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2002336142002. ISBN-13: 9781584771852; ISBN-10: 1584771852. English Translation of the Institutes Moyle J.B. The Institutes of Justinian. Translated into English with an Index. Fifth Edition. Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press 1913. viii 220 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771852; ISBN-10: 1584771852. Hardcover. New. $24.95 An English translation with a thorough index of Justinian's Institutes. After assuming the throne of the East Roman or Byzantine Empire in 527 Justinian Favius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus A.D. 483-565 sought to revise the most important legal writings of the original republic and empire including the body of laws that had accumulated during the last 300 years. His revision of the Institutes of Gaius c.A.D. 115-c.180 is perhaps the most significant volume to emerge from this program. Written around A.D. 161 it is an elementary treatise on Roman private law that served as a standard text for 300 years. Justinian's revision brought the original up to date while maintaining its qualities of clear exposition and perspicuous judgment. It was later combined with three other revisions the Digest Code and Novels to form the Corpus Juris Civilis a profound influence on European law from the tenth century onwards. Walker The Oxford Companion to Law 511 696. unknown books
1934013182Washington DC: Catholic University of America 1934. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. viii 92 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Paperback binding with minor browning and minor shelfewear. A few pencil notations scattered throughout the text. First edition. Previous owner's name neatly on the inside of the rear cover. From the collection of Louis Marder Shakespeare historian and collector of books by on or referring to William Shakespeare. Catholic University of America Paperback books
18281329166New York: Printed by J. & J. Harper 1828. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair; Hardcover; Spine tan with black print on yellow label; Boards quarter bound with tan cloth to spine and green paper to boards title label on spine is partially torn away spine caps corners and edges are tattered boards are creased soiling to spine and boards stains name in ink on front; Text block has deckled edges front endpapers torn away substantial foxing and tanning throughout; xvi 211 pages. 1329166. FP New Rockville Stock. Printed by J. & J. Harper hardcover books
1602EPL78Saint Gervais near Geneva: Officina Vignoniana 1602. Paperback. Very Good. Cols. 653-668. Given new world expansion 17th-century jurists in England and France were enormously interested in the codification of existing common law. In a longstanding attempt to establish a single legal code their aims required the reprinting of several classic texts which they hoped could influence contemporary and later opinion on prominent social issues ie. the morality in holding slaves. Double column and ruled borders. Extensive printed gloss. Woodcut initials and foliate book headpiece. Size: 400 x 260 mm. <br/><br/> Officina Vignoniana paperback books
1928007009Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1928. Fifth Edition Impression of 1928 stated. Very Good Plus prior owner name and city front end page slight spotting to cloth at top edges No jacket. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . Fifth Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford at the Clarendon Press Hardcover books
17101334187Amstelaedami Amsterdam: Ex Officina Wetsteniana 1710. Hardcover. 12mo. 12 315 pages; VG-; bound in contemporary full calf paneled spine with gilt titling and stamping; moderate wear including chipping to head and tail of spine wear to hinges bumping to corners; additional engraved title page; embossed stamp to title page page 99; damage to front pastedown possible bookplate removal; text in black and red; small ink writing to title page; shelved case 3. The Institutes of Justinian is a unit of the Corpus Juris Civilis the sixth-century codification of Roman law ordered by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. wikipedia. 1334187. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Ex Officina Wetsteniana hardcover books
17331335799Erfordiae Erfurt: Caroli Friderici Jungnicolii 17330. Hardcover. Octavo 422 1 pages; VG; bound in quarter vellum marbled paper covered boards faded ink writing to spine; spine vellum with a tear near top of spine wear and chipping to boards; ex-library with usual markings including stamps to title page removed bookplate from front pastedown; private embossed stamp to title page page 99; black ink dot to bottom edge of text block; text in Latin; scarce; shelved case 3. Scarce only 3 copies listed on Worldcat.;. 1335799. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Caroli Friderici Jungnicolii hardcover books
