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RARE ALEXANDER DA IMOLA'S COMMENTARY IN JUSTINIAN'S DIGESTTHE BURKHARD...
RARE ALEXANDER DA IMOLA'S COMMENTARY IN JUSTINIAN'S DIGEST
THE BURKHARD STADTMANN COPY THEN PASSED TO GEORG RITTERHAUSEN
Tartagni, Alessandro. Aureu[m] opus excellentissimi. u.i. monarche Alexandri de Imola: super .j. [et] .ij. ff. vete. Summa cu[m] cura: o[mn]iq[ue] industria ex fidelissimis exe[m]plaribus excerptu[m] [et] in pristinu[m] nitore[m] eme[n]datu[m]. Cu[m] apostillis doctissimor[um] Doc. Fran. de Curte [et] Bernar. de Landriano: [et] cu[m] in numeris addi. q[uae] in alijs codicibus impressis no[n] reperiebant. Additis e[s]t addi. Do. Ant. Fra[n]cisci de Doc. necnon summarijs per spect. i.u. interpretem D[omi]n[u]m Nicolaum de Lacu compositis. Postremo aute[m] cu[m] vtilissimo Repertorio alphabetico singulares conclusiones dictor[um] per Alex. co[n]tine[n]te ac cu[m] copiosissimis additionib[us] Henrici Ferrandat Niuernen[sis] in hac vltima impressione in lucem editis.. (at colophon:) Lugduni : Impressa per Iacobum Mareschal. Impensis nobilium mercatorum Lugdunensium., Anno salutis dominice. M. ccccc. xx. de mense Decembris. (Lyon: Mareschal, 1520).
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Tartagni, Alessandro. Cu[m] apostillis doctissimoru[m] doctorum domini Francisci de Curte [et] Bernardini de Landriano. Et cu[m] alijs innumeris additionibus per d[omi]n[u]m Antoniu[m] Franciscum de Doctoribus Patauinum noviter editus. Postremo aut[em] cum singulari repertorio alphabetico conclusiones dictorum per Alex contine[n]te ac cum copiosissimis additionibus Hen. Ferrandat Niuern[ensis]. in hac vlti[m]a impressione in lucem editi. (at colophon:). Lugduni: Impensis nobilium mercatorum Lugdunensium, Anno a Virginis Partu .M. cccccxx. die xiii de mense Decembris (Lyon: Sachon, 1520).
Folio, original ancient wooden boards (monastic binding), renewed calf spine with five raised bands and blind-tooled decorations, metal clasps, handwritten title at edge, ff. 168, [2]; ff. I-CXLIII, 145-202 (misnumbered), 1-106, (2, the last is blank).
Title pages printed in red and black, with woodcut border; fine woodcut initials.
Very rare Alexander Da Imola's commentary on both Justinian's Digestus Vetus and Digestum Novus with the additions of Francesco Corte, Bernardino da Landriano, Antonfrancesco Dottori and Henri Ferrandat.
Alessandro Tartagni also called Alessandro da Imola (1424-1477) was an Italian jurist and canonist. He taught at Pavia, Bologna, Ferrara and Padua. His fame is due to the commentaries on Justinian's Digest and Code —but also in Decretals, showing a mastery of both Civil and Canon Law.
Provenance: 1. Contemporary signature Sebastianus Hallerius.