THE CORNERSTONE OF EUROPEAN LAW: BARTOLO'S COLLECTED WORKS


1. Bartolo da Sassoferrato. In primam Digesti vet. partem commentaria iurisconsul. principis Bar. à Saxo ferrato [...] Necnon additioni. Petripauli Parisij . Venetiis, [al segno della Corona], 1557.
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2. Bartolo da Sassoferrato. In primam Infor. partem commentaria [...] Necnon additionibus Petripauli Parisij. Venetiis, [al segno della Corona], 1557.
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3. Bartolo da Sassoferrato. In secundam Infor. partem commentaria [...] Necnon additionibus Petripauli Parisij. Venetiis, [al segno della Corona], 1556.
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4. Bartolo da Sassoferrato. In primam Digesti novi partem commentaria iuriscons. principis Bar. a Saxo ferrato, in prima ff. Noui Partem [...] Necnon additioni. D. Petripauli Parisij . Venetiis, [al segno della Corona], 1557.
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5. Bartolo da Sassoferrato. In secundam Digesti novi partem commentaria iuriscons. principis Bar. a Saxo ferrato, in secunda ff. Noui Partem [...] Necnon additioni. D. Petripauli Parisij . Venetiis, [al segno della Corona], 1557.
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6. Bartolo da Sassoferrato. In primam Codicis partem commentaria [...] Necnon additionibus Petripauli Parisij . Venetiis, [all'insegna della Corona], 1557.
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7. Bartolo da Sassoferrato. In secundam Codicis partem commentaria [...] Necnon additionibus Petripauli Parisij. Venetiis, [all'insegna della Corona], 1557.
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8. Bartolo da Sassoferrato. Consilia quaestiones, et tractatus. Cum additionibus Bernardini Landriani . Venetiis, [al segno della Corona], 1557.
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9. Bartolo da Sassoferrato. Bartoli In tres libris Cdicis [ sic ] commentaria [...] Necnon additionibus Petri Pauli Parisij . [legato con:] Bartoli Commentaria super Authenticis [legato con:] Reperto. in lecturas Bartoli. Index, seu Repertorium singulare in lecturas [...] Venetiis, [al segno della Corona], 1557.

11 works (out of 12) bound in 9 volumes, folio (430x273 mm), modern paper boards on hand-colored paper with purple label and gilt titles at spine, handwritten titles in Gothic type at lower edge, cc. 242; 214; 210; 194; 284; 213; 150; 216, [18]; 68, 66, [162].

At title page the device ofCorona; printers names, thus the heirs of Lucantonio Giunta the elder, Gabriele Giolito De Ferrari, the heirs of Ottaviano Scoto the elder and Federico Torresano are obtained from the printer device inscribed in the border.

Scarce and sumptuous Venetian edition of the Opera Omnia by Bartolo da Sassoferrato, foundation of the european law.

The importance of his comments was kept in such a high rank to be considered comparable to Papiniano’s in the ancient world.

Missing the volume with the commentary to the second part of Digestum Vetus.

Bartolo da Sassoferrato (Sassoferrato, 1314-Perugia, 1357) was one of the most important European jurists in XIV century and he was a member of the law school called Commentatori. Despite his short life he left many works to comment the Roman Law, consultancies and treatise on specific law subjects; among the others the one on the right of the Act of Retaliation has been considered along the time as a foundation of the modern International Private Law. He was appointed Consiliarius by Emperor Charles IV.

Provenance : At title-pages, ownership signature Ludovici Bartoli handwritten in brown ink. Small restoration at last leaf of the Infortiatum; light marks of use and some light foxing: in general a fine copy printed on strong paper.

The last page of the «Infortiatum» was restored, otherwise very fine and almost complete set (except for the volume with the second part of Digestum Vetus) with just minor traces of use and usual foxing.