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15253779<p>Original Leaf from the 1525 Bernardus Justinianus or Bernardo Giustiniani or Bernard Justinian De Tridinio Explicatur Sermons by St. Lawrence Justinian 1381 1456.</p><p>6 X 9.75 Tall Printed at Lyons France ca. 1507-1525. Early Black Letter Latin volume o 1525. Soft. Very Good. Original Leaf from the 1525 Bernardus Justinianus or Bernardo Giustiniani or Bernard Justinian De Tridinio Explicatur Sermons by St. Lawrence Justinian 1381 1456. 6 X 9.75 Tall Printed at Lyons France ca. 1507-1525.<br />Early Black Letter Latin volume of commentary on the Monastic laws of the Medieval church. <br /><br />The present example predates the third edition of 1535. Lawrence Giustiniani or Lorenzo Giustiniani or St. Lawrence Justinian was the writer of the sermons in this publication and his nephew Bernardus Justinianus organized Lorenzo's writings into these works.<br /><br />Title on the pages are: De appellationibus of appeals</p> Original Leaf from the 1525 Bernardus Justinianus (or Bernardo Giustiniani or Bernard Justinian) De Tridinio Explicatur Sermons
157118254Gulielmum Rouillum. Good. 1571. Hardcover. Bound in full leather. The top of the spine has been repaired with another piece of leather glued on. The binding is splitting at the bottom of the spine. Contents have been trimmed at the top but are otherwise "fine". ; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 1116 pages . Gulielmum Rouillum hardcover
1576216631576. Parisiis Paris apud Nicolaum Chesneau & Joanneni Poupy 1576. Un fort vol. au format in-16 123 x 82 mm de 48 ff. n.fol. 629 pp. et 5 ff. n.fol. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein glacÂŽ blond filet dorÂŽ encadrant les plats lesquels s'ornent en outre d'un large mÂŽdaillon central dorÂŽ dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets ˆ froid caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs fleurons dorÂŽs Belle impression en deux tons agrÂŽmentÂŽe d'ornements typographiques. DÂs le dÂŽbut de son rÂgne Justinien sÕapplique ˆ la mise en oeuvre d'une grande rÂŽforme juridique. Diverses commissions sont chargÂŽes de remettre de lÕordre dans lÕensemble des constitutions impÂŽriales publiÂŽes depuis Hadrien. Cette rÂŽorganisation le Corpus Juris Civilis est ce que nous appelons le Code Justinien. En 533 est publiÂŽ aussi le Digeste ou Pandectes qui correspond ˆ une modernisation de toute la lÂŽgislation antique ainsi quՈ une synthÂse de la jurisprudence antique. Ë cela sÕajoute un manuel pour enseigner le droit les Institutes. Les Institutiones ou Elementa forment la premiÂre partie du corps de droit de Justinien et servent pour ainsi dire d'introduction aux trois autres : le Code le Digeste ou les Pandectes et les Novelles. C'est ˆ la fois un texte de lois puisqu'il a ÂŽtÂŽ promulguÂŽ et en mÂme temps un livre didactique puisque Justinien a ordonnÂŽ de le composer pour faciliter l'enseignement et l'ÂŽtude du droit. Il contient outre le prÂŽambule quatre livres : le premier traite des personnes; le deuxiÂme des choses propriÂŽtÂŽ et diverses maniÂres d'acquÂŽrir servitudes prescription testaments; le troisiÂme de l'hÂŽrÂŽditÂŽ des obligations et des contrats; le quatriÂme enfin des obligations provenant d'un dÂŽlit ou d'un quasi-dÂŽlit et des actions. La sÂŽparation des personnes et des biens est encore celle du Code civil franÂais ainsi que de beaucoup de textes juridiques contemporains. Angles ÂŽmoussÂŽs. Dos prÂŽsentant de nets manques. Faiblesse affectant le mors du premier plat. Cerne claire dans le corps d'ouvrage. Rousseurs dans le texte. AltÂŽration en marge d'une vingtaine de feuillets avec pour deux d'entre-eux infime atteinte au texte. b42961 unknown
156850275Geneva: I. Crispini Jean Crespin 1568. 16mo. xxxii 368 155 5 8 pp with the final page of the preliminaries lacking and the text supplied in neat early manuscript. Contemporary full vellum hand lettered to the spine owner's inscription "E. Howes" dated 1830 to the head of the title page occasional old manuscript marginalia the verso of the title page to the second part with a few lines of manuscript handwriting - likely 17th century a blank verso to the rear with later juvenile inscription and doodles - possibly late 17th or 18th century. Some worming to the lower margin most pronounced towards the end of the first part staining at intervals becoming more prevalent to the second half of the volume spine darkened with some marking to the boards. [Geneva]: I. Crispini [Jean Crespin] unknown
