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* Doris Clare Zinkeisen.[1898-1991]- A folio of forty costume designs, and a group of set designs:- many inscribed watercolours over pencil drawing each 38 x 28cm approximately *Provenance: Doris Zinkeisen Albert Court, London, circa 1930. Doris Zinkeisen Suffolk, 1968-1991. Thence by family descent.

*Edward Bawden, nine titles relating to or featuring his work, 'Traveller's Verse', 1946, Curwen Press, 'The Penguin Modern Painters', Edward Bawden, 'Gods of the People', 1947, John Westhouse, 'The Queen's Beasts', Newman Neame, London, 'The Twentieth Century', September 1958, 'Gulliver's Travels', Folio Society, 1966, 'Lady Filmy Fern', Hamish Hamilton, 1980, 'Edward Bawden 1903-1989 - A Centenary Celebration', Ken Spelman Rare Books, Catalogue Sixty (9) *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.

John Nichols, "The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester", volume I only, in two parts, London 1795 and 1815, some copied-in preliminary pages, engraved plates, folio, rebound half calf, (2).

John Harwood Hill, "The History of Market Harborough, Leicester 1875", together with "The History of the Parish of Langton, Leicester 1867", rebound, morocco spine, folio (2).

Victorian photograph album, James Valentine photograveurs, including many scenes of Oxford and East Anglia, half morocco, folio.

Thomas Hepplewhite, "The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Guide; Or, Repository of Designs for Every Article of Household Furniture in the Newest and Most Approved Taste...", third edition improved, London 1794, engraved plates, folio rebound calf.

Arthur W Coaten, "British Hunting, A Complete History [1909]", limited edition 267/500, half morocco folio and a companion volume, "British Sports and Sportsman, London 1912", limited edition 53/1000, morocco calf (2).

Francis Peck, "Academia Tertia Anglicana; Or, The Antiquarian Annals of Stanford in Lincoln, Rutland and Northampton Shires", London 1727, some losses compensated in freehand, folio calf, (old repairs).

A 20th century mahogany folding X-frame folio stand, H. 75cm.

After Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch 1606-1669- "The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate"; etching on wove, 53x41cm: Lawrence Gallery, A Series of Facsimiles of Original Drawings by M Angelo Buonarotti, selected from the Matchless Collection formed by Sir Thomas Lawrence, late President of the Royal Academy, London published by S and A Woodburn, 112 St Martin's Lane, 1853, folio, green cloth boards, 58x45.7cm: Giuseppe Bibiena, Architetture e Prospettive, dedicate alla Maestra di Carlo Sesto, Imperador de'Romani da Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, suo primo Ingegner teatrale ed Architetto, Inventore delle Medesime, Augusta, Sotto la Direzione di Andrera Pfeffel, Top of Form 1 Bottom of Form 1 1740, this edition publ 1964 by Gregg Press Limited, Farnborough: English School, early 19th century- Studies of Chinese pagodas; hand-coloured engravings, three, on wove with Whatman watermark 24x32cm: together with two further reproduction prints, (a lot) (unframed)

A boxed bound copy 'The Red Fairy Book' by the Folio Society.

A folio of sensitive pencil nude sketches.

A folio containing a continental watercolour signed Adr Bjorg 1888, a Baxter print 'Gems of the Great Exhibition No 2', a quantity of chromolithographs and sundry Baxter prints, framed (Qty).

A folio of largely late 18th/early 19th century unframed engravings, mezzotints and other items, together with an illustrated volume of the life and characters of Charles Dickens by Frederick Barnyard, a loom woven tapestry of figure before an inn and various pencil drawings/sketches, worthy of closer inspection.

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations; Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue, 4 vols, 8vo, gilt tooled blue cloth, published by W Clowes and Sons, London 1851; The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, The Industry of all Nations 1851, folio, half morocco, published by George Virtue, London 1851; The Illustrated London News, vol 18, Jan to June 1851, published by William Little, London 1851; and The International Exhibition of 1862, Official Illustrated Catalogue, 2 vols, 8vo, gilt tooled red cloth, published for Her Majesty's Commissioners, London 1862. (8)

Sir William Dugdale; The History of Imbanking and Draining of divers Fens and Marshes, both in Foreign Parts and in this Kingdom, second edition, folio, full calf, eleven complete maps, published by W Bowyer and J Nichols, London 1772.

