Commentatio Succincta ad Institutiones Justinianeas. Perspicuam Textus explanationem, Axiomatum inde desendentium demonstrationem, & enucleationem, potiorum Controversiarum Juris evolutionem, brevemque ad usum fori hodiernum applicationem continens, una cum Praecognitis Jurisprudentiae utilissimis. Editio nova prioribus longe correctior. Cum privilegiis caesareo et regiis.

"A brief commentary on the Institutions of Justinian. Containing a clear explanation of the Text, a demonstration of the Axioms deriving therefrom, and an analysis, the development of the most important Controversies of Law, and a brief application to the use of the court today, together with the most useful Precognition Jurisprudence. The new edition is far more correct than the former. With Caesarian and royal privileges." Contemporary full brown calf, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on olive label in one compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, all edges red, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of "Ioachimus Hoppe." Joachim Hoppe, 1656 - 1712. Jurist and lecturer. The Institutes of Justinian is a component of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the sixth-century codification of Roman law ordered by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. Hoppe's commentaries on the Institutes of Justinian was first published cir. 1698, and have been reprinted numerous times. . Very old library label on spine, front hinge starting but holding, else very good; paper supple, unmarked aside from former owner's pencilled initials on title page, tight, square, and clean, with only some light foxing throughout. VERY GOOD. Frontispiece Portrait. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (x), 70, 1036, (50-Index) pp. …