Law.- Justinianus I. Novellarum constitutionum Dn. Iustiniani principis, collation: α8, β4, a-z4, A-E4, F6, a-z4, A-I4, K6 (lacking blanks F6 and K6); [24], 224 [i.e. 234], 263, [3] pp., woodcut decorated initials, light water-stain to upper margin of first and final leaves, early 18th-century calf, spine with six raised bands, title on lettering-piece (abraded), rubbed, joints cracked, spine ends chipped, folio (330 x 195mm.), Nuremberg, Johann Petreius, 1531. ⁂ A landmark in the codification of Roman law: the editio princeps of the relevant section of Corpus Iuris Civilis, usually referred as the Constitutiones Novellae, by the Eastern Emperor Justinian I, a collection of all new laws modifying his Codex of 529. This text of the 168 Greek Novels, which first appeared in print in Latin in 1476, was edited by the German jurist Gregor Holoander, who taught law at the University of Nuremberg. The edition also includes the Canones Apostolorum, here falsely ascribed to Pope Clemens I. Provenance: almost illegible contemporary ownership inscription on title; the Scottish writer and politician Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716; ownership inscription on rear pastedown); the bookseller H.P. Kraus, New York. Literature: Schweiger, 481.
Law.- Justinianus I. Novellarum constitutionum Dn. Iustiniani principis, collation: α8, β4, a-z4, A-E4, F6, a-z4, A-I4, K6 (lacking blanks F6 and K6); [24], 224 [i.e. 234], 263, [3] pp., woodcut decorated initials, light water-stain to upper margin of first and final leaves, early 18th-century calf, spine with six raised bands, title on lettering-piece (abraded), rubbed, joints cracked, spine ends chipped, folio (330 x 195mm.), Nuremberg, Johann Petreius, 1531. ⁂ A landmark in the codification of Roman law: the editio princeps of the relevant section of Corpus Iuris Civilis, usually referred as the Constitutiones Novellae, by the Eastern Emperor Justinian I, a collection of all new laws modifying his Codex of 529. This text of the 168 Greek Novels, which first appeared in print in Latin in 1476, was edited by the German jurist Gregor Holoander, who taught law at the University of Nuremberg. The edition also includes the Canones Apostolorum, here falsely ascribed to Pope Clemens I. Provenance: almost illegible contemporary ownership inscription on title; the Scottish writer and politician Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716; ownership inscription on rear pastedown); the bookseller H.P. Kraus, New York. Literature: Schweiger, 481.
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