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1662ref. 854821662. Lyon 1662. Lyon 1662. With Important Notes by Denis Godefroy Justinian I 483-565 CE Emperor of the East. Godefroy Denis 1549-1622 Editor and Annotator. Codicis Justiniani Dn. Sacratissimi Principis PP. Augusti Repetitae Praelectionis Libri XII: Notis Dionysii Gothofredi I.C. Illustrati. Postrema Editio Prioribus Auctior & Emendatior. Lyon: Sumptibus Laurentii Anisson 1662. Two parts in 1 volume. xvi pp. 972 cols. 8 pp. 568 cols. Quarto 9-1/4" x 6-3/4"; 23.4 x 17.5 cm. Contemporary vellum with yapp-style fore-edges gilt title to spine. Light soiling to exterior a few tears to vellum front joint starting at head corners worn hinges cracked through front free endpaper lacking vellum beginning to crack through pastedowns. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing and faint dampstaining small mends to fore-edges of several leaves affecting margins only tears to lower corners of a few leaves with loss to text on title page and verso of half-title of second part underlining or very brief annotations to a few pages. $150. Includes the Authenticae; Seu Novellae Constitutiones. Commissioned by the Emperor Justinian in 530 CE the body of writings known collectively as the Corpus Juris Civilis preserved and restated all existing Roman law. Compiled in three years under the direction of Tribonium it was both a critical restatement of earlier law and jurisprudential writings and a complete collection of recent legislation. It is divided into four books the Institutes Digest Code and Novels. The Code contains the laws in force during Justinian's reign. It is divided into 12 books. Book 1 deals with ecclesiastical law the sources of law and the duties of high officials. Books 2-8 deal with private law. Book 9 deals with criminal law. Books 10-12 deal with administrative law. It received a great deal of commentary during the medieval and early modern eras. That of Denis Godefroy was influential well into the twentieth century. Godefroy was a jurist humanist historian scholar of Roman law and professor at the Universities of Geneva and Heidelberg. He was also the first to apply the collective name Corpus Juris Civilis to Justinian's works. unknown books
1663ref. 854791663. A 1663 Godefroy Edition of the Corpus Juris Civilis Justinian I 483-565 CE Emperor of the East. Godefroy Denis 1549-1621. Modius Franciscus 1556-1597. Corpus Juris Civilis in Quatuor Partes Distinctum Dionysio Gothofredo JC. Auctore Cui Appendicis & Auctarii Loco Aliquot Quae Prioribus Huius Formae Editionibus Defuerunt Adjecta Sunt Imprimis Francisci Modii JC. Brugensis ad Omnes L. Pandectarum & XII. Codicis Libros Notae; Index Tandem Titulorum Omnium Recens Confectus Accuratissimus & Quod Usus Docebit Studiose Juventuti Aliisque Exoptatissimus Cuius Ordinem Totiusque Operis Rationem Praefatio Indicem Hunc Praecedent Dilucide Exponent: Omnium Vero & Singulorum Contenta Syllabus Versae Paginae Affixus Monstrabit. Editio Omnium Novissima Sacratissimo Principi D. Leopoldo Rom. Imp. PP. Aug. Dicata. Frankfurt am Main: Sumptibus Societatis Imprimebat Hieronymus Polichius 1663. Two volumes in 1 book each part individually paginated and registered with main text in two columns first part ends on col. 1872. Collates complete. With a copperplate portrait frontispiece and additional copperplate pictorial title page. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8"; 26.5 x 20 cm. Contemporary vellum with yapp-style fore-edges early hand-lettered title to spine numerous vellum thumb-tabs to text. Some soiling to exterior chipping to foot of spine front joint starting at ends hinges mended endleaves renewed later typed letter tipped onto front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior a few cracks near end of text block all leaves secure light soiling and unobtrusive faint dampstaining in a few places occasional edgewear and tearing to fore-edges as a result of thumb tabs some of which are lacking no loss to text portrait frontispiece reinforced on verso. An impressive volume. $950. Commissioned by the Emperor Justinian in 530 CE the body of writings known collectively as the Corpus Juris Civilis reformed restated and preserved early Roman law. Its subsequent influence on European jurisprudence is difficult to overestimate. This volume is based on Godefroy's seminal 1583 edition with additional notes by important French jurist Franciscus Francois Modius. The thumb-tabs reflect the importance of this text and Godefroy's edition to scholars. Das Verzeichnis der im. unknown books
