SECOND ENLARGED EDITION OF THIS FUNDAMENTAL TREATISE ON EVERY KIND OF CREDIT

Gaito, Giandomenico. Tractatus Absolutissimus De Credito ex libris, epistolis, cambiis, apocis, Instrumentis publicis, Obligationibus penes acta, omnique alia publica inter vivos scriptura, Pignore, & Hipothecis; In quatuor principaliora Capita distinctus [...] Et novissime multis, et curiosissimis additionibus et singularibus Decisionibus ditatum, cum particulari Indice ordinatis. Venetiis, Apud Iuntas, 1641.

Folio (307x210 mm), contemporary limp vellum with handwritten title at spine, traces of ancient handwriting words at boards, ff. [6], pp. 511, [1, printer device], ff. [54]. Title page red and black (lightly browned) with Giunti’s printer device, repeated at colophon. Fine xylographic headpieces and tailpieces.

Second augmented edition (first published in 1626) of this fundamental juridical-economical treatise, that analyses and deepens, through juridical doctrine, every kind of credit

A work of considerable modernity, also because Gaito tried to overcome the prejudices of his times, related to the earnings from money loan, that were considered, at discretion, usury and on which the ecclesiastical power put many limits that could end in excommunication.

Giandomenico Gaito (1626-1662) was an Italian jurist born in Forino, Basilicata. Graduated in utroque jure, he successfully was a lawyer in Naples earning the grade of auditor.

Provenance: I. Handwritten Ex-libris at title page (erased). II. Contemporary handwritten notes along the margins.

Bibliography: Sapori, I, 1289. OCLC, 797421252.

An ancient repair at the lower blank margin of title-page, some brownings: otherwise, a good copy.