[Pamphlets and ordinances. Rare Delft imprint 1544] Ordonnancie

va[n] die keyserlijcke mayesteyt, roerende die dootslaghers cessionanten ende banckeroeten, gepubliceert inden jare duysent vijfhondert vier ende veertich. "Gheprent in Hollandt tot Delft aen die Vischmarct, by my Symon ians. z", (colophon at the end), "Men vintse te coope tot Frans duyck pieters. z. boeckvercooper, wonnende inden Haghe, by die school" (address on title p.), (14),(2 blank) p., woodcut coat of arms of Charles V on title p., bound in late 19th-century half cloth, bound with older front wrapper (c. 1840, w. annotation "19 mei 1544" in pen), sm. 4to.

With contemporary marginal numbering in pen of the 40 articles of which the pamphlet consists, also frequent contemporary underlining and 1 marginal annotation in pen. With an old catalogue clipping and pencil annotation ("Not in Knuttel/ v.d. Wulp / Not in Kress") on inside of the preserved 19th-century front wrapper. A very good copy of a very rare, early Delft imprint and The Hague issue, printed in a beautiful type. We found a comparable Dutch language ordinance published in Antwerp in 1541. The work contains official regulations on murder cases and people who ended up in financial problems.