165819828Amstelaedami Amsterdam: Ex Officina Elzeviriana 1658. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo 5.5 x 3.25 inches contemporary full vellum title handwritten in ink on backstrip red speckled edges. xxii 643 pp. Text in Latin. Some paper residue presumably from a removed bookplate on front pastedown otherwise clean and bright internally. Vellum is slightly cracked at joints and lightly soiled but still very good copy overall. Third Elzevir edition; Willems 1231. A respected and popular commentary on Justinian's Institutes first published in 1646. Ex Officina Elzeviriana hardcover books
2010547112010. ISBN-13:9781584779780; ISBN-10: 1584779780. Justinian I Emperor of the East. Krueger Paul. Mommsen Theodor. Schoell Rudolf. Kroll Wilhelm. Corpus Iuris Civilis. Originally published: Berlin: Apud Weidmannos 1895. 3 Vols. 8-1/2" x 11." xxxii 882; xxx 513; xvi 810 pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13:9781584779780; ISBN-10: 1584779780. Hardcover. New. $295. Reprint of the standard Latin language edition of the Corpus Juris Civilis and the basis for all modern English translations. Originally published from 1872 to 1895 this is one of the finest examples of German philology and legal scholarship. In this edition sometimes called the "Berlin Edition" Krueger edited the Institutes Mommsen edited the Digest; the Code and Novels were edited by Schoell and Kroll. Commissioned by the Emperor Justinian in 530 CE the body of writings known collectively as the Corpus Juris Civilis reformed restated and preserved Roman law. Its subsequent influence on European and international jurisprudence is difficult to overestimate. It has four components. The Code is the reformed legal system. The Institutes is an elementary textbook about it. The Digest is a collection of commentary by leading jurisconsults. The Novels is a compilation of laws and amendments subsequent to the Code. unknown books
165849004Amstelodami: ex officina Elseviriana 1658. 12mo pp. 24 643 1; engraved title page printer's woodcut device on printed title several woodcut initials and ornaments; contemporary full calf gilt-decorated spine in 5 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 1; spine worn but generally good and sound. This is the third Elzevier edition. Copinger 2552; Willems 1231. <br/><br/> ex officina Elseviriana unknown books
1744417751744. The Institutes with Commentaries by Notable French Scholars Justinian I 483-565 CE Emperor of the East. Cujas Jacques 1522-1590 Editor. Lacoste Jean c.1560-1637 Commentator. Marcile Theodore 1548-1617 Commentator. Muret Marc-Antoine 1526-1585 Commentator. van de Water Johannes d.1689 Editor. D.N. Justiniani Perpetui Augusti Institutionum Sive Elementorum per Tribunianum Virum Magnificum Magistrum & Exquaestore Sacri Palatii & Theophilum & Dorotheum Viros Illustres & Antecessores Libri Quatuor Emendatissimi ex Editione Jacob Cujacii. In Eosdem.& Antecessoris Clariss. Commentarius. Accedunt Huic Editioni Annotationes & Notae Theodori Marcilii & Marci Antonii Mureti Ut & M. Tatii Alpini Dessertatio de Surto per Lancem & Licium Concepto. Adjecti Quoque Sunt Varii Indices Curante Joanne van de Water. Leiden: Apud Samuelem Luchtmans 1744. xxxxviii 667 1 pp. Fold-out table of descents. Quarto 9-1/2" x 7-1/2". Contemporary vellum raised bands ornate gilt double frames enclosing heraldic device to boards gilt ornaments to spine. Soiling some wear to corners and spine ends front endleaf or half-title lacking. Title page printed in red and black. Handsome woodcut tail-pieces and decorated initials. Partial split between preliminary gathering and title page. Interior notably fresh. $400. An edition of the Institutes by Cujas with extensive commentary and notes by Jean Lacoste Theodore Marcile and Marc-Antoine Muret. These jurists who followed Cujas' example were leaders of the French humanistic school which aimed to purge Roman sources of later corruptions. Their pioneering methods did much to establish the field of philology. Compiled around 161 CE the Institutes is an elementary treatise on Roman private law that served as a standard text for 300 years. After its rediscovery during the medieval era it became a staple of European legal education. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. unknown books
16587785Amsterdam: Ex Officina Elzeviriana 1658. Later printing. Vellum. Very Good. 12mo. 246431pp. Added copper engraved title. Cont. vellum. Some old light text soiling. Willems # 1231 the third Elzevir edition of the INSTITUTIONUM. Ex Officina Elzeviriana hardcover books
