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Frederick Carter; D.H.Lawrence and the Body Mystical, first edition, limited 26/75, 8vo, gilt tooled red cloth, published by Dennis Archer, London 1932; Manfred, A Tragedy by Lord Byron, first edition, 4to, gilt tooled purple cloth, published by The Fanfrolico Press, London 1929; Florentine Nights by Heinrich Neine, first edition, 8vo, cloth with dust cover, published by Gerald Howe, London 1933. (3)

James Hannay; The Complete Works of William Hogarth, first edition, 4to, 6 vols, gilt tooled brown cloth, containing a series of 150 steel engravings, in six volumes, published by William Mackenzie, London circa 1880.

Stanley Harris; Old Coaching Days, first edition, 8vo, decorated brown cloth, and The Coaching Age, first edition, 8vo, blue cloth, published by Richard Bentley & Son, London 1882 & 1885. (2)

Charles Babbage; Passages from The Life of a Philosopher, first edition, 8vo, original gilt tooled green cloth, chapter VIII contains Babbage's only description of the Analytical Engine, published by Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, London 1864.

John C Morton; A Cyclopedia of Agriculture, first edition, 8vo, 2 vols, full calf, published by Blackie and Son, London 1855.

Sir John Fortescue; De Laudibus Legum Angliae, being Lord Chief Justice and after Lord Chancellor to King Henry VI, to which are joined the two Summes of Sir Ralph de Hengham, Lord Chief Justice to King Edward I, commonly called Hangham Magna and Hengham Parva, first edition, 16mo, published for the Companie of Stationers, London 1616, together with The Magistrate's Assistant, or a Summary of those Laws, second edition, 8vo full calf, published by R Raikes, London 1788; and Richard Burn; The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer, vol I, 8vo, full calf, published by Henry Lintot, London 1755. (3)

1967 hardback edition of The Liverpool F.C. Book, without dustjacket unfortunately. Autographed on the first few inside pages by a wealth of Liverpool legends including Billy Liddell, Jack Balmer, Bob Paisley, Kenny Dalglish, Bill Shankly, Joe Fagan, Ian Callaghan, and Emlyn Hughes. A rare signed book. Good condition.

Hardback edition of Arthur Daley-Straight Up, the Autobiography. A superb fictional autobiography of the loveable rogue portrayed by George Cole in the popular series Minder. Autographed on the first blank page by stars of Minder-Glynn Edwards (Dave the barman), George Cole (Arthur Daley), Dennis Waterman (Terry) and George Layton (Des the Mechanic). A nice signed book. Good condition.

Four Royal Doulton Age Of Innocence limited edition figures, Making Friends, HN3372, Puppy Love, HN3371, First Outing, HN3377, and Feeding Time, HN3373, all boxed with certificates (4)

Wollstonecraft (Mary) A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, volume one, 3rd edition, 1796, printed for Johnson, with Michel bookplate, and pencil notes to the end, half calf Condition report Report by RB The boards generally sound, but with some scuffing and rubbing, and bumping to the corners, the spine slightly cracked and dried out, generally pretty good, with slight staining and foxing mostly to the end papers, there is a seven line pencil inscription right at the end of the book, after 'END OF THE FIRST VOLUME', with C W Michel book plate.

A Sheffield and Yorkshire interest including T.W Hall Incunabula of Sheffield History, two volumes WIMD DW 1937 first edition and 1973, Vine, Old Attercliffe 1932 Stokes history of Cholera Epidemic of 1832 in Sheffield 1921, Porter and Watson, handbook and guide to Sheffield 1910, Harrison history of the Great Flood at Sheffield 1864, Crabtree, concise history of Parish and Vicarage of Halifax 1836 plus other (2 boxes)

Dave Foord Limited Edition Framed Signed Print 'Back On Track' Carl Fogarty Riding The Foggy Petronas Racing FP1 At It's First Public Outing. Brands Hatch, July 2002. Copy 294/500. Signed By Carl Fogarty, 16x23 Inches. Complete With Framed Certificate Of Authenticity

LAHONTAN [LOUIS ARMAND DE LOM D'ARCE] BARON DE - NEW VOYAGES TO NORTH-AMERICA GIVING A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE CUSTOMS COMMERCE RELIGION AND STRANGE OPINIONS OF THE SAVAGES OF THAT COUNTRY...NEVER PRINTED BEFORE WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING SOME NEW VOYAGES TO PORTUGAL AND DENMARK FIRST EDITION, VOL II ONLY, ENGRAVED PLTS, SOME FO,DING,M CONTEMPORARY PANELLED CALF UPPER BOARDS DETACHED, LONDON: h BONWICKE (AND OTHERS) 1703

Bennett, D., Collecting Irish Silver, hard bound, first edition, Souvenir Press Limited, 1984.

First published Guiness Book of Records 1st Edition. Second impression

A Wilkinson Limited Bizarre Clarice Cliff plate designed by Graham Sutherland, with printed floral and foliage detail to the centre within black and pink simulated ribbon border, with black printed mark to reverse and inscribed First Edition 1934 together with an invoice from Sally Hunter Fine Art Limited of Halkin Arcade, London, SW1X showing a purchase price of 220 in the Art By Design Exhibition, March 1997, 26 cm diameter approximately

British Ballads, selected and edited by George Barnett Smith: First Edition 1881, publ. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, red leather bound in two volumes together with Lockharts Spanish Ballads, Sacred Poems and Oeuvres de Rabelais.

Cathedrals of Canterbury and York: An accurate description and history of the Metropolitan and Cathedral churches of Canterbury and York with 117 copper plates; publ. London W. Sandby 1755 (First Edition) rebound in 19th Century leather binding. A rare early edition of this scarce book (John Hildyard, John Dart and Francis Drake).

Hutchin's History of Dorset, volume I, part 2, by John Hutchins, the Third Edition Corrected, Augmented and Improved by William Shipp & James Whitworth Hodson, volume The First, publ. Westminster, John Bowyer Nichols & Sons, 1861 in 19th century leather gilt tooled binding.

Cynon Beaton-Jones, So Hi and the White Horse of Fu, and The Adventures of So Hi, both first editions bearing inscriptions and signed by the author, together with R. F. Lowis, Penny for a Candlestick, first edition, signed by the author, along with a signed pen and ink drawing, scene from the book, and The Runaway Balloon, first edition, signed by the author

Gerald Coulson, The First Blow, limited edition print, 1088/1089, signed in pencil, 49 x 61cm, together with another Night of The Hunter, 298/850 and Frank Wootton, Lancaster, limited edition print 688/850, signed by the artist and five others in pencil to include, Reid and Cheshire (3)

[Canon Law] Lancellotti, 1563 2 COPIES IN USA VERY SCARCE EDITION OF LANCELLOTTI' INSTITUTIONS OF CANON LAWONLY 3 COPIES IN WORLDWIDE PUBLIC LIBRARIESLancellotti, Giovanni Paolo. Institutionum iuris canonici libri quatuor qui dilucido ordine, atque magna legentium facilitate ad vniuersum ius pontificium expeditissimum aditum parant. Ab Io. Paulo Lancelotto iureconsulto Perusino conscripti, et in aula Romana mandato pont. max. ab illustribus uiris recogniti. Nunc primum in lucem editi. Venice: [al segno della Fontana] 1563. [at colophon:] Venetiis: Apud Cominum de Tridino Montisferrati, 1563. 4to, contemporary limp vellum, ff. [2], 111 [i. e. 109], [1].Woodcut coats of arms of Pius III at verso of title-page.Very scarce first edition of this Institutions of Canon Law. References: Not in Adams. Cnce, Censimento, 24772. OCLC 800980814 locates only 3 copies worldwide, (two in USA: Library of the Congress and Pritzker Legal Research Center Northwestern University, School of Law Library) A fine and unsophisticated copy in its limp vellum binding.

