Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256
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Sale 2256 - Lot 117

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MARIA THERESA, Empress. Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana; oder, Der Römisch-Kaiserl. . . . Majestät Mariä Theresiä . . . peinliche Gerichstordnung. 3 folding engraved plates and 27 illustrations depicting torture instruments and their application. [16], 282, lvi pages. Folio, 349x227 mm, contemporary 1/2 leather, spine and cover edges quite worn; occasional browning of text, engraved matter generally clean. Vienna: Johann Thomas Edler von Trattner, 1769
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The last version of the Austrian penal code to sanction the use of torture in criminal procedure.