Medieval Notary Manuscripts & Law Books

FIRST EDITION ISSUED IN KOLN OF AN IMPORTANT JUS-CRIMINALIST COMMENTARY BY ANTONIUS MATTHEUS ON BOOKS 47 AND 48 OF JUSTINIAN'S DIGEST, WITH AN ADDITIONAL TREATISE ON THE MUNICIPAL LAW OF UTRECHT

Mattei, Antonio. Antonii Matthæi, jc. [...] Commentarius ad lib. XLVII. et XLVIII. Dig. De criminibus. Adjecta est brevis & succincta juris municipalis interpretatio, cum triplici indice, titulorum, rerum & verborum, nec non legum, qua strictius, qua fusius explicatarum. Editio novissima, correctior & emendatior. Coloniae Agrippinæ [Koln]: apud viduam Joannis Schlebusch, bibliopolæ, am hoff in Kalten Berg, 1727.

4to (200x156 mm), full vellum binding, red colored edges; pp. [8], 902 [i.e. 908], [24].

Antonius Matthaeus (1601-1654), was professor of criminal law at Utrecht, in the Netherlands.

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\RMLE\024536 (4 copies). OCLC, 257735718 (2 copies in Germany) and 603879634 (1 copy in Switzerland).

FIRST EDITION ISSUED IN PAVIA OF AN IMPORTANT JUS-CRIMINALIST COMMENTARY BY ANTONIUS MATTHEUS ON BOOKS 47 AND 48 OF JUSTINIAN'S DIGEST, WITH AN ADDITIONAL TREATISE ON THE MUNICIPAL LAW OF UTRECHT

Matthaeus, Antonius. Antonii Matthaei JC [...] Commentarius ad lib. XLVII. et XLVIII. dig. de criminibus, adiecta est brevis, et succinta iuris municipalis interpretatio editio prima Ticinensis in duos tomos distributa et adnotationibus aucta Thomæ Nani [...]. Tomus primus [-secundus]. Ticini [Pavia]: sumptibus Ioannis Capelli et Balthasaris Comini, 1803.

4to (300x246 mm), contemporary paperboard binding (loose, lacks at spines); pp. [6], 412; [2], 413-676.

Antonius Matthaeus (1601-1654), was professor of criminal law at Utrecht, in the Netherlands.

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\RMSE\002593. OCLC, 563188304 (2 copies in UK) and 81859629 (1 copy in USA and 1 copy in Switzerland).

AMUSING ANCIENT COLLECTION OF ANECDOTES ON LAW AND LAWYERS

Ménage, Gilles. Juris civilis amoenitates […] cum præfatione Joannis Guilielmi Hoffmanni et indicibusnecessariis. Neapoli, apud Vincentium Orsino, Sumptibus Joseph Mariae Porcelli, 1779.

8vo (195x120 mm), half calf binding on handmade colored paper, gilt titles and floral decorations at spine, red ink sprayed edges, ff. 44,356. Xylographic decorations. Missing Prince Ignatius II portrait, supposed to be after title-page.

The amenities of Roman Law, collected by the French scholar Gilles Ménages and introduced by the German jurist Johann Wilhelm Hoffmann (1710-1739).

This original collection put together, for the amusement of jurists, anecdotes, adjustments, and names etymology, all tied to the environment of ancient laws.

Gilles Ménages (1613-1693, latinized Aegidius Menagius) was born in a family of jurists; his father was the King of France lawyer in Angers. He followed the ecclesiastical career instead of the legal one, and was member of Académie Française and Accademia della Crusca: he is remembered to have composed the first etymological vocabularies of French and Italian

References: OCLC, 16671807. ICCU, IT\ICCU\FOGE\008261 e IT\ICCU\RMSE\002619.

SCARCE RENAISSANCE EDITION OF MENOCHIO'S TREATISE ON POSSESSION

Menochio, Giacomo. De adipiscenda et retinenda possessione amplissima et doctissima commentaria. Editio 3. Hac quam sint omnibus utilia, commemorare, necessarium est minime, cum ipsa de se ipsis aperte loquantur. Adjecta sunt rerum notabilium summae, ac Indea copiosissimus.Venetiis (Venice): Apud J. B. Somaschum, 1576.

Folio, contemporary stiff vellum binding with calligraphic title at spine (joints a bit tired), ff. [22], 168.
Woodcut tail-pieces, initials.

Scarce third edition (the first one was published by the same Somasco in 1571) of this classical treatise on possession and real property, often reprinted until the end of 17th century.

Giacomo Menochio (1532-1607) was an Italian jurisconsult, senator, royal adviser and chairman of the Magistrato Straordinario of Milan.

Provenance: Near contemporary owner's inscription Ex libris doctoris Cesaris Malfatti at title-page.

References: OCLC locates few copies worldwide and no copy in US libraries of this edition.

A COMMENTARY ON PRESUMPTIONS AND CONJECTURES IN ROMAN LAW

Menochio, Giacomo. Iacobi Menochii [...] De praesumptionibus, coniecturis, signis, & indicis, commentaria in sex distincta libros [...]. Editio omnium postrema [...]. Adjecta sunt summaria, [...]. Coloniae Agrippinae [Koln]: Apud Ioannem Gymnicum, sub Monocerote, Anno M. DC. VI. [1606].

Folio (384x256 mm), contemporary full vellum binding (afterwards restored with other parchment), four raised abnds at spine (traces of use, tears); pp. [88], 526, 525-1073, 1038-1096, [2]. Title-page in red and black with woodcut printer's device (hippocampus, heron and snake with motto: Discite iusticiam moniti). A different version of the printer's device appears on the final page. Woodcut tail-pieces, initials.

Giacomo Menochio (1532-1607) was an Italian jurisconsult, senator, royal adviser and chairman of the Extraordinary Magistrate of Milan.

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

References: This edition is not registered in ICCU. OCLC, 312025327 (1 copy in Germany), 499147658 (1 copy in USA, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Atlanta), 602727683 (1 copy in Switzerland).

A COLLECTION OF WRITINGS DEALING WITH JUDGES, JUDICIAL DISCRETION AND CIVIL PROCEDURE, ACTIONS AND DEFENSES IN ROMAN LAW BY THE ITALIAN JURIST GIACOMO MENOCHIO

Menochio, Giacomo. Iacobi Menochii [...] De arbitrarijs iudicum quaestionibus, & causis. Libri duo. [...] Hac omnium postrema editione ab ipso auctore recogniti, [...] Cum indicibus quatuor, [...]. Venetiis: apud Ioan. Antonium de Franciscis, 1624.

Folio (320x214 mm), full vellum binding from a manuscript of the early sixteenth century, paste-board covered with a three columns printed leaf again of the early sixteenth century (spine restored with ancient paper); pp. [120], 1008. Large printer's device at title-page (in a richly figured frame the Peace, with the motto: Omnem sensum exuperat). Xylographic initials. Text in two columns.

Giacomo Menochio (1532-1607) was an Italian jurisconsult, senator, royal adviser and chairman of the Extraordinary Magistrate of Milan.

Provenance: Private library of a Verona noble family, whose roots are in Mantua and in which there were distinguished lawyers and jurists.
Handwritten ownership inscriptio al title page (A.J. Castellani).

References: IT\ICCU\UM1E\001956. OCLC, 797684889 and 220684352 (one copy in Australia, National Library of Australia, Canberra).

FUNDAMENTAL TREATISE ON DISTRAINTS AND MORTGAGES

Merlini, Mercuriale. De Pignoribus et Hypothecis Tractatus Absolutissimus Mercvriali Merlino i.v.d. et patritio foroliviensi avthore; vnà cvm decisionibvs magistralibvs Sacrae rotae romanae hactenus non impressis in eodem relatis; in quo omnes propemodum casus, qui in controuersiam vocari possunt summo studio, ac ingenio enucleantur iuxta sententias doctorum, senatuum, & aliorum tribunalium, ac praecipuè dictae rptae romanae. Opus tàm in scholis profitentibus, quàm in foro versantibus apprimè vtile, ac necessarium. Cvm locvpletissimis indicibvs qvaestionvm, decisionvm, & rerum notatu dignarum, quae tàm in Tractatu, quàm in decionibus continentur. . Venetiis: Apud Iuntas, & Baba, M. DC. XXXIX. [1649].
[bound with:]
Merlini, Mercuriale. Decisiones sacrae rotae romanae in tractatu de pignoribus, & hypothecis, excell.mi D. Mercvrialis Merlini I.V.D. foroliuiensis relatae, & ab oedem collectae. [...]. [Venetiis: Apud Iuntas, & Baba, M. DC. XXXIX].

Folio, contemporary stiff vellum with raised bands spine, pp. [84], 644, 212, [26].
Title vignette; title page printed in red and black; headpieces; initials, some decorated, and within initial frames; catchwords; main body of text in double columns.

Fundamental treatise on Distraints and Mortgages: besides the description of the rules of Commercial Law that include bankruptcy and credit management, Merlini extended the work to the Decisiones by the Holy Roman Rota that could be useful the understand the subject.

Mercuriale Merlini (1597-1657) was a lawyer from Forlì (Italy). He wrote many treatises on juridical subjects.

References: OCLC, 23123628.

