Balbo, Giovanni Francesco

Tractatus De Prescriptionibus: Tractatus Secundus Et Perutilis...

      1532. Balbo, Giovanni Francesco [fl. 1510-1540]. [Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal (Hostiensis) (c. 1200-1271)]. Tractatus de Prescriptionibus: Tractatus Secundus et Perutilis Profunde Subtilis[que] ac Quotidiane Materie o[mn] is prescriptio[n]is ta[m] Civilis Q[uam] Canonice, Qui de Prescriptionib[us] Inscribit[ur]. [Lyons: Impressa Lugd. per Benedict[us] Bonyn. 1532 die vero. xxix]. [xxii], 208 ff. Main text in parallel columns with side-notes. Octavo (7" x 5"). Recent period-style vellum (from a Hebrew manuscript), hand-lettered title to spine and foot of text block, endpapers renewed. Negligible light soiling, corners lightly bumped. Title page with architectural border and large Bonyn device printed in red and black. Light browning, faint dampstaining in places, minor worming at beginning and end of the volume (partly restored), wear holes and a few spark-burns with no loss to text. Two brief early annotations, underlining to a few passages. * Third edition. Originally published in 1511, this treatise addresses the Roman law of prescription, the principle whereby a right or liability is created or extinguished over a certain period of time, usually in regard to a property title. It also includes an edition of a short treatise on this subject by Henricus de Segusio. It was a popular work that went through several issues and editions, the last one in 1582. OCLC locates 5 copies of all editions, 3 copies of this edition, no copies of any edition in North America. This edition not in Adams.