Medieval Notary Manuscripts & Law Books

JURISPRUDENCE ON DUELLING BY PAOLO FAMBRI


Fambri, Paolo. La giurisprudenza del duello. Libri cinque di Paulo Fambri. Firenze: G. Barbera, Editore, 1869.

8vo (182x112 mm), half percalline cloth binding, with marbled paper at boards, gilt title at spine; pp. XVII, 298.

Paolo Fambri was an Italian member of Parliament and a writer on literary, historical and legal topics.

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\SBL\0406693. OCLC, 680443712 (electronic reproduction).

SECOND EDITION OF CODEX FABRIANUS, CONTAINING THE DECISIONS OF THE SAVOY COURTS

Favre, Antoine.Codex Fabrianus definitionum forensium et rerum in sacro Sabaidae Senatu tractatarum: ex ordine titulorum codicis Iustinianei quantum fieri potuit accomodare ad usum forensem, in novem libros distributus auctore et compositore Antonio Fabro... Opus integrum, et omnibus iuris studiosis utilissimum, sed pragmaticis praecipue necessarium. Lugduni: Cardon, 1606.

Folio, contemporary half vellum on marbled paper, handwritten title at spine, ff. [14], pp. 579, ff. [27], pp. 822, ff. [15].
Title page printed in red and black, engraved portrait of the author.

Second edition of Codex Fabrianus, printed in the same year of the first one that was published in Geneve (Switzerland), but lacking (for censorship) the first leaf (De summa Trinitate) containing a list of punishments for the heretics.

Antoine Favre, baron of Pérouges (5 October 1557 – 1624) was a Savoisian nobleman and jurist. Favre was born in Bourg-en-Bresse. After studies in Paris and Turin, he practiced law in Chambéry. He was a member of the Savoyard court there from 1585 onwards, and its president from 1610 onwards.
His principal scholarly work is the Codex Fabrianus definitionum forensium (1609), a report of the decisions of his court organized after the Justinian Code. Favre's other research, conjectures about the Justinian code in which he endeavors to separate the Justinian insertions from the classical Roman texts, is still valued by scholars today.

References: Not is Sapori, that quotes other editions. OCLC, 634759070.

THE ITALIAN EDITION OF CONSTANT'S COMMENTARY TO FILANGIERI'S SCIENCE OF LEGISLATION

Constant, Benjamin. Comento [sic!] sulla scienza della legislazione di G. Filangeri [sic!] scritto dal signor Beniamino Constant. Prima traduzione italiana. Quarta edizione. Capolago: Tipografia Elvetica, 1838.

8vo, contemporary half calf on marbled paper, orange label and gilt-lettered title at spine, pp. 352.

Fourth Italian edition of Constant's commentary on Filangieri's Scienza della Legislazione.

The «Science of Legislation» by Filangieri is a cornerstone of the legal, economic and political thinking of Italian and European Enlightenment. The work, published originally from 1780 in seven volumes (Naples, Raimondiana) had a great international echo, with translations in English, French, German and Spanish. Founded on a rigorous codification of the laws and a progressive reform of the criminal procedure, the work of Filangieri, influenced by Vico and Giannone as Montesquieu, also gave a new formulation of the concept of crime: «Not all actions contrary to the laws are crimes, not those who practice them are criminals. The violation of the law, must be accompanied by a desire to violate it».

The treatise, which also constituted one of the models of Benjamin Franklin and some of the other fathers of the American Constitution, was placed on the Index of Forbidden Books in 1784 for his ideas of reform and its harsh attacks on ecclesiastical privileges.

Palgrave: «Filangieri was one of the most important writers on economics in the latter years of the last century. He followed no leader, standing between the physiocratic and mercantilist theory. His works are thus the prelude to a historical system of social legislation».

References: IT\ICCU\PUV\0943663. OCLC 611020618 (two copies in Switzerland) and 52957586 (two copies in USA).

