[17th-Century Commerce] ANSALDI, Ansaldo. *Discursus Legales - Lot 103

[17th-Century Commerce] ANSALDI, Ansaldo. *Discursus Legales, de Commercio et Mercatura*. A seminal work on the emergence of commercial law. Caloniae Allobrogum (Geneva), published by the Fratres de Tournes, 1698 Folio, cream vellum binding, ribbed spine with calligraphic title. In Latin. (20)-435-(81) pages, headbands, initials, and tailpieces. Spine worn with missing vellum along the raised bands and wormholes at the top and bottom; corners worn; minor restoration on the lower margin of the title page; foxing. An important treatise on commercial law by Ansaldo Ansaldi (1651–1719), a Florentine jurist and man of letters. This work, first published in 1689, comments on the decisions of the courts of Genoa, Livorno, and Florence regarding sales contracts, mortgages, and insurance. Handwritten bookplate on the title page reading "Jacobi Micheletti." A fine copy.