[Canon Law Formulary] Monacelli, 1703-09, 3 vols FIRST EDITION OF MONACELLI'S FORMULARY FOR CANON COURTS AND CIVIL TRIBUNALSMonacelli, Francesco. Formularium legale practicum fori ecclesiastici, in quo formulae expeditionum de his, quae pertinent ad officium iudicis nobile vsu frequentium continentur: cum adnotationibus legalibus practicis, ut plurimum sac. congregationum responsis roboratis, & illustratis […] Authore Francisco Monacelli […] Prima editio ab ipsomet auctore appendice plurium constitutionum apostolicarum, decretorum sac. congregationum a summis pontificibus approbatorum, ac adnotationibus, & instructione pro visitantibus in fine operis adiectis, illustrata. Romae (Rome): typis Aloysij, & Francisci fratrum de Comitibus impressorum reuerendae Camerae apostolicae, 1703. [together with a second volume:] Pars secunda primae editionis in qua praeter supplementum formularum fori extraiudicialis, accesserunt quamplures formulae […] ac appendice decisionum Sacrae Rotae Romanae adfulciendum opus, et eruditionem utentium augendam adiecta. Romae (Rome): typis Aloysij, & Francisci fratrum de Comitibus impressorum reuerendae Camerae apostolicae, 1706. [together with a third volume:] Pars tertia primæ editionis. In qua præter formulas declaratoriarum, & denunciationum censurarum, quamplures aliæ formulæ […] dantur, […] & in fine accessit appendix miscellanea, plura complectens, quæ ad gubernium ecclesiasticum plurimum pertinere noscuntur. - Romae (Rome): typis Aloysij, & Francisci fratrum de Comitibus impressorum reuerendae Camerae apostolicae, 1709.3 volumes in folio (cm 33 x 23); contemporary full vellum, with five raised bands spine (light traces of use and occasional stains, little repairs), handwritten title at spine; pp. [60], 376, [2]; [52], 393 (i.e. 391), [11]; [50], 236, [4]. Text in Latin, printed in two columns. Title-page in red and black types; half-title: Formularium legale practicum fori ecclesiastici. Engraved head and -tail pieces, engraved headletters. First edition of renowned Monacelli's juridical formulary for Canon Courts and Tribunals, a practical work for jurists. A complete work in its first edition published in three volumes (dated 1703-1706-1709). It deals in depth with the Canon law, giving not only the corpus of reference, but also the jurisprudence relative to specific cases, procedural rules, decisions taken by the Roman Sacred Rota and by the Sacred Congregations. The Author, Francesco Monacelli (died in 1714), was a priest, apostolic protonotary at Gubbio, general vicar of Venosa's and Iesi's churches; he was expert in Canon law, and celebrated for this formulary. References: ICCU\NAPE\012203-\RLZE\032932-027460. Occasional brownings and water stains at a few leaves. Overall, a very good set.

[Canon law, Dictionaries] Nebrija, 1567 A SCARCE EDITION OF AN IMPORTANT SIXTEENTH-CENTURY LAW DICTIONARYNebrija, Elio Antonio de. Vocabularium vtriusque iuris nuperrime summa cura summoque iudicio recognitum ac emendatum ... Accessit praeterea lexicon iuris ciuilis ... Antonio Nebrissensi viro doctissimo autore. Lugduni : apud haeredes Iacobi Iuncyae, 1567. 12mo, 160x100 mm, contemporary parchment binding, handwritten title and at a three band spine (stark water stain at the lower corner of back board), pp. 720. Text in Latin; title-pages in b/w characters; woodcut printer device to title page, woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials. A scarce edition of an important sixteenth-century law dictionary by Antonio de Nebrija. A work of great authority, this popular dictionary was first published in 1559. It went through more than twenty-five editions, with several variations in content, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. All editions have two principal parts: the fifteenth-century Vocabularius attributed to Jacobus of Erfurt and Nebrija's Lexicon Iuris Civilis. It is a curious hybrid of late-medieval and renaissance scholarship; the former work is a typical scholastic compilation, the latter is a humanistic work grounded in philology and historical commentary. Elio Antonio de Nebrija (1444?-1522) was an important Spanish scholar and educator. Educated at the universities of Salamanca and Bologna, he read widely in law, medicine and theology. His philological work, which included the first Spanish grammar and dictionary, led to the standardization of the language. References: IT\ICCU\BASE\012080 (5 copies). OCLC, 848878071 (1 copy in Italy at the University of Siena - Library of Legal-Political Studies), 715964975 (1 copy in Spain at the Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid) and 879335297 (1 copy in USA at the University of California Berkeley Law Library, Berkeley). Stark water stain at the lower corner of many leaves at the beginning and at the end of the volume; some leaves are frayed and there are little lacks of text. Browning at upper edge of some leaves. A modest copy, here listed only for its scarcity .

[Civil and Canon Law] Negri Ciriaco, 1628-38, 3 vols SCARCE SET OF NEGRI'S COLLECTION OF CONTROVERSIAL CASESNEGRI CIRIACO, FRANCESCO. Controversiarum forensium Francisci Nigri Cyriaci ... ex duobus qui in praesentiarum prodeunt in lucem liber secundus in quo ultra rerum iudicatarum casus frequentes et communes opiniones ubique observatas accesserunt decisiones aliquae Rotae Romanae nondum impressae. Cum summarijs et ... indice ... non minus copiosis quam opportunis. Mantuae: apud Aurelium et Ludovicum Osannas fratres, 1628. (Mantua: Osanna brothers, 1628).(together with:)NEGRI CIRIACO, FRANCESCO. Controuersiarum forensium Francisci Nigri Cyriaci ... Liber secundus. In quo vltrà rerum indicatarum casus frequentes, ... accesserunt Decisiones aliquae Rotae Romanae nondum impressae. Mantuae: apud Aurelium, et Ludouicum Osannas fratres, ducales typographos, 1628. (Mantua: Osanna brothers, 1628).(together with:)NEGRI CIRIACO, FRANCESCO. Controuersiarum forensium Francisci Nigri Cyriaci ... Liber tertius, et ultimus nunc in lucem editus. In quo vltra rerum indicatarum casus frequentes, ... accesserunt Decisiones aliquae Rotae Romanae nondum impressae. Cremonae: apud Marc. Antonium Belpierum, 1638 (Cremona: Belpiero, 1638).3 vols in-folio, contemporary stiff vellum, pp. [200], 882, [6]; [216], 942, [6] and pp. [178], 743 [i.e. 753], [3]Engraved devices at title-page.Uncommon first edition of Negri's Controversiae, a collection of controversial cases on both Civil and Canon law.A fourth volume was published posthumously in 1672.Provenance: Nobiliary ring stamp (not identified) at title-pages.References: OCLC locates only two sets in worldwide public libraries (University of Michigan Law Library and Yale Law School Library). Minor traces of use, but a good and unsophisticated set, rare to be found complete.

