Annotated Jurisprudence.- Montholon (Jean de) Promptuarium divini juris et utriusque humani, pontificii et Caesarei, 2 parts in 1, collation: ⁌6 a10 b-z, A-Z, aa-dd8, ee ff6; AA-ZZ, aaa-sss8 ttt10, first title within woodcut border with personifications of Divine, Canon and Civil Law, second title within a woodcut border comprising angels, a coat of arms at head and a blank shield at foot, woodcut decorative initials, errata at end of both parts (4pp & 3pp.), colophon f., early ink marginalia in Latin in various hands, sometimes extensive, some trimmed by binder, lacking final blank, water-stained, heaviest towards end of part 2, that to inner gutters causing short short split near head throughout, affecting printed side-notes or text in places, a few repairs, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, 19th century calf-backed marbled boards, richly gilt spine in compartments and with black leather label, covers scuffed, rubbed, folio (305 x 207mm.), Paris, Henri Estienne [& Simon de Colines], 1520.

⁂ A rare work in commerce; here with evidence of early scholarship. The author was a French priest, who was born in Autun. He received a doctorate in law at an early age, and he rapidly gained a reputation for his theological and legal scholarship, which led to him being appointed a cardinal by Pope Clement VII.
Literature: Adams M1718; Renouard Estienne 22:2; Schreiber Colines 1 ('This, the first book issued by Simon de Colines, contains the first recorded appearance of his name in print.').