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Institutionum iuris civilis libri IIII à Theophilo antecessore in graecam linguam translatarum ...

Accession number
PML 125314
Creator
Theophilus, active 6th century.
Published
Lugd. : Apud Io. et. Franc. Frellonios fratres, 1558.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1988-9.
Notes
Description based on imperfect copy: lacking t.p. Caption title. Imprint from Adams (possibly this ed.).
Greek original of the paraphrase was first published in 1534 under title: Institouta Theophilou Antikēnsōros.
Includes index.
Latin translation by Curtius of the Greek paraphrase (sometimes viewed as a translation) by Theophilus, of Justinian's (Latin) Institutiones.
Description
[16], 615, [7] p. ; 13 cm (16mo)
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription on verso of lower flyleaf: "[Gain tilgia?]," possiby in same hand as Ramey inscriptions. Underscoring and contemporary annotations throughout first third of book; pen trials inside lower cover.
Provenance
"[?]iotanamus" inscribed on first flyleaf. "Suni Ramey 1726" inscribed on verso of front flyleaf; "Ce livre [crossed out] hic liber atinet ad eme [?] Suni Ramey 1726" inside upper cover. "Suni" inscribed on final page. From the library of the Ramey family (16th-cent. France).
Binding
Contemporary blind-tooled leather (calf?) over paperboards; edges colored brown; sewing structure visible.
Classification
Department