Medieval Notary Manuscripts & Law Books

AN ESSAY ON CRIMINAL LAW IN THE PROVINCES OF THE LOMBARD-VENETIAN KINGDOM

Albertini, Antonio Costantino. Del diritto penale vigente nelle provincie lombardo venete. Libri tre del consigliere Antonio Albertini. Venezia: a spese degli editori Milesi-Antonelli co' torchi della tipografia di Alvisopoli, 1824.

8vo (228x142 mm), half leather binding; pp. 479, [1].

The Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (1815-1866) (Italian: Regno Lombardo-Veneto, German: Königreich Lombardo–Venetien), commonly called the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom, was a constituent land (crown land) of the Austrian Empire. It was created in 1815 by resolution of the Congress of Vienna in recognition of the Austrian House of Habsburg-Lorraine's rights to Lombardy and the former Republic of Venice after the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed in 1805, had collapsed.
Administratively the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia comprised two independent governments (Gubernien) in its two parts (Lombardy and Venetia), which officially were declared separate crown lands in 1851. Lombardy was annexed to Sardinia in 1859 and the kingdom ceased to exist when the rest of its territory was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy in 1866.
The Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia was first ruled by Emperor Francis I from 1815 to his death in 1835. His son Ferdinand I ruled from 1835 to 1848. In Milan on 6 September 1838 he became the last king to be crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy. The crown was subsequently brought to Vienna after the loss of Lombardy in 1859, but was restored to Italy after the loss of Venetia in 1866.

Provenance: Private library of a Verona noble family, whose roots are in Mantua and in which there were distinguished lawyers and jurists.

References: IT\ICCU\MILE\011780 (9 copies). OCLC, 860603111, 883746469 and 756365503 (one copy in Germany).

[1.]: IMPERIAL DECREE ON STAMP DUTY OF PLAYING CARDS, CALENDARS, NOTICES AND GAZETTES
[2. - 3.]: COLLECTION OF SUPERIOR DECLARATORIES OF THE LAW DATED 1840 ON STAMP DUTY AND ON TAXES

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[1.]: Ghisotti, Giuseppe. Sovrana patente 27 gennajo 1840 sul bollo delle carte da giuoco, dei calendarj, degli avvisi e delle gazzette colle relative rischiarazioni: appendice alla Raccolta compendiata delle superiori disposizioni a schiarimento della legge 27 gennajo 1840 sul bollo e sulle tasse compilata da Giuseppe Ghisotti [...]. Brescia: tipografia della Minerva, 1846.
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[2.]: Ghisotti, Giuseppe. Raccolta compendiata delle superiori declaratorie conosciutesi a tutto ottobre 1846 state emanate in seguito ed a schiarimento della legge 27 gennaio 1840 sul bollo e sulle tasse [...] compilata da Giuseppe Ghisotti [...]. Brescia: tipografia della Minerva, 1846.
[together with:]
[3.]: Ghisotti, Giuseppe. Raccolta delle declaratorie intorno alla legge sul bollo di Giuseppe Ghisotti [...]. Continuazione a tutto l'anno 1847. Brescia: Speranza, 1848.

[1.]: 8vo (240x164 mm), editorial paper binding; pp. 23. Title at front board: Sul bollo delle carte da giuoco, dei calendarj, degli avvisi e delle gazzette.
[2.]: 8vo (240x170 mm), editorial paper binding; pp. XLVI, [2], 296.
[3.]: 8vo (246x164 mm), editorial paper binding; pp. 297-328.

The Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (1815-1866) (Italian: Regno Lombardo-Veneto, German: Königreich Lombardo–Venetien), commonly called the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom, was a constituent land (crown land) of the Austrian Empire. It was created in 1815 by resolution of the Congress of Vienna in recognition of the Austrian House of Habsburg-Lorraine's rights to Lombardy and the former Republic of Venice after the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed in 1805, had collapsed.
Administratively the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia comprised two independent governments (Gubernien) in its two parts (Lombardy and Venetia), which officially were declared separate crown lands in 1851. Lombardy was annexed to Sardinia in 1859 and the kingdom ceased to exist when the rest of its territory was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy in 1866.
The Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia was first ruled by Emperor Francis I from 1815 to his death in 1835. His son Ferdinand I ruled from 1835 to 1848. In Milan on 6 September 1838 he became the last king to be crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy. The crown was subsequently brought to Vienna after the loss of Lombardy in 1859, but was restored to Italy after the loss of Venetia in 1866.

Provenance: Private library of a Verona noble family, whose roots are in Mantua and in which there were distinguished lawyers and jurists.

RARE EDITION OF LEGAL CLAIMS REGARDING THE TERRITORY OF ADIGE VALLEY

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Confutazione delle pretese spiegate dalli sovventori del Veneto Magistrato de' Provveditori all'Adige ed aggiunto deputato alle valli contra gl'interessati del circondario delle valli di Ronco, Tomba, Emanuella, Albaro, Persacco, ed altre nel Veronese. Prodotta al Consiglio di Prefettura del Dipartimento dell'Adige. Lì 4 Agosto 1813. Verona: Dalla Tipografia Mainardi sul Corso, n.y. [1813].