[Canon and Civil Law] Boccacci, 1598 NOT IN USA FIRST EDITION OF THREE WORKS ON CANON AND CIVIL LAWNOT IN USABOCCACCI, VIRGINIUS. Tractatus tres Virginii de Boccatiis a Cingulo, I.V.C, Romani.De censibus super constitutions Pij quinti, Martini et Calisti. De Societatibus Officiorum, Iuxta consuetudinem Romanae curiae. De pactis & promissionibus, cum declaratione Constitutionum Bonifacij Octavi et Gregorij XIII. Romae, ex bibliotheca haeredum Hieronymi Franzini, Typis Antonii Zannetti, 1598 (Rome: Zanetti, 1598). 4to (220x140 mm), contemporary limp vellum with handwritten title at spine, ff. [4],142,[1],79, 86, [1].Woodcut device, woodcut head-letters, head and –tail pieces. Text on two columns. First edition of a collection of three rare works on both canon and civil law.A strange imprint, printed by Zanetti in this year 1598 in five different issues, with five different title-pages.References: Not in USA. Out of Italy, OCLC locates only 1 copy worldwide (in Switzerland).. A good, well preserved copy, printed on strong paper.

[Marriage] Nevizzano, 1526 FIRST POCKET SIZE EDITION OF NEVIZZANO'S TREATISE ON MARRIAGENEVIZZANO, GIOVANNI. Clarissimi iurisconsulti D. Ioan. de Neuizanis ... Sylua nuptialis : in qua ex dictis Moder. per regulam et fallentias plurime questiones quotidie in practica occurrentes nondum p[er] quempia[m] redacte in materia matrimonij, dotium, filiationis, adulterij, originis, successionis, et monitorialium, vna cum remedijs ad sedandum factiones de Guelphis [et] Giebellinis, cu[m] perfecta doctrina qualiter debeat se iudex co[n]tinere in iudicando [et] exequendo iussa principu[m], vbi de autoritatibus doctorum [et] priuilegijs miserabilium personaru[m] : sumpte ex questio[n]e an sit vtile nubere copiosa et ordinata breuitate enucleantur : addito tractatu De modo arguendi p[er] ordinem alphabeti, necnon repertorio materiarum prestantium in vnum coacto.. Lugduni, Ioannem Moylin alias de Cambray, 1526.8vo (163 x 115 mm), fascinating late XVI century pigskin binding with blind-tooled decorations at boards, owners initial and date, concentric border rules with Greek style decorations and rhomboidal cartouche with floral motifs, ff. CCLXXXIX.Title-page in red and black, text on two columns, gothic type. Rare third edition (first in pocket size) of Nevizzano's very famous treatise on marriage.Giovanni Nevizzano studied law in Pavia, Padova and Torino where, before becoming teacher, he got his doctorate in 1511. Witty and brilliant, he put into the Sylva Nuptialis not only his ability to synthesize some original solutions for the marriage law of the time, but also a vein of misogyny, coming from Petrarchan hints, that brought him the hostility of some powerful Piedmont noblewomen, that led him to formal amends. Provenance: Several annotations and maniculae in a contemporary hand. Reference: OCLC 18939828. Baudrier, XII, 388-389. Very fine and crisp copy.

[Roman Law, Commentary] Oinotomos, 1603 FIRST VENETIAN EDITION OF OINOTOMOS' RENOWNED COMMENTARY TO THE JUSTINIAN'S INSTITUTIONSWITH AN ANCIENT WOODCUT OF VENICE AT TITLE-PAGESchneidewein, Johann (Oinotomos, Ioannes). Io. Oinotomi iurisconsulti, In quattuor institutionum imperialium Iustiniani imp. libros, commentarij. Nunc primum, tum iussu superiorum, tum ex eorum mente castigati, ac emendati prodeunt. Praeterea nostra hac editione, suis proprijs locis distribuimus, & coaptauimus eas omnes additiones doct. Quae aliàs in fine operis excusae fuerant, […]. Cum indice rerum omnium copiosissimo, […]. Venetiis (Venice): Apud Societatem Venetam, 1603.Folio (cm 32,5 x 23); contemporary full vellum, with four raised bands spine (light trace of use, neat repairs at spine and corners), handwritten title at spine; pp. (60), 608; text in Latin, printed in two columns.Title-page in red and black types, with a large engraving containing a beautiful view of Venice in a nice frame decorated with arms, puttos and allegorical figures; engraved head and -tail pieces, engraved headletters.First Venetian edition of the renowned commentary to the Justinian's Institutions written by Ioannes Oinotomos (Johann Shneidewein), first printed in 1573 and re-issued tenths of times along the following two centuries. The text is organized according to the theories of Protestant Reform, whose application Martin Luther charged Philip Melanchton.Johann Schneidewein (Oinotomos)(1519-1568), was a famous German jurist, scholar of Martin Luther at Wittenberg. He followed his teacher all along his life, obtaining prestigious political and academic tasks, in the German protestant electorate. He considered a fake the donation of Constantine and, consequently, he deemed illegitimate the temporal power of the Roman papacy. Provenance: Contemporary handwritten annotations (not identified) at margins and both fly-leaves.References: ICCU\RMSE\006051; OCLC, 19737827 (four copies in USA). Occasional brownings, water stains and spots at a few leaves. Overall, a good copy.

[Feudal Law] Piso, 1575 NOT IN USA RARE FIRST EDITION OF PISO'S COMMENTARIES ON FEUDAL LAWNO COPY IN USAPISO, GUARINO. Gverrini Pisonis Soacii I.C. Pontificiiq. Ivris In Florentiss. Patavino Gimnasio Professoris ordinarij, In Feudorum vsus, seu consuetudines Præludia : Methodicè, ac diligenter explicata, Succincta breuitate, & multijuga vtilitate referta, ac omnibus perquam necessaria. Venetiis, apud Paulum & Antonium Meietos frates, 1575. 8vo (147 x 100 mm), later paperboards, pp. [16], 204.Woodcut head-letters. Roman type.Very rare first edition Piso's commentaries on feudal law.Reference: CNCE 30893. Out of Italy, OCLC locates 2 copies worldwide, none in USA. Very fine and crisp copy.

[Legal Advices] Pontano, 1568 BEST EDITION OF PONTANO'S COUNSELSAPPARENTLY ONE COPY IN USAPONTANO, LUDOVICO. Consilia siue Responsa, clarissimi iuris vtriusque doctoris D. Ludouici Pontani Romani. Quae nuperrime ope, et industria domini Horatii Mandosii ... additionibus nonnullis aureis sunt adaucta, et ab infinitis prope mendis repurgata, atque in pristinum nitorem restituta. Venetiis : [Al segno della Fontana], 1568.Folio, contemporary limp vellum, ff. 390, [30].Fine woodcut head-letters.Best philological edition of Pontano's Counsels, edited by Horatius Mandosius.Born in 1409 near Spoleto, Ludouico Pontano studied law at first in Perugia and then in Bologna as a pupil of Johannes de Imola, getting his doctorate in 1429. He was a law teacher in Siena from 1433, then a lawyer in Florence and protonotary in Rome. He died in Base in 1439.References: CNCE 50204. OCLC 31077526 locates in USA only the copy at Library of Congress. A very fine copy.