FUNDAMENTAL TREATISE ON DISTRAINTS AND MORTGAGES

Merlini, Mercuriale. De Pignoribus et Hypothecis Tractatus Absolutissimus [...] Una cum decisionibus magistralibus Sacrae Rotae Romanae hactenus non impressis in eodem relatis; In quo omnes prope modum casus, qui in controversiam vocati possunt summo studio [...]. Venetiis, Apud Haeredes Francisci Baba, 1661.[unito a:]Merlini, Mercuriale. Decisiones Sacrae Rotae Romanae In Tractatu de Pignoribus, & Hypothecis [...]. [Venetiis, Apud Haeredes Francisci Baba, 1661].

Folio (340x235 mm), original paperboard, sepia ink handwritten titles at spine, visible joints, pp. [84], 627 [but 619, mistakes in pages numbering], [1, blank], 226, [26, last blank]. Untrimmed copy, first title-page printed in red and black, xylographic decorations at first leaves.

Fundamental treatise on Distraints and Mortgages, printed in Venice by a joint venture of printers, including the heirs of Baba, Combi & Lanou and Nicolò Pezzana.

Besides the description of the rules of Commercial Law that include bankruptcy and credit management, Merlini extended the work to the Decisiones by the Holy Roman Rota that could be useful the understand the subject.

Mercuriale Merlini (1597-1657) was a lawyer from Forlì (Italy). He wrote many treatises on juridical subjects. Among them the most important is De legitima Tractatus.

References: OCLC, 18021929. IT\ICCU\MILE\006799.

SCARCE EDITION OF MERLINI'S TREATISE ON INHERITANCE LAW
ONLY ONE COPY IN USA

Merlini, Mercuriale. De Legitima Tractatus Absolutissimus [...]. Genevae (Ginevra), Sumptibus Samuelis Chouet, 1665.
[bound with:]
Merlini, Mercuriale. Decisiones Sacrae Rotae Romanae In Tractatu de Legitima [...]. (Genevae, Sumptibus Samuelis Chouet, 1665).

Folio (338x208 mm), full stiff vellum binding, four raised bands spine, sepia ink handwritten titles at first spine sector and at lower edge, pp. [72, last three are blank], 584, 322, [38, last is blank]. Page numbering jumps from p. 124 to p. 133 due to a mistake during printing. Red and black titlepage, xylographic headletters and decorations at preliminary leaves, text on two columns.

Scarce late Renaissance treatise on inheritance, focused on the procedure of the legitime, or legitima portio.

The treatise is augmented by many Decisiones by the Roman Rota related to real cases dealing with the matter.

Mercuriale Merlini (1597-1657) was a jurisconsultant from Forlì. He wrote many treatises on juridical subjects.

Provenance: Some typographical small hands and pen strokes at margins of few pages.

References : IT\ICCU\BA1E\014351 (only one copy of the same edition, identical to our copy for everything but the printer, Pierre Chouet instead of Samuel). OCLC 17974137 quotes only two copies worldwide, one in USA (UCLA, Los Angeles).

EXTREMELY RARE EDITION OF THE DECISIONS OF THE GREAT COURT AND THE SUPREME MAGISTRATE OF THE KINGDOM OF SICILY

APPARENTLY NO COPIES IN USA

Muta, Mario. Decisiones nouissimæ magnæ Regiæ Curiæ, supremique magistratus Regni Siciliæ, sedis quidem, nedum criminalis, & ciuilis, sed præterea causarum delegatarum, in quibus, præter nonnullas feudales quæstiones, ac delictorum, beneficiorum, censuum, [...] Mario Muta iurisconsulto Panormitano, [...] authore. Cum summarijs, ac duplici indici, tum argumentorum, tùm materiarum indice locupletissimo [...]. Panormi [Palermo]: apud Io. Baptistam Maringum impressorem cameralem, 1620 (Panormi: ex typographia Io. Baptista Maringhi).

Folio, 300x204 mm, contemporary full vellum binding with four raised bands at spine, gilt title at spine in a frame of gilt decoration, calligraphed title at lower edge; pp. [12], 600, [64]. Title-page in red and black types, with editorial woodcut (a compass, held by a hand coming out of a cloud, drawing a circle; motto: "Dove manca natura suplisce l'arte"), in a figured frame. Xylographic initials, head- and final-pieces. Text in Latin, printed in two columns.

References: IT\ICCU\RLZE\012160 (4 copies). OCLC, 860137804 (one copy in Italy) and 807917397 (one copy in Spain). Apparently no copies in USA.

THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF NAPOLEON CODE

Code Napoleon, suivi de l'expose des motifs, sur chaque loi, presente par les orateurs de Gouvernement; des rapports faits au Tribunat au nom de la Commission de Legislation; des opinions emises dans le cours de la discussion; des discours prononces au corps legislatif par les orateurs du Tribunat; et d'une table analytique et raisonnee des matieres tant du code que des discours. A Paris: chez Firmin Didot, libraire, et fondeur en caracteres d'imprimerie, 1808.

9 volumes (out of 10, it lacks the first one), elegant strictly contemporary mottled calf with gilt decoration at spine, red label and gilt-lettered title, yellow edges.

CONTENT:

2: Tome deuxieme. Contenant la discussion des titres, de la publication des lois; de la jouissance et de la privation des droits civils: des actes de l'etat civil; du domicile; des absents; du marriage; des actes respectueux; et du divorce.
PubblicazioneA Paris : chez Firmin Didot, libraire, et fondeur en caracteres d'imprimerie, rue de Thionville, n. 10, 1808
pp. viii, 422, [2].

3: Tome troisieme. Contenant la discussion des titres, de la paternite et de la filiation; de l'adoption et de la tutele officiense, dela puissance paternelle; de la minorite, de la tutele, et de l'emancipation, de la majorite, de l'interdiction, et du conseil judiciaire.
A Paris : chez Firmin Didot, libraire, et fondeur en caracteres d'imprimerie, rue de Thionville, n. 10, 1808.
pp. [4], 308.

4: Tome quatrieme. Contenant discussion des titres, de la distinction des biens; de la proprieté; de l'usufruit, de l'usage, et de l'habitation; des servitudes ou services fonciers; des successions; des donations entre-vifs et des testaments.
A Paris : chez Firmin Didot, libraire. et fondeur en caracteres d'imprimerie, rue de Thionville, n. 10, 1808.
pp. [4], 395, [1].

5: Tome cinquieme. Contenant la discussion des titres, des contrats ou des obligations conventionnelles en général; des engagements qui se forment sans convention; du contract de mariage, et des droits respectifs des époux.
A Paris : che Firmin Didot, libraire, et fondeur en caracters d'imprimerie, rue de Thionville, n. 10, 1808.
pp. [4], 461, [1].

6: Tome sixieme. Contenant la discussion des titres, de la vente; de l'echange; du contrat de louage; du contrat de societe; du pret; du depot et du sequestre; des contrats aleatories; du mandat; du cautionnement; des transactions.
A Paris : chez Firmim Didot, libraire, et fondeur en caracteres d'imprimerie, rue de Thionville, n. 10, 1808.
pp. [4], 404.

7: Tome septieme. Contenant la discussion des titres, de la contrainte par corps en materie civile; du nantissement; des privileges et hypotheques; de l'expropriation forcee, et des ordres entre las creanciers; de la prescription; de la loi sur la reunion des lois civiles, et de celles comprises dans le supplement.
A Paris : chez Firmin Didot, libraire, et fondeur en caracteres d'imprimerie, rue de Thionville, n. 10, 1808.
pp. [4], 408.

8: Tome huitieme.

VARIOUS AUTHORS. Motivi, rapporti e discussioni che si fecero al corpo legislativo francese per la formazione del codice Napoleone. Traduzione italiana col testo del codice in originale francese. Volume primo [-decimo]Milano: dalla tipografia di Francesco Sonzogno di G. Batt. stampatore e librajo, 1805-1807.

7 volumes (out of 10) distributed in 10 parts, contemporary colored printer's wrappers.

An historical account, published by Biblioteca di Giurisprudenza Italiana, about the birth of the Napoleon Code, here translated in Italian with the French parallel text.

References: ICCU, IT\ICCU\SBLE\015548.

THE CATHOLIC MARRIAGE LAW IN ITALY AND AUSTRIA IN 19TH CENTURY

NARDI FRANCESCO. Diritto matrimoniale cattolico. Aggiuntevi le leggi intorno al matrimonio promulgata nell'Impero d'Austria. Padova: Prosperini 1857.

8vo, contemporary marbled stiff paperboards, pp. 397.

First and only edition of this treatise of Canon and Marriage Law in Italy and the Austrian Empire according to the Catholic thought.

References: OCLC 793590562.

VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF TREATISES ON COMMERCIAL LAW, ESPECIALLY ON SURETYSHIP AND GUARANTY, PLEDGES AND MORTGAGES

Negusanti, Antonio (and others).Selecti tractatus iuris varij, vere aurei, in frequentissima & vtilissima materia assecurationis et cautionis, diuersorum clarissimorum v.i. luminum, veterum & recentium: iura pignorum et hypothecarum, fideiussionum, excussionum ... exactissimè complectentes. Venetijs (Venice): Excudebat Bartholomaeus Rubinus, 1570.

Folio, contemporary stiff vellum, pp. [44], 581, [1].
Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials.

