MYNSINGER, Joachim.

Basel, Nicolaus Episcopius, the Younger, 1563.

      First edition of this collection of legal decisions reached by the Reichskammergericht (Imperial Chamber of Justice), the permanent high court of the Holy Roman Empire created by Maximilian I in 1495. It was the first work of its kind published in Germany; it was immediately reissued in 8vo format and continued to be reprinted until the end of the 17th century (12 editions in all). The decisions, on all aspects of law, relate to specific hearings and in many cases the litigants are identified by name, with the date of the hearing (most from the 1540s and 1550s).Joachim Mynsinger was a major figure among the jurists of the 'Reception' of Roman law in Germany, a decisive step in Germanist legal history. The Reichskammergericht early adopted the principles of Roman law as reflected in the legal references cited throughout the text here.This edition not recorded in any British or American library. OCLC lists five libraries: Herzog August Bibliothek, Göttingen University, Berlin State Library, ULB Sachsen Anhalt, Rostock University.