August 17, 2021
Highlights in this list include:
Dictionary of Roman Law and Legislation with 24 Plates Agustin, Antonio [1517-1586]. Orsino, Fulvio [1529-1600], Editor. Lipsius, Justus [1547-1606]. De Legibus et Senatusconsultis Liber: Adiunctis Legum Antiquarum & Senatusconsultorum Fragmentis, Cum Notis Fuluii Ursini, Multo Quam Antea Emendatius, Additis Etiam Locorum Quorundam Notis: Cum Duobus Indicibus Locupletissimis: Adiectus est Iusti..... More
Funeral Rites and Burials Asinio, Giovanni Baptista [fl. 1562]. Commentarii in Titulum Digestorum De Religiosis & Sumptibus Funerum. Florence: Apud Laurentium Torrentinum, 1562. [viii], 338, [52] pp. Folio (12-3/4" x 8-1/4"). Contemporary calf with later varnishing, blind rules and small central arabesques to boards, raised bands and later lettering piece..... More
The Roman Law of Prescription Balbo, Giovanni Francesco [f. 1510-1518]. [Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal (Hostiensis) (c. 1200-1271)]. Tractatus Foecundus, et Perutilis de Praescriptionibus: Editus per Clarissimum Iurisconsultum do. Ioannem Franciscum Balbum Taurinensem. Cui Accedit Repetitio Singularis l. Celsus ff. de Usucap. Cum Multis Additionibus & Apostillis, Una cum Dictis Hostien..... More
![Item #59572 Commentarius de Iurisprudentia Muciana [Bound With Two Other Works]. Francois Baudouin](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/59572.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1410791334)
An Important Humanist Scholar Baudouin, Francois [1520-1573]. Commentarius de Iurisprudentia Muciana. Accessit Rerum & Verborum Praecipue Memorabilium Index. Basel: Per Ioannem Oporinum, [1558]. [xvi] 306 [6] pp. [Bound with] Baudouin, Francois. De Legibus XII Tabularum. Tertia sed Plane nova Editio. Basel: Per Ioannem Oporinum, [1557]. [viii] 252 [18] pp. [And]..... More
![Item #71154 Expositiones Sive Declarationes Omniu[m] Tituloru[m] Iuris [With]. Sebastian Brant,...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71154.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1590604821)
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
Rare Treatise Dealing With Legal Rights of Farmers and Other Rural People Choppin, Rene [1537-1606]. De Privilegiis Rusticorum: Lib. III. O Fortunatos Nimium, Sua Si Bona Norint, Agricolas, Gnauosque Senes, Extrema per Illos Iustitia Excedens Terris Vestigia Fecit. Paris: Apud Nicolaum Chesneau, 1575 [colophon: 29 November 1574]. [xvi] 248, [24]..... More
A Durable Work by a Renowned Saxon Jurist Coler, Matthias [1530-1587]. Tractatus de Processibus Executivis, In Causis Civilibus et Pecuniariis, Accommodatus Passim ad Practicam Fori Saxonici. Cui in Fine Adiectus est Index Verborum & Rerum, Quae in hoc Opere Continentur, Copiosus. Jena: Excudebat Tobias Steinman, 1586. [xvi], 812, [64] pp..... More
Ecclesiastical Patronage Curtius, Rochus [fl. 1470-1515]. Cittadini, Paolo [d. 1525]. Nilsson, Jens [1538-1600]. Iurispatronatus Tractatus et Flores: In Quibus Continentur Omnia ea Quae ad Illam Materiam Spectant. Lyon: Apud Carolum Pesnot, 1573. [lxxxvi], 879 pp. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4"). Later calf, rebacked in period style, blind frames to boards, raised..... More
Contains the First Text Illustration of a Book Auction Damhouder, Josse (Joost) de [1507-1581]. Pupillorum Patrocinium, Legum et Praxeos Studiosis; Non Minus Utile Quam Necessarium, Iconibus Materiae Subiectae Convenientibus Illustratum, Iam Denuo Vigili Cura, & Non Poenitenda Accessione Locupletatum. Item De Magnificentia Politiae Amplissimae Civitatis Brugarum, Cum Eiusdem Topographia, &..... More
Consilia by a Humanist Advisor to Pope Clement VII Ferretti, Giulio [1480-1547]. Consilia et Tractatus Quorum Tabulam Secunda Pagina Indicat. Cum Summariis, & Copiosissimo Omnium Materiarum Indice, Nunc Primum in Lucem Veniunt. Venice: Apud Avantium, 1562. [iv], 48, 219, [1] ff. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto (8-1/2" x 6-1/2")..... More
Sixteenth-Century Editions of Three Classic Legal Reference Works Haloander, Gregor [1501-1531], Editor. [Wernherus of Schussenried (15th. c.)]. [Azo, Portius (fl. 1150-1230)]. Modus Legendi Abbreviaturas in Utroque Iure tam Civili Quam Pontifico Occurrentes, Nunc Recens Diligentius quam Antehac Recognitus atque in Lucem Aeditus. Cui in Gratiam et Usum Iuris Candidatorum Recenti..... More
Handsomely Printed 1530 Pocket-Sized Edition with Commentaries by Sassoferrato [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. D'Aurigny, Gilles, Editor. [Sassoferrato, Bartolo de (1313-1357), Glossator]. Textus Infortiati: D[omi]ni Justiniani Imp[er]atoris Sacratissimi. Cu[m] Summariis. [Paris: Francois Regnault, c.1530]. 290, [24] ff. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Recent..... More
![Item #71204 Institutionum [bound with] Infortianum [and] Digestum Novum, 1553-56. Emperor of the...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71204.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1593021547)