Very rare second edition (the first was printed by the same Rubino in 1566) of this important collection of 22 Renaissance treatises of Commercial Law, especially devoted to suretyship and guaranty, pledges and mortgages.

The collection had an incredible success in Venice and Padua Universities: to satisfy the request, this 1570 edition was shared by four Venetian printers (Rubino, Francesco de Franceschi, Damiano Zenari and Sessa's heirs) that published four issues.

LIST OF THE AUTHORS AND THEIR WORKS:
Antonio Negusanti: De pignoribus et hypothecis
Hugues Doneau: De pignoribus et hypothecis
François Baudin: De pignoribus et hypothecis
Pieter van der Aa: De priuilegijs
Ippolito de Marsigli: De fideiussoribus, sumptus ex repetitione.
Giacomo de Arena: De excussione bonorum
Benedetto Barci da Piombino: De discussionibus
Jost de Damhoudere: De subhastatione
Giambattista Caccialupi: De debitore suspecto, et fugitivo
Pierre Peck: De iure sistendi, et manuum iniectione
Baldo degli Ubaldi: De carceribus
Jacopo Canis: De iniurijs et damno dato
Martino Garrati: De repressalijs
Pedro de Santarem: De assecurationibus et sponsionibus mercatorum
Domenico de Arena: De sequestrationibus
Francesco Corti: Tractatus sequestrorum
Angelo Peruzzi: Tractatus authenticus sequestrorum
Giovanni de Grassi: De cessione iuris et actionum fienda
Giacomo de Arena: De cessione actionum
Jacopo Bottrigari: Tractatus singularissimus renunciationum iuris ciuilis
Matteo Bruni: De cessione bonorum.
Anonymous: Tractatus cessionum incerto authore

Provenance: Signature of the 18th century Verona lawyer Cesare Malfatti at title-page.

References: CNCE 29764. OCLC 79628785 locates in USA only the copy at University of California (Berkeley Law Library). No copies on the market.

SCARCE GERMAN EDITION OF THE STANDARD TREATISE ON PLEDGES AND MORTGAGE
NO COPY IN USA

Negusanti, Antonio.D. Antonii Negusantii ... Tractatus de pignoribus et hypothecis in quo omnes propemodùm casus: qui in controversiam venire possun. Coloniae Agrippinae: Apud Sebastianum Ketteler, 1699.

4to, attractive contemporary pigsking over wooden boards, blind-tooled decorations at covers, three raised bands spine, brass clasps preserved, blue edges, 1 preliminary leaf, 226 (i.e., 634), [25] pages.
Title in red and black, woodcut device, woodcut head-letters, woodcut head and tail pieces.

Very scarce German edition of Negusanti's treatise on pledges and mortgage, first published in 1526, that was a standard work for several generations of lawyers throughout Europe.

References: OCLC 220757285 locates very few copies of this edition, none in US libraries.

THE "GOLDEN TREATISE": A STANDARD RENAISSANCE HANDBOOK OF CRIMINAL LAW
NO COPY IN USA OF THIS EDITION

Novelli, Jacopo. Tractatus Aureus defensionem omnium reorum adversusquascunque accusationes et inquisitiones pro quibuscunque criminibus docens, tum ad theoricam iuris, tum ad comunem omnium tribunalium uniuersae Europae stilum & praxim accommodatus. Iacobo Nouello iureconsulto authore. Adiectis summariis ac indice copiosiss. Nunc primum in lucem prodit. [...]. Venetiis apud Baltassarem Constantinum ad signum diui Georgii, 1552.

8vo (152x105 mm), ancient stiff vellum, label with gilt title at spine, blue edges, ff. 116, [16].

Second, increased edition (after the first one of 1549) of this standard handbook of criminal law, containing the important elements useful for the public and private prosecutions of the guilty party.

Provenienza: Several not identified contemporary annotations.

References: CNCE 25174. There are two editions printed this year, the second one being with a different foliation and without printer's name (and the “fountain supported by winged putti” device). OCLC 50198505 (the copy of the Library of Congress) locates in USA libraries three copies of this anonymous issue (the others at Harvard Law Library and University of Michigan Law Library) and no copy of this Costantini edition.

OINOTOMUS' RENOWNED COMMENTARY TO THE JUSTINIAN'S INSTITUTIONS

Oinotomus, Johannes. Ioannis Oinotomi iurisconsulti in quatuor Institutionum imperialium Iustiniani imp. libros commentarij : nunc primum ... castigati ac emendati prodeunt ... : necnon indice rerum omnium copiosissimo. Venetiis: apud Benedictum Milochum, 1678.

Folio, contemporary limp vellum (some tears at covers), pp. [4], 608, [52].
Text in Latin, printed in two columns.
Title-page in red and black types, woodcut head and -tail pieces, woodcut head-letters.

The renowned commentary to the Justinian's Institutions written by Joannes Oinotomos (Johann Schneidewein), first printed in 1573 and re-issued many times along the following two centuries.
The text is organized according to the theories of Protestant Reform, whose application Martin Luther charged Philip Melanchton.

Johann Schneidewein (1519-1568), was a famous German jurist, scholar of Martin Luther at Wittenberg. He followed his teacher all along his life, obtaining prestigious political and academic tasks, in the German protestant electorate. He considered a fake the donation of Constantine and, consequently, he deemed illegitimate the temporal power of the Roman papacy.

Provenance: Ownership inscriptions (not identified) at title-page.

References: OCLC 797825520 locates only a copy of this edition in US libraries, at University of California Berkeley Law Library.

OINOTOMUS' RENOWNED COMMENTARY TO THE JUSTINIAN'S INSTITUTIONS

Oinotomus, Johannes. Joannis Oinotomi ... in quator Institutionum imperialium Justiniani imp. libros commentarii in usum juris studiosorum. Venetiis, typis Petri Savioni, prostant apud Joannem Baptistam Pasquali, 1762.

Folio, contemporary half vellum on colored paper,2 preliminary leaves, pp. 615, [1] .
Text in Latin, printed in two columns.
Title vignette (Pasquali's device, with motto: Litterarum felicitas).
At end: Noi riformatori dello studio di Padova. Concedemo licenza a Pietro Savioni stampator di Venezia poter ristampare il libro intitolato Joannis Oinotomi ... Comentarij &c. osservando gli ordini soliti in materia di stampe, & presentando le copie alle pubbliche librarie di Venezia, e di Padova. Dat. li 13. Maggio 1760. Angelo Contarini ... Bernardo Nani ... Francesco Morosini ... Registrato in libro a cart 50. al num. 303 Gio: Girolamo Zuccato, segretario.
Title-page in red and black types, woodcut head and -tail pieces, woodcut head-letters.

The renowned commentary to the Justinian's Institutions written by Joannes Oinotomos (Johann Schneidewein), first printed in 1573 and re-issued many times along the following two centuries.
To this edition are added the addition of the French juruist Denis Godefroy.

The text is organized according to the theories of Protestant Reform, whose application Martin Luther charged Philip Melanchton.

Johann Schneidewein (1519-1568), was a famous German jurist, scholar of Martin Luther at Wittenberg. He followed his teacher all along his life, obtaining prestigious political and academic tasks, in the German protestant electorate. He considered a fake the donation of Constantine and, consequently, he deemed illegitimate the temporal power of the Roman papacy.

References: OCLC 3833087.

THE LIFE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JURIST OF THE CLASSIC ERA

Otto, Everard. Papinianus, sive de vita, studiis, scriptis, moribus et morte Aemilii Papiniani, Jurisconsultorum coryphaei, diatriba. Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden), Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1718.

8vo (150x86 mm), modern stiff vellum binding, edges originally colored in red, pp. [16], 439, [25, last two blanks]. Xylographic headletters and decorations at first leaves.

First edition on the life and work of Aemilius Papinianus, the most important jurist in the classic era, edited and detailed by Everard Otto.

Papinianus (ca. 212) deeply influenced the Roman Law in his role as advisor and prefect at Pretorio under Settimio Severo. After his murder, probably ordered by Caracalla because of his refusal to defend the Emperor from the charge of fratricide, his books of questiones , responsa and definitiones gained great fame and were inserted in the Corpus Iuris Civilis and in the Law of Citations or Oratio Valentiniani ad Senatum, stating that his opinions had value of law.

Everard Otto (1685-1756) was a German jurist and teacher of Civil Law at the Duisburg and Utrecht University. He wrote many treatise on Civil and Roman Law and on Latin History; among the other works he wrote a biography of the roman jurisconsultant Servio Sulpizio Rufo (1737), the Thesaurus juris Romani continens rariora meliorum interpretum opuscula (1725-1729) and Sam. Pufendorfius de officio hominis et civis cum eius annotationibus (1737).

Provenance: sepia ink ownership signature N.J.D. Kermedij (?) at upper margin of titlepage.

References: OCLC 672647586.

A FUNDAMENTAL TREATISE ON LEASES AND TENANCY

Pacioni, Pietro.Petri Pacioni ... Tractatus de locatione, et conductione ... Huic Venetae editioni accedunt nonnullae Sacrae Rotae Romanae recentissimae Decisiones ad materiam facientes.. Venetiis (Venice): Apud Paulum Balleonium, 1700.

Folio, half vellum on marbled paper with handwritten title at spine, pp. [24], 440, [92].
Text on two columns, woodcut device, woodcut head-letters, woodcut head and tail pieces.

