D. GOSWINO COMITE DE WYNANTS Goswin Arnold, comte de Wynants — SUPREMAE CURIAE BRABANTIAE DECISIONES RECENTIORES, AUTHORE ILLUSTRISSIMO AC CLARISSIMO VIRO D. GOSWINO COMITE DE WYNANTS, Olim in Supremâ Brabantiae Curiâ, ac demum in Supremo Rerum Belgicarum Consilio Statûs apud CAROLUM VI. Imperatorem CONSILIARIO

Full-Leather: Very Good, 33 x 21 cm cm, (VIII + 24) 532 (24), Latin, 1st Edition, book condition: Very Good Full leather binding, minor signs of use, large margins, edges colored red, very sturdy binding A standard work in legal history on the jurisprudence of the Sovereign Council of Brabant, the highest court of the duchy during the Ancien Régime. This work compiles and comments on the most important rulings, judgments, and legal opinions (consilia) from practice, compiled by the influential councilor and state minister Count Goswin Arnold de Wynants (1661-1732). The work is a primary source for the legal archaeology of the Austrian Netherlands and provides a unique insight into how legislation was applied in practice in the Duchy of Brabant. First illustrated edition: This concerns the sought-after and most representative edition, produced by Jan Frans Foppens. It is the first edition equipped with the frontispiece portrait of Count De Wynants (by E. Pilsen after J.B. Sauvage), including his family coat of arms. Title page printed in red and black, featuring a printer's mark. A standard work in legal history on the jurisprudence of the Sovereign Council of Brabant, the highest court of the duchy during the Ancien Régime. This work compiles and comments on the most important rulings, judgments, and legal opinions (consilia) from practice, compiled by the influential councilor and state minister Count Goswin Arnold de Wynants (1661-1732). The work is a primary source for the legal archaeology of the Austrian Netherlands and provides a unique insight into how legislation was applied in practice in the Duchy of Brabant. First illustrated edition: This concerns the sought-after and most representative edition, produced by Jan Frans Foppens. It is the first edition equipped with the frontispiece portrait of Count De Wynants (by E. Pilsen after J.B. Sauvage), including his family coat of arms. Title page printed in red and black, featuring a printer's mark. Petrum Foppens (Pieter Foppens), BRUXELLIS Brussel, 1744 Condition: Very Good