[Stryk, Samuel]

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1,500 - 1,800 GBP

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Description

Von vorsichtiger Schliessung der Contracten, oder von denen Cautelen, welche ein iedweder in Handel und Wandel nothwendig in acht zu nehmen hat [etc.]. Hamburg: Hermann Redlichen, 1692

4to (196 x 160mm.), title printed in red and black, contemporary vellum, upper covered stamped `g.h.v.s. 1696’, some light offsetting, lacking ties, slight worming on lower cover

Catalogue Note

rare first edition in german of a comprehensive early work on contracts, first published in Latin in 1684. It covers all aspects of the law of contract: those relating to church and civil property, those involving children, drunks, the deaf, blind and dumb; loans, deposits, inheritance, business partnerships, guardianship, insurance, marriage; and the issues relating to the discharging and terminating of contracts.