Corpus Juris Civilis Books Editions Commentaries & Related Works

Jul 6, 2026

Curated bibliographic listings for selected editions, commentaries, and related works of the Corpus Juris Civilis, presenting 30 titles with detailed publication and condition information. Entries include specific authors, cities of printing, years, formats, collation, and ownership marks, alongside auction-style assessments of rarity and physical state. The document highlights scarce commentaries tied to Digest and Institutes selections and emphasizes the historical significance of major legal compilations associated with Justinian I.

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Editions, Commentaries & Related Works

Rare Commentary on Commercial Titles of the Digest

Rare Commentary on Selections from the Institutes

Impressive 1598 Edition of the Corpus Iuris Civilis

JULY 1 8 , 2023 Books of the Corpus Juris Civilis Editions, Commentaries & Related Works 30 Titles Scarce Commentary on Commercial Titles of the Digest by an Important Neapolitan Jurist 1. Aulisio, Domenico [1649-1717] . Commentarii ad Titt. Pandectarum De Acquir. Vel Ammitt. Possess De Verbor. Obligat. De Legat. Et Fideicommiss. Naples: Expensis Josephi de Lieto, 1776. Three volumes. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary vellum, gilt-framed colored title panels to spines. Some rubbing and soiling and minor stains, corners lightly bumped, chips to head and center of spine of Volume II, minor worming to boards of Volumes I and III, a few endleaves lacking, some hinges cracked, a few cracks to text blocks. Large copperplate vignettes to title pages, that of Volume I printed in red and black. Moderate toning, occasional faint dampstaining and worming to margins, light foxing in a few places, internally clean. A solid copy of a scarce title. $450. * Second and final edition. Much larger than the two-volume first edition (1719-20), also quarto-sized. This is an interesting commentary on the titles of the Digest on matrimony, credit, mortgages and commercial transactions. The editor of this edition is unknown. Aulisio was a professor of law at the University of Naples and an associate of Giambattista Vico. He was a prolific author on a variety of legal subjects. The second edition was reissued in 1783. Both editions and the reissue are scarce. OCLC locates 3 copies of the first edition in North America (Harvard Law School, Library of Congress, UC-Berkeley Law School). This edition not in the British Museum Catalogue. Order This Item Rare Commentary on Selections from the Institutes 2. Belloni, Niccolò [d.1552]. D. Nicolai Belloni Patritii Casalensis, Iurisconsulti Celeberrimi. Super Utraque Parte Institutionum Locubrationes, Quarum Rubricas, Ac Titulos, Sequens Pagina Demonstrat. Venice: Apud Fabium, et Augustinum Zopinos, Fratres, 1583. 240 [i.e. 238], [26] ff. Octavo (6" x 4"). Contemporary limp vellum with lapped edges, early hand-lettered title to spine, remnants of thong ties to fore-edges. Light soiling and a few faint stains, light rubbing to extremities, a few small holes to spine and joints, front hinge starting, early (illegible) ownership signatures to front free endpaper. Light toning to interior, occasional faint dampstaining to last fifty or so leaves, early underlining to several leaves. $1,250. * Later edition. First published in 1544, this is a commentary on selections from books 2 and 3 of the Institutes and the"Item Serviana," a discussion of actions in land law, from Book 4. Belloni was a university lecturer in Pavia who later became a senator in Milan. OCLC locates 5 copies of the 1583 edition, 2 in North America (Library of Congress, University of Kansas) . Censimento Nazionale Delle Edizioni Italiane del XVI Secolo CNCE 4949. Order This Item Impressive 1598 Edition of the Corpus Iuris Civilis 3. [Corpus Juris Civilis] Justinian I [485-565CE], Emperor of the East Accursius [c.1182-c.1260], Glossator. Leconte, Antoine [1517-1586], Commentary. Cujas, Jacques [1522-1590], Commentary. Douaren, François [1509-1559], Commentary. De Bottis, Jacopo Anello [1524-1581], Commentary. Caravita, Agostino [d.1580], Commentary. D. Iustiniani Imperatoris Opus, Prudentum Responsa Caesarumque Rescripta Complectens. Quinq [ue] Voluminibus Distinctum, Multis Legibus Additis, Ac Iuris Consultorum, Cuiacii, Dyonisii Gothofredi, & Iacobi Anelli de Bottis, Augustinq [ue] Caravitae Glossis, Additionibus, Atq [ue] Nonnullis Aliis Illustratum. Utieorum Omnium Elenchus Indicabit. Novissima Editio Juntarum. Venice: Apud Iuintas, 1598. Six volumes in five books. Complete set. Main text in parallel columns with linear glosses. Each volume preceded by title page, title page of Volume I preceded by general title page. Folio (9-1/2" x 6-3/4"). Contemporary

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What kind of materials does the document list?

It lists editions, commentaries, and related works connected to the Corpus Juris Civilis, including authors, publication data, formats, and condition notes.

Which Corpus Juris Civilis components are specifically referenced?

The text references the Digest, the Code, the Institutes, and the Novels, explaining how each part functions within Roman legal compilation.

Why is the 1598 Giunta edition considered historically notable in the document?

It is described as an anachronism because it reprints collections rendered obsolete by a later standard modern edition by Denis Godefroy, making it useful for comparison.

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