Corpus Juris Civilis, 12 Volumes in 9 Books, Paris, 1552-1553.
The "Grand Dame" of Parisian Printing: A Rare, Complete 16th-Century Justinian Set from the Press of Charlotte Guillard Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Haloander, Gregor [1501-1531], Editor. [Corpus Juris Civilis]. Paris: Charlotte Guillard and Guillaume Desboys, 1552-1553, except 1 book, Paris: [Guillaume Merlin], 1562. 12 unnumbered volumes in 9 unnumbered books. Complete set. Octavo (6-1/4" x 4"; 15.9 x 10.2 cm). Uniform eighteenth-century calf, gilt rules to boards, gilt spines with raised bands and red and black lettering pieces, all edges gilt, gilt tooling to board edges, marbled endpapers, ribbon markers. Light rubbing, minor nicks, scratches and spots to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with some loss to gilding of board edges, chipping to spine ends, mostly to spine heads, corners bumped and lightly worn, front joints of most volumes starting. Light toning to interiors, faint dampstaining in places, minor water damage, confined to bottom edges of two books, underlining and brief annotations in a few places, most volumes appear unread. A handsome set. $7,500. **THIS DESCRIPTION IS TRUNCATED DUE TO CHARACTER LIMITS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A COMPLETE VERSION.** * In 528 CE Emperor Justinian I commissioned a panel of jurists to revise and organize existing Roman law. It produced a reformed legal system, the Code; an anthology of commentary by notable jurists, the Digest (or Pandects); an introductory textbook, the Institutes; and a collection of laws issued by Justinian after the completion of the Code, the Novels. Enacted between 529 and 534 CE, the subsequent influence of these books on European jurisprudence is difficult to overestimate. Beginning with the edition by Jacques Godefroy, first published in 1583, they have been grouped under the collective title Corpus Juris Civilis. Haloander was one of the great sixteenth-century authorities on Roman law and his editions of Justinian, first published between 1529 to 1531 were highly regarded for many years and were reprinted and supplemented well into the seventeenth century. They are typical of the books issued by Guillard [c.1485-1557], a Parisian printer who specialized in high-quality works in law and theology. She was one of the first female printers and the first to attain great success i.
Price: $7,500.00
Book number 82303