[Law Dictionary] Spiegel, Lexicon, 1545
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EXTREMELY SCARCE THIRD EDITION OF AN IMPORTANT HUMANISTIC LAW DICTIONARY
Spiegel, Jakob.Lexicon Ivris Civilis, Per. C. V. D. Iacobvm Spiegel Selestadiensem ex uarijs probatorum Autorum Commentarijs congestum. Iterumq́[ue] ab ipso recognitum, ac locupletatum. Lugduni (Lyon): Gryphius, 1545.
Folio, contemporary stiff vellum with spine in colored paper, 814 columns, pp. [5].
Woodcut device, woodcut headletters.
Extremely scarce and almost unknown third edition, published in Lyon, of Spiegel's Lexicon Iuris Civilis, a dictionary of terms in Roman and canon law, first published in Strasbourg in 1538.
Jakob Spiegel (1483-1547) was a German lawyer, counselor to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and a notable humanist scholar who corresponded with Erasmus.
References: OCLC 257953039 locates no copies in US libraries and only two copies of this edition in worldwide public libraries, at University of Leiden (Netherlands) and at Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen (Germany).
Spiegel, Jakob.Lexicon Ivris Civilis, Per. C. V. D. Iacobvm Spiegel Selestadiensem ex uarijs probatorum Autorum Commentarijs congestum. Iterumq́[ue] ab ipso recognitum, ac locupletatum. Lugduni (Lyon): Gryphius, 1545.
Folio, contemporary stiff vellum with spine in colored paper, 814 columns, pp. [5].
Woodcut device, woodcut headletters.
Extremely scarce and almost unknown third edition, published in Lyon, of Spiegel's Lexicon Iuris Civilis, a dictionary of terms in Roman and canon law, first published in Strasbourg in 1538.
Jakob Spiegel (1483-1547) was a German lawyer, counselor to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and a notable humanist scholar who corresponded with Erasmus.
References: OCLC 257953039 locates no copies in US libraries and only two copies of this edition in worldwide public libraries, at University of Leiden (Netherlands) and at Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen (Germany).
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A large restoration in the outer blank margin of title-page, not affecting the text; water-stained and soiled.
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[Law Dictionary] Spiegel, Lexicon, 1545
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