Scala, De consilio sapientis, Venice, [Paolo Manuzio], 1560, nineteenth-century three-quarter calf over marbled boards

Scala, Pace. De consilio sapientis in forensibus causis adhibendo, libri IIII, a Pace Scala, iureconsulto Patauino, conscripti. Eiusdem de contractuum, & vltimarum voluntatum compositione ad sensum sapientis liber vnus. Index capitum omnium librorum. Index rerum memorabilium. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1560

4to (195 x 140 mm). Roman type, 37 lines plus headline. collation: A-Z⁴ AA-KK⁴ LL⁴: 36 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-page, historiated initials, guide letters in initial spaces. (Marginal stain beginning quire L through Q, early annotations slightly shaved, minor creases to last few leaves.)

binding: Nineteenth-century three-quarter calf over marbled boards (200 x 151 mm), black morocco labels, brown edges. (Joints a little worn, spine damaged at head, corners rubbed.)

provenance: Unidentified owner(s), inscription washed off title, occasional marginalia (cropped). acquisition: Purchased from A.L. van Gendt, Amsterdam, 1973. references: UCLA 613; Renouard 179/1; Edit16 28067; USTC 855380