1581ref. 541041581. Pocket-Sized Copy of Agylaeus's Edition of the Edicta Justiniani Liber Feudorum and De Pace Constantiae Justinian I 483-565 Emperor of the East. Justinian II 668 or 9-711 Emperor of the East. Tiberius IV 705-711 Co-Emperor of the East. Leo I 401-474 Emperor of the East. Zeno c.425-491 Emperor of the East. Agylaeus Henricus Hendrik 1533-1595 Editor and Annotator. Haloander Gregor 1501-1531 Translator. Iustiniani Imperatoris Edicta: Item Iustini Tiberii ac Leonis Augustorum Novellae Constitutiones. Lyon: Apud Gulielmi Rouillium 1581. 913 13 pp. Greek text with Latin translation on facing leaves. Octavo 4-3/4" x 3". Contemporary vellum calf lettering piece to spine moderate soiling corners and spine ends bumped vellum just beginning to crack through pastedowns front free endpaper beginning to detach at foot faint dampstain to rear free endpaper. Title printed within woodcut architectural border. Moderate toning to interior minor worming to margins of a few leaves brief later bibliographical note to front pastedown early annotations to front free endpaper identifying the contents of the volume. $500. Second and final edition of a work first issued in 1571. The Edicts of Justinian was a set of thirteen laws that addressed administrative matters and firmly established Christianity. It is an appendix to the Novels a body of laws added to the Code the legal system of the Roman Empire established by Justinian. Our edition by Agylaeus contains laws issued before and after the reign of Justinian and five related texts: the Canones Sanctorum Apostolorum Libri Feudorum Consuetudines Feudorum Constitutiones Friderici Secundi and Liber De Pace Constantiae. Complete in itself and bibliographically distinct this work is part of an 11-volume edition of the books of the Corpus Juris Civilis issued by Rouille. OCLC locates 5 copies in North America 2 in Law libraries San Francisco Law Library UC-Berkeley. Universal Short-Title Catalogue 141843. unknown books
1757ref. 790721757. Scarce Commentary on the Institutes by a Parisian Law Professor Justinian I 485-565 CE Emperor of the East. Lorry Francois Commentary. D. Justiniani Imperatoris P.P. Augusti Institutionum Juris Civilis Expositio Methodica. Paris: Apud Desaint & Saillant 1757. xviii 556 pp. Quarto 10" x 7-1/4". Contemporary mottled calf blind rules to boards gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece gilt tooling to board edges marbled edges and endpapers. Light rubbing and a few shallow scuffs and faint stains to boards rubbing to extremities front joint starting at foot light wear to board edges and corners which are bumped hinges just starting. Light toning to interior very light foxing soiling and tiny spark burns to a few leaves clean tear to bottom margin of leaf Bb4 pp. 199-200 small hole to right margin of leaf Ggg1 pp. 417-418 text not affected. $150. First edition. Commissioned by the Emperor Justinian in 530 CE the body of writings known collectively as the Corpus Juris Civilis restated all existing Roman law. It has four components: the Code Novels Institutes and Digest. Intended for students the Institutes is a synopsis of the reformed legal system. Rediscovered during the late middle ages it became the standard guide to Roman law. Intended as a textbook this commentary includes the text of each chapter with a detailed exposition by Lorry a Parisian professor of law. Subsequent editions were published in 1777 and 1809. The first edition is scarce. OCLC locates no copies in North America; we located 2 Harvard Law School Library of Congress. unknown books
1595ref. 759101595. Geneva: Sumptibus Haeredum Eustathij 1595. Geneva: Sumptibus Haeredum Eustathij 1595. A Working Tool of Early Modern Legal Humanism: The 1595 Godefroy Edition of Justinian's Code & Authenticorum Heavily Annotated with an Early Latin Poem and 1654 Juridical Provenance Justinian I 483-565 CE Emperor of the East. Godefroy Denis 1549-1622 Editor. Codicis Dn. Iustiniani Sacratiss. Principis PP. Aug. Repetitae Praelectionis Libri XII. Plerisque Locis Emendata & Notis in Tres Posteriores Libros Aucta. Geneva: Sumptibus Haeredum Eustathij Vignon & Iacobi Stoer 1595. xx pp. 960 cols. pp. Bound with: Authenticae Seu Novellae Constitutiones Dn. Iustiniani Sacratissimi Principis Leonis & Quorundam Aliorum Imperatorum. Plerisque Locis Emendata & Notis Aucta. Geneva: Sumptibus Haeredum Eustathij Vignon & Iacobi Stoer 1595. xxiv pp. 534 cols. 535-553 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-3/4"; 21.6 x 14.6 cm. Later three-quarter mottled calf over marbled boards gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed edges stained green. Light rubbing to boards small inkstain to front board moderate rubbing to extremities a few shallow scuffs to spine and rear joint. Lettering piece partially abraded corners bumped and worn. Faint offsetting to endpapers upper corner of front endleaf clipped annotations to its verso. Light uniform toning to interior a few partial cracks to text block all leaves secure. Small faint stains in a few places in first work faint dampstaining through column 171 of second