CHARLES CROMBIE Some of the rules of golf, eight framed and glazed prints, 31cm x 25.5cm, together with a folio of Charles Crombie, Some of the rules of golf and a boxed board game Fore, The Golf Game, boxed

E J Grant, a portrait of two ladies seated on a rocky mound, drawing, 33 x 38.5 cm, unframed, two charcoal drawings, other pictures and prints in a folio

Various volumes, Folio Society (two boxes)

Various volumes, Folio Society (two boxes)

Various volumes, Folio Society (two boxes)

Various volumes, Folio Society (two boxes)

Various volumes, Folio Society (two boxes)

Various volumes, Folio Society (two boxes)

Various volumes, Folio Society (two boxes)

Various volumes, Folio Society

Various volumes on Literature including Folio Society

(Now moved from Lot 726) A Folio of Twenty-Eight Victorian Scottish Topographical Illustrations, by artists including William Mouncey (1851-1901), Ernest Albert Waterlow (1850-1919), William Stewart MacGeorge (1861-1931), Herbert Moxon Cook (1844-1928/29), James Paterson (1854-1932), Joseph Pennell (1858/60-1926) and others, comprising monochrome wash and pen and ink studies, variously sized, from approximately 15 x 21cms to 26 x 36cms.*It would appear from an inscription on the folio that these were prospective illustrations for Samuel Rutherford Crockett's "Kailyard Literature" publication, The Stickit Minister, 1893.

The Imperial Map of England and Wales, Fullarton & Co., 1868, large folio sized double page maps (4 miles:1" scale), drawn and engraved by John Bartholomew, some foxing and signs of wear but very attractive and highly detailed.

A pair of Persian painted folios in the 16th/17th style depicting interior scenes, signed, 21.5cm x 14cm and a larger Persian folio depicting a garden scene

Approximately forty small folio etched engravings, taken from 17th and 18th Century publications

J.M. Nattier - peintre de la cour de Louix 15 Pierre de Nolhac 1905 ornate blue leather binding with gilt design, folio French edition Ltd edition noted esc Blenheim Palace library, Churchill interest

A leather bound book 'The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer' 1721 by John Urry, printed by Bernard Lintot, London, having large folio throughout

Four boxes of miscellaneous literature including eleven volumes of 'Diary of Samuel Pepys' (folio edition); Dickens illustrated library edition 28 of 30 volumes plus

A folio containing an 18th century hand coloured map of the North Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire by J Cary, a black and white example of the South Part of the west Riding of Yorkshire and a quantity of historical research into family trees and areas of Yorkshire.

Pierre Pallut (1918-1999), A folio of lithographs, and two further, signed and framed.(3)

Kurt Badt (1890-1973), A folio of watercolours and lithographs, various sizes, all unframed.(folio)

A collection of books including Folio Society Works (9 volumes), etc

A modern folio containing a collection of Edwardian and other English topographical views, family portraits, royal visits to Bristol, etc

MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN "The Sorinam Album" L.E. published Folio Society 2006 Quarter Nigerian goatskin bond, 91 tipper in colour plates in clamshell box Good condition, nearly new

Twenty eight various Folio Society hardback books in original card sleeves.

Twenty five various Folio Society hardback books in original card sleeves together with two Folio Society volumes of Fairy Tales by Grimm & Perrault together with a set of four Wilkie Collins novels, published by Folio Society in four volume green sleeve set including The Woman in White.

FRITZ HANSEN CATALOGUE. A folio of furniture designs by Fritz Hansen.

After H Lebourgeois, Emile Zola caricatures, sixteen colour lithographs, together with a similar group of the second series, with hard folio covers, (32)

Shmuel Shapiro, American 1924-1983- "Tor des Todes" 1966, the complete suite of ten; lithographs, ten, each signed and dated 1966 in pencil, ea. stamped 'Curwen Studio Proof' on papers reverse, ea. 80x57cm, (10) (unframed) (lacking folio)

Elke Lixfeld, German b.1942- "Elementarzeichen"; oil, gouache, spray paint and mixed technique on paper, signed, inscribed Berlin and dated 86, 120x100cm: together with two other mixed media works on paper by the same hand, one entitled "Zyklus Deutschlandreise September in Berlin", signed inscribed Berlin and dated 1988, 98x119cm and one other untitled, signed and inscribed, 119x100cm., (3) (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Note: A folio of reproduction prints of the artist's works accompanies this lot, signed and dated Mai 1990 on recto.

