CORAS, Jean de - In Titulum ff. de Servitutibus Commentarii, - Lot 367

CORAS, Jean de - In Titulum ff. de Servitutibus Commentarii, Hac Secunda Editione recèns ab Authore multis mendis purgati Quibus vera urbanarum, & rusticarum servitutum, omniumque legum ejus materiae interpretatio, in lucem velut è tenebris revocatur. Lyon, Philibert Rollet for Guillaume Rouille, 1554. Pet. in-8, 439 (1) p., (12) ff. with small worm damage on upper margin, ep. turned over, spine ref. in 18th century, spine ribbed and decorated. ADAMS C-2611. One of the courses taught by Coras at the Toulouse Faculty of Law, this one on the first title of Book VIII of the Pandectes: De Servitutibus. Attached: CORAS, Jean de & HOPPER, Joachim - Tractatus de juris arte, duorum jurisconsultorum, Joannis Corasii, et Joachimi Hopperi Phrisii. Quibus instituuntur legum studiosi, universum Jus populi romani dispersum antea, divulsum et dissipatum, in artis rationem formamque reducere. Geneva, Gabriel Cartier, 1596. Pet. in-8, (8) ff, 582 pp, yellowed paper, dampstaining, contemporary vellum with flaps, partially gnawed at edges. Dedicated like the first edition (Lyon, 1560) to the French chancellor François Olivier. Coras, a renowned magistrate and teacher at Toulouse's Faculty of Law, died during that city's "Saint-Barthélemy" uprising (October 4, 1572). His name remains attached to the famous court case of Martin Guerre, for which he was rapporteur.