Catalogue information
Practice in Criminal Saecken ghemaeckt by Joost De Damhouder from Bruges. Useful and proffytelyck, for all Sovereigns, Baillius Borgems and the Aldermen, etc. Everything is decorated with beautiful figures, serving that purpose. Item here is neither by ghevoecht d'Ordinantie op t'stuck of the Criminal Justice in these Netherlands. Tot Rotterdam by Jan van Waelberghe de Jonge Anno 1618. Conversion of Enchiridion rerum criminalium (better known as Praxis rerum criminalium) from 1554. This standard work on 15th and 16th century justice and punishment was (as is assumed by historians; see Introduction to Dutch Law, Kluwer 2006) plagiarized by De Damhouder (1507-1581) from a treatise by the Flemish judge Philip Wielant. The book was reprinted dozens of times and translated into Dutch, French and German. Illustrated with woodcuts.
This text has been translated automatically from Dutch
Click here for the original text