Praxis Rerum Civilium [Bound With] Enchiridion Partium, aut Similium

1567. 2 works in 1 vol. Antwerp: 1567 & 1569. 2 works in 1 vol. Antwerp: 1567 & 1569. A Classic Illustrated Treatise on Civil Law Damhouder, Josse (Joost) de [1507-1581]. Praxis Rerum Civilium: Praetoribus, Propraetoribus, Consulibus, Proconsulibus, Magistratibus, Reliquisque id Genus Iustitiariis ac Officiaiis, In Quacunque Republica Forensem Administrationem Assumentibus Apprime Utilis & Necessaria, Cum Nonnullis Iconibus Materiae Subiectae Conuenientibus. Antwerp: Apud Ioannem Bellerum, 1567. [lxiv], 575 [i.e. 557], [37] pp. Leaf O2 (pp. 103-104) bound after leaf O3 (pp. 105-106), text complete. 14 full-page woodcut illustrations, 1 woodcut portrait of Damhouder, 3 full-page armorial woodcuts. [Bound with] Damhouder, Josse (Joost) de. Enchiridion Parium, Aut Similium Utriusque Iuris, Omnibus Praxeos Studiosis, Aut in Foro Publicum Rerum Administrationem, Assumentibus, Admodum Utile ac Necessarium. Antwerp: Ioannem Bellerum, 1569. [xii], 222, [2] pp. 2 full-page woodcut illustrations, 3 full-page armorial woodcuts. Quarto (8-1/2" x 6"). Near-contemporary (17th-century) calf, blind rules to boards, rebacked retaining existing spine with raised bands and blind fillets, leather and brass clasps to fore-edges (top catch lacking), endpapers renewed (with old paper), edges of text block rouged (over earlier marbling). Light rubbing and a few shallow scratches and small wormholes to boards, light wear to board edges and corners, which are bumped. Light toning to interior, light foxing in a few places, upper corner of leaf T6 (pp. 299-300) lacking with loss to page number but not main text, early (illegible) owner signatures and brief annotations to first title page, early underlining and brief annotations to a few leaves. A handsome copy. $4,000. * Praxis: first edition; Enchiridion: second edition. A companion to Damhouder's famous Praxis Rerum Criminalium (1554), Praxis Rerum Civilium is a manual of civil law and court procedure. Like its predecessor, it is a synthetic work drawn mostly from Roman-Dutch sources and based largely on Philip Wielant's Practyke Civile (c.1508) and other earlier treatises. The text is illustrated throughout with woodcuts depicting court scenes and legal proceedings. Eight of these were created for this work, while the others were reused from previous publications. First published separately in 1568 and reissued with the 1569 edition of Pra.