Lillian Goldman Law Library rare copy bound in 20th-century red morocco, gilt title to spine, gilt floral ins.

Hicks classification: Phil Al55 1508 short.

Imprint from colophon.

Printer's devise to colophon on page [37].

Signatures: a-e⁴.

6 large woodcut illustrations within floral border and 11 smaller in text, 5 large vine-stem initials.

Title vignette to the title page, depicts a judge flanked by the allegorical figures of Prudence and Justice, with suitors and pleaders kneeling and standing before them; a woodcut illustrating an eight-pointed star with Justice as its center and figures between the points, representing the medieval ideal of the division of labor; and the large depictions of Prudence and Justice, almost as pagan goddesses. There are also three images of Roman heroes, indicating the spirit of Renaissance: Mucius Scaevola burning his hand in front of Porsenna, Regulus being tortured, and the suicide of a Roman consul.

Law > Philosophy.

Illustrated law - Allegorical images.

Illustrated law - Justitia.

Illustrated law - Capital punishment.

Illustrated law - Courtroom scenes.

Illustrated law - Judgment of Solomon.