SCARCE SECOND EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT TREATISE ON SET-OFF AND COUNTERCLAIM

Bersani, Bartolomeo.Tractatus de compensationibus: in quo omnia ferme dubia, quae circa hanc quotidianam materiam occurrunt diligenti studio enucleantur.Venetiis: Ex typographia Balleonii, 1717.

Folio, contemporary stiff vellum with paperboards spine, paper label and handwritten title, pp. [8], 117, [30] .
Woodcut headletters, woodcut head and tail pieces.

Rare second edition, printed in Venice, of this important treatise on Set off & counterclaim.

In law, a set-off is an equitable defence to the whole or to a portion of a plaintiff's claim. A setoff is the right of a creditor to balance mutual debts with a debtor. In bookkeeping terms, setoffs are also known as reconciliations. To determine a setoff, simply subtract the smaller debt from the larger. Any balance remaining due either of the parties is still owed, but the remainder of the mutual debts has been set off.

The work also contains a catalogue with all the authors that previously wrote on this topic.

Bartolomeo Bersani (or Bersano) was born in Novara (Piedmont) and was lawyer in Milan. He also published a treatise on the rights of widows (1692).

References: L. A. Cotta, Museo Novarese, Milano, 1701, p. 76, no. 222. OCLC 21741906 locates only two copies of this second edition, at Library of Congress and Columbia University Law School, Diamond Law Library.Not present on the market for many years.

A good copy.