Description: For sale: Emperor JUSTINIAN: "NOVELLAE CONSTITUTIONES", 1558 Title in Latin: AUTOKRATORON, IOUSTINIANOU, IOUSTINOU, LEONTOS NEARAI DIATAXEIS; IOUSTINIANOU EDIKTA. IMPP. IUSTINIANI, IUSTINI, LEONIS NOUELLAE CONSTITUTIONES. IUSTINIANI EDICTA. [Geneva]: Exudebat Henricus Stephanus Huldrici Fuggeri typographus [Henri Estienne], 1558 This edition was edited by Henry Scrimger, a Scottish law professor in Geneva, and printed by the important French printer HENRI ESTIENNE. PROVENANACE: There is the signature of JACQUES LESCHASSIER (1550 -1625) a French writer and Jurist, Lawyer at the Parliament of Paris. In 1605, he intervened on behalf of the Republic of Venice in a dispute with Pope Paul V. His argument, which was highly appreciated, earned him great fame. Gilt-stamped leather boards, re-backed in stamped calf with raised bands and gilt-titled black morocco label, with fresh endpapers. Folio; Title page in Greek and Latin, main text in Greek. With Estienne device on title page, occasional printed marginalia, and decorated initials. A VERY SCARCE BOOK. Hardly seen in auctions.
Price: 3500 USD
Location: TIRAT CARMEL, ISRAEL
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Historical Period: Byzantine (300-1400 AD)
Year: 1558
Era: Ancient
