1642 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW RARE, Ed REPUBLIC ROMAN GERMAN JACOBO LAMPADIO/VELLUM BND

VERY RARE - SCARCE EARLY EDITION - FIRST ISSUE
RARE LIMITED EDITION of a CELEBRATED, IMPORTANT & UNCOMMON WORK
RARE EARLY WORK on CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IN THE ORIGINAL FULL VELLUM BINDING


TRACTUS DE CONSTITUTIONE
IMPERII REPUBLICA ROMANO GERMANICA
AUCTORE
JACOBO LAMPADIO


LEIDEN. LUGDUNI BATAVORUM: Published by ex Officina Ioannis Maire, MDCXLII. 1642 (Published date 1642). Rare Early edition. With the extra engraved title present along with the letterpress title, both are dated 1642. Uncommon. A rare book bound in contemporary original full vellum binding, with handwritten title on spine. The engraved title depicts the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire dressed in full regalia, on his throne. The lower half of the title is adorned by coats of arms of the seven German states. Written by the German diplomat and jurist Jacobus Lampadius (Jakob Lampe), 1593-1649, conducted a lively correspondence with Conring, Althusius, Grotius, Georg Calixt et alii. His theory of constitutional law, which contributed to the further development of the prevailing dualism in the Holy Roman Empire into a system of federal states in accordance with a shared sovereignty between the Emperor and the German lands, has become, with adaptions to the peace of Westphalia of 1648, which ended the thirty years' war in Germany, made by Conring and later by Kulpis, a widely read standard work on the constitutional relations in Germany during the second half of the 17th century. First published in 1621 as 'Dissertatio de jurisdictione in Imperio nostro Romano-Germanico', auctore Jacobo Lampadio, ... [Accessit ejusdem Discursus de natura nummi et interpretatio L. 2. C. "de Usucap. pro hered." Item Jacobi Augusti Thuani Germaniae descriptio, ex ejus lib. 2. Histor.]. Complete as issued. A classic work. Collated complete.