Antiquarian Law and Legal History: AALL 1996 Catalogue

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<div1 type="catalog"> <div2 type="entry"> <bibl> 1. [<author>Napoleonic Code </author>].<title>Code Napoleon. Edition Originalle et Seule Officielle</title>. <pubPlace>Paris</pubPlace>: <publisher>De l'Imprimerie Imperiale,</publisher> <date>1810</date>. 8vo. 432, 136, [4] pp. Modern quarter-calf over cloth, gilt spine label. Marbled endpapers. Inked notation on title-page. Foxing, some dampstaining, otherwise a good copy. $750. </bibl> * Early edition. The <hi rend="italics">Code Civil des Français, </hi> promulgated in 1804, first became formally known as the Napoleonic Code with the 1807 edition. A turning point in European history, "[t]he code was based on the Dremises of creating a purely rational body of law, of the equality of all citizens, the separation of civil from ecclestiastical regulation, and on the principles of freedom of person, freedom of contract, and inviolability of private property. OCL 235. Brunet II:118 (citing 1807 ed.). </div2> <div2 type="entry"> <bibl> 2. [<author>Nebrija, Antonio de (Nebrissensis)] [<date>1444-1532</author>]. <title>Vocabvlarivm vtrivsqve ivris, vna cvm tract. admodvm vtili de ratione studii. Accessit lexicon iuris ciuilis in quo varii & insignes erroresaccurtii notantur. Nunc denuo studio, ac diligentia ab innumeris erroribis expurgatum multisque multarum vocum significationibus illustratum</title>. <pubPlace>Venetiis</pubPlace>: <publisher>Apud Petrum Bertanum</publisher>, <date>1606</date>. Small 8vo. 414 fols. Modern quarter-calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt spine. Some foxing, small inked notation on title-page. A good copy in an appealing binding. $450. </bibl> * First published in 1486. Nebrija was a prominent Spanish jurist and grammarian, who apart from authoring the present lexicon revised Accurius' Glossa ordinaria (or the Great Gloss), which in turn systematized Justinian's Institutes, Digest, and Code. OCL:10;873. Graesse IV:654. </div2> <div2 type="entry"> <bibl> 3.<author> Nelson, William </author>. <title>The Laws of England Concerning the Game. Of Hunting, Hawking, Fishing and Fowling, Sc And of Forests, Chases, Parks, Warrens, Deer, Doves, Dove-cotes and Conies, and All Other Game in General...</title>.[<pubPlace>London<pubPlace>]: E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling<publisher>, <date>1727<date>. 16mo. [11], xx, 300, [4] pp. 259, [31], [2] pp. Contemporary calf, raised bands. Joints starting but secure. Dampstained and some foxing. Slight worming in upper margin not affecting text. $750. </bibl> * First edition. An early and popular work that collects all the laws and cases relating to game. Alphabetically arranged, Nelson discusses the numerous changes that were then occuring in the game laws. S&M 1:465 (41). HLCII:179. </div2>