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
1562710271562. Paris 1562. Interleaved and annotated. Paris 1562. Interleaved and annotated. Interleaved Copy Annotated by a French Nobleman Justinian I 485-565 CE Emperor of the East. Hotman Francois 1524-1590 Editor. Digestorum seu Pandectarum Libri Quinquaginta ex Pandectis Florentinis Nuper in Lucem Emissis Quoadeius Fieri Potuit Repraesentati & In Septem Partes Justiniani Sententia Distincti Adjectis Brevibus Francisci Hotomanni Parisiensis I.C. Clarissimi Summariis. Paris: Apud Guilielmum Merlin in ponte nummulariorum et Guilielmum Desboys 1562. civ 258 pp. Interleaved. Octavo 6-1/2" x 4-1/4". Contemporary vellum armorial devices to boards lettering piece to spine. Soiling and a few stains and minor nicks some wear to spine ends pastedowns loose a few chips to vellum along fore-edge of front board early owner bookplate to front pastedown early owner signature dated 1729 to front free endpaper crack in text block between front free endpaper and title page. Moderate toning to text light foxing to a few leaves occasional faint dampstaining to foot of text block. Annotations in neat contemporary hand some quite extensive to several leaves and about a third of the interleaves occasional early underlining. $750. This volume is first of a seven-volume edition of the Novels one of the four components of the Corpus Juris Civilis. It belonged to a French noble Charles Du Ruisseau "in supremo senatu Patroni." Excepting one page in Latin in a different hand the annotations most likely by Du Ruisseau are in French. Mostly analytical they reflect considerable engagement with the text. Several include cross-references and references to other sections of the Corpus Juris Civilis. unknown books
1772710291772. Liege: Chez J. Dessain 1772. Liege: Chez J. Dessain 1772. A Notable French Edition of the Digest Book 50 Justinian I 483-565CE Emperor of the East. Dantoine Jean Baptiste Editor. Les Regles du Droit Civil Dans le Meme Ordre Qu'Elles sont Disposees au Dernier Titre du Digeste; Traduites en Francois Avec des Explications & Des Commentaires sur Chaque Regle. Et Trois Tables Tres-Exactes l'Une de Tous les Textes du Droit Rapportes & Expliques dans cet Ouvrage l'Autre des Regles du Droit Rangees por Ordre Alphabetique Selon leur ordre Naturel La 3me. de Toutes les Matieres. Nouvelle Edition Revue & Corrigee. Liege: Chez J. Dessain 1772. lxiv 502 xxxii pp. Quarto 10" x 8-3/4". Nineteenth-century three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine. Some rubbing and faint dampstaining to boards heavier rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners joints cracked faint crack through center of spine chipping to edges of lettering piece two small later bookplates to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places faint dampstaining to margins of preliminaries. $750. Penultimate edition. The final title of the Digest "De Diversis Regulis Juris Antiqui Concerning Different Rules of Ancient Law" is a collection of 211 maxims derived from Ulpian and other jurists. Dantoine's edition presents the maxims in the original Latin with translations and extensive commentary. First published in 1710 it went through six editions the last in 1775. All are scarce. OCLC locates 3 copies of the 1772 edition in North America Bibliotheque et Archives Nationales du Quebec McGill University UC-Berkeley Law School. Camus Bibliotheque Choisie des Livres de Droit 658. unknown books
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 books
1772711821772. Liege: Chez J. Dessain 1772. Liege: Chez J. Dessain 1772. A Notable French Edition of the Digest Book 50 Justinian I 483-565 CE Emperor of the East. Dantoine Jean Baptiste 1693-1720 Translator and Editor. Les Regles du Droit Civil Dans le Meme Ordre Qu'Elles sont Disposees au Dernier Titre du Digeste; Traduites en Francois Avec des Explications & Des Commentaires sur Chaque Regle. Et Trois Tables Tres-Exactes l'Une de Tous les Textes du Droit Rapportes & Expliques dans cet Ouvrage l'Autre des Regles du Droit Rangees por Ordre Alphabetique Selon Leur Ordre Naturel La 3me. de Toutes les Matieres. Nouvelle Edition Revue & Corrigee. Liege: Chez J. Dessain 1772. lxiv 502 xxxii pp. Quarto 10" x 8-3/4". Contemporary sheep with cat's-paw decoration gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece speckled edges. Boards slightly bowed rubbing to extremities with minor wear to edges corners bumped and somewhat worn joints just starting at ends moderate toning to interior. A handsome copy. $850. Penultimate edition. The final title of the Digest "De Diversis Regulis Juris Antiqui Concerning Different Rules of Ancient Law" is a collection of 211 maxims derived from Ulpian and other jurists. Dantoine's edition presents the maxims in the original Latin with translations and extensive commentary. First published in 1710 it went through six editions the last in 1775. All are scarce. OCLC locates 3 copies of the 1772 edition in North America Bibliotheque et Archives Nationales du Quebec McGill University UC-Berkeley Law School. Camus Bibliotheque Choisie des Livres de Droit 658. unknown books
