Farinacci, Prospero — Decisiones Sacrae Rotae Romanae CCCLXXII — Turin 1616, Early Edition
CHF 350.00
A working copy of this important collection of 372 decisions of the Sacred Roman Rota, compiled by Prospero Farinacci (1544–1618), one of the most influential criminal jurists of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Farinacci served as Procurator Fiscal of Rome and is best known for his monumental Praxis et Theorica Criminalis; his Rota decisions were considered essential reading for practitioners of canon and criminal law throughout Catholic Europe.
Published by the heirs of Giovanni Domenico Tarini at Turin (Augusta Taurinorum), 1616. The title page is printed in red and black and features a handsome woodcut printer's device — a lion resting within an oval cartouche, surrounded by elaborate strapwork, with the Greek motto ΑΝΕΧΟΥ / ΑΠΕΧΟΥ / ΚΑΙ (Bear / Abstain / And). With comprehensive indices and summaries as called for.
A significant piece of early seventeenth-century legal literature, reflecting the jurisprudential culture of Counter-Reformation Rome.
Published by the heirs of Giovanni Domenico Tarini at Turin (Augusta Taurinorum), 1616. The title page is printed in red and black and features a handsome woodcut printer's device — a lion resting within an oval cartouche, surrounded by elaborate strapwork, with the Greek motto ΑΝΕΧΟΥ / ΑΠΕΧΟΥ / ΚΑΙ (Bear / Abstain / And). With comprehensive indices and summaries as called for.
A significant piece of early seventeenth-century legal literature, reflecting the jurisprudential culture of Counter-Reformation Rome.
Condition notes
Contemporary vellum binding, heavily used and worn — a true scholar's copy that has seen centuries of active consultation. Binding with significant rubbing, staining, and deformation consistent with extended use over four centuries. Text block with browning and foxing throughout, as expected for paper of this period and type. Some worming visible. Title page clean and legible with the two-colour woodcut printing well preserved. Despite its well-worn state, the volume remains structurally intact and complete.
Sold as a document of legal and typographical history. No institutional stamps or ownership marks noted.