20 - Law – Law books
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Law – Law books Curtius, Franciscus the Younger Tractatus feudorum. Corrected and annotated by Ioanne Hauichorstio Monast. Cologne, Birckmann, 1561. 8 leaves, 339 pp., 28 leaves (index). Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin binding with (more recent) binding ribbons (spine stained). 1st German edition. – VD16 ZV 3912 – A systematic treatise (Tractatus) on continental European feudal law (ius feudale). In it, Curtius systematised the often confusing, historically evolved rules governing the legal relationships between feudal lords (dominus) and vassals (vasallus). The edition was comprehensively corrected, edited and annotated with explanatory marginal notes and a detailed subject index by the Westphalian scholar Johann Havichorst (Ioannes Hauichorstius). - Bearing the library stamp of the Karthauser Library in Buchheim, whose holdings were sold at auction in their entirety in 1883/84. A Systematic Treatise (Tractatus) on Continental European Feudal Law. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard margin scheme. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.

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20 - Law – Law books See original version (German)

20 - Law – Law books
See original version (German)