The Edinburgh Folio, the works of Shakespeare, pubd for Grant Richards by T & A Constable, edition 917/1000, 41 vols

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Roman Law] Schneidewein, Commentarij, 1666 OINOTOMOS' COMMENTARY ON JUSTINIANSchneidewein, Johann. In quatuor Institutionum Imperialium Iustiniani Imp. Libros, Commentarij. Nunc primum, tum iussu superiorum, tum ex eorum mente castigati, ac emendati prodeunt. [...] Venetiis, Apud Pezzana, 1666.Folio (337x235 mm), paper board binding, handwritten titles in italic at spine, visible joints, pp. [4], 608, [52, last blank]. Titlepage in red and black, nice printer device at titlepage representing a lily, xylographic headletters and decorations, text on two columns. The renowned Ioannes Oinotomos’ (Johann Shneidewein) commentary to the Justinian’s Institutiones , printed for the first time in 1573 and reissued about 80 times in two centuries. The text, realized following the teaching of the humanist Filippo Melantone (1497-1560), comments the Institutiones according the precepts of the German Law School of the Renaissance. Johann Shneidewein (1519-1568; in Hellenized form Oinotomos), was a famous German jurist, close to Martin Luther, that was his teacher in Wittenberg. He followed his guide all over his life, obtaining important academic and political positions at the German Protestant Electors. He considered a fake the Donation of Constantine and consequently illegitimate the Papal Temporal Power.References: ICCU\TO0E\021178 and also ICCU\RMSE\067578; OCLC 459112368 (4 copies in USA) . Fine copy, untrimmed and in its original paperboards.

[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.

[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 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.

[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.

[Canon Law, Ghost edition] De Butrio, 1534 NOT IN USA EXCESSIVELY SCARCE EDITION OF BUTRIO'S COUNSELS2 COPIES KNOWNDE BUTRIO, ANTONIO. Consilia domi. Antonii de Butrio. Famosissimi iuris consultorum principis, & domini do. Antonij de Butrio Bononiensis. Consilia perquam utilia: recenti ura & multo castigatius quam antea reimpressa, cum summarijs & repertorio. Quibus postpositum est unicum elegantissimumque consilium, ... Hieronymi de Tortis. Lugduni, Jacobus Iuncta, 1534.Large folio, ancient paperboards, ff. [2], 35, [1].Fine woodcut title-page into ornamental border, large woodcut Giuntine device, numerous woodcut head-letters. Text in Gothic type on two columns.Excessively scarce Lyon edition of this collection of «Counsels» of Canon Law.References: Apparently unknown to all reference books.OCLC locates only 1 copy worldwide (Oxford) and 1 copy in Italy (ICUU) Piacenza. A very fine and crisp copy, with wide margins.

[Roman Law] De Denariis, 1552 NOT IN USA RARE EDITION OF ODOFREDUS' COMMENTARY ON DIGESTNOT IN USADE DENARIIS, ODOFREDUS. Odoffredi ... In secundam Digesti veteris partem praelectiones (quae lecturae appellantur) cum breues, tum vtiles: epitomis, siue summarijs rerum praecipuarum capitibus praenotatae: mendis, quam maxima fieri potuit diligentia, dispunctis. Lugduni, excudebat Ioannes Pullon, alias de Trino, 1552 (Lyon, Pullon, 1552). In folio magno (420 x 290 mm), attractive vellum binding from a 15th century codex, ff. 192.Nice woodcut title page, title and large-size printer’s device printed in red and black and surrounded by a large ornamental frame, woodcut head-letters. Text in gothic, on two columns. Gorgeous and extremely rare edition of Odofredus’ commentary to the Digestum Vetus.Odofredus de Denariis, renowned law professor at Bologna University, was a seminal figure in the time of Ius Commune. His works traced the border between the Glossators and the “new season” of the Commentaries. All his legal treatises about Justinian “Digest” are of outmost rarity and almost unknown to the antiquarian market.References: Out of Italy, OCLC locates only 7 copies worldwide (no copy in USA). A very fine 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.

[Canon Law, Decisions] Balbus, 1573 NOT IN USA FINE GERMAN EDITION OF BALBUS' DECISIONS ON CANON LAWNO COPY IN USABALBUS, JOANNES LANFRANCUS. Decisionum Iaffredi Lanfranci Balbi, iurisconsulti clarissimi, insignisq́ue Cherianorum practici, centuriae quinq[ue], cum sextae fragmento: ex varijs doctorum commentarijs, iuxta receptiores eorundem sententias, accuratissimè congestae, & nunc recèns additionibus locupletatae. Causidicis, iuris studiosis, necnon omnibus in foro versantibus, causasq́ue forenses agitantibus, magno vsui futurae. Vna cum indice rerum atque materiarum copioso. Francofurti, ex Officina Typographica Nicolai Basseaei, Impensis Sygismundi Feierabend, 1573 (Frankfurt: Bassaeus for Feyrabend, 1573).Folio, later paperboards, pp. 87 [i.e. 83], [13] .Publisher’s device with motto «Pervigiles habeas oculos animumq[ue] sagacem si cupis ut celebristet tua fama loco» on title-page, repeated on leaf H5v.Main body of text printed in double columns.Tail-piece, initials, marginal notes.Fine German edition of Balbus’ Decisions on Canon Law.References: OCLC 48602858 locates only a copy in USA (University of California, Berkley Law Library) A very 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.