1576100910Paris: Nicolas Chesneau & Jean Poupy 1576. 12mo. Woodcut title vignette. 86 629 11 pp. Contemporary calf covers with single fillet gilt border and gilt-stamped centerpiece spine in compartments with raised bands small gilt fleuron in compartments; portions of spine head and tail lacking exposing sewing and raised band cords tips worn contemporary manuscript notes on rear pastedown Nicolas Chesneau & Jean Poupy hardcover
1585230252Lugduni Lyon: Bartholomew Honorati 1585. New Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo xx 555 double-columned mostly pages later full leather covers disbound; inked names on front pastedown inked presentation to John A. Stein in 1857 on title-page; rear Index leaves sliced in the center as by a razor.Scarce. WorldCat cites only a copy in the Vatican Library. <br /> <br/><br/>A popular 16th century guide to the Code of Justinian with extensive annotations by Godefroy but this edition of it is quite scarce. Godefroy was a highly regarded lawyer and jurist. This text is coeval to his 1583 new edition of CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS. <br /> <br /> Bartholomew Honorati hardcover
15711706300001Lugduni : Apud Gulielmum Rouillium sub scuto Veneto 1571. Acceptable. 12mo. Contemporary limp vellum ink title. Loss to bottom half of spine. An unsophisticated copy. Contemporary signatures to front blanks and title page. Scattered foxing faint marginal dampstaining. <br> Agylaeus was a Dutch politician in the mid-16th century who published many classical texts on jurisprudence. In this work Agylaeus complies the edicts and laws of Justinian with additional laws issued by Eastern Roman Emperors such as Zeno the Isaurian Leo I the Thracian and even the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. <br> Contents: Iustini Imperatoris Augusti Novellae constitutions; Tiberii Imperatoris De divinis domibus constitution; Aliae aliquot constitutiones Iustiniani Iustini Tiberii ex libro Iuliani Antecessoris; Sacrum pragmaticum Tiberii Augusti De confiramtione constitutionum Iustini Imperatoris De filiis colonorum et liberarum; Imperatoris Leonis Augusti Novellae constitutions; Zenonis Imperatoris De novis operibus constitution; Canones sanctorum et venerandorum apostolorum; Consuetudines feudorum; Constitutiones Friderici Secundi Imperatoris; Extravagantes quas nonnulli XI. Collationem appellant; Liber de pace Constantiae; Henrici Stephani Castigationes in Leonis Imperatoris constitutiones. Lugduni : Apud Gulielmum Rouillium, sub scuto Veneto hardcover
1572D4701Venice: F. Rampazeto 1572. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 175 x 120mm. 48 366pp. Signatures: a-f 8; A-YY 8; ZZ 8 -ZZ7-8 blank. Woodcut printers device on title of basilisk fighting a bird with motto Terrena coelestibus obsunt; in an architectural frame and woodcut historiated headpiece woodcut vignette beginning book of the Institutiones; on leaf 212r a full-page representation of the arbor civilis. Text is all-around gloss; printed in black and red. Dedicatory letter of H. Messaggius to Senator Federicus Baduarius prelim. leafs 2 is dated 1558. Period vellum three raised bands; leaves slightly offset slightly browned; hinge cracked at rear some quires loose rear pastedown glue-stained. The Corpus Iuris Civilis or the Justinian Code was the result of Emperor Justinians desire that existing Roman law be collected into a simple and clear system of laws or code. Tribonian a legal minister under Justinian lead a group of scholars in an effort to codify existing Roman law. The result was the first Justinian Code completed in 529. This code was later expanded to include Justinians own laws as well as two additional books on areas of the law. In 534 the Justinian Code made up of the Code the Digest and the Institutes was completed. Justinians collections were in ancient times always copied separately and afterwards they were printed in the same way. This part of the Institutiones falls under the whole Corpus Iuris Civilis is an early example before the unification under this heading. The present name of Justinians codification was only adopted in the 16th century when it was printed in 1583 by Dionysius Gothofredus. The legal thought behind the Corpus Juris Civilis served as the backbone of the single largest law reform of the modern age the Napoleonic Code which marked the abolition of feudalism. <br/><br/> [F. Rampazeto] hardcover