ULTIMATE EDITION OF FOLIGNI'S RENOWNED TREATISE ON REAL PROPERTY AND LONG LEASE CONTRACTS

Foligni, Francesco (Fulgineo, Francesco). Francisci Fulginei […] Tractatus de iure emphyteutico, in quo quaestiones omnes, quae ad materiam spectant, titulis apte distinctis, adamussim discutiuntur & enucleantur. Hac vltima editione non solum expurgatior, […] sed etiam communiorum, et receptiorum quarumcumque opinionum incidentium adnotatione, […] auctus. Genevae (Geneve): apud Leonardum Chouet (Chouet, Léonard), 1665.

Folio, contemporary full stiff vellum, handwritten title at spine and at lower edge; pp. [12], 373 [i.e. 399], [57]; p. 399 is wrongly numbered 373.
Text in Latin in two columns.Title-page in red and black types, with a wide device representing the crowned salamander resurging by the flames. Engraved head and -tail pieces, engraved headletters.
Author’s dedicace to the cardinal Antonio Barberini.

Ultimate edition of main Foligni's treatises, regarding long lease contracts, that was reprinted until late 19th century.

The work deals with all the aspects regarding the long lease contract (also called, with the juridical term, emphyteusis), as to say the contract granting the use of a land for a long period receiving as payment a part of the profit (money or natural products) gained by it. The work is presented as a practical book, structured under the form of quaestiones (questions) with their punctual responses. An alphabetical index is added, to easily find the needed questions.

Francesco Foligni (died 1647), a lawyer and noble man from Foligno, was also apostholic protonotary and general curate of the cathedral of his town.

Provenance: Some not identified contemporary inscriptions at title-page.

References: ICCU\RMGE\000092. OCLC: 15052123 (locates two copies in USA) and 83753589 (locates a copy in USA at the University of California Berkeley Law Library).

THE MARRIAGE LAWS IN CATALONIA

Fontanella, Juan Pedro. De Pactis Nuptialibus sive Capitulis Matrimonialibus Tractatus: multisregiae audientiae principatus Cathaloniae, & aliorum gravissimorum Senatuum, particulari diligentia adpropositum exquisitis decisionibus ornatus [...] per Iohannem Petrum Fontanella I.C. ex Oppido Oloti,Cathalanum [...]. Tomus Posterior […]. Geneva, Sumptibus Samuelis Chouët, 1659.

Folio (365x235 mm), original paper boards with sepia ink handwritten titles at spine, visible joints, ff. [6], pp. 650, ff. [53, last blank]. Fine printer device at titlepage, xylographic decorations and headletters, text on two columns.

The fundamental treatise on Marriage Law compiled by the Catalan jurist Juan Pedro Fontanella.

The work, printed for first time in 1612, is here in the Geneve edition by Samuel Chouët, with the device of the Crowned Salamander.

The Marriage Law, base for the Family Law, was fundamental in Fontanella period, considering that with combined weddings for political reasons, they, at that time, changed the political situation of small lands as well as of entire countries.

Juan Pedro Fontanella (Gerona, 1576-Barcelona 1680) was a Catalan jurist that lived more that hundred years. Beside the present work, he compiled a famous treatise on Decisiones by the Senate of Catalonia.

Provenance: Sepia ink handwritten unidentified ownership inscription at titlepage, beside the printer device Ex Libris Noctoris (?) Cesaris Malfattis.

References: Fontana, pars I, col. 355. Not in Sapori, that mentions other five editions. IT\ICCU\CFIE\003331.

THE FIRST ITALIAN LAW ENCYCLOPEDIA
NO COPIES IN USA

Foramiti, Francesco. Enciclopedia Legale Ovvero Lessico Ragionato di Gius Naturale, Civile, Canonico, Mercantile-Cambiario-Marittimo, Feudale, Penale, Pubblico-Interno, e Delle Genti. Venice: Coi Tipi di Giuseppe Antonelli Ed., 1841-1843.

Four volumes in-4to, contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt titles and ornaments at spine. Main text in double columns.

Second and final edition of this remarkable and comprehensive law encyclopedia, with entries quite detailed. Possibly the first encyclopedia of Italian civil law, with its organizational style similar to that of Tomlins’s Law Dictionary.

References: OCLC locates 5 copies of the first edition in USA public libraries, no copies of this second edition. BMC, IX, 543.