A Collection of Texts from the Corpus Juris Civilis in Handsome Uniform Contemporary Paneled Pigskin Bindings Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Accorso, Francisco (Accursius) [c.1182-c.1260], Glossator. Gaius [Active 130-180 CE]. Institutionum D. Iustiniani Sacratissimi Imperatoris Libri Quatuor: Ad Vetustissimorum Simul et Emendatissimorum Exemplarium Fidem Summa Diligentia Recogniti..... More
![Item #71033 Volumen: Novellas Constitutiones Iustiniani [with] Institutiones 1551. Emperor of the...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71033.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1587652388)
An Attractive Collection of Texts from the Corpus Juris Civilis with Extensive Contemporary Annotations Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. La Porte, Hugues de, Compiler. Vincent, Antoine, Compiler. Volumen: Complectitur hoc Volumen (Sic Enim Peculiari Vocabulo Vocant) Novellas Constitutiones Iustiniani Principis Post Repetitam Codicis Prelectionem Editas, Authentica Vulgo..... More
1501 Venetian Edition of the Institutes in a Contemporary Binding [Justinian I (485-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. [Accursius (Accorso, Francisco) (c.1182-c.1260), Glossator]. [Gradibus, Johannes de (active 15th-16th c)]. Instituta cum Summariis. [Venice: Per Paganinum de Paganinis, May 25, 1501]. 152 [i.e. 140] ff. Text in parallel columns with linear..... More
Edited by a "Reformed" Lawyer and Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I Justinian I [485-565CE], Emperor of the East. Haloander, Gregor [1501-1531], Translator and Editor. Agylaeus, Henricus [1532 or 1533-1595], Editor. Iustiniani Principis Novellae Constitutiones, Latine Ex Gregorii Haloandri et Henrici Agylaei Interpretatione, Ad Grecum Scrimgeri Exemplar, Nunc Primum Edite. Quibus..... More
![Item #70946 Tractatus de Fortuitis [Bound with] Tractatus de Probanda Negativa. Sebastiano...](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/70946.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1582906706)
Scarce Treatises on Proximate Cause and Evidence in Roman Law Medici, Sebastiano [d.1595]. Tractatus de Fortuitis Casibus. In Hac Editione a Mendis Quibus Scatebat Innumeris, Diligenter Repurgatus. Cologne: Apud Ioannem Gymnicum, Sub Monocerote, 1578. [xlviii], 443, [4] pp. [Bound with] Ercolani, Francesco [1541-1569]. Da Fano, Martino (Martinus) [fl. 1229-1272]. Tractatus..... More
Fascinating Sixteenth-Century Digest of Land and Hunting Laws Meurer, Noe [1525-1583]. Spangenberg, Cyriacus [1528-1604]. Von Forstlicher Oberherrligkeit und Gerechtigkeit, Was die Recht, Der Gebrauch, Und die Billigkeit Desshalben Vermog. Item: Von dem Waren Oder Gerechten Rechten, Der Teutschen Gerechtigkeit, Aequitate Oder Billigkeit, Wie und Wenn die von Einem Jeden Gerechten..... More
First Edition of a Standard Work on Pledges and Mortgages Negusanti, Antonio [1465-1528]. Tractatus de Pignoribus et Hypothecis Domini Antonii Negusantii de Fano. [Bologna: Characteribus Cynthii Achillini excussa, 11 Augusti 1526]. [xii], 68, [2] ff. Text (except dedication) in parallel columns. Main text preceded by index (Repertorium). Folio (14-1/2" x...... More
![Item #67265 Iurisconsultorum [Jurisconsultorum] Vitae. Rome, 1536. First edition. Bernardino Rutilio](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/67265.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1507309265)
Humanistic Biographies of the Great Jurists of Ancient Rome Rutilio, Bernardino [1504-1538]. Iuris Consultorum Vitae. Rome: Apud Antonium Bladum, 1536. [xvi], CCCLXVII, [1] pp. Octavo 6" x 4" (15 x 10 cm). Contemporary limp boards, later hand-lettered title to spine. Light soiling, moderate rubbing to extremities, spine darkened, hinges cracked..... More
Rare Sixteenth-Century Spanish Treatise Concerning Monasteries Sosa, Francisco de [fl. 1556]. Advertencias de Fray Francisco de Sosa, Lector de Theologia en el Convento de Sant Francisco de Salamanca: Cerca de la Nueva Constitucion de Nuestro Sanctissimo Padre Clemente Papa VIII. De Largitione Munerum Utriusque Sexus Regularibus Interdicta. Declaranse Algunas Resoluciones..... More
A Scarce Critical Edition of the Codex Theodosianus Theodosius II [401-450 CE], Emperor of the East. Du Tillet, Jean [d. 1570], Editor. E Libris Constitutionum Theodosii A. Libri Priores Octo: Longe Meliores Quam Adhuc Circunferebantur: Sed ab Alarico Rege Gothorum ita Deminuti, Ut uix Decima Pars in his Hodie Appareat..... More
![Item #68436 Oeconomia Iuris [Juris], Leipzig, 1571. Matthaeus Wesenbeck](https://lawbookexchange.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/68436.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1532032051)
A Sixteenth-Century "Nutshell" of Roman, Feudal and Canon Law Wesenbeck (Wesembeke), Matthaeus [1531-1586]. Oeconomia Iuris. Leipzig: Curante Ernesto Voegelino [Imprimebatur per Andream Schneider, Typis Vogelianis, 1571]. [ii], 383, [21] pp. Quarto (7-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary paneled vellum, gilt-stamped early owner name (Cancell: Mari: Burg/ 1681) and faint tiny early signature..... More