Lexicon Juridicum Romano-Teutonicum, Das Ist, Vollstandiges...
The First Latin-German Legal Dictionary Oberlander, Samuel [1692-1720]. Lexicon Juridicum Romano-Teutonicum, Das Ist, Vollstandiges Lateinisch-Teutsches Juristisches Hand-Lexicon: Darinnen die Meisten in Jure Civili, Canonico, Feudali, Camerali, & Saxonico Tam Electorali Quam Communi, Nicht Weniger in Jure Publico Romano-Germanico, Vorkommende Worter, so Wohl Nach Ihren Eigentlichen als Uneigentlichen Verstand Deutlich Erklaret, Durch Ihre Definitiones und Descriptiones aber Verstandlich Gemachet Werden, Denen noch Ferner die bey Denen Rechts-Lehrern Befindliche Gewohnliche Divisiones und Subdivisiones Beygefuget Worden, Zu Bequemen und Nutzlichen Gebrauch Aller Derer, so Jura Studiren, Oder Juristische Bucher und Schrifften Lesen, Oder in Gerichte Dienen &c. Nach Alphabetischer Ordnung Eingerichtet. Nuremberg: Johann Georg Lochner, 1726. [vi], 736, [12] pp. Copperplate allegorical frontispiece. Main text printed in double columns. Octavo (9" x 7-1/4"). Contemporary vellum, faint residue of later paper shelf label to spine, edges rouged. Light soiling, rubbing and a few minor stains to boards, small scuff to rear board, rubbing to extremities with some wear to edges and, corners and foot of spine, front hinge cracked, minor worming to front free endpaper and frontispiece along gutters. Title page printed in red and black. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in places, small later library stamp to foot of title page, brief annotations in contemporary hand to rear pastedown. $1,500. * Reissue of the third edition. This was the first work devoted to German definitions of Latin legal terms. As much an encyclopedia as it is a dictionary, it contains extended discussions of several topics in Roman and German law. It is an indispensible reference for research into eighteenth-century Feudal, Cameral, Saxon and Holy Roman Law. The first edition was printed in 1721. Seven reissues and editions followed, the last in 1753. All are scarce. OCLC locates 8 copies of the our 1726 reissue, 1 in North America (UT-Austin Law School). Not in VD18.
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