De Laudimiis Tractatus Auctorum, Qui Hactenus in ea Commentarios..

1629. Turin, 1629.. Turin, 1629. Uncommon Collection of Legal Tracts Solsona, Francisco de, Editor. De Laudimiis Tractatus Auctorum, Qui Hactenus in ea Commentarios Conscripserunt, Nova hac Editione, Non Solum Mendis Expurgati, Et Politioribus Redditi Caracteribus, Sed Etiam Utilibus Notis Exornati, Et de Manuscriptis Principue Francisci Solsonae Nitori Pristino Restituti; Praemissa Suerunt Capitibus, Quae Antea Desiderabantur Summaria, Tumq: Subiectae ad Unamquamq; Amaedei Quaest. Elaboratae Car. Ant. Blancardi Adnotationes. His Accesserunt Indices Opportuni Quaestionum, Et Rerum Memorabilium. Quibus Singula Facile ad Materiam Attinentia Reperientur. Turin: Apud H.H. Io. Dominici Tarini, 1629. [xii] pp., 288 ff., [48] pp. Folio (14" x 9"). Contemporary vellum, gilt titles on colored background to spine. Light shelfwear, some soiling and spotting to spine, boards slightly bowed, partial crack between front free endpaper and title page. Title page in red and black with large copperplate printer device, woodcut head-piece, tail-piece and decorated initials. Wear, small chips and minor worming to margins of some leaves with no loss to text, occasional faint dampstaining to foot of text block. Light foxing and toning in places. A nice copy of an uncommon title. $500. * Later edition. This is a collection of tracts on canon, Roman, civil and other legal topics by Amadeus de Ponte, Antonio Faber, Bertrand Argentreus, Camillo Borello, Carlo Antonio Blancardo, Solsona, Hartmann Pistor and Maurice Bourgeois. This volume appears to have been compiled from Solsono's eighteen-volume Tractatus Universi Juris (1584-1585), an anthology of contemporary legal writings compiled under the direction of Pope Gregory XIII. OCLC locates 5 copies of this edition, 1 in North America (at UC-Berkeley Law School). Not in the British Museum Catalogue or other standard references, but the collation of this copy matches the copies located online. (Inventory #: 45654)