Lot 1199
1199
AZO, P. Summa Azonis, locuples iuris civilis thesaurus. (…) Quibus accedunt quarundam veterum apostillarum & additionum castigationes nec non quaedam annotatiunculae marginales à D. Henrico Draesio (…). Accessere insuper eiusdem Azonis quaestiones quae Brocardicae appellantur (…). Venice, Sub Signo Angeli Raphaelis, 1581. 2 parts in 1 vol. (80) pp., 1288 cols., (16) pp., 170 cols. W. 2 woodcut printer's marks on ti-pp. Fol. Cont. blind tooled pigskin over wooden brds. w. brass clasps and catches. (Extremities slightly worn/dam., 1 clasp partly broken, new endpapers, name entry on ti., margins (faintly) stained in places, a bit browned in places).
Porcius Azo, was a lawyer and professor of law at the University of Bologna. His fame rests on his carefully organized commentaries on the Code, Institutes and sections of the Digest of the Corpus Juris Civilis. Known collectively as the Summa Azonis, these commentaries form a methodical exposition of Roman law. The Summa circulated widely in manuscript; 35 printed editions were issued from 1481 to 1610. It was a work of immense authority for generations of continental lawyers. - A reprint of this edition was published in 2014. - Savigny V, 33f; this edition not in Adams.€ 750
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