209 - WESENBEECK.

WESENBEECK. Matthaei Wesenbecii in *Pandectas Iuris Civilis* and *Codex Justinianus*, Book IIX. Commentaries: formerly titled… Basel, 1599. Large 4to, (8) pp., 1,032 columns, index. Contemporary sewn vellum binding with flaps, spine with faux raised bands, old handwritten title on the spine, blue edges (vellum slightly tarnished and shrunken, small tears and minor losses to the headbands, edges, and flaps, text shows signs of oxidation). Note: A rare 16th-century reprint of a legal text. A working copy from the period, fully interleaved at the time of binding with thick laid paper leaves bearing numerous handwritten notes in sepia ink, appearing to date from the 17th century or slightly later. With fine handwritten annotations from the period in sepia ink in the margins of the text, a few highlights in ink. Bound together with and interleaved with Wesnbeck’s commentary on the text (Basel, 1599), (4) pp., 218 columns, and an index. A posthumous work, revised, corrected, and expanded by other jurists. Handwritten bookplate on the title page reading “Michaelis Humberti”; an old bookplate redacted with a pen on the title page; a handwritten text from the period on the title page. JUSTINIAN CODE.