1761704191761. London: J. Purser; for M. Withers 1761. 2nd. ed. London: J. Purser; for M. Withers 1761. 2nd. ed. With Interesting Comparisons Between Roman and English Law Justinian I Emperor of the East 483-565 CE. Harris George 1722-1796 Editor and Translator. D. Justiniani Institutionum Libri Quatuor: The Four Books of Justinian's Institutions Translated Into English With Notes. London: Printed by J. Purser; for M. Withers 1761. xv 1 73 1 121 1 100 92 11 5 pp. Copperplate table of descents. Quarto 10" x 8". Contemporary mottled tree calf rebacked in period style with gilt fillets and retained existing lettering piece hinges mended. Light rubbing to boards corners bumped and somewhat worn. Copperplate allegorical vignette featuring Lady Justice at head of dedication iii. Moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places light foxing light soiling to preliminaries and rear endleaves small tear to lower margin of table two leaves of contemporary manuscript notes laid-in. $950. Second edition. This well-respected edition is notable for its elegant parallel translation. Harris an advocate of Doctor's Commons provides an interesting historical introduction and notes that compare the rules of Roman and English law. The final section is a translation of "Concerning the Succession of Descendents" Book 118 of the Novels. This work was owned by many sophisticated lawyers in Great Britain and America such as Thomas Jefferson. who owned a copy of this edition. The first edition was published in 1756 its final edition the third in 1811. One of the laid-in manuscript leaves is a copy of the table of descents and its accompanying text from pp. 28-31. The other is an itemized bill or estimate for spinning and weaving cloth with a crude diagram of a spinning wheel. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 2191. English Short-Title Catalogue T102256. unknown books
1756704151756. With Interesting Comparisons Between Roman and English Law Justinian I 483-565 CE Emperor of the East. Harris George 1722-1796 Editor and Translator. D. Justiniani Institutionum Libri Quatuor: The Four Books of Justinian's Institutions Translated Into English With Notes. London: Printed for C. Bathurst and E. Withers 1756. xv 1 73 1; 121 1; 100; 92; 11 5 pp. Copperplate table of descents. Quarto 11-1/4" x 9". Contemporary paneled calf with early rebacking raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing and some shallow scuffing to boards heavier rubbing to extremities and spine wear to spine ends and corners boards partially detached owner bookplate of Charles Frost of Hull to front pastedown title page partially detached but secure. Moderate toning and light foxing to text early annotations most likely by Frost to several leaves offsetting to margins of preliminaries and rear endleaves. $950. First edition. This well-respected edition is notable for its elegant parallel translation. Harris an advocate of Doctor's Commons provides an interesting historical introduction and notes that compare the rules of Roman and English law. The final section is a translation of "Concerning the Succession of Descendents" Book 118 of the Novels. This work was owned by many sophisticated lawyers in Great Britain and America such as Thomas Jefferson. Second and third editions were published in 1761 and 1811. Frost 1781-1862 an English lawyer was a notable legal writer and antiquary. He is known today for his research into the early history of Hull England. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 2191 second edition. English Short-Title Catalogue N8181. unknown books
