Justinianus I, Emperor, 483-565. Chappuis, Jean.

Institutiones Imperiales. Ordinate Glosis Textuales Divisiones Habentur. Patescit Grecum Utile Cum Expositione Succincta....

      Parisiusm [Paris]: Bertholdu Rembolt, 1511.. H Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Good.. ... Univerversi Tituli Alphabetico Ordine Ponuntur, Sumaria Rubra Multis Adjectis Sunt Textibus Immixta. In Latin. Includes double-page folding woodcut, additional full-page woodcut with acrostic of the translator's name below, woodcut initials throughout, printer's device and other small woodcuts on title page with lions and shield tinted red, text in black and red throughout. Later full calf binding, most likely late eighteenth century, with dual black spine labels and elaborate blind-stamped design on both covers, all edges gilt, [32], 412 pages [CCVI pages numbered on recto only], pages 24.5 cm tall with good margins that are not excessively trimmed. Covers rubbed with neatly made but unfortunate reinforcement to the joints through use of three parallel horizontal strips of brown binder's tape, hinges also reinforced with binder's tape, text block sound, occasional and fairly faint dampstains throughout much of the second half of the book, somewhat expert repair to insect damage on final leaf with some very minor loss of text. Armorial bookplate of Sheffield Grace, Esq., L.L.D., F.S.A., 1829, on front pastedown, some elaborate marginalia in a sixteenth century hand throughout, including miniature hands with fingers pointing to pertinent passages..