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First edition of the laws of the town and province of Utrecht promulgated in 1550


COSTUMEN, usantien, pollitien ende stijl van procederen der stadt jurisdictie ende vrijheyt van Utrecht gheapprobeert ende ghedecreteert by de K. M. onsen alre ghenadichste heeren als erf heere der stadt. steden ende landen van Utrecht.

Title and colophon printed in red and black, with coat-of-arms of Utrecht, title within fine ornamental woodcut borders; 2 small woodcut coats-of-arms of the emperor in the text, repeated full-page with coat-of-arms of Amsterdam in the charming ornamental woodcut borders on verso of the last leaf.

Title and colophon printed in red and black, with coat-of-arms of Utrecht, title within fine ornamental woodcut borders; 2 small woodcut coats-of-arms of the emperor in the text, repeated full-page with coat-of-arms of Amsterdam in the charming ornamental woodcut borders on verso of the last leaf.



Amsterdam, Willem Jacobsz. for Jan van Gelre, Utrecht, (1550). 4to. Marbled paper over modern boards. Title and colophon printed in red and black, with coat-of-arms of Utrecht, title within fine ornamental woodcut borders; 2 small woodcut coats-of-arms of the emperor in the text, repeated full-page with coat-of-arms of Amsterdam in the charming ornamental woodcut borders on verso of the last leaf. (76) lvs.

First edition of the laws of the town and province of Utrecht promulgated in 1550. The text includes a description of the duties of the officials at court, the procedures, the crimes and penalties. The privilige for this book was given on December 5, 1550 to Jan van Gelre, a rich merchant from the city of Utrecht. Originally, Van Gelre wanted to give the print order to Servaes van Sassen, in Louvain, but he decided to give the commission to Willem Jacobsz. in Amsterdam. The woodcuts in the present work come from the stock of Doen Pietersz., Willem Jacobsz.'s famous predecessor. The present edition is well produced.

Good copy, from the Bondam library, with the signature and monogram of the bookseller, Jan van Gelre on the colophon and contemporary ms. annotations in margins.- (A few lvs. loosening; lower right corner of one leaf torn off without loss of text).
Typogr. Bat. 5825; Moes, Amsterdamse boekdrukkers en uitgevers in de zestiende eeuw 169; Bibliographische Adversaria II, p. 173-174; Muller, S., Bibliotheek Utrecht I, 2019 and II, p. 297 (1551); De incunabelen en de Nederlandsche uitaven tot 1540 in de bibliotheek der universiteit van Amsterdam II 383; STC Dutch p. 217; Gulden Passer, 40, p. 43, nr. 22.

Related Subjects: 16th Century  Law  Utrecht 

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