Scarce Venetian edition of Pacioni's fundamental and comprehensive treatise on leases, tenancy, contracts and related subjects in Roman and Canon law (first published in 1677).

Funny the question referred to Chapter LX: «If the owner have to ensure the tenant for the discomfort caused by the appearance of the spirits».

References: OCLC 860628044 locates very few copies of this edition, none in US libraries.

FIRST EDITION OF PAILLIET'S HANDBOOK OF FRENCH CIVIL, COMMERCIAL AND CRIMINAL LAW
AFTER NAPOLEON'S ERA

Pailliet, Jean Baptiste Joseph. Manuel de droit civil commercial et criminal, mise en rapport avec la legislation et la jurisprudence de Belgique . Bruxelles, Librairie de Jurisprudence di H.Tarlier, 1833.

First edition of Pailliet's Manual of French Civil, Criminal and Commercial Law, with the related procedures.
The manual is integrated by an History of the Law since Roman time to 1830, and by the Belgian Constitution.

Jean-Esprit-Marie-Pierre Lemoine de Villeneuve (XVIII-XIX century) was lawyer at the Royal Court, and commissioner of French Republic after the Revolution.

References: IT\ICCU\PUV\0443078 (2 copies). OCLC, 5828236.

THE MOST FAMOUS JURIDICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

PANCIROLI,GUIDO. Notitia vtraque dignitatum cum Orientis, tum Occidentis vltra Arcadij, Honorijque tempora. Et in eam Guidi Panciroli ... Commentarium. In quo ciuiles militaresque magistratus, ac Palatinae dignitates, cum omnium officijs explicantur: ... Item De magistratibus municipalibus eiusdem auctoris liber. ... Cum duplici indice, vno capitum, altero insignium rerum copiosissimo. Lugduni, ex officina H. a Porta.Apud Io. De Gabiano, 1608.

Five parts in a volume in folio, 18th century half calf binding, ff. [16], 208 [48].

Profusely illustrated with 92 large-size woodcuts.

The most famous illustrated juridical-administrative history of the Roman Empire, carefully describing it the central and peripheral government functions and the territorial organization.

It also includes his De magistratibus, at the end of the volume with a separate title-page.

Provenance: Some not identified contemporary annotations.

References: Adams, P356.

FIRST EDITION OF GUY DE LA PAPE'S COMMENTARY ON THE DECRETALS

DE LA PAPE, GUY. Guido Pape super decretales: lectura singularis [et] aurea d[omi]ni Guidonis Pape co[n]sulis Dalphinalis super decretales : in qua singulares [et] aute[n]tice materie exanclantur : cu[m] additionibus, co[n]cordantiis, numeris summariis ante capi. et para. affixis quatenus cu[n]cta elucesca[n]t : necno[n] cu[m] repertorio alphabetico d[omi]ni Joan[n]is Thierry Lingone[n]sis. Impressum Lugduni (Lyon): Impensis Symonis Vincentij, arte [et] industria Anthonij du Ry, sub anno D[omi]ni 1517, nono Kalendas Januarias.

4to, later vellum from a manuscript, [8], CXCV [i.e. 191], [1] leaves.
Woodcut ornamental title-page, printed in red and black. Woodcut head-letters. Text in Gothic type.

First edition of Pape's commentary on Decretales: the discussion is based primarily but not exclusively on selected titles of the Decretals.

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: Crossed out signature at title-page.

References: OCLC 33078351.

FINE LYON EDITION OF GUY DE LA PAPE'S COLLECTION OF THE DECISIONS OF GRENOBLE PARLIAMENT

DE LA PAPE, GUY. Dn. Guidonis Papae I. V. doc. clarissimi, Decisiones Grationopolitanae. Summarijs denuo, additionibusque illustratae, adiecto ad calcem libri rerum ac uerborum indice locupletissimo.. Lugduni : apud haeredes Iacobi Iuntae, 1554.

8vo, contemporary limp vellum (remounted and with a restored tear at spine), ties renewed, pp. 828 [i.e. 838], [66].
Woodcut Giunti device. Woodcut head-letters.

Fine Giuntine edition of the law reports of the Parliament of Grenoble collected by Pape, published for the first time in 1528.

Provenance: Signature Horatij Bertacchij at title-page.

References: OCLC 38700404 apparently locates only a copy in US libraries of this edition, in Stanford University Libraries.

NEW POSTAGE AND MAIL EXEMPTIONS IN PAPAL STATES - 1826

[1.]: Papal States - Ministry Council - cardinal Galleffi (Camerlengo). Notificazione. Pier Francesco per la misericordia di Dio vescovo di Albano, cardinale Galeffi, della S.R.C. camerlengo. Roma: presso Vincenzo Poggioli stampatore camerale, 1826.
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[2.]: Papal States - Ministry Council - cardinal Galleffi (Camerlengo). Notificazione. Pier Francesco per la misericordia di Dio vescovo di Albano, cardinale Galeffi, della S.R.C. camerlengo. Roma: presso Vincenzo Poggioli stampatore camerale, 1826.

Two posters {[1.]: 670x470 mm; [2.]: 550x390 mm}; text in Italian; xylographic coat of arms of Pope Leo XII, amidst Roman Church's and cardinal Galleffi's arms.

[1.]: Rare notification regarding the issuing of new postage in Papal States, decided by Pope Leo XII.
The text begins with the words: La Santità di Nostro Signore Papa Leone XII. intenta sempre a rendere meno gravi [...]; then, the text is followed by a tariff. Signer and date at bottom ([Roma] 10 giugno 1826.).

[2.]: Rare notification regarding the exemptions in mail taxes.
The text begins with the words: Gl'interessi dell'Amministrazione Generale delle Poste richiedendo che sia chiusa la via a molti abusi introdotti per la franchigia [...]. Signer and date at bottom ([Roma] 10 giugno 1826.).

Pietro Francesco Galleffi (Galeffi) (1770–1837) was an Italian Cardinal. During the Napoleonic period, in 1798, he was expelled from Rome. He was created Cardinal in 1803. Then he was archbishop of Damasco in 1819, Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica from 1820, Bishop of Albano in 1820, Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina in 1830, Camerlengo from 1824 to 1837.

Pope Leo XII (1760–1829), born Annibale Sermattei della Genga, was Pope from 28 September 1823 to his death in 1829.

References:
[1.]: ICCU\RMLE\033043 (available in the Biblioteca universitaria Alessandrina, Rome); not in OCLC: no other copy worldwide. Apparently one of the only two extant copies worldwide.

[2.]: ICCU\RMLE\033044 (available in the Biblioteca universitaria Alessandrina, Rome); not in OCLC: no other copy worldwide. Apparently one of the only two extant copies worldwide.

TWO EDICTS WITH PAPAL LAWS:

[1.]: RARE PLAQUETTE OF A PAPAL EDICT ON THE REAL ESTATE TAXES
ONLY A COPY WORLDWIDE, NOT IN USA

[2.]: BUSINESS JUDGMENT REGULATION IN PAPAL STATES - 1836

[1.]: Various authors. Moto proprio della Santità di nostro Signore Pio Papa VII. Segnato li 2. agosto 1804. In cui si prescrivono diversi provedimenti circa l'esigenza della Dativa reale e di altre tasse, tanto Camerali che Comunitative. Esibito negli atti del Nardi Segretario di Camera sotto lo stesso giorno, e pubblicato coll'Editto dell'E.mo, e R.mo Sig. Card. Girolamo Della Porta Prefetto della Sagra Congregazione de' sgravj, e buon governo e di Mons. Ill.mo, e R.mo Tesoriere generale di sua Santità in data de' 12. dello stesso mese, ed anno. Roma: presso Lazzarini Stampatore della Rev. Cam. Apostolica, 1804.
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[2.]: Papal States - Apostolic Chamber - A. Ruspoli. Regolamento pei giudizj economici. Roma: nella stamperia della Reverenda Camera Apostolica, 1836.

[1.]: 4to (cm 28 x 20), unbound, pp. 15, (1, blank). Text in Latin.
Papal coat of arms engraved at title-page.

[2.]: A poster made by two separated parts (total size: cm 90 x 47); two column text in Italian.

[1.]: Very rare edict on fiscal law regarding the Vatican real estate.
This edict - dated August 2, 1804 - follows the previous one - dated March 19, 1801 - with which the Pope had introduced a fiscal semplification providing only two new taxis - the dativa reale and the dativa personale - in place of the too many previous ones. It refers, in particular, to the collection systems on the real estate taxes, the so called dativa reale.

[2.]: New regulation for business judgment in Papal States.
The text begins with the words: I continui reclami che ci pervengono per parte di coloro che hanno vertenze nei nostri tribunali economici [...]. Signer (A. Ruspoli, general auditor of the Apostolic Chamber) and date at bottom ( Roma, dalla Curia Innocenziana solita residenza, li 12 Agosto 1836.).
Document registration number on the first part top left margin: N. 367.

Alessandro Ruspoli, monsignor, was a Sacred Roman Rote auditor and also general auditor of the Apostolic Chamber.

