Rechten, ende costumen van Antwerpen.

Folio: [28]-390-[1-1 bl.] pp. (endpapers renewed, title repaired, sm. piece of paper torn on f. *2; light dampstaining, some light thumbing at edges).

Old overl. vellum (used), flat spine titled in ink (repaired), ties.

First edition of the Antwerp Common Law. Only 400 copies were printed, not for the trade, but exclusively for the City authorities. In gothic type with large decorative initials. Woodcut arms of Antwerp on title. Without the often missing folding map of Antwerp.
Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 569. - BT 4109. - Pettegree NB 1538. - Not in Adams, Sorgeloos.
Bound with, as usual: Ordonnantie ende verhael vanden stijl ende maniere van procederen voor amptman borghemeester ende schepenen der Stadt van Antwerpen. Ibid., 1582. 56 pp. (p. [57] with table and last blank f. missing, tear underlaid at f. D1; same condition). Issued 29 November 1582. "On the procedure to be followed in civil litigations before the competent judicial authorities at Antwerp" (Voet). Gothic type. Woodcut Antwerp arms on title. Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 108. - BT 2265 - Pettegree NB 1535. - Not in Adams, Sorgeloos.
Prov. Abundantly contemp. annotated throughout, mostly marg. - de Le Hoye, noble family from the Southern Netherlands (arm. bookpl.). - Older label above, figuring a crown.