Processus Informativus, sive de formandi Processum Informativum brevis Tractatus, ..... In quo quam multa ad Theoricam et praxim Criminalium Iudiciorum, Quamque necessaria ijs, qui rectè, & laudabiliter latrunculatoris nus obire cupiunt contineantur, Elenchus infra appositus breviter, dilucideq; demonstrabit .....

Mediolani, Ex Officina Typogr. quon Pacifici Pontii, 1600. (16), 240, (44) pp. 8vo. Contemporary wrinkled overlapping vellum, small damage at foot of front cover, handwritten name and title to spine. Not in Adams; not in BMSTC (Italian); not in Camus; Vinciana 1232 (1667 edition, the entry gives as earliest edition 1605). Second edition, first published in 1597 (?) Interesting work detailing criminal procedure: capture of suspects, investigation of proof, interrogations, etc. etc. An important part of the work is devoted to the practise of torture and its various modalities.Old handwritten ownership's entry in blank portion of title-page, F6 with a small hole not affecting text, pagenumbering quire G mixed up, but complete.