Platea, Franciscus.

Opus restitutionum, usurarum, excommunicationum. Casus papales, episcopales et abbatiales

      [Peter Drach],, Spira: 1489 - 116 hojas. Signaturas aa-bb6, a-b8, c-f6, g4, h-i8, k-n6, o8, p-q6. La última blanca, presente. Letra gótica a dos columnas del tipo 84 para el texto. Rubricado en rojo. Sin lavar ni planchar. Reencuadernado en un pergamino antiguo pero bellísimo ejemplar. Hain & Copinger 13041*: Goff P-759. BMC II, 497. Pellechet Ms 9499 (9321). CIBN P-436. IBE 4647. IGI 7844. Publicada hacia 1472 en Padua y Venecia, esta es la primera edición con la addenda Casus papales, episcopales et abbatiales."Platea's Opus restitutionum, first printed in 1472 is the first, and earliest, book in the Goldsmith and Kress catalogues respectively. Platea, (also known as Fra Francesco Piazza) (?-1460), a Professor of law at the University of Bologna and a well-known and acclaimed preacher, includes a detailed discussion of monetary questions, the taking of interest and usury in this treatise on canon law. The first part of the Opus Restitutionum deals with the return of illicit gains. Also discussed are commercial transactions under a variety of different legal circumstances, such as two creditors competing for the spoils of one debtor. The second part concentrates on usury, which, as in all canon law, denotes not just high interest but all interest. Platea is firmly aligned within the church authorities in his condemnation of usury. The final section, De Excommunicationes deals with the judicial exclusion of offenders from the rights and privileges of the Christian community.The printers de Colonia and Mathen had already published an earlier edition of Platea's popular work in 1474, further editions were published in 1472 and 1473". [Schulz] [Attributes: First Edition]