Ad consuetudines Atrebatesias commentatio.

4to: 227-[37] pp. (toned, occasional marginal staining, fore-edge margins Ff1-2 strengthened, 2 tiny holes in blank part of title, ff. Ff3-Kk4 mounted).

19th-c. gilt tree calf, richly gilt spine with 5 raised bands with morocco label, red edges, gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, cloth marker (edges sl. rubbed). Good copy.

Rare survey of the local legislation of Artois by the Arras lawyer N. Gosson (1506- decapitated by the Spaniards in 1578). At the end "Les coustumes generales du comté d’Artois nouvellement decretes" (36 pp.). Woodcut mark on title.
Ref. BT 1318. - Dekkers 65:1. - Pettegree FB 23274 = NB 13580. - Not in Adams, STC Dutch (BL).
Prov. Numerous contemp. marginal annotations (cropped). - Old ownership entries on title (partly deleted). - On covers unidentified gilt coloured arms with monogram "C. G.". - Unidentified armorial bookpl. with device "Sans Varier".