157150302<p>This 1571 Lyon edition of Justinian's "Institutionum civilium libri quatuor" was issued by Gulielmum Rovillium and prepared by Antonius Contius. As part of the Corpus Juris Civilis the work formed a central component of Roman legal study and authority drawing from earlier sources such as the Institutes of Gaius. The text includes a dedicatory epistle by Contius and associated material connected to Dorotheus and Theophilus reflecting its scholarly transmission in the early modern period. Very Good. Full vellum binding shows expected age wear and remains tight and secure text block complete with moderate toning and occasional marginal spotting. Sextodecimo 16mo single volume. Collation: 361 p. Edition: 1571. References: USTC 158328. Item Number SKU: 50302. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Gulielmum Rovillium hardcover
158712150<p><b>1587 Justinian LAW Corpus Juris Civilis Codex Digest Godefroy Modius Commentary</b></p><p>"<i>Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes unless it is prohibited by law or by force</i>."</p><p>― Justinian I</p><p>Justinian's '<i>Corpus Juris Civilis'</i> is unquestionably the fundamental work on law and jurisprudence! Parts of this work were originally intended to be used by law students but they were not solely used as a textbook – they carried legal weight …as law! It includes four distinct parts – Codex Digest Institutes and Novellae – each written with a different purpose.</p><p>'<i>Digest'</i> or '<i>Pandectae'</i> is a collection of juristic treatises taken from various legal writings of Ulpian and Paulus. '<i>Codex'</i>was the Justinian's attempt at organizing the laws in a systematic manner. Following the successes and legal implications of Codex and Digest '<i>Novellae Constitutiones' </i>or<i> 'New Constitutions'</i> was written after 534AD. These new laws were enacted following Justinian's reign and while credited to Justinian were compiled by several other politicians and legal scholars.</p><p>The Godefroy editions of this iconic work were influential in the law field well into the 20th-century. While Godefroy was known as a jurist his fame came from his edition of the '<i>Corpus'</i> which went through dozens of editions into the 18th-century. This edition includes a commentary entitled '<i>Notae perpetuae siue Praetermissorum</i>' by Francois Modius.</p><p>Item number: #12150</p><p>Price: $950</p><p>JUSTINIAN</p><p><b><i>Codicis Dn. </i></b><b><i>Iustiniani sacratissimi principis p.p. Aug. repetitae praelectionis libri XII</i></b></p><p>Francofurti ad Moenum : Impensis societatis Sigis. Feyrabendij Henrici Thack & Petri Vischeri 1587.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 parts</p><p>o 22 956 2; 24 532 2; 8 64 64; 30 76</p><p>o Each section with individual title page and separate pagination</p><p>· Language: Latin</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight & secure</p><p>· Size: ~13.5in X 9in 34cm x 23cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>12150</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Impensis societatis Sigis. Feyrabendij, Henrici Thack, & Petri Vischeri hardcover
155619755<p><b>1556 LAW Justinian Institutes Theophilus Antecessor Byzantine Law Jacques Corte </b></p><p><i>"Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes unless it is prohibited by law or by force."</i> </p><p><i>― </i>Justinian I </p><p>The<i> 'Institutes of Justinian' </i>is a portion of the full <i>Corpus Juris Civilis</i> largely based on the Institutes of Gaius. Justinian sought to reform Roman law and education. This work was originally intended to be used by law students but they were not solely used as a textbook they carried legal weight …as law! </p><p>Numerous jurists throughout history have made commentary on Justinian and created their own perspectives on the famed '<i>Corpus Juris Civilis</i>'. Sixth-century Byzantine jurist Theophilus Antecessor was one such mind who wrote a commentary on each portion of Justinian's '<i>Corpus Juris'</i>. This 1556 edition of Theophilus was edited by Jacques de Corte. </p><p>Item number: #19755</p><p>Price: $950</p><p>JUSTINIAN</p><p><b><i>Institutionum iuris civilis libri IIII</i></b></p><p>Venetiis : Apud Hieronymum Scotum 1556.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages </p><p>o 14 671 3</p><p>o Signatures: a-z8 A-V8</p><p>· References: USTC 803781</p><p>· Language: Latin</p><p>· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~4.25in X 3.25in 11cm x 8.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>19755</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Hieronymum Scotum hardcover
