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Ziletti, Giovanni Battista
Volumen Praeclarissimum ac in Primis Omnibus Jurisperitis Pernecessarium ac utilissimum.
Omnium Tractatuum Criminalium.
Venice: Apud Cominum de Tridino Montisferrati, 1563.
woodcut device to title page, first word of title within woodcut compartment;
text in two columns in roman letter throughout,
illustrated with some text woodcut portraits;
bound in original limp vellum, worn, with some damages, becoming detached;
textblock in good shape; lacking ties;
Size 6 by 8 1/4"
Text in Latin
Giovanni Battista Ziletti ( Venice , early 16th century – late 16th century) was an Italian jurist and writer , citizen of the Republic of Venice .
Ziletti was born in Venice and was active from 1549 to 1583. He is mainly known for a law index , a catalogue reprinted six times in 20 years, both in Italy and in Germany , with additions by several jurists, such as Ludevicus Gomesius, Johann Fichard (1512-1581), Giovanni Nevizzano (-1540) and Johann Wolfang Freymonius (1546-1610), graduated doctor in Ingolstadt in 1572, consultant of the imperial court in 1575 and councilor of the empire in 1581, author of various works such as Elenchus omnium auctorum sive scriptorum (1585) and Symphonia juris utriusque chronologica (Frankfurt, 1574).
Ziletti left behind, among others, a work on wills, a reference work on marriages , wills and criminal matters and a work written together with Alberto Bruno on feudal laws .
Another Ziletti of the same family, Francesco Ziletti (-1587), was a printer who published a voluminous collection of jurisprudence Tractatus tractatuum,.., Venice, 1584-86, 29 vols. in-fol., and in the Bibliotheca classica , 1625 by Georg Draud (1573-1635) gives a list of treatises which this collection contains, and he was also the author of Bibliotheca librorum germanicorum,.. , 1625 and of Bibliotheca exotica , 1625.
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Volumen Praeclarissimum ac in Primis Omnibus Jurisperitis Pernecessarium ac utilissimum.
Omnium Tractatuum Criminalium.
Venice: Apud Cominum de Tridino Montisferrati, 1563.
woodcut device to title page, first word of title within woodcut compartment;
text in two columns in roman letter throughout,
illustrated with some text woodcut portraits;
bound in original limp vellum, worn, with some damages, becoming detached;
textblock in good shape; lacking ties;
Size 6 by 8 1/4"
Text in Latin
Giovanni Battista Ziletti ( Venice , early 16th century – late 16th century) was an Italian jurist and writer , citizen of the Republic of Venice .
Ziletti was born in Venice and was active from 1549 to 1583. He is mainly known for a law index , a catalogue reprinted six times in 20 years, both in Italy and in Germany , with additions by several jurists, such as Ludevicus Gomesius, Johann Fichard (1512-1581), Giovanni Nevizzano (-1540) and Johann Wolfang Freymonius (1546-1610), graduated doctor in Ingolstadt in 1572, consultant of the imperial court in 1575 and councilor of the empire in 1581, author of various works such as Elenchus omnium auctorum sive scriptorum (1585) and Symphonia juris utriusque chronologica (Frankfurt, 1574).
Ziletti left behind, among others, a work on wills, a reference work on marriages , wills and criminal matters and a work written together with Alberto Bruno on feudal laws .
Another Ziletti of the same family, Francesco Ziletti (-1587), was a printer who published a voluminous collection of jurisprudence Tractatus tractatuum,.., Venice, 1584-86, 29 vols. in-fol., and in the Bibliotheca classica , 1625 by Georg Draud (1573-1635) gives a list of treatises which this collection contains, and he was also the author of Bibliotheca librorum germanicorum,.. , 1625 and of Bibliotheca exotica , 1625.
Reserve: $950.00
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Your purchase is protected:
In the rare event that the item did not conform to the lot description in the sale, Chairish Auctions specialists are here to help. Buyers may return the item for a full refund provided you notify Chairish Auctions within 5 days of receiving the item.
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1563 ILLUSTRATED LAW BOOK by Giovanni Ziletti antique Vellum binding 16th CENT.
Estimate $1,100-$1,500
Starting Price
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15th-19th Century Antique Books
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