Medieval Notary Manuscripts & Law Books

VERY SCARCE COLLECTION OF ROSSI'S LEGAL COUNSELS
ONLY TWO COPIES IN WORLDWIDE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, NONE IN USA

Rossi, Giovanni Antonio. Consilia Do. Ioannis Anthonii Rvbei Alexandrini. Consiliorvm Prestantissimi Vtraqve Censura Iureconsulti Domi. Ioannis Anthonij Rubei Alexandrini, supremi Senatus Sabaudie Senatoris meritissimi, & Imperatorij Iuris interpretis clarissimi, Opus (me hercle) eruditissimum, & maximopere colendum: Nunc mendis (quibus scatebat) tersum, emergit. Cum Summarijs, & Repertorio. Lugduni (Lyon) Giunta and Moylin, 1540.

Folio, later paperboards, ff. [12], 95.
Title-page printed in red and black with architectural border. Red lily of Jacques Giunta.

Scarce Giuntine edition, printed in Lyon, of Rossi's Consilia.

This edition was shared: another 1540 issue was printed by De Portonariis and Moylin.

References: Apparently only two extant copies in worldwide public libraries (Germany and UK) of this edition; OCLC 32051980 locates two copies of De Portonariis issue, at Library of Congress and University of Kansas Archives (Kenneth Spencer Research Library) and no copy of this Giunta edition.

THE APPELLATE PROCEDURE IN THE DUCHY OF MILAN

Ruginelli, Giulio Cesare. Commentarii ad caesareas constitutiones prouinciæ Mediolanensis in tit. de appellationibus : in quibus appellationum nullitatum, commissionum rescriptorumque materia ad praxim iudiciariam singulari ordine redacta copiosè explicatur. Iulio Caesare Ruginello i.c. Mediolanensi auctore ... ; cum summariis et duplici indice altero quidem argumentorum alterò verò rerum & verborum notabilium. Mediolani (Milano), apud Ioan. Baptistam Bidellium, 1619.

Folio, 19th century half vellum with handwritten title at spine, pp. [8], 369, [49].
Title-page printed in red and black. Woodcut headletters, woodcut head and tail pieces.

Second edition (first published in 1604) of Ruginelli's commentary to the the part of the Statutes of the Milan Duchy regarding the appellate procedure.

Provenance: Contemporary signature Nicolai ? (illegible surname) at title-page.

References: OCLC 23368348 locates three copies in US libraries, at Columbia University Law School, at Harvard Law School Library and at University of Michigan Law Library (Ann Arbor, MI).

THE "LABYRINTH" OF RULES ON LENDING MONEY

Salgado De Somoza, Francisco. Labyrinthus creditorum concurrentium Ad litem per debitorem communem inter illos causatam; cui accedit Tractatus de libertate Beneficiorum, & Capellaniarum recuperanda, ab eodem Authore aliàs concinnatus. Cum decisionibus Sacrae Rotae Romanae, Materiam Labyrinthi Creditorum illustrantibus. Tomus Primus [ Secundus ]. Venetiis, Apud Paulum Balleonium, 1701.

2 folio volumes, contemporary stiff vellum with five raised bands, handwritten title at spines, ff. [6], pp. 588, ff. [58] for the first volume; ff. [2], pp. 84, ff. [9], pp. 40, [11], pp. 348, ff. [36] for the second volume.
Title-page of the first volume printed in red and black.

Uncommon edition of this important work on debt collection procedures with numerous decision of the Roman Sacred Rote on the disputes caused by lending money.

Francisco Salgado de Somoza (1590-1664) was vicar general in Toledo, archbishop of Alcala and then President of the Government of Castile. The Labyrinthus, is a fundamental reference work for the complex matter of concursus creditorum in the executive procedure and bankruptcy. He also published Tractatus de Supplicatione ad Sanctissimum a Bullis et Litteris Appostolicis (1639) and Tractatus de regia protectione et oppressorum a causis judicibus eccelsiastici (1627).

