Commentarius ad Institutionum Juris Civilis Libros IV, Brevis..

1653. Celebrated Commentary on the Institutes by a Distinguished Dutch Humanist Jurist, OCLC Locates No Copies of This Edition in North America Zoes, Hendrik [1571-1627]. Andreas, Valerius [1588-1655], Editor. Commentarius ad Institutionum Juris Civilis Libros IV. Brevis, Analyticus, Methodicus, Quaestionibus Controversis Passim Insertis: Cum Additionibus Perpetuis, Ex Jure Potissimum Consuetudinario Harum Vicinarumque Provinciarum, Auctore Valerio Andrea, Desselio. Louvain: Typis Hieronymi Nempaei, 1653. [xii], 758, [20] pp. Quarto (10" x 7-1/4"; 25 x 18 cm). Contemporary vellum with yapp-style fore-edges and later cloth ties, marbled paper pasted to boards, spine, with later lettering piece and later gilt owner (?) name (Desselio), colored to resemble calf, speckled edges. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, vellum beginning to crack through pastedowns, which have some minor worming, along with the hinges, later owner stamp of Xavier Tremblay to endleaves. Title page printed in red and black, Moderate toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, neat early underlining to a few leaves, some worming to pastedowns, library stamps to endleaves and a few other places. A very good copy of a scarce title. $750. * First edition. This is the first edition of the celebrated commentary on Justinian's Institutes by Hendrik Zoes, a preeminent Dutch humanist jurist and rector of the University of Louvain. Zoes was a central figure in the 17th-century legal landscape; his commentaries on the Code, Digest, and the Decretals of Gregory IX were staple texts in European legal education for decades. This edition is particularly notable for the "perpetual additions" by the editor, Valerius Andreas (Dessel), which integrate the jus commune with the customary laws (jure consuetudinario) of the Low Countries. This synthesis of Roman law and local practice highlights the practical application of Humanist jurisprudence in the early modern period. Tremblay [1971-2011] was a Sorbonne-educated French linguist renowned for his contributions to Iranian and Indo-European studies. He won two important prizes in his field during his brief life: the Figdor Prize and the Prix Emile Benveniste. All 17th-century editions of Zoes's Institutionum are scarce. OCLC locates no copies of this 1653 first ed.