work. Lower right corner of first title page neatly removed a clean historical extraction not affecting text. Occasional early underlining corrections and annotations to both works most in a single hand; several annotations are carefully preserved on folded untrimmed leaves while others are slightly affected by binder's trimming. A highly desirable well-margined artifact of early modern legal scholarship. $1500. Second editions of these volumes from the monumental 1595 Vignon/Stoer printing of the Corpus Juris Civilis. Originally commissioned by Emperor Justinian in 530 CE to consolidate preserve and restate all existing Roman law this massive codification remains 2the bedrock of civil law systems worldwide. The present volume unites the Code the statutory laws in force during Justinian's reign with the Authenticorum a vital contemporary selection from the Novels traditional. unknown books
1854ref. 732771854. London 1854. First edition. London 1854. First edition. With an Interesting Introduction and Extensive Commentary Justinian I 483-565 CE Emperor of the East. Cumin Patrick 1823-1890 Translator and Editor. A Manual of Civil Law; Or Examination in the Institutes of Justinian: Being a Translation of and Commentary on that Work With an Introduction on The History of the Roman Law. London: V. & R. Stevens and G.S. Norton et al. 1854. xvi 401 3 pp. Octavo 7" x 4". Contemporary three-quarter calf over pebbled cloth boards raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine edges rouged. Moderate rubbing to extremities slight creasing and scuffing to spine chipping and light wear to spine head corners bumped and somewhat worn front hinge cracked rear hinge just starting at head faint offsetting to endleaves. Light toning to interior occasional later hash marks in pencil to margins negligible light foxing to a few pages faint offsetting to pp. ii and iii. $350. First edition. Cumin a barrister who studied at Balliol College Oxford provides an interesting historical introduction and extensive commentary on this ubiquitous legal text. The commentary gives additional historical context and discusses Latin terminology. A second edition appeared in 1865. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 5:132. OCLC locates 5 copies of this title in North American law libraries Harvard University of Pennsylvania University of Victoria Social Law State of Oregon Law Library. unknown books
1772ref. 711821772. Liege: Chez J. Dessain 1772. Liege: Chez J. Dessain 1772. A Notable French Edition of Book 50 of the Digest 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 par 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. $650. 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
1562ref. 709451562. Paris 1562. 6-1/4" x 4-1/4". Paris 1562. 6-1/4" x 4-1/4". The "Authenticum" of Justinian: A 1562 Paris Edition Owned by Lord Chief Justice Kenyon Justinian I 483-565 CE Emperor of the East. Haloander 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 owner signature of Lloyd Kenyon dated 1757 to front endleaf owner signature "F. van der Sande" to head of title page. Moderate toning to text a few chips and some edgewear to front endleaves. A desirable unsophisticated portable edition. $1250. The Novels Novellae Constitutiones comprise the final laws enacted by Justinian after the completion of his initial Code. This particular edition is noted for its inclusion of the Peace of Constantine and the "False Decretals" providing a fascinating bridge between Roman Civil law and early Ecclesiastical law. Edited by the humanist Gregor Haloander and refined by the Scottish scholar Henry Scrimger this was the preferred "portable" authority for 16th and 17th-century legal practitioners. This copy boasts a remarkable association with the highest levels of the British judiciary. The signature of Lloyd Kenyon 1st Baron Kenyon 1732-1802 is inscribed and dated 1757 on the front endleaf. Kenyon served as Lord Chief Justice of England succeeding Lord Mansfield. His signature here dates to his early years as a barrister at Middle Temple. "F. van der Sande" was probably Frederick van der Sande c.1577-1617 a notable lawyer politician and legal scholar. Universal Short-Title Catalogue 153332. unknown books
