Joannes Arnold CORVINUS, Germano COUSINIO
Elementa iuris civilis. Accesserunt partitiones regularum utriusque juris Germ. Cousinii
Apud Louis Elzevier|Amstelodami [Amsterdam] 1645|7.50 x 13 cm|relié
First edition. A title-frontispiece featuring the personification of justice. Specific title page and pagination for Receptarum juris utriusque regularum partitiones by Cousinio.
Contemporary full vellum binding with overlapping flaps. Smooth spine with title-label lacking. Vellum soiled overall. Good copy.
These Elements of Civil Law are the work of Professor of Law at Amsterdam Joannes Arnold Corvinus, Protestant minister and jurist. Before becoming a lawyer he was a Calvinist preacher. Close to Grotius, he was part of a group of legal writers sympathetic to Protestants who commented on reason of State.
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