the text, with his motto "plus oultre", and a full-page one on the verso of the last leaf. Late 18th-century boards, marbled paper sides. [16], LVIII, [2] ll.
€ 3,500
First edition of the laws of the city and province of Utrecht, promulgated in 1550. The text includes a description of the duties of the officials at court, the procedures, and the crimes and penalties. This copy comes from the library of Peter Bonham (1727-1800), professor of law at Utrecht and legal historian. It is extensively annotated, especially in several sections concerning marriage, divorce, inheritance and the transfer of money, so that parts of the margins are nearly full.
Some copies have a single leaf of errata inserted after D4, not present in this copy. In very good condition, with the upper part of one bifolium detached from the sewing and the corner of one leaf torn off with no loss of text. BMC STC Dutch, p. 217; Moes & Burger 169; STCN (8 copies, incl. 2 incomplete); Typ. Batava 5825 (10 copies, incl. some incomplete).
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