Lot n° 63
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[BAMBERG] - Lot 63
[BAMBERG]
Bambergische Peynliche Hals-Gerichts-Ordnung.
Bamberg, gedruckt zum erstenmal durch Johann Wagner,
M.D.LXXX. (Bamberg court order. M.D.LXXX)
Large in-4° (310 x 200 mm), laid boards, 1ff. - 144 pp.] - 19 ff.
Superb title-frontispiece by Lucas Mayr after Jost Amman, 21 woodcuts (11 full-page) by Fritz Hammer and Albrecht Rodner after Wolf Traut and Wolfgang Katzheimer.
First section (with title page) detached. Marginal worm gallery without damage to text. Tears not missing on pp. 17, 24 (off-text engraving) and 35.
The Bamberger Hals-Gerichts-Ordnung, better known as the Bambergensis, is a milestone in German criminal law, codifying a new approach to criminal law and procedure. It was originally published in 1507 and designed for the small bishopric of Bamberg; however, its excellence and convenience attracted interest throughout the Holy Roman Empire, and a glossy version of the Bambergensis was to become the first code of criminal law and procedure to be applied uniformly throughout the empire, Emperor Charles V's Constitutio Criminalis Carolina, in 1532.
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