[Bindings. Law] Dordrecht school prize binding,

contemp. panelled gilt vellum, both covers with central oval ornament of Minerva Dordracena surrounded by ornamental double borders with corner fleurons, ribbed spine with 8 gilt compartments, one of which with mor. letterpiece, copper catches and hinges of clasps (lacking), folio.

Offsetting from rusty paperclips at the beginning. Gilding sl. faded; back cover discol. at top margin. With letterpress school prize filled out in pen, awarded to Petrus Henricus van de Wall (Van Puttershoek, 1795-1853) by the Dordrecht Gymnasium, 1813, signed by the prefect Hendrik Onderwater (1747-1822) and by the rector H. Verbeek. On: B. Brisson. De verborum quae ad ius civile pertinent significatione (...). Halle, Impensis Orphanotrohei, 1743, (12),XXXXVIII,1436 p., with engr. dedication frontispiece (incorporating the portraits of J.G. Heinecke (1681-1741) and H. Boehmer (1671-1749) and the interior of a library) and an engr. headpiece both by Sysang after G.H. Gründler. Brunet I, 1262. Edition published by Heinecke and Boehmer, dedicated to S. v. Cocceius, of this important dictionary of juridical terms.