[LAW] ALCIAT, André. Aureus andreae alciati jureconsulti pra - Lot 57

[LAW] ALCIAT, André. Aureus andreae alciati jureconsulti praesumptiorum tractatus. Fine 16th-century Lyon printing in first edition. Lyon, Vincentium Portonarium, 1538. In-8, strong, brown basane, ribbed spine, cold-stamped fillets with fleurons on the corners of the boards, red edges. 563 pp. 45 ff.n.ch. (index) Covers missing, small stains and rubbing, one corner dull. Staining to first few leaves, later fading. Some annotations. First edition, a little-known work by André Alciat (1492-1550), an Italian jurisconsult and professor in Bourges and Avignon; he counted Jean Calvin among his students and corresponded with Erasmus. A Latin work whose privilege is curiously in French. Handwritten Latin bookplate on the flyleaf naming "Courtade". Uncommon.