1483 Venetian Imprint of the Institutes [Justinian I, Emperor of the East (483-565 CE)]. [Accorso, Francisco (Accursius) (c.1182-c.1260), Glossator]. [Institutiones]. [Venice: Ottaviano Scoto, 18 January 1483]. Collation: a-p8. [119] ff. Lacking initial blank. Text in parallel columns. Main text surrounded by linear gloss. Folio (16-1/2" x 11"). Contemporary half vellum... More
![Liber Sextus Decretalium... Koberger, 1482 [with] Constitutiones, 1482. Corpus Juris Canonici, Pope Bonifacius VIII.](/pictures/thumb/67974.JPG?v=1525893006)
Incunable Editions of Two Primary Volumes of Canon Law Corpus Juris Canonici. Boniface VIII [1235-1303], Pope. [d'Andrea, Giovanni (c.1270-c.1348)], Glosses. [Liber Sextus Decretalium, Cum Apparatu Johannes Andreae]. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 12 March 1482]. [118] ff. Collation: a-q7. Final leaf, a blank, lacking. Text in parallel columns with two-column linear gloss... More
The Proper Forms for Pleading in the Curia Romana [Curia Romana]. [Formularium Instrumentorum ad Usum Curiae Romanae. Constitutio 19 November 1317 'Exsecrabilis Quorundam' Contra Pluralitatem Beneficiorum; Paulus II, Bulla 23 November 1464 `Cum Detestabile Scelus' Contra Simoniacos; Paulus II, Bulla 1 March 1467 'Ambitiose Cupiditati' de Rebus Ecclesiae non Alienandis]... More
1494 Edition of Distinguished Commentary on Canon Law Koelner de Vanckel, Johannes. Summarium Textuale et Conclusiones Super Sextum et Clementinas [et Decretales Extravagantes Johannis XXII]. [(Cologne): Johann Koelhoff, the Younger, 1494]. [290] ff. Two parts, each with title page. Part I dated 1 February 1494, Part II dated 24 March... More
A Classic Guide to Pleading and Procedure in Roman and Canon Law [Ferrari, Giovanni Pietro (fl. 1389-1416)]. [Practica Nova Judicialis]. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 28 February 1482]. [viii], 204 ff. First and final blank leaves replaced. Text complete. Double column, 57-58 lines plus headline, gothic type, 5 to 16-line initial spaces... More
Appealing 1479 Venice Imprints of Two Principal Volumes of Canon Law Corpus Juris Canonici. [Boniface VIII (1235-1303), Pope. [d'Andrea, Giovanni (c.1270-c.1348), Commentary]. [Albignani, Pietro, Editor]. [Liber Sextus Decretalium Una Cum, Apparatus Joannis Andreae]. [Venice: Johannes De Colonia and Johannes Manthen, "16 April" [probably after 19 May], 1479. [146] ff. Collation... More
![Expositiones Sive Declarationes [Bound with] Margarita Decretalium. Sebastian Brant, Martinus Polonus.](/pictures/thumb/67526.JPG?v=1517389649)
Early Printings (1508, c.1496) of Two Classic Fifteenth-Century Textbooks in a Volume with Original Hasp of Chained Binding Brant, Sebastian [1458-1521]. [Caccialupi, Giovanni Battista (c. 1420-1496)]. Expositiones Sive Declaratio[n]es Omniu[m] Tituloru[m] Iuris tam Civilis Q[ua]m Canonici. De Modo Studendi in Utro[que] Jure; Cu[m] No[t]ibu[s] Omniu[m] Scribe[n]tiu[m] in Iure. [Basel: Jakob... More
![Flores Legum [Bound with] Brocardica Iuris [And] Processus. Legal Reference, Niccolo de Tudeschis.](/pictures/thumb/67478.JPG?v=1517389646)
Three Classic Legal Reference Works Printed Circa 1500 [Legal Reference]. Flores Legum. [Paris: Etienne Jehannot for Jean Petit, c.1500]. [60] ff. Collation: [a8], b-g8 h4. 30-31-line text. [Bound with] Brocardica Iuris. [Paris: Andre Bocard, for E., J. And G. de Marnef, [c. 1503]. [40] ff. Collation: a-e8. 32-line text. [And]... More
A Powerful Opponent of Martin Luther Mazzolini, Silverstro, Da Prierio [1456-1527]. Compendium in Johannem Capreolum cum Additionibus. [Cremona: Carolus de Darleriis, 15 and 28 April 1497]. [320] ff. Collation: [*4], a-n8, aa-kk8, ll-mm4, A-C8, D6, E4, AA-DD8, EE-GG6, HH4, (1-9)4. Complete. Quarto 9-1/4" x 7" (23 x 18 cm). Contemporary... More
The Pearls of the Decretals [Polonus, Martinus (d.1278)]. Margarita Decreti Seu Tabula Martiniana. [Strassburg: Printer of the 'Casus Breves Decretalium' (Georg Husner?)], 1493. [106] ff. Final leaf blank. Thumb-tabbed. Collation: a8 b-q6 r8. Complete. Folio 11" x 7-1/2" (28 x 19 cm). With final blank, initials and capital strokes rubricated... More
Handsome Incunable Edition of Gratian Corpus Juris Canonici. Gratian the Canonist [c. 1090-c. 1160]. [Johannes Teutonicus (or Zeneka) (d.1253), Glossator]. [Bartolomeo da Brescia (d.1258), Glossator]. [Brant, Sebastian [1458-1521], Editor]. Decretum Gratiani. [Basel: Johann Froben, 13 June 1493]. [520] ff. Main text in parallel columns with linear gloss. Collation: a-z, ?8... More
The Last Incunable Imprint of Cipolla's "Legal Cautions" Concerning Servitudes and Real Property Cipolla, Bartolomeo [1420-1475]. Cautelae Iuris. [Strasbourg: Johann Pruss, 25 February 1490]. [i], 85 ff. Collation: [a8, b-c6,d8], e-f6, g8, h-m6, n8. Complete. Quarto 9-1/4" x 6-1/2" (23 x 16.5 cm). Contemporary quarter pigskin with elaborate blind tooling... More
![Super Authenticis. [Venice: Baptista de Tortis, 3 March 1489]. Angelo Degli Ubaldi, Angelus de Ubaldis.](/pictures/thumb/62321.JPG?v=1517389405)
A Notable Commentary on the Authentica Ubaldi, Angelo Degli [c.1327-1400]. [Super Authenticis]. [Venice: Baptista de Tortis, 3 March 1489]. Collation: a-e8. 39 of 40 ff. Folio a1, a blank, lacking, otherwise complete. Text in parallel columns. Folio 15-1/2" x 11-1/2" (40 x 30 cm). Modern paper-covered boards (illustrated with copies... More