References: Not in Sapori, that quotes other editions. OCLC 919782324.

THE RENOWNED SANDEO'S COMMENTARY ON DECRETALS

Sandeo, Felino.Commentariorum Felini Sandei Ferrariensis, in Decretalium libros V pars prima: doctissimorum virorum Benedicti à Vadis, Philippi Simonetae, Ioannis de Gradibus, atq[ue] Brunori à Sole, nouis hoc signo * notatis adnotationibus rerumq[ue] summis illustrata ac integritati suae fideliter restitura : una cum tractatibus eiusdem Felini & rerum ac sententiaram [sic] hoc opere praecipuè memorabilium indice & copiosissimo & fidelissimo.Venetijs: [Societas Aquilae Renovantis], 1584.
BOUND WITH:
Sandeo, Felino.Repertorium rerum, et verborum memorabilium, in locupletissimos Felini Sandei Commentarios, ad quinque libros decretalium.Venetijs: [Societas Aquilae Renovantis], 1584.

2 parts in a volume in folio, contemporary stiff vellum with handwritten title at spine, pp. [8], 1260 columns, pp. [2, the last is blank]; and 696 columns for the Repertorium.
Woodcut device, woodcut headletters.

Fine Venetian edition of Sandeo's commentary on first book of Decretals.

This copy also contains the Repertorium Felini of the five books, edited by Benedetto Vadi.

The Decretales, or Decretals of Pope Gregory IX are an important source of medieval canon law, collected by the dominican St. Raymond of Peñafort under the order of the same Gregory IX; they are composed of five books, each one divided in several tituli (titles).

Provenance: Ancient owner's inscription L. Ganni 1703 at title page of Repertorium.

References: OCLC 39534544 (the copy of Library of Congress) and 820482870 for the Repertorium.

UNIVERSAL LAW DIGEST

Savelli, Marco Antonio. Marci Antonii Sabelli J.C. Mutilianensis Variae Juris Resolutiones. In quibus quamplures Quaestiones Forenses, quotidiè occurrentes,perstrictè, & summatim juxtà veriores, & approbatas Doctorum opiniones, acpraecipuè Sacrae Rotae Romanae, deciduntur. Tomus Sextus. Parmae, ApudHaeredes Pauli Monti sub Signo Fidei, 1733.

Folio (352x230), full vellum binding, sepia ink handwritten titles and decorations at spine, ff. [1, titlepage], pp. lxxix, [1, printer device], ff. [4, with other titlepage], pp. 195, [1], ff. [20, last blank]. Titlepage printed in red and black, nice xylographic headletters and head-pieces, text on two columns.

Precious untrimmed Parma edition of the Summa Tractatum, universal law digest by the jurist Marco Antonio Savelli, printed for the first time in Florence in 1679.

This volumes constitutes the sixth part of Savelli’s Opera Omnia, published by Monti in six volumes.

Marco Antonio Savelli (XVII century) was a famous jurist, auditor in Florence criminal Rota and Cavaliere del S.O.M di Santo Stefano. Besides the Summa diversorum Tractatuum, he published the Pratica Civilis et Criminalis, that deals with all the areas of Criminal, Civil and Administrative law, and the Ad forum saeculare, ecclesiasticum et coscientiae spectans.

References: Fontana, pars II, col. 218 (quotes preceding editions). Sapori, I, 2721 (mentions the 1717 Monti’s edition). IT\ICCU\SBLE\ 014397. OCLC 799260916.

FIRST GERMAN EDITION OF A FOUNDING TEXT OF THE COMMERCIAL LAW

Scaccia, Sigismundus. Sigismundi Scacciae ... Tractatus de commerciis et cambio : In quo non minus opportune, quam iuxta occasionem copiose tractatur de mora, interesse, vsura, solemnitate scripturae, asse in pondere, & valore, de moneta, solutionibus, oblatione, deposito, praescriptionibus, compensationibus, iurium cessionibus, delegationibus, adiudicatione nominis debitoris, hypotheca, adiecto, manifestatione, cessione bonorum, legitimatione personarum, curatore dando haereditati, & de modo procedendi in causis cambiorum.Coloniae (i. e. Cologne, Köln in German language): Boëtzer, 1620.

