JUSTINIAN I (482-565) and Denis GODEFROY (1549-1622, editor). Corpus juris civilis Romani, Frankfurt, 1705, 4 parts in one vol., 4to, engraved portrait, contemporary elaborately blind-stamped vellum.

JUSTINIAN I (482-565) and Denis GODEFROY (1549-1622, editor).  Corpus juris civilis Romani, in quatuor partes distinctum. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Sumptibus Friderici Knochii ... et Jo. Friderici Gleditschii, 1705. 4 parts in one volume, 4to (288 x 220mm). Half title, engraved portrait of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, headpieces, initials and ornaments (some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary elaborately blind-stamped panelled vellum with central portrait on upper cover and coat-of-arms of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, on lower cover, spine with 5 raised bands and title in old manuscript, red edges (rubbed and scuffed, corners bumped). Provenance: old illegible inscription on front free endpaper; old signature on title; some old annotation and underlining to the text.