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CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS... Cum Notis Integris... Dionysii Gothofredi, JC... Opera & Studio Simonis Van Leewen.. by Justinianus I, Emperor - 1663

by Justinianus I, Emperor

CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS... Cum Notis Integris... Dionysii Gothofredi, JC... Opera & Studio Simonis Van Leewen.. by Justinianus I, Emperor - 1663

CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS... Cum Notis Integris... Dionysii Gothofredi, JC... Opera & Studio Simonis Van Leewen..

by Justinianus I, Emperor

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Amsterdam: Joannem Blaeu. Ludovicum & Danielum Elzevirios and Franciscus Hackium, 1663. Lg. Folio (15-1/8" tall). 2 volumes (4 parts) bound in 1 thick volume. (20),796;(12),388;(12),300;92,(40)pp. Indices. Double column text, with extensive commentary. The third part in Greek & Latin. Added engraved title. 19th century calf, neatly rebacked, with the ornately gilt spine laid down. With the gilt arms of the King James VI Academy, Edinburgh, on both covers. A.e.g. One of the great scholarly editions of this important text, the chief legal reference of the Roman Empire. It is also a major landmark of 17th century printing. Goldsmid in his bibliography of the Elzevir Press, referring to the collaboration of Elzevir, Blaeu and Hackius, states, "It is perhaps the finest work issued by the Amsterdam presses." See Willems #1299. Goldsmid #1140. This copy sold at auction in 1990 for 1,000 British pounds.
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  • Publisher Joannem Blaeu. Ludovicum & Danielum Elzevirios and Franciscus Hackium
  • Place of Publication Amsterdam
  • Date Published 1663
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Codex. Codicis d[omi]ni Justiani sacratissimi principis libri novem...Paris, Yolande Bonhomme for Jean Petit, 1538. 4to. With the woodcut printer's device of Thielman Kerver on the title-page, one full-page woodcut illustration, a near full-page woodcut illustration of emperor Justinian I, and numerous woodcut initials throughout. The title-page and text are printed in red and black. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin, with the manuscript title on the spine and the front board.

by JUSTINIANUS I, Emperor and Jean CHAPPUIS (editor)

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[40], CCCCCCCIIII, ll.Very rare edition of the Code of Justinian, printed by Yolande Bonhomme (active ca. 1497-1557). It was likely the first time this text was printed by a female printer, as we have not been able to find an earlier edition printed by a woman. This edition by Bonhomme has never been on the market before, is only available in a few libraries and is not mentioned in several of the most important relevant reference works.Bonhomme was the daughter of bookseller and printer Pasquier Bonhomme (active 1451-1501) and the wife of printer Thielman Kerver (active ca. 1497-1522). Women in France were not allowed to start their own printing business, but they could take over their husband's company after his death. When Kerver passed away in 1522, Bonhomme continued the business under her own name and remained in charge for 35 years. She was one of the most successful female printers of her time and is the first woman known to have printed the Bible (1526).This edition by Bonhomme is heavily… Read More
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