Handsome Illustrated Giunta Edition of the Decretum Gratiani Gratian the Canonist [c. 1090-c.1160]. Johannes Teutonicus (or Zeneka) [d.1253], Glossator. Bartolomeo da Brescia (d.1258), Glossator. Martinus, Polonus [d. 1279], Margariti Decreti. Joannes, Diaconus Hispanus, Flos Decreti. Decretus Gratiani Cu[m] Glossis D[omi]ni Joannis Theutonici Prepositi Alberstatensis [et] Annotationibus Bartholomei Brixiensis, Divisionibus Archidiaconi..... More

Rare 1486 Reference Companion to the Canonist Known as the "Lamp of the Law" Corsetti, Antonio [c.1450-1503]. Tudeschis, Niccolo de, Archbishop (Abbas Panoramitanus) [1386-1445]. [Repertorium in Opera Nicolai de Tudeschis]. [Venice: Andreas Torresanus, c.September 17, 1486]. [379] leaves, lacking 3 blank leaves, a1 and X5-6. Collation: a-d8, e10, f-k8, l10..... More

Venerable Alphabetically Digested Handbook on Canon Law Milis, Joannes Nicolaus de [15th C.]. Ferrandat, Henri, Editor. [Repertorium Aureum] Repertorium Aureum do Nicolai de Milis, Repertortorium Admodum Solenne (Quod Merito Opus Singulariu[s] Dictorum Appellant... [Lyon: Jacques Giunta and Jean Flajollet], 1543. [xvi], 396 ff. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary limp vellum..... More

1496 Koberger Imprint With a Striking Initial and Elaborate Contemporary Binding [Gregory IX, Pope (c.1170-1241)]. [Bottoni, Bernardo (d.1266), Glosses]. [Clarius, Hieronymus, Additions]. [Decretales cum Glossa]. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 10 June 1496]. [iv], 382 ff. Index to first 4 leaves. Collation: [*4], a-z8, A-Z8, AA6, BB8. Complete. Folio (13" x 9";..... More

The Holy Roman Empire and the Church Cortrejus, Adam [1637-1706]. Repraesentatio Juris Primariarum Precum Sacratissimis Imperatoribus Romano-Germanicis Sine Praevio Pontificum Assensu Competentis. Ad Reverendissimum atque Celsissimum Archi-Episcopum Rhodiensem Internuncium Papalem in Germania Coloniensem Preces Primarias Imperatoris Nostri Sacratissimi Sine Papali Suffragio Impertitas nequicquam Suggillantem. Magdeburg: Cassitero Joh. Danielis Mulleri, 1706..... More

A Landmark in the Colonial History of the Western Hemisphere Moya de Contreras, Pedro [c.1530-1591]. Concilium Mexicanum Provinciale III. Celebratum Mexici Anno MDLXXXV. Praeside D.D. Petro Moya, Et Contreras Archiepiscopo Ejusdem Urbis. Confirmatum Romae die XXVII. Octobris Anno MDLXXXIX. Postea Jussu Regio Editum Mexici Anno MDCXXII. Sumptibus D.D. Joannis Perez..... More

A Landmark in the History of Economic Theory Summenhart, Konrad [1465-1511]. Septipertitu[m] Opus de Contractibus Pro Foro C[on]scientie Atq[ue] Theologico P[er] Conradu[m] Su[m]menhart de Calwartiu[m] ac Sacre Theologie P[ro]fessorem in Alma Universitate Tubingensi Ordinarie Legentem Co[m]pilatu[m] et per Centum Questiones Digestum ac per Eundem Quo ad Pregnantium Questionum At[que] Difficultatem..... More

One of the Earliest Printings of the Liber Sextus Decretalium Bonifacius VIII, Pope [c.1235-1303] [D'Andrea, Giovanni [c.1270-1348], Glossator. [Liber Sextus Decretalium]. [Strasbourg: Heinrich Eggestein, c.1473]. 199 ff. Lacking h6 and final leaf, both blanks. Collation: [a-d10, e13, f-g10, h5, i10, k-l8, m-p10, q4, r-v10, x11]. Folio (16-1/2" x 12"; 41..... More

An Important Collection of Early of Roman Law Schulting, Anton [1659-1734], Editor. Ayrer, Georg Heinrich [1702-1774], Preface. Jurisprudentia Vetus Ante-Justinianea ex Recensione et Cum Notis. Edito Nova Collata cum Codicibus Antiquissimo Wurceburgensi et Gothano. De Illustratione Iuris Civil. Antiqui ex Lectione Classicorum Auctorum. Praefatus est d. Georgius Henricus Ayrer. Leipzig..... More

French Translation of An Early Illustrated Law Book Milles de Souvigny, Jean [d. 1563] Lebigre, Arlette, Translator. Pratique Criminelle. Moulins, France: A l'Enseigne des Marmousets, 1983. 134 pp, 15 plates. Stiff printed wrappers. Light shelfwear and soiling, head of spine bumped, internally clean. A nice copy of a title scarce..... More

The Principles of Canon Law Stated as Maxims Dantoine, Jean-Baptiste [1693-1720?], Translator and Editor. [Gregory IX (1147?-1241), Pope]. [Boniface VIII (1235-1303), Pope]. Les Regles du Droit Canon, Dans le Meme Ordre Qu'Elles sont Disposees au Dernier Titre du Cinquieme Livre du Sexte, & Au Dernier Titre du Cinquieme Livre des..... More

A Classic Fifteenth-Century Textbook Bound with an Anthology of Writings for Law Students, Two Rare Basel Imprints I. Brant, Sebastian [1458-1521]. Caccialupi, Giovanni Battista [c. 1420-1496]. Expositio[n]es Sive Declarationes Omniu[m] Tituloru[m] Iuris tam Civilis Q[uam] Canonici per Sebastianum Brant Collecte [et] Revise. De Modo Studendi in Utroq[ue] Iure: Cu[m] No[v]ibus..... More

The Leading French Canonist of His Time Hericourt du Vatier, Louis d' [1687-1752]. Oeuvres Posthumes de Maitre Louis d'Hericourt, Avocat au Parlement. Paris: Desaint & Saillant, Durand, Cellot, 1759. Four volumes. Quarto (10" x 7-3/4"). Contemporary calf with cat's-paw decoration, gilt spines with raised bands and lettering pieces, edges of..... More