[Roman Law, Property & History of Law] Savigny, 3 works 1. A FUNDAMENTAL WORK ON PROPERTY ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF ROMAN LAWSavigny, Friedrich Karl (von). Traitè de la possession d'après le principes du droit romain [...]. Bruxelles, Société Belge de Librairie Hauman et Comp., 1840. 4to (230x145 mm), contemporary quarter vellum on handcolored paper, gilt decorations and titles on label at spine, pp. [4, second and last blanks], III, [1, blank], 463, [1, blank]. Fundamental work on property by the renowned German jurist F.K. von Savigny. The work is focused on the details of the concepts of ownership in legal matters, for example on acquisition and lost, debarment , juris quasi possessio and modification happened in Roman Law. First Edition in French based on the German sixth edition, translated by the lawyer Jules Beving. Friedrich Karl von Savigny (1779-1861) was a renowned German jurist, politician and philosopher, coming from Lorraine. After studies in many German Universities he became tenured of Jurisprudence in Berlin. He wrote a famous treatise on Ownership (Das Recht des Besitzes , 1803) and was the founder of the so called German Historical School of Law. From 1842 to 1848 he was ministry of the Prussian State.References: OCLC 9390141.OFFERED TOGETHER WITH2. A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL ESSAYS ON RIGHTSavigny, Friedrich Karl (von). Ragionamenti Storici di Diritto [...] tradotti dall'originale tedesco e preceduti da un discorso da A. Turchiarulo. Parte I. ( II e III ). Napoli, Tipografia all'Insegna del Diogene, 1852.4to (224x143 mm), half calf binding on wine-colored percaline, gilt tooled titles and decorations at spine, sand colored fly leaves, pp. XLI, [3, first and last blanks], 145, [3, first and last blanks], 130, [2, last blank], 135, [5, first and last three blanks], 88. First Italian edition of this collection of historical essays on Right by Karl von Savigny translated in Italian for lawyer and students. Founder of the German Historical School of Law, Savigny opposed to the positive conception of law, the authoritativeness of Ius commune , the custom, that was effective in Germany together with the written law. Friedrich Karl von Savigny (1779-1861) was a renowned German jurist, politician and philosopher, coming from Lorraine. After studies in many German Universities he became tenured of Jurisprudence in Berlin. He wrote a famous treatise on Property (Das Recht des Besitzes , 1803) -see previous lot- and was the founder of the so called German Historical School of Law. From 1842 to 1848 he was ministry of the Prussian State.References: OCLC 797928436 (only two copies in USA: Columbia University and Harvard).OFFERED TOGETHER WITH3. A DIGEST OF ROMAN LAW FOR THE UNIVERSITIES[Roman Law Digest] Ronga, Giovanni. Elementi di diritto romano. Torino, UTET, 1870.3 volumes bound together, 4to (225x145 mm), half calf binding on hand colored paper, gilt-tooled titles and decorations at spine, pp. 371, [1], 364, [4], 350, [4, last three blanks]. Roman Law digest, edited by Giovanni Ronga, teacher at Torino University. The work, to be used by students, includes the discussion about the juridical relationship between people and things, obligations regulation and Inheritance law. Giovanni Ronga (XIX century) was lawyer and Roman Law teacher. He published many specific treatises, among them Della condizione giuridica dei figli nati fuori di matrimonio (1873), regarding children born outside the regular marriage. Provenance: gilt–tooled ownership note Not. Sturla at last spine-section. References: OCLC 797261382 (3 copies in USA).<br

[Contracts] Simoncelli, 1574 SIMONCELLI, OTTAVIO. Tractatus de decretis caeterisque solemnitatibus in contractibus minorum, aliorumque his similium, adhibendis. D. Octauio Simoncello Calliensi v.i.d. et eq. auctore. Omnibus pontificii, caesareique iuris professoribus, causarum patronis, ius dicentibus, ac notarijs perutilis, & necessarius. Cum indice locupletissimo, nec non cum priuilegio. Perusiae, in aedibus Io. Bernardini Rastellij, 1574.4to (205 x 150 mm), half vellum with three raised bands spine, ff. [4], 164, [20].Woodcut headletters.Rare first edition of this founding work about the minors' contractual capability, their limit and skills. References: Reference: Not in Adams and British Library. CNCE 37863. Out of Italy, OCLC locates only 4 copies worldwide. Light brownings, but a good copy on strong paper.

[Law Dictionary] Calvin, Lexicon, 1622 NOT IN USA FUNDAMENTAL AND INDISPENSABLE LAW DICTIONARY OF CANON AND CIVIL LAWCOMPILED BY THE FOUNDER OF CALVINISMNO COPY OF THIS EDITION IN USACalvin, John (Kahl, Johann). Lexicon iuridicum iuris Caesarei simul, et canonici, feudalis item, ciuilis, criminalis, theoretici, ac practici […] auctum deinde, expolitum & emendatum, ex hactenus editis lucubrationibus Cuiacii, Brissonii, Donelli, Duareni, Gothofredi, Pacii, Vulteii, Goeddaei, item Corrasii, Fabri, Wesembec aliorumque virorum […] studio et opera Iohannis Caluini, alias Kahl, […] Hac autem editione ad censuram indicis expurgatorii fideliter editum. Coloniae (Colonia): Apud Franciscum Helvidium, 1622.Folio (cm 34 x 23); contemporary stiff vellum (traces of use, neat repairs at spine), vertically handwritten big letters title and decoration at five raised bands spine; pp. [12], 1047, [1]. Text in Latin, printed in two columns.Title-page in red and black types, with a large woodcut representing a crown with roses and lilies; engraved head and -tail pieces, engraved head-letters.Fundamental and still useful lexicon of Civil and Canon Law, first published in 1594, also including the lemmas of feudal and criminal law written by the founder of Calvinism.John Calvin (Johann Kahl, 1509–1564) was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530. In 1536 he published the first edition of his seminal work Institutes of the Christian Religion; then, he wrote commentaries on most books of the Bible, as well as theological and juridical treatises and confessional documents. Calvin's writing and preachings have spread throughout the world and provided the seeds for the branch of theology that bears his name. For the edition of this work, he received contributions from many other contemporary humanists, theologists and jurists, as mentioned in the title, like: Matthias van Wesenbeke (1531-1586), Johannes Goeddaeus (1555-1632), Jacques Godefroy (1587-1652), Barnabé Brisson (1531-1591), Hermann Vultejus (1565-1634), François Duaren, Jacques Cujas, Giulio Pace (1550-1635) e Hugues Doneau (1527-1591). References: ICCU\MILE\002331. OCLC: 633824683 (a copy located in the University Library LMU München, GE), 863457989 (a copy located in the University of Oxford, UK), 651256203 (a copy located in the Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico) and 43129488 (a copy located in the University of Pretoria, South Africa, but with "Coloniae" blacked out of imprint; "Geneuae" stamped above). No copy of this edition in USA. Usual brownings and foxing and occasional wormholes at the outer blank margin of some few leaves, not affecting the text. Overall, a good copy.