1561ref. 709811561. Basel: Per Ioannem Hervagium 1561. First edition. Basel: Per Ioannem Hervagium 1561. First edition. A "Heretic's" Justinian: The 1561 First Edition of the Novellae Edited by Henricus Agylaeus and Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I Justinian I 485-565CE Emperor of the East. Haloander Gregor 1501-1531 Translator and Editor. Agylaeus Henricus 1532 or 1533-1595 Editor. Iustiniani Principis Novellae Constitutiones Latine Ex Gregorii Haloandri et Henrici Agylaei Interpretatione Ad Grecum Scrimgeri Exemplar Nunc Primum Edite. Quibus Suis Locis Interferiter Quicquid Vetus Versio Amplius Habet Atque Proximis Editionib. Ex Vetustis Libris Ac Iuliani Epitme Aspersum Est. In qua Editione Henrici Agylaei Opera Diligentem tum Variarum Lectionum Annotationem Tum Haloandrice Versionis Castigationem Invenire est. Item Eiusdem Iustiniani Edicta Iustini Tiberii Leonis Philosophi Constitutiones; & Una Zenonis Quae ad Titulum Codicis de Privatis Aedificiis Pertinet: Henrico Aegylaeo Interprete. Postremo Canones Sanctorum Apostolorum per Clementem in Unum Congesti Gregorio Haloandro Interprete. Basel: Per Ioannem Hervagium 1561. First edition. Quarto 9-1/4" x 6-1/2". xxxii 598 2 pp. Contemporary limp vellum early hand-lettered title to spine ties lacking. Minor soiling a few small stains and a few tiny worm holes some wear to corners a few minor tears to spine ends front joint starting at ends front pastedown worn and partially detached text block somewhat loose vellum beginning to crack though rear pastedown. Faint dampstaining to head of text block moderate toning foxing and light browning in places mild edgewear to corners of preliminaries later owner inscription to front free endpaper. A very good unrestored copy in its original binding. $1950. A comprehensive collection of the Novellae Constitutiones the new laws enacted after the completion of Justinian's original Codex supplemented with the edicts of the Byzantine Emperors Justin Tiberius and Leo VI "the Philosopher" as well as the Apostolic Canons attributed to Pope Clement I. This edition represents a major milestone in Renaissance legal scholarship combining Gregor Haloander's foundational translations with the rigorous editorial correctives of Dutch jurist Henricus Agylaeus. Working from the superior Greek exemplar compiled by Scottish humanist Henry Scrimgeour Agylaeus provided extensive text. unknown books
2010ref. 547112010. 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
2002ref. 336142002. 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. Attractive smyth sewn cloth bound hardcover. New. $39.95 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
1586ref. 1302781586. 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 CodicemÉ 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 books
1772ref. 710291772. 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
ref. 4523Italy 1325. Good. Manuscript on vellum large folio 450 x 345 mm main text 42-lines extensive glosses written in black faded and almost completely illegible. Extracted from a bookbinding very worn. SPECIMINA PALEOGRAPHICA AN EXCELLENT MANUSCRIPT LEAF FOR TEACHING. OUR MANUSCRIPT IS PARTIALLY UNFINISHED THUS PROVIDING VALUABLE EVIDENCE OF MANUSCRIPT PRODUCTION AND MIS-EN-PAGE. Mise-en-page refers to the strategic layout and design of the page encompassing ruling margins columns and the placement of text initials and decoration acting as the blueprint for the scribe and artist to create a functional aesthetically pleasing book with significant developments seen in adapting layouts for commentaries like glosses as here and the shift from multi-column to single-column formats over time. Our scribe clearly followed an exemplar as is attested by the red rubrics at the bottom of the verso after which there are only blank spaces. Furthermore one the outer right margin of the recto can be seen the scribe's horizontal rulings in plummet. The text of this large tantalizing and extremely challenging leaf which was extracted from a bookbinding contains three chapters from Book II of the Codex of Justinian or the Corpus juris civilis. The Corpus juris civilis is the modern name for a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence issued from 529 to 534 by order of Justinian I Eastern Roman Emperor. Shortly after Justinian became emperor in 527 he decided the Empire's legal system needed organization and consolidation. Early in his reign Justinian appointed an official Tribonian to oversee this task. The project as a whole became known as Corpus juris civilis or the Justinian Code. "The Codex of Justinian is together with the Digest the core of the great Byzantine compilation of Roman law called the Corpus Iuris Civilis. The Codex gathers legal proclamations issued by Roman Emperors from the second to the sixth centuries C.E. Its influence on subsequent legal development in the medieval and early modern world has been almost incalculable." Simon Corcoran et al. The Codex of Justinian vol. 2 Cambridge University Press 2016. We were delighted to find an excellent and whimsical drollerie mischeviously placed at the beginning of Lib. II Tit. 44. THE TEXT: Liber II Tit. 43 CJ 2.43: Si minor se majorem dixerit vel probatus fuerit "Where a minor alleges that he is of age"; This title deals with the legal consequences for a minor specifically someone under 25 years old who misrepresents themselves as an adult major to enter into a contract