Details

Subject(s)

• Roman law [Browse]

Printer

• Elzevir, Daniel, 1626-1680 [Browse]
• Elzevir, Louis, 1604-1670 [Browse]

Publisher

• Elzevir, Daniel, 1626-1680 [Browse]
• Elzevir, Louis, 1604-1670 [Browse]

Annotator

• Wright, John [Browse]

Former owner

• Kinnoul, George Hay, Earl of, 1689-1758 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Annotations [Browse]

Notes

• Added illustrated t.p., engraved.
• Signatures: *⁸ A-2B¹² 2C⁴.
• Includes index.
• Princeton copy 1 note in contemporary English secretary hand at front free endpaper "Dear George / this is to desire you to / acompany the corpse of my / deceased father a very pious / man who died at two oclock / without pain or troble by which / we may conclude that he lived / a very good & pious life, & his / death was well greeted by all."

Binding note

Princeton copy 1 Bound in contemporary yapp-edged vellum with gilt-and-red title label on spine.

Provenance

Princeton copy 1 Annotated in Latin from the preface through to the end of book II; early 18th-century Scottish provenance markings including "Dupplin Castle" and shelfmark on pastedown; collation note of John Wright ("Collat. & perfect") dated Dec. 23, 1723 on flyleaf; draft text of a letter. John Wright was librarian to George Henry Hay, Earl of Kinnoull (1689-1758) at Dupplin Castle, who possibly annotated the book.

Other title(s)

• Institutiones imperiales erotematibus distinctae ...
• Institutiones.

LCCN

91172431

OCLC

24954139

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