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A CHARMING, UNSOPHISTICATED COPY IN CONTEMPORARY VELLUM. ALFONSO X, EL SABIO. Las siete Partidas del Sabio Rey Don Alonso el nono, nuevamente Glosadas, por el Licenciado Gregorio Lopez . [WITH] LÓPEZ DE TOVAR, Gregorio. Reportorio muy copioso de el texto y leyes de las siete Partidas, agora en esta ultima impression, hecho por . Gregorio Lopez de Tovar . va por su Abecedario. Valladolid, en casa de Diego Fernandez de Cordova, 1587; Madrid, En casa de Pedro Madrigal, 1598. Large folio. 7 parts in 3 volumes and 3 parts in the 4th volume of indexes. Each part with individual t-p bearing large imperial coat of arms and early private ownership note. Vol. 1: [primera partida] ff. 151, [1], with t-p printed in red and black; [segunda partida] ff. 116, lacking last leaf of text supplied in early manuscript text on a loose inserted sheet. Vol. 2: [tercera partida] ff. 186, with two full-page woodcut engravings showing the trees of consanguinity and affinity; [quarta partida] ff. 73. Vol. 3: [quinta partida] ff. 112; [sesta partida] ff. 115, [1] [setena partida] ff. 102. Vol. 4: [Reportorio…] ff. [70], t-p with marginal flaws and a repaired tear; [Omnes fere tituli…] ff. [16]; [Index…] ff. [231], last two leaves with partial loss of paper and text. Double-column text with side glosses, woodcut initials. Contemporary limp vellum with ties, early ms. titles to spine. Mostly clean and crisp throughout. Occasional marginal damp stains and very sporadic minimal repairs. A charming, pleasantly used copy with some unavoidable little flaws, given the size and weight. Overall, a very good copy of this lengthy work in four big volumes. First published in 1555. The Siete Partidas are a law code published by authority of Don Alfonso X the Wise, king of Castile and León. Based on Roman law, the work contained discourses on manners and morals and an idea of the king and his people as a corporation superior to feudal arrangements with the king as agent of both God and the people. After Alfonso s death, it was proclaimed the law of all Castile and Leon in 1348, and the language of Alfonso s court evolved into modern Castilian Spanish. Palau 7094.
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