UNCOMMON EDITION OF THE PRACTICE IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS, WITH A COLLECTION OF DECISIONS OF THE COURTS OF THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES AND OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL TRIBUNALS

Riccio, Giovanni Luigi. Praxis rerum fori ecclesiastici, et variae decisiones nedum curiae archiepiscopalis Neapolit. verum etiam aliorum tribunalium ecclesiasticorum eiusdem regni, causarum delegatarum, vel ad consilium auctoris trasmissarum. [...] Accesserunt multiplicis argumenti quaestiones explicatae, quarum elenchum octaua pagina indicabit. [...] Auctore Ioan. Aloysio Riccio viro patritio Neapolitano [...]. Coloniae Allobrogum [Geneve]: apud Philippum Albertum, 1621.

4to, 224x150 mm, contemporary soft vellum binding, handwritten title at spine, red sprinkled edges; pp. [8], 814, [114].
Title-page in red and black types, with an engraved printer’s device (a crown).
Xyl. head-pieces and initials.
Text in Latin, printed in two columns

31 editions of this work have been published between 1617 and 1621 in Latin.

Provenance: Handwritten ownership inscriptions at title-page (erased, unreadable).
Long hand-written ownership inscription at bottom edge of dedicatory leaf recto (Ex legato quondam Patris Cong.nis Oratoij S. Philippi Nerijj Civitatis Cherij Joseph Vincentij Molina Parochiali Cinnagliensi. 1789)

References: IT\ICCU\BVEE\070697 (3 copies). OCLC, 848614785. No copy of this edition in USA.

Light traces of use to the binding (little lacks at spine, with partial loss of the written title). Browning and foxing at many leaves. A little worm-work at some leaves (in the last 100 pages), only partially interesting the text. A short marginal tear (repairable) at title-page, due to the ink used to erase a ownership signature. Overall, a copy in good condition.