158024956<p><strong>1580 LAW Justinian Institutes Codex Rome Corpus Juris Geneva Vignon Pace Vellum</strong></p><p><em>"Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes unless it is prohibited by law or by force."</em> </p><p><em>― </em>Justinian I </p><p>The<em> 'Institutes of Justinian' </em>is a portion of the full Corpus Juris Civilis largely based on the Institutes of Gaius. Justinian sought to reform Roman law and education. This work was originally intended to be used by law students but they were not solely used as a textbook they carried legal weight …as law! </p><p>Published by Eustache Vignon this 1580 Geneva edition was collected and edited by Giulio Pace. </p><p>Item number: #24956</p><p>Price: $950</p><p>JUSTINIAN</p><p><strong><em>Justiniani Institutionum Juris Libri IIII. Aucti et illustrati annotationibus diversorum Jurisconsultorū</em></strong></p><p>Genevæ : Excudebat Eustath. Vignon Atrebat. 1580.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Institutionum – 16 104 leaves 398</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Ratione Ordinis – 134</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: USTC 452089</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Bookplate – Charles Filippi</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Handwritten – <em>Steph. Bernardo et Musis</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: Latin</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Vellum; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~7.5in X 4.75in 19cm x 11.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>24956</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Excudebat Eustath. Vignon Atrebat hardcover
155929000<p>This 1559 Paris edition of Codex dn. Justiniani contains the imperial compilation of civil ecclesiastical and administrative statutes first issued under Justinian I. The folio includes the full Accursian gloss alongside annotations by Antonius Contius integrating medieval legal interpretation with humanist scholarship. Text is organized into 2136 double-column pages preceded by 30 unnumbered leaves and followed by 12. Original leather binding remains intact with age-appropriate wear. Title page and front matter reinforced. Format: Folio 14 x 9.5 inches. Collation: 30 2136 columns 12. References: USTC 152603. Item Number SKU: #29000. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Gulielmum Merlin hardcover
15871711300045Francofurti ad Moenum ex officina Ioannis Wecheli 1587. Hardcover. Good. Folio. Title page in red and black Later mottled calf raised bands compartments decorated in gilt leather spine label. Rubbing modern restoration to leather. Contemporary signature to front flyleaf and title. Title page creased and tender. Moderate toning contemporary ink underscoring. Scattered spotting. <br> The Corpus Juris or Iuris Civilis "Body of Civil Law" is a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence issued from 529 to 534 by order of Justinian I Eastern Roman Emperor. Its influence on common law legal systems has been much smaller although some basic concepts from the Corpus have survived through Norman law – such as the contrast especially in the Institutes between statute and custom. The Corpus continues to have a major influence on public international law. Its four parts thus constitute the foundation documents of the Western legal tradition. In the Renaissance Justinian’s Code was translated into vernacular languages and formed the base for the legal system for the majority of countries up until the 19th century. Francofurti ad Moenum ex officina Ioannis Wecheli hardcover
1560002437Venice 1560 Apud Iuntas Giunta. Bound in vellum with leather spine title52391 ff. printed in black and red three woodcut illustrations in text plus one full page. Vellum covers have been repaired and I believe the spine label was added at the time of repair. Copy with a tide line quite occasional and brief worm holes four pages with faded brief marginal notations. While Worldcat lists this particular edition it finds no copies in any library. I found a copy listed at auction in 2005 but that copy with considerable repairs. This copy lists Sylvestro Albrandini as editor and this has a two column text with linear gloss. Title page and colophon both with Guntia device and dated 1560. Sharp copy with no repairs or underlining except as noted an 1890 ownership initial and date inside front cover and four lines in Latin on ffep. hardcover