[Civil Law] Vitale, 1573 NOT IN USA RARE FIRST EDITION OF A COLLECTION OF CIVIL LAW LESSONSNOT IN USAVITALE, LODOVICO. Ludovici Vitalis Montisregalis Pedemont. civis, iur. in Taurinensi gymnasio interpretis. Lectionum variarum iuris ciuilis libri duo. Taurini, apud Franciscum Dulcem et Martinum Cravotum 1573. 8vo (147 x 101), ancient paperboards, pp. [16], 296, [24].Woodcut headletters.Scarce first edition of this collection of texts on civil law.References: OCLC locates only 1 copy worldwide public libraries (Spain). No copy in USA (where only two copies of the later 1597 edition are located) and only 2 in Italy (where the book was printed). . A very fine copy.

[Civil and Canon Law, Catalonia, Spain] Cancer, 1670 THE LAWS OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF CATALONIA[Catalan law, Lyon] Cancer, Jaime. Iacobi Cancerii, Domicelli Barbastr. I.V.D. Clarissimi, Variarum resolutionum iuris caesarei, pontificij, et municipalis principatus Cathalauniae, ab ipso authore, antequam evita emigraret, diligentissime recognitarum, et altero fere tanto auctarum, cura et desiderio D. D. Myr, Regiae Audientiae Doctoris eximij, Authoris generi in lucem emissarum; pars prima [-tertia]. Cum summariis hactenus maxime desideratu et indice rerum verborumque locupletissimo. Editio novissima aucta et a mendis expurgata. Lugduni (Lyon): sumptibus Laur. Arnanud, et Petri Borde, 1670. 3 parts bound in a volume in folio (cm 36 x 24), contemporary stiff vellum (light traces of use), handwritten title and decoration at five raised bands spine, pp. [8], 384 for the first part; 232, [60], [1, blank] for the second part; [4], 440, [76] for the third part. Text in Latin, in two columns.Half title: Iacobi Cancerii, I.V.D. Variae Resolvtiones Vtrivsqve Ivris.First and third part title-page in black and red types, with a large woodcut allegorical device with motto Virtus semina, fortunae geminat cum tempore; second part just with an half title. Engraved head and -tail pieces, engraved head-letters. Second enlarged edition of the Resolutions in the Principality of Catalonia in both Civil and Canon Law.Catalonia is the region of Barcellona and still comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona.It comprises most of the territory of the former Principality of Catalonia, with the remainder now part of France. Catalonia is bordered by France and Andorra to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the east, and the Spanish regions of Aragon and the Valencia Community to west and south respectively. Until 1716, Catalonia, as a principality of the Crown of Aragon, continued to retain its own Constitution and usages and laws, which gradually were adapted, till 1705, in the course of the transition from feudalism to a modern state, fueled by the kings' struggle to have more centralized territories. Over the next few centuries, the increasing centralization of power in Spain led to conflicts between Catalonia and the Spanish Crown. Jaime Cancer (1520-1592) was a Spanish jurist: he first published the Catalonia Resolutions in 1659. References: C. Beughem, Bibliographia Juridica et Politica, Amsterdam, 1680, p. 38. ICCU\MILE\005108. OCLC, 13826498 (locates complete copies in the Purdue University Library, West Lafayette and in the University of Wisconsin; other copies in UCLA, University of Kansas and HLS, but their vol. 3 has imprint: Lvgdvni, Sumptibus Lavrentii Arnavd, 1643). Usual brownings/foxing and occasional, negligible wormholes at the outer blank margin of some few leaves. Overall a very fine copy.

[Feudal Law] Caulet, De regalia, 1689 UNCOMMON TREATISES ON THE LAWS ON ROYAL DONATIONSFranc¸ois-E´tienne de Caulet. Tractatus generalis de Regalia in quatuor libris distributis.Nunc latino donatus et correctior editur, cum aliis opusculis ad eamdem materiam spectantibus. Anno domini 1689. 4to, (195 x 150 mm), contemporary stiff vellum, pp. [16], 570, [12]. Uncommon first latin edition, printed anonymously, of this rare feudal law work on king’s donations (regalia), originally published in french in 1681. It contains an appendix with a rich apparatus of sources on this topic. References: VD 17, 3:306254P. Graesse VI, 182; Barbier, A.A., Ouvrages anonymes, vol. 4, col. 1395. OCLC locates in USA only the copy at Berkeley University. Slightly foxed, but a fresh and crisp copy.

[Cicero, Aldine] Cicero, Ad Atticum, 1564 CICERO’S EPISTLES TO ATTICUS:THE INTIMATE LIFE OF THE MOST FAMOUS LAWYER OF THE ANTIQUITY Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quinctum fratrem cum correctionibus Pauli Manutij.. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1564.8vo, contemporary limp vellum with handwritten title at spine, ff. 387, [21]. Fine Aldine edition of Cicero’s «Letters to Atticus» and other friends, edited by Paolo Manuzio, Aldus’ first-born son.References: Renouard, 195.11. CNCE 12380. Light foxing at title-page and some other leaves, but a good copy, in its original limp vellum binding.

[Civil Law, Counsels] Cioffi, Consilia, 1583 NOT IN USA FIRST EDITION OF CIOFFI'S COUNSELSNOT IN USACIOFFI, ANTONIO. Consiliorum siue responsorum iuris Antonii Ciofii Florentinii iureconsulti clarissimi, et perillustris, in celeberrimo gymnasio Pisano olim interpretis summi, liber primus, atque secundus, nunc recens in lucem editus; opus et acumine, et varietate, et explicatione eruditissimum, omnibusque praesertim forum agentibus perutile, ac necessarium. Cum summariis, et indice locupletissimis.Venetiis, apud Bernardum Iuntam & socios, 1583. Two parts bound together in a volume in folio (355 x 245 mm), contemporary stiff vellum with calligraphic title at four raised bands spine, ff. [24], 184; 24, 98.Two title-pages with Giunti device, woodcut head-letters. Text in Roman type on two columns.First edition of Cioffi’s collection of «Counsels» on Civil Law.References: Out of Italy, OCLC locates only 6 copies worldwide (no copy in USA). CNCE 12566. Excellent and unsophisticated copy.

[Criminal Law, Praxis] Da Belviso, 1526 NOT IN USA SCARCE LYON EDITION OF BELVISO'S CRIMINAL PRAXISNOT IN USADE BELLOVISO, JACOPO. Practica iudiciaria Ja. de Bel. Visu. Solemnis & iudicibus omnibus: aduocatisque: & practicis cunctis nedu vtilis: immo praenecessaria Practica judiciaria in materijs criminalibus: ... cum additionibus celeberrimi domini Honorati Pugeti ... Ad unguem quoque per Celsum Hugonem dissutum Cabilonensem Burgundum. Impressa Lugduni: in calcographia Ioannis Crespin, 1526, die nona Januarij. (Lyon, Crespin, 9 January 1526).8vo, contemporary limp vellum, ff. [12], cxii.Attractive title-page printed in red and black, fine head-letters. Gothic type.Scarce Lyon edition of Belviso’s Guide of Criminal Law for judges and lawyers.Well educated and original jurist, Belviso studied in Bologna with prominent teachers like Francesco d'Accursio and Dino del Mugello; he moved to Naples where he remained from 1298 to 1303, as a teacher and carrying out many public assignment at the Angevin court. He came back to Bologna, where he got his doctorate, teaching there till 1309, when he became lecturer of Civil Law in Perugia. Beneath his literary production the Pratica, printed for the first time in Lyon in 1511 ranks high among all his works (even if Belviso paternity on this work has been put into question); this work had many reprints along the XVI century, and deeply influenced the later criminal doctrine. References: S. Caprioli, Belvisi, Iacopo, in DBI, VIII, Roma 1966, coll. 89-96; D. Maffei, Giuristi medievali e falsificazioni editoriali del primo Cinquecento. Iacopo di Belviso in Provenza?, Frankfurt am Main 1979 (Ius Commune, Sonderhefte, 10).OCLC locates only 4 copies worldwide (Not in USA), 4 in Italy (ICUU). Excellent copy.

