Antiquitatum romanarum iurisprudentiam illustrantium syntagma secundum ordinem institutionum iustiniani digestum in quo multa iuris romani atque auctorum veterum loca explicantur atque illustrantur. Editio secunda auctior et emendatione. Year: 1724 Author: Heineccius (Johann Gottlieb) Publisher: Argentorati [Strasbourg], Reiholdi Duisseckeri Io. Annotation; engraved frontispiece, title page in red/black 1 folding map. 2 parts in one 1 volume Binding: hardcover, leather Collation: Par I, [26], 492, [4] pp. Par II, 307, [61] pp. Size: 18 cm later old leather binding, various defects and loss of leather in places; nevertheless a good and complete copy in a solid binding of this famous book. Heineccius (Johann Gottlieb), born 11 Sept. 1681 in Saxony, died 31 July 1741 in Halle, was undoubtedly the greatest expert on Roman law and history in Germany in the 18th century. He is mentioned here not only because he worked for some time as a professor at one of our colleges, but especially because of his relationship to our greatest jurist of that time - Cornelis van Bijnkershoek - and what he, partly through his work, contributed to the spread of Dutch legal literature in Germany. His approach, as it is expressed in his writings, partly places him closer to the Dutch than to the - practically oriented - German school. The remarks made in the first place are closely related to this. And not only does he speak in the preface to one of his best-known works - Antiquitatum Romanarum Jurisprudentiam illustrantium Syntagma - of the ‘aeterna opera’ of Gronovius, Noodt, Bijnkershoek, Perizonius, Huber (father and son), Burman and Schultingh, but his works also testify to his knowledge of many of our own. Heineccius' writings are clear in their argumentation, are based on comprehensive antiquity and literature studies and have been leading in Germany for a long time. They are not limited to Roman law, but also offer an important place to national law.