1656 Rare Latin vellum Book on Roman Law - In Extremum Pandectarum Titulum by Johann Jacob Wissenbach.
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Author: Johann Jacob Wissenbach.
Title: Joh-Jacobi WissenbachI, NassovI, JCti, & Antecessoris FrisI, In Extremum PandectarumTtitulum, de diversis regulis juris antiqui, exercitationes cathedrariae.
Language: Text in Latin.
Publisher : Franekerae : Excudit Idzardus Alberti, 1656. Second Edition.
Size : 5.5 " X 3 ".
Pages : 431 pages + index
Binding: Attractive and very good full vellum binding with very nice blind decoration on covers (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare foxing and staining, ink stamp on the lower margin of page 33 with chips to upper margin of the same page without affecting the text block - as shown).
The book: Rare and nice 17th-century edition of this book on Roman Law by Johann Jacob Wissenbach.
The author: Wissenbach: Johann Jacob W., was a professor in Franeker and known, among other things as a legal critic and Roman Law specialist. Born in Frohnhausen near Dillenburg on October 8, 1607, † on February 16, 1665 in Franeker. His father Johann W., Pastor of Frohnhausen, sent him to the neighboring Latin school in Dillenburg when he was still young, where he laid a good foundation for his learned education under the guidance of the excellent school man, the Rector Philipp Textor.