THE FIRST ITALIAN TRANSLATION OF THE CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS BY THE EMPEROR JUSTINIAN

Foramiti, Francesco. Corpo del diritto civile: in cui si contengono le instituzioni di Giustiniano, i digesti o pandette, il codice, le autentiche, ossiano novelle costituzioni, e gli editti, non che le novelle costituzioni di Leone e di altri imperatori, i canoni de' santi e degli apostoli e i libri de' feudi : con brevi note indicanti le leggi simili, quelle che a vicenda s'illustrano, le contrarie e le abrogate, premessa La storia cronologica del diritto civile romano: nuova edizione eseguita su quella di Parigi del 1830 / prima versione italiana per istudio e cura di Francesco Foramiti.. Venezia: Tip. G. Antonelli, 1836-1844.

9 volumes (out of 10, it lacks the first volume), contemporary half calf with gilt-letterd titles at four raised bands spine.
Parallel text Latin-Italian.

First edition in Italian language of Corpus Iuris Civilis wanted by the Emperor Justinian: the Corpus, that was the founding text of European Law until 19th century, was translated and adapted to Italian language by Foramiti according to the critical Latin edition published in Paris in 1830.

Francesco Foramiti (XVIII-XIX secolo) was a Venetian jurist. He also published an Enciclopedia Legale ovvero Lessico ragionato di gius naturale, civile, canonico, mercantile-cambiario-marittimo, feudale, penale, pubblico-interno, e delle genti (Venice, 1838-40) and a Bibliografia legale ovvero vita e fatti più importanti dei primari giureconsulti (Venice, 1843), an historical account of all the most important jurists of every time.

References: IT\ICCU\MIL\0245763. OCLC 715454282.

THE CIVIL PROCEDURAL LAW IN THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE

Fuger, Joachim. L'ufficio nobile ossia Procedura giudiciale negli affari non contenziosi negli stati ereditarj della monarchia austriaca del signor Gioachimo Füger [...]. Edizione seconda accresciuta e migliorata dall'Autore dietro il nuovo Codice Civile Universale. Traduzione dal tedesco del signor Francesco De Calderoni. Vol. Primo [-III]. In Venezia: nella Tipografia Picotti, a spese di G. Geistinger e Comp. di Trieste, 1821.

3 volumes bound together in-8vo, contemporary half calf binding, with marbled paper, pp. 218, [2]; 267 [i.e. 167], [1], [2] leaves of folded tab.; 224, [2] leaves of folded tables.

Second edition of a useful handbook of procedural law in non-contentious proceedings in the provinces of Austrian Empire.

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.

References: IT\ICCU\MILE\023608 (5 copies). OCLC, 797907531.

A TREATISE OF INHERITANCE LAW

Fusari, Vincenzo. Tractatus de substitutionibus in duas partes distinctus; quarum prima continet summatim directas, hoc est, de substitutionibus in genere [...] Secunda vero diffusissime, & exactissime, obliquas, hoc est, de fideicommissis [...] Triplici indice [...] adiecto. Accesserunt hac postrema editione, notabiles eiusdem auctoris additiones, separatim antea editæ, suis vero nunc quæque locis insertæ, & notis his [ ] inclusæ. Venetiis: Combi, 1644.

Folio (326x224 mm), full vellum binding, four raised bands at spine (binding a bit loose), calligraphed title at bottom edge; pp. [136], 1088 [i.e. 1100]. Title-page in red and black types, with a large engraved printer's device representing Minerva. Xylographic initials and ornaments.

Uncommon treatise of inheritance law.

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 (Franc. Grandi ?).

References: IT\ICCU\MILE\005385. OCLC, 81872347 (2 copies in USA), 222859790 (one copy in Canada), 457478049 (one copy in France).

