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A FOUNDING TEXT OF MODERN CANON LAWReiffenstuel, Anacletus. Jus Canonicum...

A FOUNDING TEXT OF MODERN CANON LAW

Reiffenstuel, Anacletus. Jus Canonicum Universum clara methodo iuxta titulos Quinque Librorum Decretalium [...]. Venetiis, Apud Jo: Baptistam Recurti, Ad Signum Religionis, 1717.

5 tomes in 4 volumes, folio (340x230 mm), contemporary quarter calf binding, gilt titles on a red label at five raised bands spine, edges sprayed in red ink. First volume titlepage printed in red and black, some xylographic headletters and decorations, text on two columns.

Remarkable Venetian edition of this important commentary to Pope Gregory IX’s Decretales and to Canon Law.

Johann George Reiffenstuel called Anaklet (1642-1703), was canonist and professor at Frisingen high school. This work, Ius Canonicum universum, is his most famous treatise and it was reprinted many times for the seminarians’ use.

References: Not in Sapori, that quotes a 1778 edition (I, 2451) printed by Pezzana.
OCLC, 6325056.