1551710331551. 2 vols. in 1 book. Lyon: Hugo a Porta 1551. 2 vols. in 1 book. Lyon: Hugo a Porta 1551. An Attractive Collection of Texts from the Corpus Juris Civilis with Contemporary Annotations Justinian I 483-565 CE Emperor of the East. La Porte Hugues de Compiler. Vincent Antoine Compiler. Volumen: Complectitur hoc Volumen Sic Enim Peculiari Vocabulo Vocant Novellas Constitutiones Iustiniani Principis Post Repetitam Codicis Prelectionem Editas Authentica Vulgo Appellant Tres Item Posteriores libros Codicis Feudorum seu Beneficiorum Duos Constitutiones Friderici II. Imper. Extravagantes Duas Henrici II. Imper. & Tractatum de Pace Constantiae. Lyon: Apud Hugonem a Porta & Antonium Vincentium 1551. xx 359 1 226 2 145 3 pp. Main text in parallel columns glosses in margins. Bound with La Porte Hugues de Compiler. Vincent Antoine Compiler. Institutiones: Imperatoris Semper Maximi Divi Iustiniani Elementa Civilis Facultatis Prima ac Velut Iuris Ipsius Candidatorum Nutritiae Cunae Cum his Haud Dubie Omnibus Quae Etiamnum Coeundi Simulque Excudi Contigit. Diectis Praeterea ad Marginem Observationibus Annotationibusque. Lyon: Apud Hugonem a Porta & Antonium Vincentium 1551. xxxviii 2 383 1 pp. Woodcut folding table of consanguinity. Main text in parallel columns glosses in margins. Folio 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Seventeenth-century speckled sheep gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece gilt tooling to board edges speckled edges to text block marbled pastedowns. Light rubbing and light scuffing to boards minor worming to rear board moderate rubbing to extremities small chip to head of spine corners bumped and lightly worn hinges cracked. Title page and text printed in red and black. Light to moderate toning occasional faint dampstaining to margins light foxing to a few places annotations in miniscule early hand to 40 pp. of Institutiones legibility of some affected by trimming. An attractive volume. $950. Often purchased individually these titles are part of an edition of the Corpus Juris Civilis in six unnumbered and bibliographically distinct volumes compiled and issued by the Lyon printers Hugues de la Porte and Antoine Vincent. The Volumen contains the Authentica a selection from the Novels that was believed be intended for Italy the Code the legal system esta. unknown books
1547WB17559Paris: Vivant Gaultherot 1547. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo 113 x 80mm. Gaultherots woodcut printers placard and cherub head Avec Privilege on title page. Pagination: 8 332pp. Signatures: dagger8 a-z8 A-S8 T4. Later French calf embossed with heraldic lion passant on covers gilt tooled cornerpieces and five gilt fleurons on spine four raised bands still with manuscript binders waste; good compact copy of this cornerstone publication for 16th century French legal education a rare survival; some light edgewear: headcap slightly chipped corners lightly bumped; internally clean though some minor marginal worming at times in text altogether solid. Title inscribed with former owners initials and dated 1702 possibly von Clodh suggesting German ownership by the early 18th century. <br/><br/>Rare pocket edition of the Institutes of Justinian known as the Institutions impériales in French and printed in Paris by Vivant Gaultherot in 1547; following two earlier editions in 1543 and 1544. There were at least five more editions of this French translation printed between 1547 and 1558. As early as the 12th century French legal students began to refine their study and practice of law toward a perfected Justinian system. This interest was largely owed to the spread of the scientific study of pure Roman law initiated at the University in Bologna. The Bologna revival as it was known made its way first to the law university at Montpellier and then spread elsewhere in France. Over the following centuries demands for new translations of the Justinian Institutes were doubtless tied to the foundation of several new French universities. Nicolaus de LEscut d. 1580 editor and translator of the Institutions impériales was an early modern jurist diplomat and secretary to Antoine the Good Duke of Lorraine. LEscuts translators note states he took grosse peine or great trouble in this undertaking so the reader would understand the text plus facilement. The Bologna revival at medieval universities across Europe and the growing interest in new translations of the Justinian Institutes introduced ideas of Roman law to the provinces. See Sherman Roman Law in the Modern World pp. 227-228. Rare OCLC locates one copy held in the US by the LC no. 77227442. See also Bibliographie des éditions parisiennes du 16e siècle no. BP16_112725. Vivant Gaultherot hardcover books
