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JUSTINIAN I Institutiones... libri IIII, 2 vol., 1542; and 2 others, Canon Law in blindstamped pigskin bindings (4)
29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
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JUSTINIAN I
Institutiones... libri IIII, 2 vol., gothic letter, printed in red and black, large devices on title, large woodcut of Justinian with his spiritual and temporal princes (repeated in volume 2), genealogical tables, some defects including the loss of one leaf (2Ci) in volume 1 and significant loss to A3 in volume 2, final leaf of volume 2 repaired affecting letters, large fragments of two fifteenth century manuscript leaves (in Latin) used as binder's waste retained and mounted on stubs, contemporary French blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, rebacked, wanting clasps, folio (410 x 285mm.), Lyon, [Thomas Bertheau] for Hugo & haered. Aemonia a Porta, 1542--Digestum novum pandectarum iuris civilis, vol. 3 only, large woodcut device on title, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, stamped "E.M.H." with date "1566" on upper cover centred on a a portrait of Lucretia with sword, the lower a female allegorical figure of "Justice", lacks clasps, folio (345 x 230mm.), Paris, Merlin and Deshoys, 1566--[GREGORY III] Corpus juris canonici emendatum et notis illustratum. title printed in red and black, old vellum chapter tabs at fore-margins, small stain at fore-edge of title, a few single wormholes at end, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, lacks metal corner-pieces, soiled, 4to, Basel, Emanuels Konig & Sons, 1670 (4)
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Provenance: First title, Birmingham Law Society, bookplate.

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