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Commentary on the Institutes by a Notable Dutch Humanist Zoes, Hendrik [1571-1627]. Andreas, Valerius [1588-1655], Editor. Commentarius ad Institutionum Juris Civilis. Libros IV. Brevis, Analiticus, Methodicus, In quo Praeter Quaestiones Plurimas, Ac Controversias Passim Insertas, Additiones hinc Inde ex Jure Potissimum Consuetudinario Nonnullarum Provinciarum Reperiuntur. Venice: Apud Nicolaum Pezzana, 1757. [viii], 554, [2] pp. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto (10" x 7-1/4"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt fillets and title to spine, speckled edges. Moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to fore-edges of boards, corners bumped, a few minor scuffs to boards, front joint starting at ends, rear joint cracked, minor worming to hinges, leaf Mm2 (pp. 545-546) detached and mildly edgeworn. Light toning to text, foxing in a few places, internally clean. $500. * Later edition. Zoes was a notable Dutch humanist jurist, later the rector of the University of Louvain. His commentaries on the Code, Digest and Institutes of Justinian and the Decretals of Gregory IX were highly regarded works that went through several editions. His commentary on the Institutes was first published in 1653. All editions of this work are scarce. OCLC locates 2 copies of our 1757 edition, neither in North America. Not in the online catalogue of the Library of Congress. This edition not in Dekkers. Sapori, Antichi Testi Giuridici 1:668.

First Edition. Celebrated Commentary on the Institutes by a Distinguished Dutch Humanist Jurist, OCLC Locates No Copies of This Edition in North America Zoes, Hendrik [1571-1627]. Andreas, Valerius [1588-1655], Editor. Commentarius ad Institutionum Juris Civilis Libros IV. Brevis, Analyticus, Methodicus, Quaestionibus Controversis Passim Insertis: Cum Additionibus Perpetuis, Ex Jure Potissimum Consuetudinario Harum Vicinarumque Provinciarum, Auctore Valerio Andrea, Desselio. Louvain: Typis Hieronymi Nempaei, 1653. [xii], 758, [20] pp. Quarto (10" x 7-1/4"; 25 x 18 cm). Contemporary vellum with yapp-style fore-edges and later cloth ties, marbled paper pasted to boards, spine, with later lettering piece and later gilt owner (?) name (Desselio), colored to resemble calf, speckled edges. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, vellum beginning to crack through pastedowns, which have some minor worming, along with the hinges, later owner stamp of Xavier Tremblay to endleaves. Title page printed in red and black, Moderate toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, neat early underlining to a few leaves, some worming to pastedowns, library stamps to endleaves and a few other places. A very good copy of a scarce title. $750. * First edition. This is the first edition of the celebrated commentary on Justinian's Institutes by Hendrik Zoes, a preeminent Dutch humanist jurist and rector of the University of Louvain. Zoes was a central figure in the 17th-century legal landscape; his commentaries on the Code, Digest, and the Decretals of Gregory IX were staple texts in European legal education for decades. This edition is particularly notable for the "perpetual additions" by the editor, Valerius Andreas (Dessel), which integrate the jus commune with the customary laws (jure consuetudinario) of the Low Countries. This synthesis of Roman law and local practice highlights the practical application of Humanist jurisprudence in the early modern period. Tremblay [1971-2011] was a Sorbonne-educated French linguist renowned for his contributions to Iranian and Indo-European studies. He won two important prizes in his field during his brief life: the Figdor Prize and the Prix Emile Benveniste. All 17th-century editions of Zoes's Institutionum are scarce. OCLC locates no copies of this 1653 first ed.