FRANCHI, FILIPPO; FRANCHIS, PHILIPP DE

Commentaria in Titulum Decretalium [and] In Sextum Decretalium...

      Franchi, Filippo [d. 1471]. Horario, Bartholomaeus ab, Editor. Commentaria in Titulum Decretalium De Appellationibus: Bartholomaei Ab Horrario, Iurisc. Patavini, Aliorumque Doctissimorum Hominum Adnotationibus Illustrata: Omnibus Iuris Utriusque Studiosis, Forensiumque Causarum Patronis Utilissima, Ac Pernecessaria; Cum Summariis, & Indice Rerum ac Verborum Locupletissimo, Nunc Recens Optima Serie Instaurato. Hac Vero in editione Summo Studio Atque Diligentia ab Innumeris Mendis Repurgata. Venice: Apud Iuntas, 1578. 102, [10] ff. Main text in parallel columns. [And] Franchi, Filippo. Godemini, Vicenzo [b. 1503], Editor. In Sextum Decretalium Volumen Commentaria, Nicolai Superantii, Bernar. de Roma et Celsi, Alias Impressis, Ac Etiam Novissimis nunc Primum Additis Vincentii Godemini, Pisis Ord. Iuris Can. Legentis, Adnotationibus Illustrata. Cum Summariis, & Indice Rerum ac Verborum Memorabilium. Locupletissimis, Hac in Editione Summo Studio ac Diligentia ab Innumeris & Variis Mendis Repurgata. Venice: Apud Iuntas, 1579. 298, 20 ff. Main text in parallel columns. Folio (17" x 11"). Contemporary vellum, raised bands and early hand-lettered titles to spine and foot of text block, two of the four thong ties lacking. light soiling and rubbing, a few scuffs to boards, rubbing to spine exposing bands, corners bumped and somewhat worn, hinges cracked but secure, minor worming to pastedowns, front free endpaper lacking. Large Giunta title-page devices printed in red and black, others, in black, to verso of final leaves of second volume and its index, woodcut decorated initials. Toning and light foxing in places. Annotation in early hand to title page of first volume, interior otherwise clean. $7,500. * Later editions. This volume contains two notable treatises on canon law. The first one deals with appellate procedure, the second is a commentary on the Liber Sextus Decretalium, one of the components of the Corpus Juris Canonici. Both were notable works that went through several issues and editions. Born in Perugia, Franchi studied at the Universities of Perugia and Pavia. He was a law professor at the University of Ferrara from 1461 to 1471. No copies of these imprints located in North America. Censimento Nazionale Delle Edizioni Italiane del XVI Secolo (ED