1560 LAW BOOK Institutiones Iuris Civilis D. Iustiniani ANTIQUE 16c GIUNTA PRESS

Giustiniano I / Justinian I.

Institutiones Iuris Civilis D. Iustiniani
Imp. quam emendatissimae.
Cum annotationibus cum aliorum Iurisconsultorum, tum vero Sylvestri Aldobrandini ....
Cornelii annotationibus, nunc primum in lucem emissis.


Venetiis, in the workshop haeredum Lucæ Antonij Iuntae;1560

(Canteen Maio, as per colophon).


(52), 391 lvs. numbered + (104), 782 pp. (indexes and apparatus).


Venetian edition Giunta of 1560 of Justinian's Institutiones, founding text of Roman law and basis of European civil law.

This is the great Justinian compilation (part of the Corpus Iuris Civilis) which, together with the Digest, Codex and Novelle, has constituted the pillar of Western legal culture for centuries.
This edition is particularly edited and enriched by numerous annotations by important jurists of the sixteenth century, including Sylvester Aldobrandini (father of Pope Clement VIII) and Francesco Cornelio, with additions that greatly increase its doctrinal and philological value.

The work is illustrated with couple of woodcuts, and ornate woodcut initials and typographic friezes Giunta.

Rare edition:

the legal production of the Venetian Junta of the sixteenth century is highly sought after.

This one from 1560, with the annotations of Aldobrandini and Cornelio "nunc primum in lucem emissis", is uncommon on the market.

A fundamental text for the history of European law:
it has trained generations of jurists from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age.

 4 preliminary leaves are missing (a, a8, b, a4 – presumably including the title page), some leaves are detached.

Old cardboard binding with vellum spine

Size: 4 3/4 by 6 3/4 inches

Text in Latin

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