[Rarebooks] FS: Plantin Press' 1575 "Corpus Juris Civilis" of Justinian I (parts 2-5)

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(LAW) Justinian I. [CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS] CODICIS DN. JUSTINIANI... REPETITAE PRAELECTIONIS LIB. XII... Editiones Aucti & Locupletati Opera & Diligentia L. Charondae Jurisconsulti... Antwerp: Ex Officina Christophori Plantini. 1575. Folio. 494,(2)pp. Double column text. BOUND WITH: AUTHENTICAE SEU NOVELLAE CONSTITUTIONES DN. JUSTINIANI... Antwerp: Ex Officina Christophori Plantini. 1575. 2 parts in 1. 298;(2),138,(2)pp. Double column text; first part in Greek & Latin. BOUND WITH: JUSTINIANI... EDICTA... Antwerp: Plantini. 1575. 126,(2)pp. Double column text. BOUND WITH: DN. JUSTINIANI PP. A. INSTITUTIONUM [JURIS] LIBRI IIII... Antwerp: Plantini. 1575. 59,(105)pp. Double column text. Indices. The four titles bound together in 17th century calf, gilt spine, red morocco labels. Hinges with some old repairs. Hinges somewhat rubbed, and a few cracks at the joints, but perfectly sound, and attractive. 	      $1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
In 1575 Plantin printed a 5-volume "monumental edition" (Voet) of the CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS, edited by Louis Le Caron, the French lawyer, poet & philosopher. All 5 parts were sold separately. When they were purchased together they are found in 2 volumes; a single volume for the DIGESTORUM SEU PANDECTARUM, a text of over 800pp., and the other 4 parts (parts 2-5) are usually found bound together as in this copy. Complete sets (all 5 parts) are rare. See Adams who lists the parts separately – J520, J689 and J690 (separate numbers for the 2 parts of this title), J616, and J649. The DIGESTA, not with our volume, is J597. See Voet's PLANTIN PRESS  #1035 (pages 735-740) for a detailed discussion.


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