Romisch-Juristisches Gesangbuch durch den Poetischen Knuttel...
Humorous Paraphrases of Sections of the Corpus Juris Civilis [Demme, Wilhelm Ludwig]. Romisch-Juristisches Gesangbuch durch den Poetischen (?) Knuttel des Rothen Apostrophen aus dem Corpus Juris zur Respectiven Freude und Aergerni der Leute Glucklich Herausgeprugelt. Eine Canibalistische Witzsunde von diesen Jahre durch die Gutige Geburtshulfe des Herrn Suhring zu Leipzig den Augen der Welt Blo gestellt. Mit Einem Allegorischen Kupfer. Leipzig: [J. Suhring], 1824. 354, xii, [iv] pp. Copperplate allegorical frontispiece. Includes 2 pp. publisher catalogue. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4"). Pictorial paper-covered boards, title label to foot of front board. Moderate rubbing to boards with some loss to paper around edges, corners worn, sections of paper rubbed away from spine along joints. Moderate toning and light foxing to text, minor worming to margins of a few leaves. A scarce title. $1,250. * Only edition. Reminiscent of Gilbert Abbott A Beckett's Comic Blackstone (1846), Demme's Romisch-Juristisches Gesangbuch is a humorous paraphrase of sections of the Corpus Juris Civilis in doggerel verse. The text is preceded by an allegorical frontispiece that features cherubs armed with switches flying out of a copy of (we assume) the Corpus Juris Civilis to assail a trio of legal scholars. OCLC locates 3 copies in North America (Stanford, University of Michigan, Yale Law School).
Price: $1,250.00
Book number 68080