18 - Law - Law books

Law - Law books Afflitto, Matteo de *Tabellae novae decisionum* (and) *Decisiones Neapolitanae*. 2 parts in 1 volume. With 2 illustrated woodcut title borders, a woodcut in the text, numerous woodcut initials, and 2 woodcut printer’s marks; title pages printed in black and red. Lyon, S. Vincent, 1533 (1532 in the colophon at the back). 4°. 42 unnumbered leaves, 242 leaves. Brown leather on 5 bands with blind-stamped cover fillets and corner fleurons on the covers. (Scuffed, bumped, corners split, scuff and scratch marks, headbands with missing sections, joints loosened). A rare legal anthology of the opinions and decisions in significant cases heard by the Neapolitan Council. — Not listed in Adams and Brunet, Coing, or VD16 (only a later edition is listed there), — See Stolleis (2nd ed.) p. 159 - Matteo D'Afflitto (c. 1447–1523) received his doctorate in canon and Roman law from the University of Naples in 1468 and worked as a lawyer and legal advisor. Beginning in 1490, he held judicial offices at the Camera Summaria and the Cura Vicaria, and from 1495 to 1501 he was a member of the Royal Council of Naples. Like most Neapolitan jurists of his time, D’Afflitto focused exclusively on feudal law and the ius patrium, the indigenous Neapolitan law. He was among the last adherents of an influential school of Neapolitan jurists that had provided Europe with numerous scholarly works on feudal law since the 13th century. - Name and notes on the endpaper; first title page with 2 small ink stains and slightly browned, with slight water stains along the edges; first few pages with slight water stains along the outer edges; last pages with slight water stains along the top edge. Rare legal collected volume containing the opinions and decisions in significant cases heard by the Neapolitan Council. Not listed in Adams and Brunet, Coing, or VD16 (which lists only a later edition). See Stolleis, 2nd ed., p. 159. Matteo D’Afflitto (c. 1447–1523) received his doctorate in canon and Roman law from the University of Naples in 1468 and practiced as an advocate and legal adviser. From 1490 onward, he held judicial offices at the Camera Summaria and the Cura Vicaria, and from 1495 to 1501 he served as a member of the Royal Council of Naples. Like most Neapolitan jurists of his time, D’Afflitto focused exclusively on feudal law and ius patrium, the native law of Naples. He was among the last adherents of an influential school of Neapolitan jurists which, from the 13th century onward, had supplied Europe with numerous scholarly works on feudal law. Name and annotations on the front free endpaper; first title leaf has two small ink spots and some browning, as well as slight water staining; the first leaves have light marginal water staining along the outer edge; the final leaves have some water staining in the upper margin.