[Inheritance Law] De Luca, 1683 NOT IN USA A SUMMARY OF ALL THE SPECIAL KINDS OF TESTAMENTSNO COPY IN USADE LUCA, CARLO ANTONIO. Tractatus de pluralitate hominis legali, et vnitate plurium formali. Agens de testamento militis, feudatarij, episcopi, ad pias causas, inter liberos ... Authore d. Carolo Antonio De Luca Melphitens. Neap[oli], apud Franciscum Mollo: expensis Francisci Massari, ac Dominici Antonij Parrino, 1683.Folio (300 x 195 mm), modern half vellum on colored paperboards, gilt-lettered title at spine, pp. [24], 270, [18].Title-page in red and black with coat of arms of Carlo Antonio Spinelli, to whom the work is devoted.Renowned summary of the knowledge of the time in the field of inheritance law, with an emphasis on testamentary laws.The Tractatus de pluralitate hominis legali is a thorough examination of all the special forms of last wills: testaments of military people, of high-ranking clerics, provisions ad pias causas, testaments between brothers. This work of compilation, found in a bureaucratized environment as the Kingdom of Naples in the late seventeenth century, his ideal ground diffusion. The works of the De Luca were in fact very required by forensic class and every edition had a huge publishing success.Born in Puglia, Carlo Antonio De Luca studied canon law without achieving the doctorate. He began, however, the legal profession, first in their native land, then in Naples, where he published most of his works. Prolific writer, he worked to the reprint of works by celebrated Neapolitan jurists of the past (De Franchis, De Marinis, Capecelatro), especially to the writings of Stephanus Grazianus, whose he did reprint the monumental Disceptationes forenses. References: Out of Italy, OCLC locates 4 copies worldwide (no copy in USA). P. L. Rovito, Respublica dei togati. Giuristi e società nella Napoli del Seicento, I, Le garanzie giuridiche, Napoli 1981, pp. 167 n. 211, 251 no. 59. Fine and crisp copy.

[Roman Law, Sources] De Martini, Historia Iuris, 1770 UNCOMMON EDITION OF THE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN LAW PRINTED IN VIENNAONLY A COPY IN ICCUONLY TWO COPIES IN USADe Martini, Carlo Antonio. Ordo historiae iuris civilis in usum auditorii vulgatus. Editio tertia. Viennae, Typis Ioan. Thom. Nob. De Trattnern, Sac. Caes. Reg. Aulae Typogr. et Bibliop., 1770. 8vo (194x127 mm), blue stiff paper board, sepia ink handwritten titles on paper label at spine, pp. [20], 270, [18]. Xylographic headpieces at first leaves. Scarce edition printed in Vienna of the history of the Roman Law, starting from the first practices to the Corpus Iuris Civilis Iustiniani. Martini starts describing the law that ruled Rome before and during the king age. Then the treatise follows with the analysis of the legal development in the republican period, with Caesar and in the imperial age. He took as reference Adrian, Constantine an Justinian, with his Codex, that deeply influenced the development of law since nowadays.Carlo Antonio De Martini (1726-1800) studied at the Innsbruk University and then in Vienna, where he got a degree in utroque iure and made his living privately teaching law and Italian. Appointed advisor and tutor of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, Martini was preceptor of the Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Tuscany, the future Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor. He was the president of the Empire highest justice court, developed the justice regulations in Lombardy, reformed the Austrian Criminal Code and presented a project to reform the Civil code that was applied in western Galicia. Reference:ICCU locates only one copy in Italian public libraries. OCLC locates only two copies in USA of this edition, at Harvard Law School Library and at Indiana University, School of Law Library. Light foxing and ink oxidation, but overall a good copy.

[Civil Law, Pandects] Degli Ubaldi 1519 ONE COPY KNOWN EXCESSIVELY SCARCE EDITION OF BALDO’S COMMENTARY ON JUSTINAN’S PANDECTSONLY A COPY RECORDED IN WORLDWIDE PUBLIC LIBRARIES1. DEGLI UBALDI, BALDO. D. BALDI DE PERVSIO. J. U. D. Claris. Lectura Sup(er) i. et ii. Infort(iatum) cu(m) eiusde(m) d. Bal. Add. Cu(m)q(ue) utilissimus trac de pac. Et de consti. Antea no(n) impressis. Necnon cum additionibus d(omi)ni Benedicti de vadis forosempronien(sis). Jur. Utriusq(ue) Doc. Ac etiam cum summarijs et concordantijs D(omi)ni Joannis Thyery. Lingonen(sis). Juris utriusq(ue) docto. Nouissime vero fideliter revisa et emendata. Et cum suo alphabetico copiosissimoq(ue) Repertorio summa diligentia et vigilanti studio Impressa. [at colophon:] Venetiis: impressa expensis Jo. Bartholomei de gabiano civis Asten(sis) Cura et diligentia Philippi pincij Mantuano impressa, mense Junij MCCCCC XIX [Venice: Filippo Pinzi for Bartolomeo de Gabiano, June 1519].[bound with:] 2. DEGLI UBALDI, BALDO. D. BALDI DE PERVSIO. J. U. D. Claris. Lectura Sup(er) ff. Nouo. cu(m) eiusde(m) d. Bal. Add. Cu(m)q(ue) utilissimus trac de pac. Et de consti. Antea no(n) impressis. […] [at colophon:] Venetiis: a Philippo Pincio Mantuano impressa, die quinto martii MCCCCC XIX [Venice: Filippo Pinzi for Bartolomeo de Gabiano, June 1519].2 volumes bound together in-folio, near contemporary stiff vellum (spine restored), ff. [48], CLXI, [1, blank] for the first volume and ff. XLIII for the second one.Title-pages printed in red and black, woodcut headletters. Each volume contains a large woodcut illustrating Justinian among his counselors.Exceedingly rare (almost a ghost) and sumptuous edition of Baldo’s commentary on Justinian’s Infortiatum (also called «Pandects») and on Digestus Novus.This edition contains the annotations of the Italian lawyer Benedetto Vadi (Fossombrone, 16th century) and the French jurist Jean Thierry (Langres, fl. 1517-1531).The Infortiatum was the name given to the rediscovered part of Justinian’s Digest (or Pandects). This part, which commences with the third title of the twenty-fourth book, and ends with the thirty-eight book, was thus called because it was the middle part, which, it was said, was supported and ‘fortified’ («infortiatum») by the two others. It treats of divorce, tutela, testaments, heritages, successions, substitutions and other important matters.Provenance: Nobiliary ring stamp (not identified) at first title-page.References: Both ICCU and CNCE 27388 locate only a copy in Italy (where the book was printed) at Biblioteca Diocesana in Ivrea. OCLC locates no other copies in worldwide public libraries. Minor traces of use, but a very good copy printed on extra-strong paper.

