Codice dei Delitti e Delle Pene pel Regno D'Italia.
Interleaved and Annotated First Italian Edition of the 1810 Napoleonic Penal Code [Kingdom of Italy]. [Piantanida, Luigi (b.1770)]. Codice dei Delitti e Delle Pene pel Regno D'Italia. Edizione Ufficiale. Milan: Dalla Reale Stamperia, 1810. 176 pp. Interleaved. Octavo (8-3/4" x 6-1/4"; 22.2 x 15.9 cm). Contemporary paper boards, inked title to spine, ownership signatures ("Piantanida") to front board and front pastedown, edges untrimmed, later (illegible) ownership signature to rear pastedown. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped, stitching of text block loosening slightly but secure. Light toning to interior, occasional very faint dampstaining to top-edge, lower corner of leaf 6a (pp. 81-82) lacking without loss to text. Text block fully interleaved (2 ff. between each page) with ruled paper, 64 pp. of annotations to ruled leaves in an early hand. A wide-margined, uncut copy with interesting contemporary annotations. $1,500. * This is the first official Italian translation of the landmark 1810 French Penal Code (Code Penal), which was formally introduced into the Kingdom of Italy under Napoleon's direct rule on January 1, 1811. Divided into four books, the code governs criminal responsibility, sentencing, felonies/misdemeanors, and minor police violations. It marked a sharp authoritarian turn from earlier revolutionary ideals, reinstating branding, life imprisonment, and a sweeping application of the death penalty and hard labor. Crucially, it established an absolute standard of criminal responsibility that disregarded mitigating circumstances, while simultaneously granting judges immense discretionary power in sentencing. The ownership marks strongly suggest this copy belonged to the prominent Milanese jurist and lawyer Luigi Piantanida (b. 1770). An ardent supporter of the Napoleonic regime, Piantanida famously dedicated his major legal treatise, Della Giurisprudenza Marittima-Commerciale Antica e Moderna (1806-1808), to the Emperor. The 64 pages of detailed, early manuscript annotations provide a fascinating window into how the code was applied in real-time. The notes specifically track subsequent amendments, imperial decrees, and evolving case law up to 1813-just before the collapse of Napoleonic rule in Italy. Interleaved copies with extensive, authoritative com.
Price: $1,500.00
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