15601503081Venice 1560. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very rare 16th century printing of what is considered the first text book every published for first year law students. Lacks title page but appears otherwise complete. Contains publication information on last page identifying as being published in Venice Italy in 1560. The Institutes was part of the Corpus Juris Civilis Roman/Byzantine Emperor Justinian's Sixth Century codification and reform of Roman law but in particular this part the Institutes was intended as a textbooks for starting law students Very good in very early boards. First edition thus. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Venice hardcover
1590953000Lyon: Batholomäus Honorats Erben 1590. leather_bound. Gut. Zusammen ca. 890 Seiten. Schweinslederband der Zeit auf 5 Bünden mit Blindprägung in der Mitte der Deckel in orientalischer Manier. Groß-Quart 39 x 27 cm Trotz diverser Mängel siehe unten recht ordentlich erhalten. Zweite Ausgabe der großen Ausgabe des Corpus Iuris Civilis von Denis Godefroy der Erstdruck erschien 1580. Erscheinungsvermerk: Lugduni / Apud Haeredes Bartholomaei Honorati. / M. D. XC. Vollständiges Exemplar Kollation: 8 Blatt 952 Spalten; 6 Bl. 446 Sp.; Sp. 147-158; 3 Bl. 104 Sp.; 2 Bl. 124 Sp.; 31 Blatt Indices. Die Paginierung ist teilweise irrig das Buch aber vollständig. Der Band hat folgende Mängel: Einband gebräunt und fleckig Ecken und Kanten restauriert ohne fliegende Vorsätze vorne und hinten Schnitt fleckig Titelblatt auf Japanpapier aufgezogen erste Blätter mit Feuchtigkeitsrand vereinzelt zeitgenössische Anstreichungen und Marginalien kleine Wurmspur im weißen Bug in den ersten Blättern innen teils eselsohrig und ganz vereinzelt knitterig kleine Einrisse im weißen Rand innen nur wenig gebräunt bzw. braunfleckig. Der Band wurde vom Buchbinder restauriert. Trotz aller beschriebenen Mängel ein beeindruckendes voluminöses Werk und im Ganzen recht ordentlich erhalten. "Das Corpus Iuris Civilis C.I.C. oder zur besseren Unterscheidung vom kirchlichen Corpus Iuris Canonici auch CICiv dt.: 'Bestand des zivilen Rechts' umfasst ein seit der Zeit des Humanismus so bezeichnetes Gesetzeswerk das von 528 bis 534 n. Chr. im Auftrag des oströmischen Kaisers Justinian zusammengestellt wurde. Die in einer späten Restaurationsphase römischer Reichskultur entstandene Sammlung die antike und spätantike römische Gesetze kompiliert und kodifiziert geriet nach dem Untergang des Römischen Reiches weitgehend in Vergessenheit und wurde im 11. Jahrhundert vor allem durch Irnerius von Bologna wiederentdeckt. Sie war jahrhundertelang die wichtigste Textgrundlage des in weiten Teilen Europas bis ins 19. Jahrhundert angewandten Römischen Rechts. Ihr Inhalt ist in mehrstufigen und vielschichtigen Rezeptionsprozessen auch in zahlreiche moderne Gesetzeswerke und Rechtsordnungen eingegangen. . Die Teile des Corpus Iuris Civilis sind: - Institutiones = ein juristisches Lehrbuch zur Einführung in Codex und Pandekten das vom Gesetzgeber gleich mitveröffentlicht wurde und somit besondere Autorität hat. . - Pandekten / Digesta lateinisch: geordnete Darstellung oder Pandectai griechisch: allumfassend 533/534 = Zusammenfassung des geltenden Rechts - Codex Iustinianus = gesammelte noch gültige Kaisergesetze seit dem 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr. - Novellae: Kaiserliche Gesetze die nach dem Jahr 534 erlassen wurden wurden in verschiedenen Novellensammlungen gesammelt und veröffentlicht." Wikipedia. "Dionysius Gothofredus eigentlich Denis Godefroy; geboren 17. Oktober 1549 in Paris; gestorben 7. September 1622 in Straßburg war ein französischer Rechtswissenschaftler. Gothofredus war Professor an den Universitäten Genf Straßburg und Heidelberg und Herausgeber der ersten kritischen Gesamtausgabe des »Corpus iuris civilis« Genf 1583. Diese Bezeichnung für die spätrömische Gesetzessammlung stammt auch von ihm." Wikipedia Außerhalb der EU höhere Versandkosten ! Higher shipping costs outside the EU ! - Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage oder auf unserer Homepage. Wegen Urlaub kann Ihre Bestellung / Anfrage erst nach dem 21.06.2026 bearbeitet werden. - Because of holidays your order / question can be handled only after 06/21/2026. Batholomäus Honorats Erben hardcover