AN EXTENSIVE TREATISE ON JUDICIAL PROCESS IN THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE CHAMBER, WRITTEN BY ANDREAS GAIL, TOGETHER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOST INTERESTING DISPUTES, COLLECTED BY FABRICIUS

[1.]: Gail, Andreas - Gymnich, Walter. Practicarum observationum, tam ad processum judiciarium, praesertim imperialis camerae, quam causarum decisiones pertinentium, libri duo. De pace publica [...]. De pignorationibus [...]. De manuum injectionibus [...] per nobilem ac clarissimum D. Andream Gaill, [...]. Editio postrema correctior, ex ultima recognitione Gualteri Gymnici [...] cum indice [...] locupletissimo. Coloniae Agrippinae [Koln]: Sumptibus & Typis Wilhelmi Metternich, Bibliop., Anno M.DC.XCVIIII. [1699].
[bound with:]
[2.]: Fabricius, Eberhard - Gail, Andreas. Everhardi Fabricii, Gailius enucleatus, hoc est enodatio controversiarum maxime nobilium, [...]. Opus omnibus utile, necessarium, [...] deductum. Coloniae Agrippinae [Koln]: Sumptibus & Typis Wilhelmi Metternich, Bibliop., Anno M.DC.XCVII. [1697].

8vo (206x170 mm), full mottled leather binding, four raised bands at spine with title, green and red sprinkled edges; pp. [28], 628; 272; [128]; 139, [1]. First work title-page in red and black types and second work title-page in black types, both with a printer's device (an eagle in a figured frame, with motto: Spirat ubi vult; printer's initials WFM). Xylographic initials and head- and final-pieces.

Andreas von Gail [Geihl] (1526-1587), German judge and jurisconsult, called the Papinian of Germany. His writings on public order, proscription, banishment and pledges were of considerable European influence.

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 at title-page.

References:
[1.]: IT\ICCU\CAGE\016523 (2 copies). OCLC, 311477678 (1 copy in Germany).
[2.]: Not in ICCU. OCLC, 800830633 (1 copy in Italy at the Biblioteca Comunale di Trento), 31399714 (1 copy in USA, Syracuse University), 836690570 (1 copy in Germany).

THE GIUNTINE EDITION OF GAMBIGLIONI COMMENTARY ON JUSTINIAN'S INSTITUTIONS

Gambiglioni, Angelo. In quatuor Institutionum Iustiniani Libros Commentaria. Ex vetustissimis exemplaribus repraesentata, & accurata diligentia & studio ab omnibus erroribus nuper castigata. Adiecto Indice [...] Accesserunt excellentissimorum I. C. D. Antonij Caij, ac D. Francisci Purpurati, eruditissimae adnotationes, ac eiusdem Caij subtilissimus Substitutionum Tracta. Venetijs, Apud Iuntas, 1574 (al colophon: Venetiis, Apud Hieronymum Polum, 1574).

Folio (325x220 mm), XVII century stiff vellum (lightly worn, reinforced by vellum at spine), author name handwritten in sepia ink at spine, ff. 365, [1], 32. At leaf. 100v a fine woodcut with a Arbor Substitutionum.

Scarce Giunti’s edition of the important Gambiglioni’s commentary on Justinian's «Institutiones».

In the same period in which the reorganization of the law in the Pandette was started, Justinian asked the jurists Trebonianus, Teofilo e Doroteo to create a manual that summarized all the items of Roman Law to be used by students in the Empire. That book, the Institutiones, remained in the centuries as a cornerstone of the matter for its completeness and clarity, and it was, for that reasons, utilized by scholars as a skeleton on which to structure their own commentaries.

Angelo Gambiglioni named l'Aretino (m. 1465 ca.) was an Italian jurist and magistrate, teacher of law both at Bologna and Ferrara universities. He wrote many consilia and other law treatises as the famous De Maleficiis (1472), the Tractatus de criminibus (1476) and De testamentibus (1486).

Provenance: brown ink handwritten ownership signature beside the printer device, at title page, Tullius Tertius and, under printing place, another handwritten annotation Ex Lib. D. F (?) Meoni.

References: Only one copy in Italian public libraries, at Università degli Studi di Milano (CNCE 22422). OCLC locates 3 copies in USA (Harvard Law Library, George Washington University Law Library Washington, DC and Pitts Theology Library Candler School of Theology, Atlanta).

APPARENTLY ONE COPY IN USA

Gambiglioni, Angelus (Aretinus). Super quatuor libros institutionum commentaria. Venetiis, apud Andream Muschium, 1585.

