De Adipiscenda, Retinenda, Et Recuperanda Possessione, Doctissima...
An Important Paduan Jurist Menochio, Giacomo [1532-1607]. De Adipiscenda, Retinenda, Et Recuperanda Possessione, Doctissima Commentaria. Item, Responsa Causae Finariensis, A Multis Italiae Celeberrimis Iurisconsultorum Collegiis Reddita, Eodem Auctore Edita. Omnia nunc Emendatius & Ornatius Quam Antehac Edita. Cum Indicibus Locupletissimis. Venice: Apud Haeredem Hieronymi Scoti, 1606. [lvi], 578, [2] pp. Woodcut genealogical table. Main text printed in parallel columns. Folio (13-1/2" x 9"). Contemporary vellum with somewhat later vellum rebacking and re-cornering, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, early hand-lettered title to foot of spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing to extremities, portions of vellum lacking from front board, a few cracks to vellum covering rear board, front joint starting at foot, some edgewear and wrinkling to preliminaries. Moderate toning to text, browning, minor worming and dampstaining to a few places. Early owner signature to title page, annotations and underlining to a few leaves, interior otherwise clean. Ex-library. Small inkstamp to title page, annotations to verso. $500. * Later edition. Highly regarded in his time, Menochio was a professor of law at the University of Padua. First published in 1559, this treatise addresses possession and real property. It is divided into two parts. The first, and largest, part discusses the treatment of these topics in Roman law. The second part is a collection of responsa. It went through several editions into the late-seventeenth century. All are fairly scarce, however. OCLC locates 3 copies of this imprint in North American law libraries (Library of Congress, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota). Roberts, A South African Legal Bibliography 210.
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