[Rarebooks] FS: 2 lawbooks by Justinian I, bound together. Lyon: 1571

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(LAW) Justinianus  I, Emperor. EDICTA: Item Justini, Tiberii, ac Leonis Augustorum, Novellae Constitutiones, Henrico Agylaeo, Interprete. Lyon: Gulielmum Rouillium. 1571. 16mo. 913,(15)pp. Greek & Latin text. With the final blank leaf. Printer's device on title.     BOUND WITH: Justinianus I, Emperor. INSTITUTIONUM [JURIS] LIB. QUATUOR... Lyon: Gulielmum Rouillium. 1571. 361,(7)pp. Printer's device on title. Both works ruled in red throughout. Bound in cont. limp vellum, gilt, gilt ornament of a griffin on both covers. Spine hand lettered. A.e.g. A beautiful fine copy.     $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
I: edited by Henricus Agylaeus. Adams J615. BL French STC p. 380 has the Rouille 1581 edition, not the 1571 edition.
II: Edited by A. Contius. Adams J 646. The BL French STC p. 380, records the 1581 edition, not the 1571 edition.

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