Folio (310x215 mm), 18th century half vellum on marbled paper, handwritten title at spine, pp. 365, ff. 32.

Uncommon edition of Gambiglioni's commentary to Justinian's «Institutions».

Angelo Gambiglioni was a famous Renaissance criminalist. He composed the treaty De maleficiis , one of the most famous and used law books of the fifteenth century.

References: OCLC 79160302 (apparently only one copy in US libraries of this edition at Berkeley Law Library).

A FOUNDING TEXT ON ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFITS

GIGANTI, GIROLAMO. Tractatus de pensionibus ecclesiasticis. Causarum patronis. Et in ecclesiastico foro versantibus ceterisque legum & canonum studiosis. ... Continens in se questiones centum elucubratum per ... D. Hieronimum Gigantem Forosemproniensem. Venetiis: impressum, mandato & expensis dominorum Francisci & Michaelis de Tramezinis, a Nicolao Bascarino, mense Maio 1542 (Venice: Tramezzino, May 1542).

4to, contemporary full limp vellum with handwritten titles on spine, ff. [24], 151, [1].
Two large-size woodcut printer’s devices, text in Roman and Italic types.

Rare first edition of a founding reference texts on ecclesiastical benefits printed in the sixteenth century.

Far from works of mere compilation, the Tractatus is characterized by a considerable moral profile, with a complete description of the abuse by the pensions’ beneficiaries and of means to control and repress them.

Girolamo Gigante, prominent canonist and writer, was born in Fossombrone, to the west of Ancona, around the end of the fifteenth century, and studied in Perugia and Bologna. From 1522 he acted as agent of the Duke of Urbino in Venice, and from 1541 he was ecclesiastical adviser to the Republic of Venice.
He was also the author of a remarkable treatise on Crimen Lesae Majestatis, which received considerable praise from a master of the Renaissance’s criminal law as Tiberio Deciani.

References: CNCE 20971. OCLC 28793653.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS SCARCE TREATISE ON PRICES AND VALUE ACCORDING TO THE CIVIL CODE

Giussani, Giulio Cesare. Tractatus de precio et aestimatione secundum ius civile divisus in libros quatuor. Adsunt summaria atque index locupletissimus. Auctore Iulio Caesare Glusiano [...]. Mediolani [Milano]: apud Hieronymum Bordonum [Bordone], 1615.

8vo, 150x98 mm, contemporary full vellum binding, handwritten title at spine, green color sprinkled edges; pp. [24], 220, [4]. Last leaves blank. Editorial woodcut device at title-page (two hands coming out from the clouds: the left one with a palm tree, the other with a stick; motto in the center: "In labore solamen"; in the frame: "Iustus ut palma florebit").

References: IT\ICCU\MILE\007122 (5 copies). OCLC, 10166468 (one copy in USA, at the Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library, Boston) and 60643225 (one copy in USA, at the University of Kansas Archives, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, Lawrence).

THE LAW COUNSELS OF THE COUNSELOR OF THE KING OF ARAGON

Grammaticus, Thomas. Consilia, vota seu iuris responsa, summa nunc demum fide castigata & excusa. Accessit in totum corpus. Nouus index uagus & bipartius, cum fidelis, tum copiosus. Venetiis , apud Dominicum Lilium, 1557.

2 parts in a volume 8vo (157x107 mm), contemporary limp vellum with handwritten title at spine, ff. 240, [40].
Two separate title-pages, text on two columns, Roman type.

Fine Venetian edition of the «Counsels» by the Neapolitan lawyer Tommaso Grammatico, contains the same 70 consilia as published in Venice in 1542 under title Allegationes et consilia tam in causis criminalibus quam fiscalibus.
The index is by Giovanni Battista Ziletti.

Tommaso Grammatico was a renowned lawyer under the reign of Ferdinand II of Aragona in the south of Italy. He was created judge by Federico II of Aragon in 1496, fiscal lawyer in 1506 and Royal Counselor in 1535.

Provenance: Some not identified contemporary annotations.

References: CNCE 25840. OCLC 29955386.
V. Ventura, Profilo di Tommaso Grammatico giurista e letterato in «Scritti di St. del Dir. Ital. offerti dagli allievi a Domenico Maffei», edited by M. Ascheri, Padova, 1991, pp. 353-375.

