Oct 16, 2018 - Sale 2488

Sale 2488 - Lot 102

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
ABDUENSIS, FERDINANDUS [i. e., D'ADDA, FERDINANDO]. Ad omnes iuris civilis interpretes, ac eius disciplinae studiosos contra iurisprudentiae vituperatores oratio. 45, [3] leaves, including final leaf with woodcut device on verso. 8vo, 159x102 mm, old vellum boards with worn leather lettering pieces, bottom of spine chipped; contents dampstained, title spotted, penultimate leaf shaved along top edge. Signature of Walter R. Spofford dated 1939. Venice: Sons of Aldus, 1546

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first edition of a tract on the superiority of the legal profession over medicine, philosophy, etc. Renouard, page 137(14); Ahmanson-Murphy 356.