Membranarum Libri Septem, In Quibus ad Constitutiones Codicis...
Scarce Commentary on Sections of the Corpus Juris Civilis by a Dutch Humanist Jurist Lycklama a Nijeholt, Marcus [c.1570-1625]. Membranarum Libri Septem, In Quibus ad Constitutiones Codicis & Novellarum Plurimas, Leges Pandectarum Infinitas, Institutionum Paragraphos Nobiliores, Locos Authorum Liberalioris Literaturae Non Paucos, De Rebus in Iis per Sectas Nostrorum Temporum Maxime Controversis Commentarii Breves & Solidi. Leeuwarden: Apud Johannem Jansonium de Fries, 1644. [xvi], 354 [i.e. 368], [16] pp. Errors in pagination, text complete. Octavo (7-1/4" x 5"; 18 x 12.75 cm). Contemporary vellum with yapp-style edges, very faint hand-lettered title to head of spine. Very light soiling to exterior, boards slightly bowed, spine ends bumped, tiny wormhole to head of spine, vellum beginning to separate from boards at inner board edges, pastedowns loose, front pastedown (mostly lacking) and front free endpaper creased and loosening, ink stamps to inside of rear board and rear pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, occasional minor worming to upper gutter not affecting text, light creasing to last few leaves, library inkstamp (New York City Bar Association) to title page. $750. * Second and final edition, one of two issues with different imprint statements. Lycklama was a Dutch jurist and diplomat who held several positions at the University of Franeker from 1604-1610. His Membranarum, a humanist commentary on the Corpus Juris Civilis, was published in four "books" (Liber Unus, Libri Quinque, Libri Sextus and Libri Septem) of which the seventh is the best-known. It was first published in Franeker in 1608-1609 and reissued in Jena in 1624. A 1653 Stettin edition identified by Dekkers appears to be a ghost. OCLC locates 2 copies of the second edition in North America, both with imprint statements different from our copy (UC-Berkeley Law School, Harvard Law School). Dekkers, Bibliotheca Belgica Juridica 105.
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