or transaction. Liber II Tit. 44 CJ 2.44: Si saepius in integrum restitutio postuletur "When complete restitution is demanded more than once" with Gloss: Imperator aurel "Eos qui veniam aetatis impetraverunt" etc.; Imperator Constantinus "Omnes adulescentes. Refers to the limitations on re-litigating a case after a restoration of rights has already been granted a principle within Roman civil law concerning restitutio in integrum. Liber II Tit. 45 CJ 2.45: De his qui veniam aetatis impetraverunt "Concerning those who obtain a grant of age" "or "the privilege of full majority". Established that individuals who received this privilege could manage their own affairs and enter into contracts as if they were of full age 25 effectively ending their need for a curator. unknown books
1928ref. 007009Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1928. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. Fifth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. Oxford at the Clarendon Press Hardcover books
1658ref. 49004Amstelodami: 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. ex officina Elseviriana unknown books
1953ref. 4355Oviedo: Instituto de Estudios Asturianos 1953. Hardcover. Good . Hardcover. 9 5/8" X 6 5/8". 447pp. Text in Spanish. Contemperaneous binding by The National Library Binding Co. with original order form laid in. Red buckram over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Mild shelfwear to binding with heavy dust spotting to rear board. Foxing to edges of text block. Binding is firm tight and sound. Pages are lightly age-toned with occasional spot of foxing else clean and unmarked. A very solid copy of Justiniano Garcia Prado's history of the uprising war and revolution of Asturias from 1808 to 1814. Instituto de Estudios Asturianos hardcover books
1880ref. 45475Buenos Aires: Imprenta del Pueblo 1880. Quarter brown morocco over red pebbled cloth four raised bands gilt decorated compartments marbled endpapers. Very good boards rubbed joint split at head of spine bump on front board scattered foxing owner's signature on half title bookseller's ticket on front paste down. 373 pp. 19 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w portrait. Sm. 4to. "Articulos insertos en "La nacion" y enriquecidos ahora con nuevos documentos. Edicion dispuesta por algunos patriotas amigos del autor. OCLC locates only six copies of whoich only two are located in the U.S.: Univ. Ill. and Dartmouth. Imprenta del Pueblo hardcover books
1733ref. 1335799Erfordiae 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
1822ref. 312298London: A.J.Valpy 1822. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. Tall thick 8vos rebound in modern brown cloth. London: A.J. Valpy 1822 A.J.Valpy unknown books
1947ref. 1402453New York: The Limited Editions Club 1947. Limited edition 466/1500. Hardcover. Octavo Two volumes in slipcase continuously paged: lii 498 pages. In Good condition in a Good slipcase. Slipcase in gold decorative paper; small surface tears to bottom panel light shelf wear. Black spine is black with gold print. Boards quarter bound with black leather to spine and pink decorative paper to boards; light wear to spine caps. Text block has grey tinted top edge; light spotting to edges bookplate on front pastedown small tape stains on endpapers. Illustrated: b&w drawings. Signed in ink by the illustrator on the limited edition page. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1402453. FP New Rockville Stock. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1976ref. 23238Leon: Centro de Estudios e Investigacion "San Isidor". Archivo Historico Diocesano. 1976. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. 487 4 pp. Original leather with gold embossed lettering protected with modern Mylar. Coleccion "Fuentes y Estudios de Historia Leonesa" patrocinada y dirigida por La Caja De Ahorros y Monte De Piedad De Leon y El Archivo Historic Dioscesano De Leon No. 16. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of charts and maps. Minor bump on tail of spine. Text in Spanish. Binding in near fine to fine interior in near fine to fine condition. Centro de Estudios e Investigacion "San Isidor". Archivo Historico Diocesano.. hardcover books
1600ref. 24443Lugduni (Lyon), ohne Verlag, 1600. 4°. Mit Titelvignette und vielen Bordüren. ca. 1200 Seiten (z.T. unpag.). Pergamenteinband der Zeit. [5 Warenabbildungen]
1710ref. 2501100018xbvkAmsterdam, Offizin Hendrik Wetstein, 1710. Copperplate-titlepage, printed titlepage in red and black with woodblock flower-bucket; (8) 315 pages, 1 blank sheet; ALL ON UNTRIMMED PAPER. - Vellum-binding with gilt-titled red spinelabel; small-8vo.(ca. 16 x 9 x 2 cm).
1992ref. 28396München : Oldenbourg (Schriften des Historischen Kollegs / Kolloquien 22), 1992. VIII, 168 S. (24 cm) Pappband mit Umschlag / gebundene Ausgabe
