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Giuridica - Giustiniano I [Imperatore Bizantino]

Corpus juris civilis. Digestum vetus., 1489

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€ 700 - 900

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€ 4.248

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Information

Venice, Raynald von Nimwegen, 14 November 1489. In 2nd. Incipit in red ink, text in two columns with commentary on the side, printer's mark on paper S6v, small woodworm work on the internal margin of the first installments, traces of humidity, some rare marginal foxing, last white paper slightly worn, binding from a later period in half parchment with corners and marbled paper, title in gold within a gusset on the spine.

Specialist Notes

Extremely rare. Responses and questions of Roman law, the so-called Justinian Digest, composed of 50 books composed of fragments of texts by Roman jurists and created by order of Justinian I on 16 December 533.