[Rarebooks] FS: Contardo's Roman law treatise on libel & slander. Rome: 1551

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(LAW) Contardo, Cesare. COMMENTARII IN L. DIFFAMARI C. DE INGE & MANU. (Rome: Antonio Bladum. 1551).  8vo. ff.(8),114,(44). With 1 of 2 final blank leaves. Index. Large woodcut on title page depicting a building in the course of construction within an allegorical frame. Bound in modern paper-like vellum, spine with a small gouge. Two gatherings misbound (S & T), but a decent copy of a very scarce book.    $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition of an extensive commentary on a Roman law treatise dealing with the laws of libel and slander. Not in BMC Italian; not in Adams (which does record only a 1586 edition under "Contardus").

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