Vigel, Nikolaus

Practica Forensis ex Vetustis Simis et Probatissimis Iurisconsultis

      Vigel, Nikolaus [1529- - 1600]. Practica Forensis ex Vetustissimis et Probatissimis Iurisconsultis ac Rhetoribus Excerpta, Certam Litium Legitimo Tempore Expediendarum Rationem Continens. Huius Practicae Forensis Tres Sunt Partes: Prima, De Actionis Genera Investigando. Secunda. De Exceptionibus, Replicationibus, &c. Tertia, De Statibus Causarum, & de Probationibus, Necnon de Referendi & Iudicandi Ratione. Basel: [Per Iacobum Parcum, Expensis Io. Oporini, 1558]. 499, [9] pp. Three parts with divisional title pages and continuous pagination. Octavo (6" x 4"). Somewhat later quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, early hand-lettered title to foot of text block. Some rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners, front joint cracked but secure, a few cracks to spine that have been mended, hinges cracked but secure. Toning to text, light browning to a few leaves. Early owner signatures to title page, interior otherwise clean. * Only edition. Vigel, a notable practitioner, author and professor at the University of Marburg, was an expert on procedure. According to Roberts, "he was relieved of his chair because of his attacks on the court, on religion and on Vultejus, who was a colleague." Practica Forensis is a detailed treatise on pleading, actions and defenses and exeptions in Roman law. OCLC locates 2 copies in North America (at the University of Chicago and Harvard Law School). Roberts, A South-African Legal Bibliography 314. Verzeichnis der im Deutschen Sprachbereich Erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD16) V1162. [Attributes: Hard Cover]