SCANAROLI, Giambattista De visitatione carceratorum libri tres. Quibus omnia ad visitationem, patrocinium, & liberationem carceratorum spectantia explanantur (...) [- Appendix]. 1655 “Typis Reuerendae Camerae Apostolicae”, folio, cont. vellum...
Estimation :
500 / 600
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
(rebacked), spine on 5 raised bands, 2 parts: [16]-588-[140], [4]-122-[14] pp. (paper age-toned and spotted, marg. dampstaining with occ. mouldy spotting). Good copy.
Original ed. of the famous 1st extensive treatise on (Roman) prisons and their legal and humanitarian problems, by G. Scanaroli (1579-1665), titular bishop of Sidon. He “sought to document the impact of ecclesiastical ethics on civil penal practices” (Geltner, The medieval prison). Woodcut mark and illustrations on title. Printed in 2 cols.
Original ed. of the famous 1st extensive treatise on (Roman) prisons and their legal and humanitarian problems, by G. Scanaroli (1579-1665), titular bishop of Sidon. He “sought to document the impact of ecclesiastical ethics on civil penal practices” (Geltner, The medieval prison). Woodcut mark and illustrations on title. Printed in 2 cols.