References: [1.]: ICCU\IEIE\008613 (locating only one copy in the Biblioteca di storia moderna e contemporanea, Roma); OCLC: 224676941 (a copy located in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto, Canada); no other copies worldwide.
[2.]: The document is not in ICCU, which quotes a booklet copy of this regulation (ICCU\RMG\0174786); not in OCLC: no other copy worldwide. Apparently the only extant copy worldwide.

THREE SCARCE ROMAN PLAQUETTES REGARDING:
1. THE REGULATION OF CIVIL TRIALS IN ROME
2. THE REGULATION AND RULES OF ECCLESIASTIC TRIBUNALS IN ROME
3. THE TAXES DUE TO ROMAN TRIBUNALS

[1.]: [Proceeding in civil trials] Bernetti, Card. Tommaso. Regolamento di procedura nei giudizj civili. Roma: nella Stamperia della Rev. Cam. Apostolica, 1831.
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[2.]: [Taxes for trials] Bernetti, Card. Tommaso. Regolamento per la disciplina dei giudici e tribunali, e per le tasse giudiziarie. Roma: nella Stamperia della Rev. Cam. Apostolica, 1831.
[together with:]
[3.]: [Canon Penal Law] Bernetti, Card. Tommaso. Appendice al regolamento organico e di procedura criminale per norma delle curie ecclesiastiche. Roma (Rome): nella Stamperia della Rev. Cam. Apostolica, 1831.

[1.]: 4to (290x210 mm), unbound, pp. 50; text in Italian. Title-page printed in black.

[2.]: 4to (275x200 mm), unbound, covered with an handwritten title-page (Regolamento disciplinare, tasse, e tariffa giudiziaria.); pp. 44, (1, blank). Text in Italian.

[3.]: 4to (290x200 mm); pp. 4; text in Italian. No title-page.

[1.]: Scarce plaquette regarding the regulation of civil trials in Rome.
Text divided in XI titles, anticipated by the preliminary instructions and followed by the index. The date of issuing of this regulation ad its signer is reported at the end of p. 48 , before the index (Dato in Roma dalla Segreteria di Stato il 31 ottobre 1831. T. Card. Bernetti.).

[2.]: Scarce plaquette regarding the regulation of judges' discipline and the taxes due to Roman tribunals for trials.
The text is divided in two parts (Discipline and Judiciary Taxes), each one composed by preliminary instructions and three titles and the Index; at the end there are 3 forms, regarding the General Register for the Chancellery, the form used for trials and some pro-forma letters used in tribunals. The date of issuing of this regulation and its signer are reported at mid of p. 39 , before the index (Dalla Segreteria di Stato, li 15 novembre 1831. T. Card. Bernetti.).

[3.]: Scarce plaquette regarding the regulations and rules of ecclesiastic tribunals in Rome.
The text is divided in two parts and 24 articles (the first part is entitled: Dei Tribunali ecclesiastici e di Giurisdizione mista and the second one: Della immunità ecclesiastica). The date of issuing of this regulation and its signer are reported at the end of p. 4 (Dalla Segreteria di Stato, li 5 novembre 1831. T. Card. Bernetti.).

Tommaso Bernetti (Fermo, 1779-1852), was an Italian cardinal and a Vatican pro-secretary.

References:
[1.]: ICCU\NAP\0099413. OCLC: 81472480 (a copy is located in the Harvard College Library, Cambridge, MA, USA).
[2.]: ICCU\NAP\0179342. OCLC: 16103394 (2 copies are located in the Harvard College Library, Cambridge, MA, USA and in the Syracuse University, USA).
[3.]: ICCU\URB\0469675. OCLC: 81176272 (a copy is located in the Harvard College Library, Cambridge, MA, USA)

THREE EDICTS AND NOTIFICATIONS ON TAXES IN PAPAL STATES:
[1.]: INNOCENT XI'S TAXES - 1678
[2.]: REGISTRATION TAX AND STAMP DUTY REFORM - 1826
[3.]: NEW FISCAL PROCEDURES - 1848

[1.]: Roman Curia - Sacred Congregation of the Council - cardinal Colonna (Prefect). Tassa innocentiana del foro ecclesiastico nelle materie spirituali. Ouero dichiarationi sopraquelle cause, e materie ecclesiastiche, e spirituali, nelle quali nel foro ecclesiastico, & episcopale non si può nè si deue esiggere emolumento alcuno, eccetto quello che si dichiara per il solo cancelliero, con la riforma de gli abusi contrarij. Roma: nella stamperia della Reverenda Camera Apostolica, 1678.
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[2.]: Papal States - Pope Leo XII. Motu proprio della santità di nostro signore papa Leone XII. in data dei 22 novembre 1826 sulla riforma del Registro e Bollo esibito negli atti del Romani segretario di Camera Li 22 Decembre stesso anno Roma: presso Vincenzo Poggioli stampatore camerale, 1826.
[together with:]
[3.]: Papal States: Ministry of Finance - cardinal Morichini. Notificazione: Carlo Luigi Morichini Arcivescovo di Nisib, della Santità di nostro signore Pio Papa IX. a sua R.C.A. Pro-Tesoriere Generale Ministro delle Finanze. Roma: nella Tipografia Generale della R.C.A., 1848.

[1.]: A poster (560x430 mm); two columns text in Italian; large xylographic head-letter and head-piece with the coat of arms of Pope Innocent XI, amidst St. Peter's and St. Paul's effigies.

[2.]: A large poster made by 3 parts, stitched together with contemporary old strings (total size: 1250x570 mm); three column text in Italian; xylographic coat of arms of Pope Leo XII.

[3.]: 4to (300x210 mm), unbound; pp. 8; text in Italian; xylographic coat of arms of Pope Pius IX, amidst Roman Church's and cardinal Morichini's arms.

[1.]: Renowned 1678 edict by Pope Innocent XI, that established in detail how much and when it was lawful to earn money while exercising ecclesiastic matters, and which sentences were due for exercising spiritual matter not for free.
The text begins with the words: Essendosi avuto ricorso alla santità di nostro signore Innocenzo XI per molti Vescovi e Arcivescovi [...]. Signed and dated at lower margin ([Roma] 8. Octobris 1678.).

[2.]: The full text of the reform of registration taxes and stamp duties, introduced by Pope Leo XII in Papal States.
The text begins with the words: Desiderando incessantemente di migliorare la condizione de' nostri amati sudditi [...] abbiamo portata la diminuzione delle tasse fin dove era conciliabile colle economiche vedute, e quando queste impedivano di andar più oltre, abbiamo procurato di cercare l'utilità pubblica [...]. Signer (Pope Leo XII) and date at bottom ( [Roma] 22. Novembre 1826.).

[3.]: Notification of enactment of new fiscal procedures (on emphyteusis, real estates, mortgages, fees, etc.) in Papal States.

Federico Ubaldo Baldeschi Colonna (1625 - 1691) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal who was adopted by the noble Colonna family.

TAXES ON FLOUR IN PAPAL STATES - 1822 AND 1830

[1.]: Apostolic Chamber - cardinal Pacca (Camerlengo). Editto dell'Emo, e Rmo Sig. Card. Bartolomeo Pacca camerlengo di Santa Chiesa, lì 28.Decembre 1822., sul dazio del macinato. Roma: presso Vincenzo Poggioli stampatore della R.C.A., 1822.
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[2.]: Apostolic Chamber - cardinal Galleffi (Camerlengo). Notificazione di ordini, prescrizioni e regolamenti sul dazio del macinato e rispettiva procedura pubblicata dall'Emo, e Rmo sig. Card. Galleffi camerlengo [...]. Roma: nella stamperia della rev. camera apostolica, 1830.

[1.]: 4to, 290x210 mm, unbound; pp. 19, (1, b.); text in Italian; xylographic coat of arms of Pope Pius VII, amidst Roman Church's and cardinal Pacca's arms.

[2.]: 4to, 290x210 mm, unbound; pp. 23, (1, b.); text in Italian; xylographic coat of arms of Pope Pius VIII, amidst Roman Church's and cardinal Galleffi's arms.

[1.]: Edict regarding taxes on flour in Papal States.

[2.]: Notification of new procedures regarding taxes on flour, introduced in Papal States.

Bartolomeo Pacca (1756-1844) was an Italian Cardinal, scholar and statesman as Camerlengo and Cardinal Secretary of State.

Pietro Francesco Galleffi (Galeffi) (1770–1837) was an Italian Cardinal. During the Napoleonic period, in 1798, he was expelled from Rome. He was created Cardinal in 1803. Then he was archbishop of Damasco in 1819, Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica from 1820, Bishop of Albano in 1820, Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina in 1830, Camerlengo from 1824 to 1837.

References:
[1.]: The document is not in ICCU; a copy is registered in the Archivio storico di Priverno - Latina; not in OCLC: no other copy worldwide. Apparently one of the only two worldwide extant copies.
[2.]: ICCU\RMLE\034405 (a copy registered in the Biblioteca romana dell'Archivio storico capitolino, Rome; one in the Biblioteca universitaria Alessandrina, Rome, and one in the Biblioteca consorziale di Viterbo); not in OCLC: no other copy worldwide. Apparently one of the only four extant copies worldwide.

FINE SECOND EDITION OF PECK’S COLLECTED WORKS
IN AN ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY BINDING

FOUNDATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW

PECK, PIETER. Petri Peckii Ziricaei olim in Academia Lovaniensi ivris professoris in magno senatv belgico consiliarii Opera omnia: in unum volumen redacta, ac de nouo in lucem producta; quorum elenchum altera post epistolam dedicatoriam pagina indicabit. [...]. Antwerp, Jerome and Jean-Baptiste Verdussen, 1666.