1541047161Basel: Hervagius 1541. Later Edition. Hardcover rebound in leather. Very Good Condition. Folio rebound in period style in full leather over wooden boards endpapers refreshed. Title page soiled and a bit wormed minor worming throughout often just a small hole or two in the margin but heavier at beginning and end. Marginal dampstains at end. Scattered soiling browning. A much used copy with notes and underlining throughout in a few early hands. With remarkably detailed manicules added with color and cuffs. A few are smudged but six are fully intact. A very nice example of a copy showing both extensive scholarly use and a lovely way to track cuff fashions. 52 647pp. Covering the first 4 parts of 8 and 27 of the 50 books. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 047161. Hervagius hardcover
15861302781586. JUSTINIAN ALDOBRANDINI Silvestro editor. Institutiones iuris civilis D. Iustiniani Imp. Venetiis: Apud Iuntas 1568. Octavo contemporary vellum-covered boards with early rebacking of blind-stamped vellum with raised bands. $3200.Giunta printing of the Institutes of Justinian edited and annotated by noted legal scholar Aldobrandini in a binding blind-stamped 1586.The Code of Justinian was a ""collection of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I from 529 to 565 CE. Strictly speaking the works did not constitute a new legal code. Rather Justinian's committees of jurists provided basically two reference works containing collections of past laws and extracts of the opinions of the great Roman jurists. Also included were an elementary outline of the law and a collection of Justinian's own new laws. The Justinian code consists of four books: 1 Codex Constitutionum 2 Digesta or Pandectae 3 Institutiones and 4 Novellae Constitutiones Post Codicem The Institutiones compiled and published in 533 under Tribonian's supervision and relying on such earlier texts as those of Gaius was an elementary textbook or outline of legal institutions for the use of first-year law students"" Britannica. The Institutiones were largely forgotten during the early medieval period but a first printed edition reappeared in 1468. This 1568 printing of Aldobrandini's influential edition came from the press of the famed Giunti or Giunta family of printer-publishers with their fleur-de-lys printer's mark in red on the title page; the text is attractively printed in black and red in double columns with decorative initials and extensive commentary surrounding the main text. Graesse III:505. Front pastedown with ink owner inscription dated Jan. 24 1882; title page with early ink owner inscription. Contemporary hand-inked list of chapter headings at back; early underlining throughout and occasional small annotations.A few sections with light waterstaining final leaf with edges chipped; text block sound with a few slightly proud signatures binding darkened a bit rubbed and slightly bowed. A handsome copy in an early vellum binding. hardcover
158912028<p><b>1589 ENORMOUS LAW Corpus Juris Civilis Justinian Codex Digest Godefroy 6v SET</b></p><p>"<i>Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes unless it is prohibited by law or by force</i>." </p><p>― Justinian I</p><p>Justinian's '<i>Corpus Juris Civilis'</i> is unquestionably the fundamental work on law and jurisprudence! Parts of this work were originally intended to be used by law students but they were not solely used as a textbook – they carried legal weight …as law! It includes four distinct parts – Codex Digest Institutes and Novellae – each written with a different purpose.</p><p>'<i>Digest'</i> or '<i>Pandectae'</i> is a collection of juristic treatises taken from various legal writings of Ulpian and Paulus. '<i>Codex'</i>was the Justinian's attempt at organizing the laws in a systematic manner – each of these works is included in this <b><u>enormous 16th-century six-volume edition</u></b>.</p><p>The Godefroy editions of this iconic work were influential in the law field well into the 20th-century. While Godefroy was known as a jurist his fame came from his edition of the '<i>Corpus'</i> which went through dozens of editions into the 18th-century.</p><p>Item number: #12028</p><p>Price: $4950</p><p>JUSTINIAN</p><p><b><i>Corpus Juris Civilis</i></b></p><p>Lugduni: Godefroy 1589.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumes</p><p>o Vol. I – 20 1926 1</p><p>o Vol. II – 16 2020</p><p>o Vol. III – 44 2222 1</p><p>o Vol. IV – 40 2204 32</p><p>o Vol. V – 12 324 2 8 640 20 198 1; 16 564</p><p>o Vol. VI – 284 378 318 1 10 2 8 198</p><p>· Language: Latin</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight & secure</p><p>· Size: ~15.75in X 10.75in 40cm x 27cm</p><p>· Exceedingly rare valuable and desirable</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>12028</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Godefroy hardcover