Portable legal formulary, in Latin and Italian, manuscript on paper [Italy, seventeenth century] 250 leaves (including 25 blank leaves at back, but before the alphabetical index), contemporary foliation and thus textually complete, single column of approximately 24 lines of an italic hand, titles in larger version of same, some corners folded in, edges of leaves bumped throughout, small spots and stains, overall good condition, 155 by 110mm.; limp parchment flap binding, stitched through brown leather section on spine, with remains of single thong and toggle fastening, one thong snapped in spine between two gatherings, scrawls on front cover with numbers 1-6 and lists of years from 1801-06, '1797' on spine perhaps a shelfmark, small scuffs and marks, but overall solid in binding Most probably written for, and by, Giovanni Baptista Bonta, who signs the front pastedown, recording his profession as an 'advocato'. He was evidently a working lawyer who had to travel significantly in that role, and thus required this portable reference work of sample legal formulas.
Portable legal formulary, in Latin and Italian, manuscript on paper [Italy, seventeenth century] 250 leaves (including 25 blank leaves at back, but before the alphabetical index), contemporary foliation and thus textually complete, single column of approximately 24 lines of an italic hand, titles in larger version of same, some corners folded in, edges of leaves bumped throughout, small spots and stains, overall good condition, 155 by 110mm.; limp parchment flap binding, stitched through brown leather section on spine, with remains of single thong and toggle fastening, one thong snapped in spine between two gatherings, scrawls on front cover with numbers 1-6 and lists of years from 1801-06, '1797' on spine perhaps a shelfmark, small scuffs and marks, but overall solid in binding Most probably written for, and by, Giovanni Baptista Bonta, who signs the front pastedown, recording his profession as an 'advocato'. He was evidently a working lawyer who had to travel significantly in that role, and thus required this portable reference work of sample legal formulas.
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