1811704201811. 3rd and final ed. 3rd and final ed. Final Edition of Harris's Edition of the Institutes. Justinian I Emperor of the East 483-565 CE. Harris George 1722-1796 Editor and Translator. D. Justiniani Institutionum Libri Quatuor. The Four Books of Justinian's Institutions Translated Into English With Notes. Oxford: Printed by Collingwood Newman And Baxter 1811. 11 370 2 pp. Copperplate table of descents. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/4". Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Some toning to text light foxing in places. An attractive copy. $1250. Third and final edition. This well-respected edition is notable for its elegant parallel translation. Harris an advocate of Doctor's Commons provides an interesting historical introduction and notes that compare the rules of Roman and English law. The final section is a translation of "Concerning the Succession of Descendents" Book 118 of the Novels. This work was owned by many sophisticated lawyers in Great Britain and America such as Thomas Jefferson who owned a copy of the second edition. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 2191 second edition. English Short-Title Catalogue T102256. unknown books
1562709451562. Paris 1562. Paris 1562. A Respected Edition of the Novels Justinian I 483-565 CE Emperor of the East. Holoander Gregor 1501-1531 Translator and Editor. Scrimger Henry 1506-1572 Editor and Annotator. Novellarum Constitutionum DN. Iustiniani Principis Volumen Quod Authenticon Vocant Gregorio Haloandro Interprete Ad Scrimgerianam Editionem Diligenter Collatum Ac Sedulo Emendatum: Cui Accesserunt Canones Apostolorum. Feudorum Libri Duo. Constitutiones Lothari III. & Friderichi II. Impp. Extravagantes Henrici VII. Imp. Tractatus de Pace Constantiae: Et Nunc Recens Iustiniani Imperatoris Edicta Henrico Agylaeo Interprete. Paris: Apud Gulielmum Merlin 1562. viii 332 4 ff. Last leaf blank. Octavo 6-1/4" x 4-1/4". Contemporary vellum blind panels enclosing large blind arabesques to boards pastedowns renewed. Negligible light soiling boards slightly bowed spine ends bumped owner signature clipped from upper corner of front free endpaper later owner annotation to following endleaf early owner signature to head of title page. Moderate toning to text a few chips and some edgewear to front endleaves. $1250. Along with the Institutes Code and Digest the Novels is one of the writings known collectively as the Corpus Juris Civilis. The first three books were commissioned by the Justinian I in 530CE. The Code is the restated code of law the Digest is a compilation of legal opinions and the Institutes is an introductory textbook on the Code. The Novels is a compilation of laws enacted after the publication of the Code. The subsequent influence of these books on European jurisprudence is difficult to overestimate. Haloander was one of the great sixteenth-century authorities on Roman law. His edition of the Novels includes the Peace of Constantine Edict of Milan the act that recognized the legitimacy of Christianity in the Roman Empire edicts of the Holy Roman Emperors Henry VII reigned 1165-1197 and Frederick II reigned 1194-1250 and a collection of papal legislation falsely attributed to Pope Clement I reigned 88-99CE the so-called "False Decretals." Adams A Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe J685. unknown books
1530691021530. Paris 1530. A Pocket Edition. Paris 1530. A Pocket Edition. Handsomely Printed Pocket-Sized Edition with Commentaries by Sassoferrato Justinian I 483-565 CE Emperor of the East. D'Aurigny Gilles Editor. Sassoferrato Bartolo de 1313-1357 Glossator. Textus Infortiati: Domini Justiniani Imperatoris Sacratissimi. Cum Summariis. Paris: Francois Regnault c.1530. 290 24 ff. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo 5-1/2" x 3-3/4". Recent three-quarter cloth over paper-covered boards contemporary thumb-tabs to fore-edge of text block early hand-lettered title to top-edge endpapers renewed. Light soiling light rubbing to extremities. Title page and text printed in red and black handsome woodcut title-page vignette of Justinian and his court repeated on verso of third leaf and recto of final leaf large Regnault elephant device to verso of leaf preceding "Tabula Legum" and verso of final leaf crible initials. Light toning light soiling and small stain to title page library stamp to its verso and to a few other leaves. A handsomely printed edition. $1500. This is a pocket-sized volume of the Infortiatum of Justinian's Digest surrounded by commentaries chiefly by Bartolo de Sassoferrato the preeminent early expositor of Roman law. These are printed within the text columns and distinguished from the main text by pointing hands. Summaries of the titles are included as well. The medieval glossators divided the Digest into three sections or Volumina: the Digestum Vetus the Digestum Novum and the Infortiatum. Comprising Books XXIV Title 2 to XXXVIII the Infortiatum addresses donations between husband and wife divorce curatorship wills and testaments and trusts and legacies. OCLC locates 11 copies 4 in North America 1 in a law library University of Georgia. Not in Adams. Universal Short-Title Catalogue 181299. unknown books
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 books