4to (280x106 mm), contemporary paperboard binding, title of the work written in black types in a frame at front board; pp. 102. No title-page.
The work starts with the following text: Replica dei possessori del circondario delle valli di Ronco, Tomba, Emanuella, Albaro, Persacco, ed altre in risposta alle domande delli signori [...].

RARE EDITION OF LEGAL CLAIMS REGARDING THE TERRITORY OF ADIGE VALLEY, ESPECIALLY RONCO, TOMBA, ALBARO AND PERSACCO.

Provenance: Private library of a Verona noble family, whose roots are in Mantua and in which there were distinguished lawyers and jurists.

References: IT\ICCU\LO1E\022199 (only one copy at the Biblioteca comunale centrale, Milano). OCLC, 4950465236 (one electronic copy at the Museo Galileo, Firenze).

RARE TEXTBOOK ON ROMAN LAW IN ORIGINAL GERMAN LANGUAGE

Mackeldey, Ferdinand. Lehrbuch des heutigen Romischen Rechts von Dr. Ferdinand Mackeldey, [...] von Dr. Konrad Franz Rokhirt, [...]. Erster- [Zweiter-] Band. Giessen: Druck und Verlag von Georg Friedrich Heyer, 1838.

8vo (226x136 mm), editorial paper binding; pp. IV, 292; XIV, 740.

The Austrian Empire (or simply: Austria) (in Austrian - German: Kaiserthum Oesterreich) was created out of the realms of the Habsburgs by proclamation in 1804. It was a multinational empire and one of the world's great powers. Proclaimed in response to the First French Empire, it overlapped with the Holy Roman Empire until the latter's dissolution in 1806. It included in its territory the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire, creating a new dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary.

Ferdinand Mackeldey (1784-1834), Professor of Law at the University of Bonn, became famous for this textbook, which was first published in 1814, the most popular text on Roman Law in the first half of the 19th century. Its clarity and vividness ensured for a Europe-wide distribution, almost in all languages.

Provenance: Private library of a Verona noble family, whose roots are in Mantua and in which there were distinguished lawyers and jurists.

References: IT\ICCU\UBO\3323319 (only one copy at the Biblioteca d'arte e di storia di San Giorgio in Poggiale - Bologna). OCLC, 65107830 (2 copies in USA and 1 copy in the Netherlands).

IMPORTANT AND PONDEROUS ESSAY ON THE LEGITIMATE INHERITANCE

Mangili, Giovanni Antonio. De imputationibus, et detractionibus in legitima, Trebellianica, et alijs quartis contingentibus bonorum haereditariorum tractatus [...] Auctore Ioanne Antonio Mangilio I.C. Pisaurense [...] Cum summariis, ac duplici indice, quorum vnus est quaestionum, alter rerum omnium, atque sententiarum. Venetiis: Bertanorum sumptibus, 1654.

Folio (340x240 mm), contemporary paperboard binding, handwritten title at spine; pp. [80], 572. Title-page in red and black types, with the printer's device (in a figured frame two columns joined by a ribbon with the motto: Plus ultra). Xylographic initials and head-pieces. Text in two columns.

Giovanni Antonio Mangili (fl. 17th century) was an Italian jurist.

Provenance: Private library of a Verona noble family, whose roots are in Mantua and in which there were distinguished lawyers and jurists.
Handwritten ownership inscriptions and annotations at first free-leaf (Joseph Thomasini, 19: 7bris [19 September] 1677).

References: IT\ICCU\RMGE\000108. OCLC, 800551250 (1 copy in France), 314559356 (1 copy in Germany) and 902597895 (1 copy in the Netherlands).

UNCOMMON EXTENSIVE ESSAY ON EVICTION IN PRIVATE NEGOTIATIONS BY MANGILI

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Mangili, Giovanni Antonio. De euictionibus tractatus, in quo agitur de materia contingente, nedum in Venditionibus, & bonorum alienationibus in genere factis a personis priuatis, principe, seu illius fisco, sed etiam speciatim in creditis, iuribus, actionibus, pignoribus, hippothecis, censibus, cessionibus, annuis redditibus, praelegatis, legatis, haereditatibus, fideicommissis, feudis, emphyteusi, transactionibus, permutationibus, insolutum dationibus, dotibus, donationibus, retractibus, iure patronatus, bonis ecclesiasticis, beneficijs, nominibus debitorum, rebus alienari prohibitis, locationibus, conductionibus, alluuionibus, vsufructu, ac de damnis, & interesse praedictorum occasione debitis expensis, & meliorationibus, iuxta iuriscommunis, & doctorum sententias, & praesertim Sacrae Rotae Romanae Decreta terminatis. Auctore Ioanne Antonio Mangilio I.C. Pisaurense. Opus frequentissimum, et maxime practicabile, et cunctis iuris professoribus, et iudicia exercentibus valde vtile. cum argumentis, & summarijs cuique quaestioni appositis, & duplici indice [...]. Venetiis: apud Bertanos, 1668.

Folio (344x232 mm), contemporary paperboard binding; pp. [12], 436, [108]. Title-page in red and black types, with the printer's device (in a figured frame two columns joined by a ribbon with the motto: Plus ultra). Xylographic initials and head-pieces. Text in two columns.

