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FIRST EDITION OF POSTIO'S COLLECTION OF DECISIONS ON «INTERIM» (TEMPORARY...
FIRST EDITION OF POSTIO'S COLLECTION OF DECISIONS ON «INTERIM» (TEMPORARY NOMINATIONS)
Postio, Ludovico. Sac. Rotae Romanae Decisiones a Ludouico Postio v.i.d. Perusino collectae ad Tractatum mandati de manutenendo, siue Summarijssimi possessorij, interim, nuncupati. Quarum aliquae antea impressae, quamplurimae de nouo in lucem editae; totam summarijssimi possessorij materiam illustrantes. Augustae Taurinorum, Apud Haeredes Io. Dominici Tarini, 1645.
Folio (345x210 mm), contemporary full vellum binding, handwritten title at spine, pp. 573, [3, blanks]. Xylographic decorations, text on two columns.
Scarce first edition of Postio's Decisions on the juridical institution of Interim, called, in medieval Latin, Mandatum Manutenendi.
The Latin phrase ad interim (abbr. ad int, literally "in the time between") means "in the meantime" or "temporarily".
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: Sepia ink handwritten ownership inscription Ex libris Vincentij de Ravanis IC. written twice at title page.
References: IT\ICCU\RMGE\000587. OCLC 62673350: only two copies in USA (University of California Berkeley Law Library and University of Minnesota, Law Library Twin Cities Campus, Law Library, Minneapolis).