Covarrubias’ Legal Treatise for Philip II (1610) – Rare Folio

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Didaci Covarrubvias A Leyva Toletani Episcopi Segobiensis Philippi II. Hispaniarvm Regis Svmmo Praefecti Praetorio Ac Ivris Interpretis Acvtissimi. Published in Antwerp by Joannes Keerbergius, 1610. A monumental legal folio in six volumes, measuring 25 x 34 x 9 cm. Full leather binding heavily damaged: missing title page of the first volume, spine absent, significant losses on boards, corners severely worn. Contains 6 ff. & 537 pp. (lacking pp. 49–122), 548 pp., and index. Some misplaced leaves and marginal gnawing affecting the upper margins from page 327 to the end. Extensive handwritten annotations throughout.