BINER, Joseph. Apparatus Eruditionis ad Jurisprudentiam, praesertim ecclesiasticam…
Augusta Vindelicorum (Colonia) & Friburgi Brisgojae, Fratrum Ignatii, & Ant. Wagner, 1767-66

13 parts bounded in 6 Vols. 4to; Contemporary full vellum binding, label in calf with gilt titles on spine, sprayed red edges; I: pp. 4 nn. including Title page, 152; 2 nn., 92, 2 nn., 380; II: pp. 2 nn., 350, 2nn., 174, 2 nn., 278; III: pp. 2 nn., 914; IV: pp. 6 nn., 954; V: pp. 4 nn., 360, 8 nn., 820; VI: pp. 4 nn., 488, 4 nn., 296, 2 nn., 353; Each parts begins with its own Title page; first red and black ink; woodcut initials and ornaments.

Rare edition of this encyclopedia that covers extra-legal issues, as probabilism, Jansenism, Empire voters, religious disputes in different countries. The final part contains a very detailed table of contents; Part XII deals with the right of nations around the world from antiquity to the '700. The Jesuit Joseph Biner, 1697-1766, Swiss canonist, was also theologian engaged in numerous political disputes. Nice copy.