JUSTINIAN I, Emperor of the East
£600
Auction: 1 February 2005 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Corpus juris civilis, pandectis ad florentinum archetypum expressis, institutionibus, codice et novellis ... cum optimis quibusque editionibus collatis, cum notis integris ... Dionysii Gothofredi, J.C., praeter Justiniani edicta, Leonis & aliorum imperatorum novellas, ac canones apostolorum, Graece & Latine, feudorum libros, leges XII tabul. & alios ad jus pertinentes tractatus ... huic editioni nove accesserunt Pauli receptae sententiae cum selectis notis J. Cujacii et sparsim ad universum corpus Antonii Anselmo ... observationes singulares ... opera & studio by C. Van Dalen Somonis van Leeuven ... 4 parts in 2 volumes, engraved titlepage and printed titlepages to vol. 1, text in two columns surrounded by scholia, contemporary red morocco, gilt and blind ruled border, spine decorated gilt in compartments, a.e.g., extremities rubbed, small repair to the lower margin of the engraved titlepage, folio, Amsterdam: apud Ioannem Blaeu, Ludovicum, & Danielem Elzevirios; Leyden: apud Franciscum Hackium, 1663 [2]
Note: Goldsmid p. 116 describing it as "the finest work issued by the Amsterdam presses"; Willems 1299