Francesco Andreola - Codice civile generale austriaco - 1823

1823 Austrian Civil Code (General) complete, II edition, published in Venice, translated by the Imperial Government Commission, owned by Cortini as read on the spine (at bottom) together with the title (at top) in gold and autographed
inside the first page at the top right (see photo). Of historical interest is the contemporaneous handwritten note on the initial page (see photo) relating to the activation of the Austrian Code 01/01/1816 and the Italic Code 01/04/1806. The book was commissioned by a jurist or a jurists’ studio, it presents itself in 3 parts of which I contains 45 manuscripts, II 107, while III 18, for a total of 170 pages of contemporaneous manuscripts, with references to Court of Appeal rulings and updates and various references, all suggesting a continual updating, a real working-manual/document rather than a simple book; furthermore the 363 pages refer to the numbered text, not counting the index, the manuscripts and uncut pages. The book presents itself in “barbes”, has as a flaw an ink stain and has suffered due to the era and the constant use made. Every merit and flaw is visible in the photo.