Il Diritto Privato Naturale

1818. Italian-Language Edition of a Standard Treatise Produced for Use in the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia Zeiller, Franz von [1751-1828]. Il Diritto Privato Naturale. Milan: A Spese di Gio. Battista Orcesi e Co., 1818. 135, [i.e. 235], [5] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine, speckled edges. Light rubbing to extremities, a few minor faint stains to boards, lower corner of title page mended. Brief contemporary annotations to a few leaves, interior otherwise fresh. $450. * First Italian edition. A translation of the second edition of Das Naturliche Privatrecht (Vienna, 1808), a treatise on Austrian civil law, which governed the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia [1815-1866]. Zeiller's was a standard work in Austria and Austrian-governed Italy, where it went through three editions by 1830. The Italian editions have notes by an unnamed editor. OCLC locates 1 copy of an Italian edition in North America (at the University of Alberta, which has the third). Not in the British Museum Catalogue.