Folio, contemporary stiff vellum with six raised bands and handwritten title on lower edge, ff. [4], pp. 507, ff. [42].

Scarce first German imprint and second absolute edition of the fundamental treatise «On Commerce and Exchange» for the companies law, published for the first time in Rome by Brogiotti in 1619, that became an indispensable tool for commerce and earned Scaccia a long-lasting fame.

References: OCLC 645068230.
R. de Laurentiis, Sigismondo Scaccia (1564?-1634) fra pratica e teoria giuridica agli inizi dell'età moderna, in: «Rivista di storia del diritto italiano», 1991, vol. LXIV, pp. 282 e 287.

See also the following lot, another copy of the same edition.

FIRST GERMAN EDITION OF A FOUNDING TEXT OF THE COMMERCIAL LAW

Scaccia, Sigismundus. Sigismundi Scacciae ... Tractatus de commerciis et cambio : In quo non minus opportune, quam iuxta occasionem copiose tractatur de mora, interesse, vsura, solemnitate scripturae, asse in pondere, & valore, de moneta, solutionibus, oblatione, deposito, praescriptionibus, compensationibus, iurium cessionibus, delegationibus, adiudicatione nominis debitoris, hypotheca, adiecto, manifestatione, cessione bonorum, legitimatione personarum, curatore dando haereditati, & de modo procedendi in causis cambiorum.Coloniae (i. e. Cologne, Köln in German language): Boëtzer, 1620.

19th century half vellum with handwritten title at spine, ff. [4], pp. 507, ff. [42].

Scarce first German imprint and second absolute edition of the fundamental treatise «On Commerce and Exchange» for the companies law, published for the first time in Rome by Brogiotti in 1619, that became an indispensable tool for commerce and earned Scaccia a long-lasting fame.

References: OCLC 645068230.
R. de Laurentiis, Sigismondo Scaccia (1564?-1634) fra pratica e teoria giuridica agli inizi dell'età moderna, in: «Rivista di storia del diritto italiano», 1991, vol. LXIV, pp. 282 e 287.

UNCOMMON SWISS IMPRINT OF A FOUNDING TEXT OF THE COMMERCIAL LAW

Scaccia, Sigismundus. Tractatus de commerciis, et cambio: in qvo non minvs opportvne, qvam ivxta occasionem copiosè tractatur de mora, interesse, usura solmnitate scripturae, asse in pondere, et valore, de moneta solutionibus, oblatione, deposito, praescriptionibus, compensationibus, jurium cessionibus, delegationibus, adjudicatione nominis debitoris, hypotheca, adjecto, manifestatione, cessione bonorum, legitimatione personarum, curatore dando haereditati, et de modo procedendi in causis cambiorum.Genevæ : Sumptibus Iohannis Hermanni Widerhold, 1664.

Folio, contemporary stiff vellum, pp. [10], 520, [90].

Uncommon Swiss imprint of the fundamental treatise for the companies law, published for the first time in Rome by Brogiotti in 1619, that became an indispensable tool for commerce and earned Scaccia a long-lasting fame.

References: OCLC 65003803.
R. de Laurentiis, Sigismondo Scaccia (1564?-1634) fra pratica e teoria giuridica agli inizi dell'età moderna, in: «Rivista di storia del diritto italiano», 1991, vol. LXIV, pp. 282 e 287.

SECOND EDITION OF SCACCIA'S TREATISE ON JUDGMENTS

Scaccia, Sigismondo.Tractatvs De Sententia Et Re Ivdicata, Sigismvndi Scacciæ Ivrisconsvlti Romani: Omnibus admodum vtilis, Iudicibus autem, Ducibus, Regibus, aliisq[ue] Principibus magna ex parte necessarius. Duplici indice ... exornatus [...]. Venetiis (Venice): Apud Iacobum Scaleam, [post 30 VIII] 1629.

