SAXOFERRATO BARTOLUS. Lectura Bartoli de... - Lot 34 - Ader

SAXOFERRATO BARTOLUS. Lectura Bartoli de Saxoferrato super secunda parte Codicis. Venice: Vindelin of Speyer, 1471. - In-folio, 430 x 285: (213 ff. sur 214, mq the first white); round letters, two col. of 50 lines. Red half-cornered spine with corners, spine with nerves (early 20th century binding). Pellechet, 1902. - Hain, 2541. second part only, of the two publications, of this commentary or reading of the Justinian Code by the specialist of Roman law and founder of the School of Postglossateurs Bartolus of Saxoferrato (1314?-1357 ). This is the third edition after the two data in Naples by Sixtus Riessinger, one of which is undated and the other also dated 1471. This second volume deals with books 6 to 9 of Justinian's Code, dealing with private and criminal law. This edition is extremely rare and many libraries have only this second volume. Pellechet mentions only two copies, both incomplete of the first volume. The work came out of the Venetian presses of Vindelin de Spire, brother of Jean de Spire, who introduced the art of typography to Venice in 1469. His first impressions date from the beginning of 1470 and he continued until 1477, and this copy is entirely rubbed out in red and blue and includes on each page handwritten notes of the time specifying the content of the text . The origin of these notes, written by a monk of the abbey of St. Magna Grammar in Regensburg, Germany, is known, as indicated by the three lines written at the beginning of the first page: "Ad sanctu(m) Magnu(m) Regensburg // p(er)tinet liber iste lector bone // omnibus est scitu(m) ne contogat raptum", meaning: "Good reader, this book belongs to St. Magna Grammar in Regensburg. May it be known to all so that it is not stolen". In addition to these indications, there are also some annotations from the period in the text. The first white page is missing, which was replaced at the time of binding by another page o