Gerard Noodt - Noviomagi, jurisconsulti et antecessoris, Opera omnia - 1786

Gerard Noodt – Opera Omnia – Naples, 1786 – 4 volumes in full parchment bindings

Interesting eighteenth-century collection of the legal works of Gerard Noodt (1647–1725), renowned Dutch jurist and scholar of Roman law.

Gerard Noodt Noviomagi, Jurisconsult and Predecessor, Opera Omnia.

Naples, at the Brothers Terre, with the Superior Faculty, 1786.

Four volumes, numbered I, II, III and IV, belonging to the same edition and preserved in elegant uniform bindings in full parchment.

The spines, smooth, show double cords: the upper ones in brown-reddish leather bearing the author’s name “NOODT,” the lower ones in dark leather with the volume numbering, both enriched by gilded ornaments and fillets.

The work collects important treatises and commentaries dedicated to Roman law, civil law, the Digest and the classical legal tradition.

Particularly interesting is the first volume, which features a full-page engraved portrait of the author, placed opposite the title page.

Condition: good overall state for an eighteenth-century edition. Bindings solid in appearance, with normal signs of time, stains, surface abrasions and light wear to the corners and ends of the spines. Cords present and legible. Interiors generally legible, with occasional foxing, browning, stains and marginal halos. There is a more noticeable abrasion on the lower cord of the second volume.

The series comprises the four volumes provided for by the edition’s index.

Language: Latin.
Place of printing: Naples.
Year: 1786.
Binding: full parchment.
Number of volumes: 4.

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