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Seiler - Chamber Court Order - Law.- Seiler, R. The Chamber Court Ordinance adopted and approved by the Roman Imperial Majesty and the common peoples of the Holy Roman Empire ... compiled, augmented, and improved from all the old Chamber Court Ordinances and Decrees ... Mainz, Behem, 1574. 14 unnumbered, 207 numbered leaves. Folio. Contemporary calfskin binding with rich ornamental gilt decoration on the covers and with punched and colored three-sided gilt edges (slightly stained and rubbed, corners and spine joints restored, one headband cracked, clasps replaced). VD 16, D 996; Schottenloher 27839. - Official publication of imperial laws, printed in Mainz since the 15th century. While the printing privilege initially belonged to Peter Schöffer, it later passed to his successors, officially to Franz Behem in 1555. - Wide-margined copy. - Some marginalia in an old hand in reddish-brown ink. - Engraved coat of arms bookplate of 'Johann Conrad von Reinach' on the pastedown. - Rare edition in a contemporary German Renaissance binding.