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*NEVIZZANO (Giovanni). Clarissimi jurisconsulti d. Jo. de Nevizanis, civis Asten., Silva nuptialis, in qua ex dictis moder. per regulam et fallentias plurime questiones quottidie in practica occurrentes nondum per quempiam redacte in materia matrimonii, dotium, filiationis, adulterii, originis, successionis et monitorialium, una cum remediis ad sedandum factiones de Guelfis et Gibellinis [....] Sumpte ex quaestione an sit utile nubere [...] Lyon, Jean Moulin, alias de Cambray, 1524. In-4 gothic, 174 ff., 2 columns, black and red framed title, letterpress mark. Havana half calf, ornate ribbed spine, black marbled title page (19th c. binding). Old foxing, a few marginal holes or wormholes, restored loss on last leaf with loss of text. "This edition and that of Paris, Vidoue pour Kerver 1521, in-8 goth. are preferred to the various reprints that were made in Lyon, 1545, 1556 and 1572, in-8, and also in Venice, in 1570 and 1573, because it is claimed that the text of the latter has been altered, and that the passages against women have been softened [...]" Brunet. "A bizarre book, in which the author unfolds a facetious erudition with sustained seriousness. The coarsest sarcasms against women are sprinkled throughout. This is where we find that "God, having formed man, postponed the creation of woman, in order to deal with her at the same time as with the animals, and that he limited himself to shaping her body; as for the head, he didn't want to interfere and left its organization to the devil."" Gay. Handwritten bookplate De Grosieux le fils (Brunet IV, 47; Gay III, 1162).