[Inheritance Law] Della Valle, 1573 FIRST EDITION OF AN IMPORTANT TREATISE OF HEREDITARY LAWDELLA VALLE, ROLANDO. Tractatus non minus vtilissimus quam necessarius de inuentarij confectione. Rolandi a Valle i.v.d. excellentissimi, patricijque Casalensis & senatus Montisferrati praesidis meritissimi. Nunc primum ad communem omnium utilitatem cum summarijs et locupletissimo omnium rerum notabilium repertorio in lucem editus. Venetiis: ex officina Ioan. Bapt. Somaschi, 1573 [at colophon: Venetiis ,apud Iacobum Antonium Somaschum, et Iulium fratres, 1572]. 8vo (15 x 10 cm), contemporary limp vellum with handwritten title at spine, traces of ties, ff. [40], 235, [1].First edition of this important treatise of hereditary law.Reference: OCLC locates 7 copies worldwide and 9 copies in Italy (ICUU). A very fine and crisp copy, with good margins.

[Criminal Law, Homicide] De Marsigli, 1531 DE MARSIGLI, IPPOLITO. Avogadra. Solennis et pene diuina utriusque iuris doctoris ac interpretis profundissimi domini Hippolyti de Marsiliis Bononiensis Lectura super titu. C. ad .l. corne. de sicca. Cum additionibus per eundem autorem nouiter in lucem ... editis. Lugduni,per Ioannem Dauid alias la Mouche, 1531 die 27 Ianuarij (Lyon, La Mouche, 27 January 1531).8vo (175 x 118 mm), ancient paperboards, ff. xlvij, [1]. Architectural title-page. Gothic type. First and enlarged pocket size edition of a scarce monograph about thomicide’s legal regulations. Ippolito de’ Marsili was one the most celebrated criminalist of the late Middle Ages and the first lawyer of the history to obtain a teaching chair in criminal law, in 1509 at University of Bologna.All his works are hard to find in the antiquarian market.Provenance: Profusely annotated by a contemporary hand.References: OCLC 181359162. Not in Baudrier. A very fine and crisp copy.

[Civil Law, Guarantees] De Marsigli, Rangona, 1531 THE GUARANTEES IN CIVIL LAWNOT IN USADE MARSIGLI, IPPOLITO. Rangona. Solennis et pene diuina vtriusque iuris doctoris ac interpretis profundissimi domini Hippolyti de Marsilijs Bononiensis Repetitio rubrice .ff. de fideiussoribus. Cum additionibus per eundem auctorem nouiter in lucem ... editis. Vna cum summarijs nouissime compositis. Et cum repertorio. Imprimebat Lugduni, Ioannes dauid alias la mouche, 1531 die xj Ianuarij (Lyon, La Mouche, 11 Juanuary 1531).8vo (176 x 120 mm), ancient vellum, ff. lvj.Architectural title-page with woodcut device (Silvestre 1040). Gothic type. Scarce first enlarged pocket size edition of this commentary on De Fideiussoribus contained in Justinan's Digest, about personal guarantees in civil law. The work is interesting, since it also contains a severe and serious censure to the judges’ behaviour in civil and criminal courts.References: OCLC locates 3 copies in worldwide public libraries (France, Italy and Spain), none in USA. A very fine copy.

[Law Dictionary] De Milis, 1543 A CELEBRATED LAW DICTIONARY IN THE MIDDLE AGESDE MILIS, NICOLO'. Repertorium do. Nic. de Milis. Repertorium admodum solenne (quod merito opus singularium dictorum appellant) do. Nicolai de Milis iurium interpretis clarissimi: cum apostillis antea positis. Nuperrime notandis auctum summarijs, nouoque preposito indice, sententias speciales elementari serie continente: quamplurimis etiam vltra singularia & notabilia Lud. Romani Mathesillani, & omnium modernorum, per Henricum ferrandat Niuernensem. Impressum in inclita ciuitate Lugduni opera Ioannis Flaiollet ..impensis Iacobi Giunta, 1543 (Lyon: Giunti, 1543). 8vo, contemporary limp vellum, traces of ties, ff. [16], 396.Woodcut title-page printed in red and black, woodcut head-letters, woodcut Giuntine device at end. Text in Gothic type. Rare Giuntine edition of Repertorium, one of the most celebrated law dictionaries in the middle ages.Doctor in both, civil and canon, law, attorney for a long time in Rome, Nicolò de Milis wrote this renowned dictionary that was printed for the first time in Rome from Ulrich Hahn in the early seventies of the fifteenth century, the Repertorium had , already in the fifteenth century, numerous reprints, to which followed, in the next century, at least seven editions, from 1504 to 1581. Intended primarily for practical use, the volume is, in this beautiful 16th century handy French edition, enriched by numerous notabilia of renowned lawyers as Mattheus Mattesilani and Henricus Ferrandat, editors of this edition. and other doctores moderni. Despite its large circulation in earlier times, however, the treaty is now, for some time, on the antiquarian market, remarkably rare. Provenance: Not identified annotations by a contemporary hand.References: OCLC locates 3 copies in worldwide public libraries, 1 in USA (at The George Washington University Law Library, Jacob Burns Law Library). Occasional light foxing, but a good copy.

[Canon Law, Decisions] Dunozeti, 1668 RARE COLLECTION OF ROMAN ROTA «DECISIONES»DUNOZETI, AMATO. Mellifluae Decisiones Bo: Mem: R.mi P.D. Amati Dunozeti Sacrae Rotae Romanae Decani celeberrimi. Ex originalibus depromptae, suis necessarijs fulcitae, triplicique Indice Argumentorum, Decisionum, & materiarum Apostolicae, materiarum instructae. Pars Secunda [...]. Romae, Ex Typographia Reverendae Camerae, 1668. One volume (out of two), folio (334x218 mm), full vellum binding with handwritten title and decoration at spine, pp. [20], 499, [1, blank], [252, last two blank]. Xylographic Coat of Arms of cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, whom the work has been dedicated, at title page, printed in red and black. Xylographic head letters and decorations, text on two columns. First Edition, contemporary to the Venetian edition of the same year, of second volume (complete in itself) of Dunozeti’s Decisiones, dean of the Roman Holy Rota. The work is a collection of sentences, that according to custom, acquire the value of law. Each case is detailed in the argumentum, the summarium clarifies the development of the law suite while the decision explains with detailed quotes of the source of the law, the opinions of the magistrate and the conclusions of the trial. Provenance: sepia ink handwritten note Dom. Prof. Rom. S.I. Bibl. Comm. Normali at top margin of title page. References: Fontana, pars I, col. 300. Not in Sapori that doesn’t mention any work from Dunozeti. ICCU, IT\ICCU\NAPE\012700. OCLC 682455131. Usual foxing, but honest copy.

