Sale 2488 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 16, 2018

103 102 c   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 ofWalter R. Spofford dated 1939. Venice: Sons of Aldus, 1546 [400/600] first edition of a tract on the superiority of the legal profession over medicine, philosophy, etc. Renouard, page 137(14);Ahmanson-Murphy 356. 103 c   CERDÁN DE TALLADA, TOMÁS. Visita de la cárcel y de los presos. Woodcut arms of King Philip II of Spain on title. [16], 242, [19] pages. 4to, 193x137 mm, 19th-century 1 / 2 sheep gilt; margins trimmed just touching some headlines and sidenotes, marginal dampstaining at beginning and end, title rehinged, with old partly scored inscriptions, 2 ink blots on R4, front free endpaper lacking. Bookplate of Pablo Vergara. Valencia: Pedro de Huete, 1574 [500/750] first edition of an early treatise on imprisonment, criticizing contemporary conditions in secular prisons. Palau 51652. LAW LOTS 102 - 109 SEE ALSO LOT 115 102