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UNCOMMON BALLEONIANA EDITION OF THE FAMOUS COMMENTARY BY VINNIUS OF THE...
UNCOMMON BALLEONIANA EDITION OF THE FAMOUS COMMENTARY BY VINNIUS OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTIONS
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Vinnen, Arnold. Arnoldi Vinnii JC. In quatuor libros institutionum imperialium commentarius academicus et forensis Jo. Gottl. Heineccius JC. Recensuit, et praefationem notulasque adjecit. Accedunt in hac novissima editione juxta exemplar Lugdunense adornata ejusdem Vinnii Quaestiones Juris Selectae, et praemittitur ex editione Veneta Jacobi Gothofredi historia & bibliotheca Juris Civilis Romani. Adjectis indicibus locupletissimis. Tomus primus [-tertius]. Venetiis: ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1783-1793.
8vo (250x200 mm), contemporary paperboards; 3 tomes bound in 2 vols.; pp. XXVIII, 459, [1]; IV, 387, [1], VIII, 166.
Three title-pages in black types with vignettes (a crowned double-headed eagle); head- and tail-pieces; some decorated initials; catchwords; text in double columns.
The first volume includes the Tomus primus (with liber primus and liber secundus).
The second volume includes the Tomus secundus (with liber tertius and quartus) and Tomus tertius, which has its own title:
Arnoldi Vinnii JC. Selectarum iuris quaestionum libri duo nunc primum ejusdem auctoris Commentario in institutiones Justinianaeas conjunctim editi, quibus multa commentarii loca illustrantur, ac intricatissimae iuris materiae nondum ventilatae, omnibus Legum Romanarum Candidatis utilissimae, dilucide enodantur. Editio novissima iuxta exemplar Lugdunense emendata et adornata.
The first and second tomes were issude both in 1793, while the third tome had been issued ten years earlier [Venetiis: ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1783].
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).
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\MILE\004434 [Tomus primus: IT\ICCU\MILE\012233. Tomus secundus: IT\ICCU\MILE\012236. Tomus tertius: IT\ICCU\MILE\004445 (3 copies)].
OCLC, 875158399 and 708653575 (1 copy in USA, at The George Washington University Law Library).