[Catalonia Laws, Spain] Fontanella, 1690 NOT IN USA EXCESSIVELY RARE EDITION OF FONTANELLA'S WORK ON THE LAWS OF CATALONIANO COPIES IN USAFontanella, Juan Pedro. Decisiones Sacri Regii Senatus Cathaloniae, Tomus Secundus, Sacro Principatus Cathaloniae Senatui dicatus. Opus magistratibus, advocatis, caeterisque in utroque Foro versantibus nonsolùm utile, sed & necessarium. Cum Summariis & Indicibus Argumentorum, Materiarum, vel RerumNotabilium locupletissimis. Editio novissima caeteris correctior. Genevae, Sumptibus Leonardi Chouët,& Socij, 1690.Folio (355x215 mm), full stiff vellum binding, handwritten titles at second section of 5 raised bands spine, ff. [10], pp. [621], [1], ff. [41, last blank]. Printer device with crowned Salamander surrounded by flames at titlepage, xylographic decorations and headletters at first leaves, text on two columns. Second volume of Fontanella's important collection of the Decisiones of the Senate of Catalonia.The present volume collects the sentences from number 301 to 600, each organized by subject, with the list of the facts, the final decision at the end of the litigation and the laws to support the magistrates decision.Juan Pedro Fontanella (Girona, 1576-Barcelona 1680) was a Catalan jurist that lived more that hundred years. Beside the present work, he compiled a famous treatise on Marriage Law, De Pactis Nuptialibus (1612). References: Only one copy in Italian public libraries, at Labronica-Guerrazzidi Library, Livorno (ICCU, IT\ICCU\LIAE\025449). Scratches to lower margin of front board, some oxidations at various leaves. A good copy.

[Canon Law] Gregory XV, about 1628, 2 COPIES IN USA VERY SCARCE COLLECTION OF GREGORY XV'S PAPAL BULLS AND DECREESINCLUDING THE BULL DEALING WITH THE ELECTION OF THE POPE[Papal Bulls] Gregory XV. Bullae et Decreta Recentiora. (Romae: ex typographia rever. camerae apostolicae; about 1634).4to (203x151 mm), contemporary vellum binding, handwritten spine title in brown ink, ff. [4], pp. 298, f. [1, blank].Some woodcut initials and decorations.Woodcut illustrations representing the cards used for the secret ballot for the election of the Pontiff.Very scarce first edition of the papal bulls and decrees by Gregory XV and Urbanus VIII, promulgated between 1621 and 1628.The pontificate of Gregorius XV, namely Alessandro Ludovisi (Boulogne 1554-Rome 1623) had been characterized by the reformer aim of the pope and his attempt to reduce the interference of the catholic monarchs into the choice of new popes. Some of his measures gathered into this collection had become renowned: the Inscrutabili Divinae Providentiae bull of 1622, by which the congregation of the Propaganda Fide was founded in order to spread the catholic religion; a bull of the very same year that prohibited the emission of licenses allowing the reading of the Bible in vernacular, then considered a mortal sin; the Sanctissimus bull of 1632 by which the thesis rejecting Holy Mary’s immaculate conception had been prohibited, even if not condemned.Pope Urbanus VIII (Maffeo Barberini; Florence 1568-Rome 1644) became famous for his art’s sake more than due to his political skill. During the 30 Years War, he backed Richelieu’s France and squandered the Vatican funds in nepotistic donations and magnificent architectural works. He is known as Poussin and Lorrain patron, as well as for his request of a canopy for the altar of Saint Peter’s Cathedral, then realized by Lorenzo Bernini. During his pontificate, moreover, the famous process against Galileo Galilei took place.Provenance: Handwritten note to title-page Collegij Urbevetani Soc.is Iesu.References: ICCU quotes two editions with different foliation, both printed anonymously and only with this simple half-title. OCLC 82916239 locates only 2 copies in USA, at Harvard Law Libray and at Berkeley Law Library: «It contains documents from pontificates of Paul V, Gregory XV and Urban VIII issued between 1617-1630». Minor traces of use; overall a very good copy.

[Churches Agreement] Hottinger 1661 2 COPIES IN USA THE POLEMIC ON THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN WESTERN AND EASTERN CHURCHESPARALLEL TEXT IN GREEK AND LATINHottingerus, Ioannes Henricus-Allacci Leone. Fraudis, & imposturæ manifestæ convictus a Leone Allatio. Romæ, Typis Sac. Congreg. de Propaganda Fide, 1661.8vo, contemporary limp vellum with handwritten title at spine. Woodcut headletters, pp. [16], 600, [16] .Text in Latin (chiefly) and Greek.Rare first edition of Hottinger’s polemic against Leo Allatius, regarding the reunion of the Western and Eastern Churches.The work is present in this collection for all the legal aspects of canon law involved in the matter.Leo Allatius, also know with the name Leone Allacci (c. 1586 – 1669) (Greek: Λέων Αλλάτιος) was a Greek scholar, theologian and keeper of the Vatican library. Allatius was a natural apologist for the Eastern communions in Eastern Europe, convinced as he was in himself that in the acts of union neither reasons of faith nor of doctrine were fundamental to the succession of the bishops, only a transfer of jurisdictions, and he seems really to have believed that the “Latin faith” and the “Greek faith” were identical and that under "Roman obedience" they could still be Orthodox. So he argued in his contribution to the mid-17th century Uniate pamphlet De Ecclesiae occidentalis atque orientalis perpetua consensione («The Western and Eastern Churches in perpetual Agreement») printed in 1668. Such notions led to the final stipulations that the Eastern Churches were not to be merged with the Catholic Church but would retain their own hierarchical independence and traditional rituals.Johann Heinrich Hottinger (1620–1667) was a Swiss philologist and theologian. He gained such a reputation as an Oriental scholar that the Elector of the Palatinate in 1655 appointed him professor of Oriental languages and biblical criticism at the University of Heidelberg. References: OCLC 46690612 locates the copies at Berkeley Law Library and University of Notre Dame. A very fine and unsophisticated copy.

[Law Counsels, One copy in USA] Beccio, Consilia, 1610 IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS OF LEGAL «COUNSELS» ON VARIOUS TOPICSONE COPY IN USABeccio, Francesco. Consiliorum sive Responsorum D. Francisci Becii casalensis, I.C. praestantissimi et senatoris Montisferrati. Liber Secundus. Nunc Primum in lucem editus. In quo Praecipuae iuris controversiae, ut sunt Decimarum, Iurispatronatus, feudorum, Legitimationum, Testamentorum, Fidecommissorum, Obligationum, Contractuum, &c. [...]. Venetiis, Apud Ioannem Guerilium, & Io. Ant. Finatium, 1610.Folio (346x242 mm), contemporary stiff vellum (first cover worn), four raised bands with handwritten title at spine, pp. [82], 706, [2].Title page in red and black, woodcut head- and tail pieces. Dedicatory letter to Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. Extremely scarce first edition of the second volume of Beccio’s «Consilia», an important collection of legal opinions on various topics (taxes, feuds, contracts, testaments etc), published some years later after the first volume. References: Fontana, pars I, col. 79. Not in Sapori (Biblioteca del Senato), Antichi testi giuridici dell’Istituto di Storia del Diritto Italiano, who quotes only the first volume (I, 243). «Opus rarum» (Bonfanti, Jus 1993). Only two copies in worldwide public libraries: OCLC 21290933 locates only the copy of the Library of Congress and another copy in Spain. A clean and crisp copy, printed on superb paper.

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