Important and ponderous essay on eviction in private negotiations (in private law, we speak of eviction if a third party submits its title to the thing sold and subtracts it to the one who bought it).

Giovanni Antonio Mangili (o Mangilio; XVI-XVII cent.) was an Italian jurist.

Provenance: Private library of a Verona noble family, whose roots are in Mantua and in which there were distinguished lawyers and jurists.
Handwritten ownership inscriptions and annotations at first free-leaf (Joseph Thomasini, 19: 7bris [19 September] 1677).

References: IT\ICCU\MILE\005386. OCLC, 797707243. Apparently no copy of this edition out of Italy.

MEDIEVAL NOTARY MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, 30 December 1400.

A long scroll of parchment (126x26 cm), written in brown ink by a 15th century notary handwriting .
4-lines capital I drawn in pen at the beginning of the document. At the lower left, the signum tabellionis of the notary Bindus de Balbiano near his signature.

This ponderous and early document regards the sale of a farm in the area of Colognole (near Florence, in the area of Chianti) from Jacopo de Covonibus to Francesco called Ciappon. Both De Covonibus family was an important Florentine family since Middle Ages; the Ciapponi surname still survives.

Lot 151 – Click here for High Resolution Pictures

MEDIEVAL NOTARY MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, Verona, 11 January 1421.

A scroll of parchment (54x25 cm), written in sepia ink by a neat 15th century cursive handwriting. Text in Latin.
7-lines capital I drawn in pen at the beginning of the document. At the upper left corner of the page, the signum tabellionis of the notary Bartolomeo Maticiani.

An agreement concerning the sale of a land with olive groves and orchards in the area of Verona.

The seller is Leonardo del Cora, from the contrada (a city quarter) of San Giorgio, and the buyers are the two brothers (both notaries) Galvano and Danesio de Buri from the contrada of Santo Stefano. The land was paid 200 Ducats.

The Buri family was very influential in Verona. The friar Fino de' Buri was prior of the Augustinian monastery of Santa Eufemia in 1262. In 1405 Galvano Buri, ascribed to the Noble Council of Verona, was one of the leaders of the College of Notaries. The descendants of Galvano obtained by the Venetians the title of count, with jurisdiction over the town of Villa Bartolommea, Lazise and San Bonifacio. The family also owned other properties in Verona and in its province. With the permission of the Venetians who ruled the Verona region, the Buri family built the villa near the Adige (still existing) that bears their name (Villa Bernini Buri).

Lot 152 – Click here for High Resolution Pictures

MEDIEVAL NOTARY MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, Verona, 9 June 1428.

A scroll of parchment (63,5x24 cm), written in sepia ink by a very elegant 15th century cursive writing.Text in Latin.
5-lines capital I drawn in pen at the beginning of the document. At the upper left corner of the page, the signum tabellionis of the notary Antonius Santus Bonvicini from Gusolengo Gardesane (now Bussolengo, near Garda Lake).

An agreement concerning the sale of some grassland and wood land in the area of Galgagnago (now Gargagnago) in Valpolicella (the renowned area of Verona wine).

The seller is Pietro de Catafloribus, from the contrada (a city quarter) of San Matteo, and the buyers are the two brothers (both notaries) Galvano and Danesio de Buri (sons of Guarnerio de Buri) from the contrada called Pigna (so they moved from Santo Stefano to this new quarter, see previous lot 152).

The agreed price was 300 Ducats auri boni et iusti ponderis («pure gold and of proper weight») and 33 soldi veronesi.

The Buri family was very influential in Verona. The friar Fino de' Buri was prior of the Augustinian monastery of Santa Eufemia in 1262. In 1405 Galvano Buri, ascribed to the Noble Council of Verona, was one of the leaders of the College of Notaries. The descendants of Galvano obtained by the Venetians the title of count, with jurisdiction over the town of Villa Bartolommea, Lazise and San Bonifacio. The family also owned other properties in Verona and in its province. With the permission of the Venetians who ruled the Verona region, the Buri family built the villa near the Adige (still existing) that bears their name (Villa Bernini Buri).

Lot 153 – Click here for High Resolution Pictures

MEDIEVAL NOTARY MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, Ferrara, 24 March 1450.

Single leaf of parchment (426x345 mm), written in sepia ink by a 15th century cursive writing, 61 lines of text in Latin.
14-lines capital I drawn in pen at the beginning of the document. At the bottom of the page, three signa tabellionis near the signatures.

The document is an agreement concerning buildins and a farmed land, including a dovecote.

The text refers to important people of the time such as Giovanni Roverella, relative and lawyer of the bishop of Ravenna Bartolomeo Roverella (1406-1476), Alberto D'Este (presumably the son of Niccolò III d’Este, born in 1415 and dead in 1502), Alberico de Manfredis (member of the important family of the Manfredi of Faenza) and many names of families living in the central regions of Italy.

The act was prepared by the notaries Giovanni de Belitis, Giovanni de Lorano and Anastasio Morello.

Lot 154 – Click here for High Resolution Pictures