Beschrijving
Leipzig (Lipsiae), Johannis Friderici Gleditschii, 1740, 4to., two large full leather bindings, with ribbed and gold tooled spines, beautiful blind tooling on the front and back of the bindings, with lovely marbled endpapers, Vol. I:[14]+64+1028 pp. Vol II: 792+[16] pp., the construction of the books is very good, the leather only has slight signs of wear along the edges and the hinges, many pages show browning and foxing, volume I has waterstains over a considerable set of pages, the bindings are beautiful and impressively large (32×24 cm). With an engraved portrait of Carolus VI (J.M. Bernigeroth del. et sc. Lipsiae 1740) to whom this edition is dedicated. The work consists of four parts in two bindings: Institutions, digesta, codex and novellae.
Justinian's ‘Corpus Juris Civilis’ is unquestionably the fundamental work on law and jurisprudence. These new laws were enacted following Justinian's reign (527-565), and, while credited to Justinian, were compiled by several other politicians and legal scholars.The Godefroy editions of this iconic work were influential in the law field well into the 20th-century. While Godefroy was known as a jurist, his fame came from his edition of the ‘Corpus’, which went through dozens of editions into the 18th-century. This large 1740 edition was dedicated to Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI whose portrait is inserted as frontispiece.
