[Law] Jurisprudentia forensis Romano-Saxonica

secundum ordinem constitutionum D. Augusti electoris Saxoniae in part. IV. divisa. Rerum et quaestionum in foro, praesertim saxonico (...). Auctore & collectore Benedico Carpzovio (...). Frankfurt am Main, J. Pressius, 1644, (86),1492,(142) p., with engr. frontispiece, woodcut title vignette, head- and tailpieces and initials, contemp. blindstamped half pigskin with use of (dam.) old manuscript lvs., folio.

Partly vaguely waterst.; lacks final free endpaper. Binding lacks ties, is smoke-stained and worn/ sl. dam. along extremities. With intriguing, contemporary old owner's entry on half title: "Sum Friederici von Nassa (?), qui me sibi comparavit 10 imper. 9 aug. anno 1647". Very rare, early edition, no copies in PiCarta, listing editions of 1638, 1650 and later. Benedikt Carpzov the Younger (1595-1666), German lawyer and witchcraft theoretician who wrote extensively on witch processes, the founder of the German jurisprudence, also known as Ludovicus de Montesperato.