Iulii Ferretti Ravennatis i. u. d. aequitis, comitisque Lateranensis Palatii, DE RE ET DISCIPLINA MILITARI, Aureus Tractatus; ac coelestis, spiritualis, legalis, armatae, instauratae, et illustratae militiae praeceptis.

Julius Ferrettus (Giulio Ferretti)

Published by Venetiis Apud Bologninum Zalterium, 1575

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Folio, 30.5x20cm. Latin language. Title continues - "Antiquorum exemplis, nec non & recentium gestis munitus: Ad communem omnium Principum, Iurisconsultorum, Militumq; utilitatem nunc primum in lucem æditus. Cui accesserunt summæ cum Repertorio locupletissimo, ut facilius quæ memoria digna sunt, Alphabetico ordine inueniantur. Cum Privilegiis." pp(108)426(2). Title-page with woodcut printer's device. All other contents with ruled borders, all but first few pages in two columns; with decorated initial capitals and a few other decorations. All edges blue. Contemporary binding, spine and board coverings scavenged from an earlier music manuscript on parchment - over which 4-line staff Gregorian Chant notation in red and black, accompanying Latin verse in black, and glimpses of decorations in red and blue. Spine with manuscript title and date in uppermost of five compartments; original blue & white headbands. Boards with yapp fore-edges. Original endpapers. Spine deeply darkened, chipped with loss at head & foot and adjacent to lower part of front hinge, and with two near-closed splits across width; title almost illegible, date reasonably clear. Boards with ingrained dust-, handling- & other markings, fore-edge ties long since gone. Three pin-prick size worm holes at lower edge of front board, no signs of full penetration. Endpapers lightly and patchily toned & spotted, a little dust- & handling-marked, and with near-closed splits along hinges. Front flyleaf with hole and graze close to upper edge over short almost-erased inscription, beneath which another inscription "Julius Ferrettus (Italian jurist)" and smaller graze, and hardly visible dampstains of negligible effect. Pastedowns at both front and rear with minor worm damage close to hinges; contents otherwise worm-free. Title-page faintly & patchily toned and a little dust-marked, with three short black ink-strokes through still-legible 'A' of 'AEQUITIS', and with small hole close to centre (having negligible effect on print) covered by small paper strip neatly applied at blank verso. Text occasionally faintly toned. Final leaf (imprimatur at recto) with a few minor spots. Top edge of text-block darkened; other edges a little uneven in tone, and lower edge a little marked adjacent to fore-edge. Interesting binding holding firmly, though spine grubby in appearance. Contents complete, and in generally clean, tight and fresh condition. In view of age, a VERY GOOD copy. (Giulio Ferretti of Ravenna 1480-1547, author of about 40 legal works mainly on military and financial law; held important administrative and diplomatic positions under Emperor Charles V.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Iulii Ferretti Ravennatis i. u. d. aequitis, comitisque Lateranensis Palatii, DE RE ET DISCIPLINA MILITARI, Aureus Tractatus; ac coelestis, spiritualis, legalis, armatae, instauratae, et illustratae militiae praeceptis.
• Publisher: Venetiis Apud Bologninum Zalterium
• Publication Date: 1575
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good