EXCESSIVELY SCARCE BAN ON THE TAXES OF MEAT IN THE DUCHY OF MODENA

Grida generale sopra il Datio delle Carni per tutto lo Stato di S.A.S Modena, Soliani, 1673.

Scarce, unsophisticated and untrimmed document about the taxes on Meat in Baroque era in North-Italy.

References: Not in OPAC and ICCU, not in OCLC. Apparently the only surviving copy.

RARE BAN ON THE TAXES ON GRAPPA IN THE DUCHY OF MODENA
ONLY ANOTHER KNOWN COPY

Grida sopra l'appalto dell'acqua vita da vendersi al minuto In Modena : per Bartolomeo Soliani stampator ducale, 1695.


Rare, unsophisticated and untrimmed document about the taxes on Grappa in Baroque era in North-Italy.

References: Only a copy in ICCU, at Biblioteca internazionale La Vigna (Vicenza). Not in OCLC: out of Italy, no copies in worldwide public libraries.

HEINECKE'S LESSONS OF EXCHANGE LAW, TO WHICH IS ADDED AN ESSAY ON EXCHANGE INSTITUTIONS IN THE ROMAN ERA

Heinecke, Johann Gottlieb. Elementa juris cambialis commoda auditoribus methodo adornata a Jo. Gottlieb. Heineccio, Jc. et antecess. Roboreti [Rovereto]: sumptibus Balleonianis, 1746.

12mo (168x100 mm), original paper binding; pp. [6], 99, [3 b.]; xylographic illustration at title-page; xylographic initials and ornaments.
At leaf D7 the work is followed by another work, with its own title-page: Georgii Henrici Ayreri [...] De cambialis instituti vestigiis apud romanos diatribe.

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (Heinecke) (September 11, 1681 – August 31, 1741) was a German jurist from Eisenberg, Thuringia. His chief works were: Antiquitatum Romanarum jurisprudentiam illustrantium syntagma (1718); Historia juris civilis Romani ac Germanici (1733); Elementa juris Germanici (1735); Elementa juris naturae et gentium (1737; Eng. trans. by Turnbull, 2 vols, London, 1763).

Georg Heinrich Ayrer (March 15, 1702 in Meiningen; 28 April 1774 in Göttingen) was a German jurist.

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\003412. OCLC, 41222511 (6 copies in USA).

THE MODERN THEORY OF NATURAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, ACCORDING TO ENLIGHTENMENT'S NEW PERSPECTIVES

Heinecke, Johann Gottlieb. Jo. Gottlieb Heinecii Elementa juris naturae et gentium, commoda auditoribus methodo adornata. Editio caeteris italicis longe auctior & castigatior. Neapoli: prostant Venetiis: apud Jo. Baptistam Pasquali, 1776.

8vo (182x118; half sprinkled calf, with marbled paper at boards, gilt title on a green leather label at spine; pp. 504; xylographic printer device at title-page, with motto: Litterarum felicitas.

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (Heinecke) (September 11, 1681 – August 31, 1741) was a German jurist from Eisenberg, Thuringia. His chief works were: Antiquitatum Romanarum jurisprudentiam illustrantium syntagma (1718); Historia juris civilis Romani ac Germanici (1733); Elementa juris Germanici (1735); Elementa juris naturae et gentium (1737; Eng. trans. by Turnbull, 2 vols, London, 1763).

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\040685 (2 copies). OCLC, 797901699.

TWO CORNERSTONES IN THE HISTORY OF CIVIL LAW, ACCORDING TO THE JUSTINIAN'S CODES, EXAMINED WITH THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND AXIOMATIC METHOD DEVELOPED BY HEINECKE

Heinecke, Johann Gottlieb.
[1.]: Io. Gottlieb Heineccii [...] Elementa iuris ciuilis secundum ordinem institutionum, commoda auditoribus methodo adornata. Accedunt variorum notae et obseruationes. Editio noua italica ceteris longe auctior et emendatior. Pars I. [-II.]. Mediolani (Milano): apud Ioseph Galeatium Regium typographum, 1779.
[together with:]
[2.]: Io. Gottlieb Heineccii, ic. et antecessoris Elementa iuris civilis secundum ordinem pandectarum commoda auditoribus methodo adornata. Tomus primus [-secundus]. Editio caeteris italicis [...] collata. Papiae (Pavia): in Typographeo R & I. Monasterii S. Salvatoris prasid. rei litterar. permit, 1783.

