The Institutes of Justinian With Notes
1812662461812. First Edition of Cooper's Translation of the Institutes Justinian I 483-565 CE Emperor of the East. Cooper Thomas 1759-1839 Translator and Editor. The Institutes of Justinian. With Notes. Philadelphia: Printed for P. Byrne 1812. xiv 714 i.e. 716 pp. Latin and English translation in parallel columns. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine original endpapers retained. Moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places occasional light foxing. An attractive copy. $600. First edition. Includes a bibliography of civil law and the complete text of The Law of the Twelve Tables. A landmark in the American reception of Roman law and the first translation of Justinian produced in the United States this edition includes fascinating notes that compare Roman law with that of the United States. He even includes a table of cases. Cooper a chemist and lawyer by training was a polymath who published books on law political science economics medicine and the natural sciences. A friend of Joseph Priestley and Thomas Jefferson he was a professor of chemistry at Dickinson College and the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the faculty of South Carolina College in 1819 and became its president in 1820. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 1644. unknown books
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