Lot n° 1144

DU TILLET, Jean Aurei venerandae antiquitatis libelli Salicam legem continentes (…) Item Leges Burgundionum, Alemannorum, Saxonum, Bauariorum, Ripuariorum (…). 1573 J. Du Puys, 16mo, old quarter leather (rubbed, recased), spine on 3 raised bands,...

Estimation : 150 / 250
Adjudication : 600 €
Description
red sp. edges, 6 parts: 127-[1], 95-[1], 70-[2], 15-[1], 119-[1], 56 pp. Good copy.
Extr. rare (2nd recorded copy?) re-issue of the “Libelli seu Decreta” (Paris1550) by Jean Du Tillet, bishop of St Brieuc, later Meaux – a survey of Frankish and Germanic law. These early legislations (the "Lex Salica") i.a. deal with trade, land ownership, inheritance, criminal and civil procedures and punishments. Each set of laws with separate title and pagination. Printed in italics. Capital spaces with guide-letters. Old presentation inscription on title. Mod. bookpl. 
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