[1.]: 8vo (192x114; half sprinkled calf, with marbled paper at boards, gilt title on a leather label at spine; 2 parts bound in 1 v.; pp. XIV, 350, [2]; [2], 353-640; xylographic end-pieces.
[2.]: 8vo (192x122; half sprinkled calf, with marbled paper at boards, gilt title on a leather label at spine; 2 vols; pp. XXXXIII, [1], 383, [1]; XXXV, [1], 460 [i.e. 480]. Page 480 misnumbered 460. Xylographic vignette at title-page.

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (Heinecke) (September 11, 1681 – August 31, 1741) was a German jurist from Eisenberg, Thuringia. His chief works were: Antiquitatum Romanarum jurisprudentiam illustrantium syntagma (1718); Historia juris civilis Romani ac Germanici (1733); Elementa juris Germanici (1735); Elementa juris naturae et gentium (1737; Eng. trans. by Turnbull, 2 vols, London, 1763).

Provenance: Private library of a Verona noble family, whose roots are in Mantua and in which there were distinguished lawyers and jurists.
[2.]: Many inset-supplement leaves in the text, some left blank and others with handwritten study annotations.

References:
[1.]: IT\ICCU\PARE\018637 (10 copies). OCLC, 797465602.
[2.]: IT\ICCU\TO0E\033562 (5 copies). OCLC, 154639863 (one copy in New Zealand, at the Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn Library).

HEINECKE'S ESSAYS ON CIVIL LAW, TOGETHER WITH OTHER AUTHORS' WORKS: THOMAISIUS'S COMMENTARY ON THE HISTORY OF LAW AND STRUVE'S BIBLIOGRAPHY ON LAW BOOKS

Heinecke, Johann Gottlieb. Io. Gottl. Heineccii [...] Recitationes in Elementa iuris civilis secundum ordinem Institutionum accedunt Io. Christ. Gottl. Heineccii [...] Commentarius de vita, fatis ac scriptis b. parentis auctior emendatior. Christiani Thomasii delineatio historiae juris nec non Burc. Gottelf. Struvii bibliotheca juris selectissima cum notis Hen. Contelmanni [...]. Tom. I. [-II.]. Ticini Regii (Pavia): in typographeo Monast. S. Salvatoris, 1780-1781.

in-8°, 204x134 mm), contemporary paperboards, with handwritten title on label glued at spines; 2 vols; pp. 501 [i.e. 499], [1]; 231, [1], III, [1], 29, [1], [2], 60. Some xylographic illustrations in the text.

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (Heinecke) (September 11, 1681 – August 31, 1741) was a German jurist from Eisenberg, Thuringia. His chief works were: Antiquitatum Romanarum jurisprudentiam illustrantium syntagma (1718); Historia juris civilis Romani ac Germanici (1733); Elementa juris Germanici (1735); Elementa juris naturae et gentium (1737; Eng. trans. by Turnbull, 2 vols, London, 1763).

Migliorotto Maccioni (1732-1811), graduated in utroque iure, was an Italian jurist and professor of civil law at Pisa.

Christian Thomasius (1655-1728) was a German jurist and philosopher.

Burkhard Gotthelf Struve (1671-1738) was a German polymath and librarian.

Heinecke, Johann Christian Gottlieb (1718–1791), son of Johann Gottlieb, was a Prussian court counselor and professor of the Academy of Liegnitz.

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\PARE\020302. OCLC, 797546953 and 642325852 (one copy in Germany and one copy in Spain).

SECOND EDITION OF HOTMAN'S COMMENTARY ON CIVIL LAW

Hotman, François. Commentarius in quatuor libros Institutionum Iuris Civilis. Secunda editio. Lugduni (Lyon), Gryphius, 1567.

Folio, 18th century calf binding (spine restored), pp. [12], 575, [17] .

