Pardoux, Duprat

Lexicon Iuris [Juris] Civilis et Canonici, Sive Potius Commentarius

      Pardoux, Duprat [1520? - -1570?], Compiler. Lexicon Iuris [Juris] Civilis et Canonici, Sive Potius, Commentarius de Verborum Quae ad Utrunque Ius Pertinent Significatione: Antiquitatum Romanarum Elementis & Legum Pop. Rom. Copiossimo Indice, Adauctus: Olim Quidem Pardulphi Prateij Diligetia Informatus: Nunc Vero Denuo Doctiss. Aliquot Virorum Industria Ita Constructus, & Supra Omnes Omnium Editiones Tam Multis & Praeclaris & Hactenus non Explicatis Dictionibus Illustratus, ut ad Eius Eximium Splendorem Nihil Desiderari Possit. Lyons: Apud Gulielmum Rouillium, 1580. [xii], 668 [i.e. 658] pp. Main text printed in double columns. Folio (8-1/2" x 14). Original printer boards, light soiling and moderate edgewear, front board detached, text block secure. Title printed within woodcut architectural border, woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials. Offsetting and some edgewaer to endleaves, small worm tracks and dampstaining to margins in a few places, interior otherwise fresh. A nice copy of a rare title. * Third and final edition. First published in 1567, this is a concise but scholarly dictionary of terms from canon, civil, and Roman law. Some attention is given to classical Greek law as well. The entries, which range in length from a few sentences to several paragraphs, address lexicographical and philological issues and conclude with references and citations. A list of ancient and modern authorities divided into the following categories precedes the main text: Lexicographi, Iuris Auctores, Interpretes, Ex Iure Pontificio, Alii Lexicographi, Ex Medicis, Ex Aliis Classicus. Little is known about Pardoux, and the title page of this edition does not list any academic or professional distinctions. His range of references, descriptive method, organizational style and facility with Latin and Greek demonstrates that he received a solid humanistic education. In addition to the present work, he published and edited treatises on French, Greek and Roman law. OCLC locates 4 copies of this edition at Narth American law schools (Florida State, Harvard, SMU, UT-Austin). Not in Brunet, Graesse or the British Museum Catalogue. [Attributes: Hard Cover]