Observationum Juris Romani Libri Quatuor, Quatuor Prioribus Additi...
"Undoubtedly a Man of Rare Intellectual Attainments" Bynkershoek, Cornelius van [1673-1743]. Observationum Juris Romani Libri Quatuor, Quatuor Prioribus Additi, Nempe V. VI. VII. & VIII. In Quibus Plurima Juris Civilis Aliorumque Auctorum Loca Explicantur & Emendantur. Leiden: Apud Joannem van Kerckhem, 1733. [xl], 570, [42] pp. [Bound with] Bynkershoek, Cornelius van. Noodt, Gerard [1647-1725]. Curae Secundae de Jure Occidendi et Exponendi Liberos apud Veteres Romanos. Ad Virum Clarrissimum Gerardum Noodt. Leiden: Apud Joannem van der Linden, Juniorem, 1723. [viii], 99 pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6"; 19.68 x 15.24 cm). Contemporary vellum, trace of early hand-lettered title to spine, top-edge colored green, speckled fore and bottom edges. Negligible light rubbing to boards, slightly heavier rubbing to spine, spine ends and corners bumped, front hinge cracked, evidence of removed bookplate to front pastedown, vellum beginning to crack through front pastedown, rear pastedown loose. Title page of Observationum printed in red and black. Light toning to interior, corner folds to a few leaves near center of text block, brief contemporary annotations (referring to a contemporary book review) to two leaves of Observationum. Very good copies in a handsome, well-preserved binding. $500. * First editions. One of the most important jurists his time, Bynkershoek was a leading scholar of Roman-Dutch and international law. Respected during his lifetime, his works are still consulted today. As Roberts notes, "Bynkershoek was undoubtedly a man of rare intellectual attainments." Observationum, is a companion volume to his Observationum Juris Romani Libri Quatuor. In Quibus Plurima Juris Civilis, which was first published in 1710. Both volumes, each with four independent studies, are a summation of his work on Roman civil and criminal law. Curae Secundae is a previously unpublished essay on the Roman law of infanticide by Noodt, a leading jurist who taught at the universities of Nijmegen, Franeker, Utrecht and Leiden. It has extensive annotations by Bynkershoek, which comprise about half of the book's content. Roberts, A South-African Legal Bibliography 69. Dekkers, Bibliotheca Belgica Juridica 15.
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