Second edition of the renowned commentary of tte French jurist on Justinian's «Institutions».François Hotman was author of fundamental juridical works asAnti Tribonianus and Francogallia, and a great protagonist of the cultural and political debate of his age.

Provenance: 1. Contemporary inscription Francisci de Pomat and large calligraphic signature De Pomatat the upper blank margin of title-page. The owner also indicates the date of the purchase: 20 August 1634.
2. Other previous crossed out inscription Bell (?).

References: OCLC 633730148.

THE FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH LANGUAGE OF JUSTINIAN'S PANDECTS

Hulot, Henry; Berthelot, Jean-François. Les Cinquante Livres du Digeste ou des Pandectes de l'Empereur Justinien. Metz, Behmer et Lamort, 1803-1804.

6 volumes out of 7, 4to (265x215 mm), original blue paperboard, pp. 28, 597, [3, last blank] at first volume, pp. 603, [1] at second volume, pp. 552, [20] at third, pp. 607, [5, last blank] at forth, pp. 567, [9], at fifth, pp. 616, [4] at sixth. Untrimmed.

First fundamental complete edition in French of Digestus and Pandectae.

Henri Hulot started for the first time the French translation of Corpus Iuris Civilis , the source of the Roman Law, targeting to publish in 1764 the Institutiones : this never happened because of the aversion by his colleagues at the Paris Law University. The edition was printed only from 1803 thanking the perseverance of Behmer and Lamort.

Henry Hulot (1732-1775) was a French Lawyer. When he decided to start the study of the roman law he was disbarred for having abandoned the forensic career. He spent his academic life translating the Digestus, translation never published during his life.

Jean-François Berthelot (18-19th century) was lawyer in the same University of Hulot, advisor of the parliament and of the King as well as law teacher in Gard

The present translation is still used in France and it was chosen as a reference work to be published on-line, Cfr. http://www.histoiredudroit.fr/ corpus_iuris_civilis.html.

References: ICCU, IT\ICCU\NAPE\000896. OCLC, 23099285

[1.]: HUNTING IN PAPAL STATES
APPARENTLY THE ONLY KNOWN COPY

[2.]: WOLF HUNTING IN PAPAL STATES
ONLY TWO KNOWN COPIES

[1.]: Papal States - Ministry Council - cardinal Galleffi (Camerlengo). Editto. Pier Francesco per la misericordia di Dio vescovo di Albano, Card. Galleffi, della S.R.C. camerlengo. Roma: presso Vincenzo Poggioli stampatore camerale, 1826.
[together with:]
[2.]: Apostolic Chamber - cardinal Galleffi (Camerlengo). Notificazione intorno ai premj per la uccisione dei lupi pubblicata dall'Emo e Rmo Signor card. Galleffi camerlengo di S.R. Chiesa li 16. settembre 1828. Roma: nella stamperia della Rev. Cam. Apost., 1828.

[1.]: A poster (580x450 mm), two column text in Italian; xylographic coat of arms of Pope Leo XII, amidst Roman Church's and cardinal Galleffi's arms.

[2.]: 4to (290x205 mm), unbound; pp. 5, (3, b.); text in Italian; xylographic coat of arms of Pope Leo XII, amidst Roman Church's and cardinal Galleffi's arms.

[2.]: Notification regarding the awards for wolf hunting in Papal States.

[1.]: Edict on a new general regulamentation of hunting in Papal States, decided by Pope Leo XII.

The text begins with the words: La conservazione della specie de' quadrupedi e volatili utili, oramai per comun lamento diminuita di molto a cagione degli arbitrarj e distruttivi modi di cacciare [...]. Signer and date at bottom ([Roma] dato in Camera Apostolica li 10. Luglio 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.]: The document is not in ICCU, which quotes a book on this edict, published on the same day (ICCU\RMSE\092438, available in the Biblioteca consorziale di Viterbo); not in OCLC: no other copy worldwide. Apparently the only extant copy worldwide.
[2.]: ICCU\RMSE\092569 (an only copy registered in the Biblioteca consorziale di Viterbo); not in OCLC: no other copy worldwide. Apparently one of the only two extant copies worldwide.