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A TREATISE BY VINNIUS ON THE ROMAN LAW OF CONTRACTS, INHERITANCE, SUCCESSION...

A TREATISE BY VINNIUS ON THE ROMAN LAW OF CONTRACTS, INHERITANCE, SUCCESSION AND OTHER CIVIL MATTERS

Vinnen, Arnold. Arnoldi Vinnii JC. tractatus quinque, nempe de pactis, jurisdictione, collationibus, transactionibus, et quaestionibus juris selectis. Cum indicibus locupletissimis. Quibus additae sunt Sim. Vinnii A.f. orationes. Editio novissima prioribus emendatior. Venetiis: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1780.

4to (250x195 mm), contemporary paperboards; pp. VIII, 352. Title-page with red and black types and with a xylographic ornament. Text in Latin in two columns. Xylogaphic initials, ornaments, head- and final-pieces.

Arnold Vinnen (Vinnius; Monster 1588 - Leiden 1657), jurist, prof. Pandette University of Leiden (1633-57); one of the greatest masters of the Dutch school. Main works: Jurisprudentiae contractae sive partitionum Juris Civilis libri IV (1631); In quatuor libros Institutionum imperialium commentarius (1642); Iustiniani institutionum libros quattuor cum notis illustrated (1646); Tractatus de quattuor pactis de iurisdictione, collationibus et transactionibus (1651).

Simon Vinnen, son of Arnold [A.f.], was a philologist.

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\BVEE\057826. OCLC, 23112624 (2 copies in USA).