Folio, later marbled wrappers, 4 preliminary leaves, 499 [i.e. 507], [45] pages.
Title-page printed in red and black, woodcut headletters, woodcut head and tail pieces.

Second edition, printed in Venice, of Scaccia's treatise on Judgments and Res judicata (the object of the judgment) first was printed in Lyon in the previous year.

Provenance: Contemporary crossed out inscriptions at title-page and at fly-leaf. 2. A near contemporary signature Malverius in the same fly-leaf.

References: OCLC 77664046 apparently locates only a copy of this edition in US libraries, at University of Michigan Law Library (Ann Arbor, MI).
No copies on the market.

SECOND EDITION OF SCACCIA'S TREATISE ON JUDGMENTS

Scaccia, Sigismondo.Tractatus de appellationibus : in duas partes diuisus : in quibus plene, rite, recte et pulcro ordine examinatum, frugi solidaq[ue] doctrina resolutum quicquid ad praedictas appellationes quoquomodo spectare aut contingere potest [...]. Venetiis (Venice): Turrini. 1642.

BOUND WITH:Decisiones Sacrae Rotae Romanae ex diuersis authoribus collectae, in Tractatu de appellationibus Sigismundi Scacciae allegatae : quae antea ab eodem authore non fuerunt prelibatae, eique plurimae successerunt posthumae, & ampliùs non impressae : cum indice sententiarum, & conclusionum locupletissimo (Venice): Turrini, 1642.

2 works in a folio volume, later marbled wrappers, pp. [8], 671, [1]; [14], 147, [1] .
Title-page printed in red and black, woodcut headletters, woodcut head and tail pieces.

Enlarged edition, the only one with the additions of Gagliardi and Renzolio, of Scaccia's treatise on appeal procedure and appeal hearing.

Provenance: Contemporary crossed out inscription at title-page. 2. A near contemporary signature Franciscus Malverius in the same title-page.

References: OCLC 797860485 locates no copies in US libraries.

ONE OF THE FOUNDING TEXT OF THE COMMERCIAL LAW

Scaccia, Sigismundus. Tractatus de commerciis, et cambio. In quo non minus opportune, quam iuxa occasionem copiose tractatur de mora, interesse, usura, solemnitate scripturae, asse in pondere, & valore, de moneta solutionibus, oblatione, deposito [...] Opus nunc quarto editum, et a plurimis mendis repurgatum. Accessit etiam index copiosissimo. Coloniae, sumpt. viduae Wilh. Metternich & filii, 1738.

Folio (380x275 mm), 19th century half vellum on colored paper, pp. [8], 520, [92].

Uncommon German imprint of the fundamental treatise for the companies law, published for the first time in Rome by Brogiotti in 1619, that became an indispensable tool for commerce and earned Scaccia a long-lasting fame.

References: OCLC 65347267.
R. de Laurentiis, Sigismondo Scaccia (1564?-1634) fra pratica e teoria giuridica agli inizi dell'età moderna, in: «Rivista di storia del diritto italiano», 1991, vol. LXIV, pp. 282 e 287.

TREATY ON THE RIGHT TO BUILD, ON THE EASEMENTS AND ON THE USUCAPTION, WRITTEN BY MICHAEL SCHUSTER

Schuster, Michael. Del diritto di costruire e di proibire la costruzione d'una fabbrica dell'uso e del non uso delle servitù delle specie particolari e dell'usucapione e prescrizione delle medesime. Opera di Michele Schuster [...]. Versione dal tedesco per cura dell'editore. Verona: per Giuseppe Rossi editore, 1829 (Verona: per Giacomo Berini tipografo e proprietario de' tipi Tommasi il 10 maggio 1829).

8vo (226x140 mm), half leather binding with marbled paper at boards; pp. 557, [1].

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\006881. OCLC, 797930801 and 25177150 (one copy in USA and one copy in Canada).