Folio, attractive contemporary calf with elegant blind-tooled borders and floral decorations, six raised bands spines, ff. [4], pp. 896, ff. [22].
Printer’s woodcut device at titlepage (printed in black and red). Publisher's dedicatory epistle signed: Hieronymus Verdussen.

SECOND EDITION OF PECK’S COLLECTED WORKS ALSO CONTAINING HIS TREATISES ON INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW, CONSIDERED AMONG THE FIRST WORKS EVER PUBLISHED ON THIS TOPIC.

Petrus Peckius the Elder (born Pieter Peck, Zierikzee, 16 July 1529; died Mechelen, 16 July 1589), also known as Pierre Peckius, was an eminent Netherlandish jurist, one of the first to write about international maritime law and the father of Petrus Peckius the Younger, diplomat and chancellor of Brabant for the Sovereign Archdukes Albert and Isabella. He is best known for a failed attempt to negotiate a renewal of the Twelve Years' Truce in 1621.
He was an orthodox Catholic and remained loyal to the Crown during the Eighty Years' War. In 1582 he was appointed a justice in the Great Council, the supreme law court of the Seventeen Provinces, which normally sat in Mechelen but due to the Dutch Revolt was then meeting in the city of Namur.
Peck studied Civil and Canon law at the University of Leuven with Gabriel Mudaeus. He received his doctorate on 27 August 1553. As usual in this era for academic scholars he Latinized his name to Peckius.
He was appointed to the new chair in introductory law (Paratitles) that Philip II of Spain endowed at the university in 1555. Was made ordinarius in Roman Law at the university in 1562. In the same year he succeeded Jean Vendeville, who had left for the University of Douai, as professor of Canon law.

References: IT\ICCU\LIAE\024612. OCLC, 19966814.

IMPORTANT TREATY ON THE LEGAL CONCEPT OF FIDEICOMMISSUM IN MATTERS OF INHERITANCE LAW, THE BEST WORK OF THE ITALIAN JURIST MARCO ANTONIO PELLEGRINI

Pellegrini, Marco Antonio. De fideicommissis praesertim vniuersalibus, tractatus frequentissimus: Marci Antonii Peregrini, iurisconsulti praeclarissimi, [...]. Nunc primum in lucem editus.Cum summarijs, & indice locupletissimo. Venetiis: apud Rubertum Meiettum, 1595.

Folio (316x214 mm), full vellum binding, calligraphic title in black color at a three raised bands spine (rebacked with ancient colored paper); [36], 527 [i.e.531], [1] leaves. Title-page in red and black types, with a big woodcut printer device (two cocks pecking corn grains in a figured frame, with the motto: Non comedetis fruges mendacii). Xylographic initials, head- and final-pieces and ornaments. Text in two columns.

One of the most durable concepts in Roman law, fideicommissum involves situations in which something is committed to somebody's trust. It is central to the law concerning testators, one of the bases of the inheritance law on which was regulated the transfer of family property.

Marco Antonio Pellegrini (Marcus Antonius Peregrinus; 1530-1616), a tax attorney and jurist of the Republic of Venice, was a professor of civil law at the University of Padua and had important public offices for the Republic of Venice, gaining notoriety in the late sixteenth century with several legal treaties published until eighteenth century.

Provenance: Private library of a Verona noble family, whose roots are in Mantua and in which there were distinguished lawyers and jurists.
Handwritten ownership inscription at title-page, not readable.

References: IT\ICCU\BVEE\021434 and IT\ICCU\RLZE\033641. OCLC, 799509311 and 23150866 (2 copies in USA).

VERY SCARCE TREATISE ON THE LAWS OF PORTUGAL
ONLY ONE COPY IN USA

Pereira De Castro, Gabriel. Gabrielis Pereirae De Castro, ex Senatoribus Supremi Lusitaniae Senatus [ ... ] Tractatus De Manu Regia, Pars Prima [et altera] . Editio Novissima, infinitis penè mendis, quibus scatebat, ad amussim expurgata . Lugduni, Sumptibus Claudii Bourgeat, sub Signo Mercurij Galli, 1673.

2 parts bound in one volume, folio (357x220 mm), full vellum binding, handwritten title on five raised bands spine, ff. [4], pp. 44, 450, ff. [2], pp. 418, f. [1, blank]. Red and black title pages, xylographic headletters and decorations, text on two columns.

Fine engraved Printer Device with Mercury, repeated at titlepages; big heraldic engraving at recto of f. [3] of first volume.

Very rare second enlarged edition of this fundamental treatise on legislation of Portugal , published for the first time in Lisbon in 1622. It is a collection of all the Royal authorities in juridical decisions of Portugal, exactly defining which were the prerogative of the King, also related to Churchmen. The treatise had a fundamental importance; it was brought into use just before the expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal, as reference text to legitimate the measure.

Gabriel Pereira De Castro (1571-1632) was a Portuguese scholar, teaching at the famous University of Coimbra. Among his publications they remember another juridical treatise, Monomachia sobre as concordias que fizeram os reis com os prelados de Portugal (1738, posthumous) and an heroic poem in octave, Ulisseia ou Lisboa edificada (1636, even this one posthumous).

Provenance: Erased handwritten Ex-libris at title page.

References: OCLC locates only 3 copies worldwide (one in USA, OCLC 797665368, the Berkeley Law Library copy). Fontana, pars II, col. 79. Not in Sapori that mentiones the 1698 edition (I, 2301).

FIRST ELZEVIER EDITION OF PEREZ COMMENTARY TO JUSTINIAN'S CODE
IN A FASCINATING CONTEMPORARY DUTCH BINDING

Perez, Antonio. Praelectiones in duodecim Libros Codicis Justiniani Imp. Quibus Leges omnses & Authenticae perpetua serie explicantur, mores hodierni inferuntur, & quid sit Iuris Antiqui Novi, & Novissimi, enodatur, & breviter exponitur [...]. Amstelodami, Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1653.

Folio (370x230 mm), fine contemporary full stiff vellum ivoire binding (few stains and marks of use) with blind tooled cartouche and double ruled frame at boards, handwritten title at six raised bands spine, edges sprayed in blue ink, pp. [12], 968, [44]. Title page and censorship page printed in black and red, xylographic headletters and decorations at preliminary leaves, text on two columns.

First Elzevir and third absolute edition of Perez commentary to Codex Iuris Civilis.

The work was printed for the first time in 1626. Usually this edition is considered one of the most beautiful by Elzevir, that printed the same work two more times, but only in 4to.

Antonio Perez (1583-1673) was a Spanish jurist and soldier, teaching in Belgium, at the Leuven University. His commentary to Justinian’s Corpus stands out for his personal considerations about the legal history of Spain, Germany, France, and obviously Netherlands.

References: OCLC, 17414754. Dekkers pp. 132/6. Brants Bio. Nat. XVII, 11. Willems 1164.

RARE NIJMEGEN EDITION OF THE MAIN WORK OF THE LOUVAIN JURIST

Perez, Antonio. Institutiones imperiales, erotematibus distinctæ, atque ex ipsis principiis regulisque juris, passim infertis, explicatæ. Editio novissima. Neomagi [Noviomagi=Nijmegen]: apud Andream ab Hoogenhuysen, 1662.

12mo, 140x80 mm, contemporary overlaying vellum, flat spine, pp. [24]-535-[5]. Text in Latin.
Engraved frontispiece. Woodcut device at title page.

Very rare Nijmegen edition of the main work of the Louvain law professor Perez (first published in Louvain, on 1634).

Antonio Perez (Perezius, 1583-1672), born from a Spanish family, was a law teacher at the Louvain University; his commentary on Justinian's Codes are very interesting, because he added his point of view on legal history regarding Spain, Germany, France and Low Countries.

Provenance: An ownership name (unidentified) on lower flyleaf.

References: Only a copy located in ICCU\CFIE\009064 (Biblioteca nazionale centrale, Firenze); OCLC: 494207163; STCN (1: Meermanno). Dekkers 132.3. BN Paris (1). Not in BL London.

VERY RARE EDITION OF POSTIO'S TREATISE ON JUDICIAL SALES

Postio, Ludovico. De Subhastatione Tractatus singularis. Iunctis ad materiam variis Rotae Romanae Decisionibus. Novissime huic editioni accesserunt eiusdem authoris Additamenta ad praedictum Tractatum [...] . Genevae, Sumptibus Ioannis Antonii & Samuelis De Tournes, 1671.[bound with:]
Postio, Ludovico. Additamenta ad Tractatum De Subhastatione [...]. Genevae, Sumptibus Ioannis Antonii & Samuelis De Tournes, 1670.

2 volumes bound togheter, folio (354x213 mm), contemporary stiff vellum, five raised bands spine, with handwritten decorations and titles, pp. [8], 446, [2, blanks], 284, [32]. Red and black titlepage, with big xylographic printer device representing a crown, decorations and headletters at preliminary leaves.

Very rare edition of Postio’s treatise on judicial sales.

