Cynosura Iuristarum Loca Decretalia, Et Articulos Novissarum...
Rare Early Glossary of Hungarian Law [Nadasdy, Ferenc (1622-1671)]. Cynosura Iuristarum Loca Decretalia, Et Articulos Novissimarum Constitutionum Inclyti Regni Hungariae, Usque ad Annum 1659. Inclusive, Sub Titulis Ordine Alphabetico Collectis, Breviter Repraesentans. Pottendorff: Per Hieronymum [Verdussen, 1668]. First and only edition. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4-1/4"; 16.5 cm x 10.75 cm) [ii], 269, [1] pp. Interleaved. Woodcut table of consanguinity to p. 75. Contemporary mottled calf, blind frames to boards, remnants of green silk ties to fore-edges, raised bands and blind fillets to spine, edges speckled red. Moderate rubbing, light gatoring and minor worming to boards. A few faint stains to rear board, with rubbing and light wear to extremities. Gatoring to spine and chipped at the head. Joints just starting at ends, corners bumped and worn. Hinges cracked, minor worming to pastedowns and preliminaries. Early (illegible) penciled annotations dated 1744 and 1746 to rear endleaf. Light toning to interior and occasional light foxing. Faint (mostly very faint) dampstaining restricted to a few areas. Title page features pencil annotations and ink ownership signature of [Ivan] "Paur". Title page trimmed at foot affecting imprint and date. $1,500. * This privately printed legal glossary is linked to one of the most infamous political conspiracies in seventeenth-century Central Europe. Published at the private castle press of Count Ferenc Nadasdy, the text functions as the first alphabetical compilation of Hungarian statutory and customary law up to 1659. While designed as a practical administrative tool for magistrates, its publication served to assert Hungarian institutional identity during a flashpoint of imperial tension. Just three years after its printing, Count Nadasdy was arrested and executed for his leadership role in the Magnate Conspiracy, a failed aristocratic coup aimed at overthrowing Emperor Leopold I and freeing Hungary from Habsburg rule. This copy carries remarkable domestic trade provenance, bearing the signature of the prominent nineteenth-century Hungarian historian, archaeologist, and academician Ivan Paur. OCLC locates 7 copies, 2 in North America (Harvard Law School, UC-Berkeley Law School). Universal Short-Title Catalogue 2656152.
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