In the treatise all the features of an auction are deeply described, as well as the juridical circumstances that force that solution, for example the arrearage. Beside that, he lists all the rules that regulate the sale and the sentences, Decisiones , pronounced in the past, that could represent a reference collection for specific cases. The Decisiones have their own title page dated (1670), but are, for all practical purposes, part of the second volume, following the page numbering.

Ludovico Postio (XVII century) was a famous jurist from Perugia, expert in Civil Law. He was deputy in Ascoli and Macerata, as well as magistrate and auditor at the Holy Rota court. He was also auditor at the Bologna Rota, where he gathered all the sentences in an important collection of Decisiones .

Provenance: Ownership inscription De Giavarolis 1818 and Luigi Pievaroli at verso of first flyleaf.

References: Fontana, pars II, col. 118. Sapori, vol. I, 2386. OCLC locates 7 copies worldwide (two in USA: Yale Law Library and Pritzker Legal Research Center, Northwestern University, School of Law Library, Chicago).

IMPORTANT AND PONDEROUS COMMENTARY TO PANDECTS

(Pothier, Robert-Joseph). Pandectae Justinianeae, in Novum Ordinem digestae: cum legibus, codicis et novellis, quae jus pandectarum confirmant, explicant, aut abrogant [...] Continens Orationem de laudibus celeberrimi viri R. J. Pothier [...] Nova editio, priori correctior et in qua pratermissa & supplenda in suis locis restituuntur . Lugduni, Sumptibus Bernuset et Sociorum, 1782.

Three volumes, folio (390x260 mm), full roan calf binding (lightly worn), six raised bands spine, double morocco labels with gilt titles and decoration an spine sector, red colored edges, end-leaves in marbled paper, ff. [2], pp. 8, ccxliv, 695, [1, blank] for first volume, pp. xiv, 30, 706 [but, 708] for second volume, pp. lxxij, 956, lvj for third.

Exhaustive Pothier's commentary to Justinian's «Pandectae».

The Author, born and lived in Orleans (1699-1772), was a French jurist and magistrate that spent many years of his life studying Justinian, with the idea to coordinate and present in a logical order all the items of the Roman Law. His work, Pandectae Justinianeae , is the results of all his researches, quickly becoming a fundamental work in the study of the Roman Law.

References: OCLC 428013997 and 64164186.

Pothier, Robert Joseph. Le pandette di Giustiniano. In Venezia, Co’ tipi di Antonio Bazzarini eC.°, 1833-1836.

7 out of 8 volumes (232x150 mm), quarter vellum on marbled paper, sepia ink handwritten titles at spine, edges sprayed in brown ink, pp. CXXXIX, 708 for first volume, pp. 989 for second, pp. 950 for third, pp. 992 for fourth, pp. 973 for fifth, pp. 1119 for sixth, pp. 768 for last.

XVIII century edition of the Pandectae, the compilations of Roman Law, edited by ancient jurisconsults on Justinian’s order, forming the second part of his Corpus Iuris Civilis. After an overall review and having adapted them to the current rules, they acquired the status of laws.

Robert Joseph Pothier (1699-1772) was a French jurist, descendant from a dynasty of magistrates, working in the court of Orleans and teacher in the local University. His works rapidly became fundamental in the study of the Roman Law.

References: IT\ICCU\FER\0112328.

THE RELATIONS CHURCH-STATE IN EUROPE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE

Pufendorf, Samuel. Introductio ad historiam Europaeam, Latine reddita a Jo. Frid. Cramero. Editio tertia, a multis erroribus emendata, et Compendio historiae Sueciae, aucta. Ultrajecti, ex officina Guilielmi van de Water, 1702.

8vo (166x95 mm), contemporary brown morocco binding, three gilt borders and fleurons at covers, pp. [40], 673, [27].
Full-page engraved portrait of the author at frontispiece; headletters head and tail pieces, finely engraved.

Notable legal-philosophical account of the history of Europe, with a special attention on the relations between Church and States and on the importance of intellectual and religious toleration.

Because of the clarity and comprehensiveness of Pufendorf's works, their intellectual acuity and their polemical edge and consequent notoriety, the work was translated into many European languages.

References: OCLC 7675721.

THE DEBATE ON NATURAL LAW: PUFENDORF'S THEORIES

1. Pufendorf, Samuel. De Jure Naturae et Gentium, Libri octo. Cum integris Commentariis Virorum Clarissimorum Jo. Nicolai Hertii atque Joannis Barbeyraci [...]. Francofurti & Lipsiae, Ex Officina Knochiana, 1744.

[bound with:]

2. Pufendorf, Samuel. Eris Scandica, qua adversus libros de iure naturali et gentium obiecta diluntur. [s.l., s.t.], 1743.

3 works bound in 2 volumes, 4to (245x194 mm), full stiff vellum, sepia ink handwritten title and volume number at spine, edges sprayed in red ink, cloth bookmark, pp. [6], XXXIX, [1], 854, [2, blank] at first volume, pp. [2], 500, [28], 372, [4] at second. Red and black titlepages, portrait of the author engraved at frontispiece, chalcographic vignette at titlepage.

Very rare edition of Pufendorf's theories on Natural Law.

In State and Nature Laws , Pufendorf presents his theory on natural sociability of men, that, in opposition to Hobbes theory, guides them to accept a set of rules given by God, leading to Constitutions written by men. According to that, the treatise seems to be a kind of justification of absolutism.

Samuel Von Pufendorf (Dorfchemnits, 1632-Berlin, 1694), German philosopher and theologian, follower of the doctrine of natural law by Ugo Grozio, focused on harmonizing the first enlightenment thinking to the Cristian theology.

References: 1. OCLC 730119604. 2. OCLC 83159965: only two copies in USA (Yale and University of Michigan Law Library).

A CORNERSTONE OF NATURAL LAW

Pufendorf, Samuel. De officio hominis, et civis secundum legem naturalem libri duo, cum Joannis Barbeyracii notis, & examine. Censurae Leibnitianae in calce operis subjunctae. Ex Gallico in Latinum sermonem transtulit Sebastianus Masson. Editio sexta emendata, et locupletata a Christoph. Frid. Ayrmanno. Francofurti, & Lipsiae, 1775.

4to (190x125 mm), contemporary stiff vellum, gilt title on green label at spine, pp. XXXII, 398, [2, the final is blank].

A cornerstone in Natural Law's thinking, in a particularly sought after edition, enriched with the annotations of Jean Barbeyrac and the observationes (Censurae Leibnitianae) by the renowned German philosopher Gottfried Leibnitz.

References: OCLC 13532675.

FIRST EDITION OF A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF CIVIL LAW PROCEDURE

Panciroli, Guido. Ciuilium iudiciorum praxis sive ordo ivdiciarivs avctore d. Gvido Pancirolo ... Cui accesserunt notae, & additiones Avgvstini FavstiniiVenetiis, apud Marcum Antonium Brugiolum, 1627.

8vo, near contemporary paperboards, pp. ff. [8], pp. 325, [58].

Title vignette, woodcut initials, woodcut head and tail-pieces.

Uncommon first edition of Panciroli's civil law procedure, published posthumously, with the additions of Agostino Faustini.

Guido Panciròli (Reggio Emilia 1523 - Padova or Venice 1599), was an Italian jurist that taught at the University of Padua and Turin.
The most part of his works were published after his death and also this Praxis, a short and practical procedure handbook, that became popular being very useful during the trials.

References: OCLC 80037408 locates only a copy in US libraries, at Harvard Law Library. No copies on the market or appeared in auction in recent times.

TWO ALMANACS ON THE STATE ORGANIZATION OF THE REIGN OF ITALY:
[1.]: CALENDAR ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1864, THIRD OF THE REIGN OF ITALY
[2.]: A SIGNIFICANT DOSSIER OF DOCUMENTS FOR THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THE CITY OF PADUA FOR THE YEAR 1862

[1.]: 1864. Calendario generale del Regno d'Italia compilato per cura del Ministero dell'Interno. Anno terzo. Torino: Stamperia dell'Unione tip. editrice torinese, 1864.
[together with:]
[2.]: Il Raccoglitore - Pubblicazione annuale della società d'incoraggiamento in Padova. Anno XI. Padova: Prem. Tip. di Pietro Prosperini, 1862.

[1.]: 8vo (238x156 mm), editorial paper binding; pp. XL, 1298.
[2.]: 8vo (164x128 mm), editorial paper binding; pp. 446.

The Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) (Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state founded in 1861 when King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy. The state was founded as a result of the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which can be considered its legal predecessor state. It existed until 1946 when the Italians opted for a republican constitution.

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

References:
[1.]: This edition is not registered in ICCU.
[2.]: ICCU registers the collection of this booklet, which was issued from 1852 to 1871 (IT\ICCU\CFI\0615414 - only 3 copies of the booklet published just in the year 1862).

UNCOMMON ROYAL DECREE ON GENERAL JUDICIARY REGULATION FOR THE EXECUTION OF BOTH CODES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE AND OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, AND OF THE LAW ON THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

Regio decreto col quale è approvato il regolamento generale giudiziario per l'esecuzione del codice di procedura civile, di quello di procedura penale, e della legge sull'ordinamento giudiziario [14 dicembre 1865 n. 2641]. Milano: Stamperia reale, in esercizio di A. Molina e Socj, 1865.

8vo (230x156 mm), editorial paper binding; pp. 132.

The Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) (Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state founded in 1861 when King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy. The state was founded as a result of the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which can be considered its legal predecessor state. It existed until 1946 when the Italians opted for a republican constitution.

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\TO0\1897687 (2 copies). OCLC, 601622214 and 849470009.

[1.]: SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF THE LAW OF EXPROPRIATION IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY OF JUNE 25, 1865, N. 2359
[2.]: UNCOMMON TEXT AND COMMENTS BY ARONNE RABBENO OF THE REGULATION TO THE LAW ON LAND PROPERTY EQUALIZATION

[1.]: Legge di espropriazione per causa di pubblica utilità del 25 giugno 1865, n. 2359. Milano: Pirola, 1865.
[together with:]
[2.]: Rabbeno, Aronne. Regolamento 2 agosto 1887, n 4871 alla legge sulla perequazione fondiaria e note per ciascun capo, compilato a cura dell'avv. prof. Aronne Rabbeno. Verona - Padova: Drucker & Tedeschi, 1887.

[1.]: 8vo (240x162 mm), editorial paper binding; pp. 26.
[2.]: 8vo (234x156 mm), editorial paper binding; pp. VIII, 76. Cover dated 1888.

The Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) (Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state founded in 1861 when King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy. The state was founded as a result of the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which can be considered its legal predecessor state. It existed until 1946 when the Italians opted for a republican constitution.

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

References:
[1.]: IT\ICCU\LO1\0426422 (3 copies). OCLC, 878327943. Apparently no copy out of Italy.
[2.]: IT\ICCU\CUB\0540872 (2 copies).OCLC, 11617663 (1 copy in USA at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign).

[1. - 2. - 3.]: COLLECTIONS OF LAWS AND DECREES ON TAXES AND ON MUNICIPAL AND PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION IN THE KINGDOM OF ITALY
[4.]: OFFICIAL COMPENDIUM OF LAWS AND DECREES OF THE KINGDOM OF ITALY - YEAR 1873

[1.]: Collezione delle leggi, dei regolamenti e delle decisioni sul registro, bollo e sopra altri rami dell'amministrazione demaniale. Pubblicazione fatta per cura del Ministero delle Finanze (Direzione Generale delle Tasse e del Demanio). Volume VII. (-VIII). Milano: Stamperia Reale, 1866.
[together with:]
[2.]: Decreti reali sulle tasse di registro in data 14 luglio e 18 agosto 1866 con indice alfabetico analitico delle disposizioni in essi contenute. Milano: Stamp. Reale, 1866.
[together with:]
[3.]: Astolfi, Ferdinando. Raccolta illustrata delle leggi sulle tasse di registro e bollo del Regno ossia codice del registro e bollo contenente tutte le leggi vigenti sulla materia con analoghe annotazioni e riferimenti ed a cui va premesso un indice o prontuario alfabetico estesissimo con tutte le voci comprese dalle leggi e per mezzo del quale a colpo d'occhio si rileva la tassa di registro e bollo cui va soggetto l'atto chiamato dalla voce per Astolfi Ferdinando. Seconda edizione corretta ed aumentata. Venezia: Tipografia Emiliana, 1871.
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[4.]: Raccolta ufficiale delle leggi e dei decreti del Regno d'Italia. Anno 1873 (serie 2°) dal numero 1211 al 1766bis. Volume trentesimottavo. Firenze: Stamperia Reale, [1873].

[1.]: 8vo (199x132 mm), half cloth binding, marbled paper at boards, gilt title at spine, blue sprinkled edges; 2 vols; pp. 779; 500.
[2.]: 8vo (226x160 mm), editorial paper binding; pp. 140.
[3.]: 8vo (226x156 mm), editorial paper binding; pp. XCVI, 224.
[4.]: 8vo (220x148 mm), half leather binding with marbled paper at boards, blue sprinkled edges; pp. LXIII, [1], 1296, [1] leaf of folded table.

The Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) (Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state founded in 1861 when King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy. The state was founded as a result of the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which can be considered its legal predecessor state. It existed until 1946 when the Italians opted for a republican constitution.

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

References:
[1.]: IT\ICCU\TES\0018479 (vol. VII; 3 copies) and IT\ICCU\NAP\0203085 (vol. VIII; 3 copies). No copy out of Italy.
[2.]: IT\ICCU\NAP\0212326 (3 copies). Not in OCLC. Apparently no copy out of Italy.
[3.]: IT\ICCU\CFI\0563754 (2 copies and 1 electronic copy). Apparently no copy out of Italy.
[4.]: ICCU registers the whole collection of the Raccolta ufficiale delle leggi e dei decreti del Regno d'Italia from 1861 to 1947 (IT\ICCU\RMG\0012713). OCLC, 55414625. No copy in USA.

EXCESSIVELY RARE EDITION OF THE COMMERCIAL CODE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

(Chateigner, Jean). Recueil de lois, réglemens et arrêtés pour les tribunaux de commerce, imprimeé par ordre du Directoire exécutif. Paris, Imprimerie de la République, An VII [i. e. 1799].

Half vellum over marbled boards.
Engraved head-piece with the revolutionary bonnet rouge (a Phrygian cap).

Extremely scarce edition of the Commercial Code of the French Revolution considered the first absolute French Commercial Code, also preceding the official French Code de Commerce of 1807. In this edition it is still described as «a collection of laws rules and judgments fro the commerce courts»: the name Code du Commerce will be added in the Bruxelles edition of this same year (see the link below).

The printing date is indicated according to the French Republican Calendar, also commonly called the French Revolutionary Calendar. It was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about 12 years from late 1793 to 1805. Years appear in writing as Roman numerals (usually), with epoch 22 September 1792, the beginning of the "Republican Era" (the day the French First Republic was proclaimed, one day after the Convention abolished the monarchy). As a result, Roman Numeral I indicates the first year of the republic, that is, the year before the calendar actually came into use.

References: No copy of this Parisian edition in OCLC, that locates only the edition printed in Bruxelles in the same year.

Code du Commerce, Bruxelles, An VII

A COMPLETE SET OF RICHERI'S INSTITUTIONS OF BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW

Richeri, Tommaso Maurizio.Universa civilis, et criminalis iurisprudentia: iuxta seriem institutionum ex naturali, et romano iure deprompta, et ad usum fori perpetuo accommodata. Tomus 1 [-13]. Placentiae: ex typographia Nicolai Orcesi, 1790-1795.

13 volumes bound in 7 folio volumes, contemporary half calf with labels and gilt-lettered title at spine (the spine of first and the second volumes, bound together, was renewed a century after), pp. XII, 440; 420; 416; 432; 443, [1]; 417, [3]; 416; 441, [3]; 457, [3]; 437, [3]; 456; 380; 328.
Title-page vignettes, woodcut headpieces, tailpieces.

Uncommon second edition, printed in Piacenza, of the Institutions by Tommaso Richeri.

This work is considered of fundamental importance for the knowledge of the common law, which is a final sum in its final evolution, just before it was abolished with the introduction of the Napoleonic Code.

Tommaso Maurizio Richeri (La Morra di Cuneo, 1733 - Torino, 1797), was an Italian jurist that became famous with this very work, published in 12 volumes between 1774 and 1782 and reprinted until 1841.

References: Sapori, I, 2484. OCLC 649012647.

FIRST EDITION OF RINALDI'S COLLECTION OF LEGAL OPINIONS ON CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW

NO COMPLETE COPIES IN USA

Rinaldi, Giovanni Domenico.
[Vols 1-3:] Io. Dominici Raynaldi […] Observationum criminalium, civilium et mixtarum liber primus [secundus et tertius] […] Cum additionibus ac suppletionibus seorsim antea impressis […] necnon indicibus argumentorum ac materiarum accurate congestis. Venetiis (Venice): Apud Paulum Balleonium (Baglioni, Paolo), 1699.
[together with:]
[Vol. 4:] Io. Dominici Raynaldi [...] Obseruationum criminalium, ciuilium, et mixtarum supplementum. In quo discutiuntur quaestiones rariores in foris tum ecclesiasticis, tum saecularibus disceptari solitae, […] Sanctissimo Domino Nostro Innocentio XII, Pontifici Optimo Maximo dicatum. Romae (Rome): Sumptibus DD. Faeilicis Caesaretti, & Paribeni. Ex Officina Haeredum Corbelletti (Cesaretti, Felice & Paribeni, Domenico - eredi di Corbelletti, Francesco), 1698.

Four volumes in folio (350x240 mm vols. 1-3 and 330x230 mm vol. 4), contemporary full vellum (some neat repairs at spines), with five raised bands spine, handwritten titles and decorations at spine; pp. [32], 568, [72]; [24], 340, [64]; [28], 330, [62]; [24], 587, [89]; text in Latin, printed in two columns.

Title-pages in red and black types, with typographical woodcut devices (at the first three volumes) and with an engraved coat of arms of Pope Innocent XII (at the fourth one); engraved head and -tail pieces, engraved headletters.

First edition of this collection of observations on criminal and civil law.

References: ICCU\MILE\005232-UM1E\008077-008079-008080 and ICCU\RAVE\015553. No complete copy in USA: OCLC 23167177 and 799225132 locate two copies in USA of only the first 3 volumes and OCLC 81557456 locates in USA only the volume of Supplementum (at the Harvard Law School Library).