{"product_id":"de-luca-theatrum-veritatis-justitiae-tomus-ii-cologne-1690-1786-sierck-prize-copy","title":"De Luca — Theatrum Veritatis \u0026 Justitiae, Tomus II — Cologne 1690 — 1786 Sierck Prize Copy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDE LUCA, Giovanni Battista.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eEminentissimi ac Reverendissimi Domini D. Joannis Baptistae Cardinalis de Luca, Theatrum Veritatis \u0026amp; Justitiae, sive Decisivi Discursus… Tomus II.\u003c\/em\u003e Cologne (Coloniae Agrippinae): heirs of Johann Widenfeldt and Godefrid de Berges, 1690. Folio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA substantial volume of Cardinal Giovanni Battista De Luca’s \u003cem\u003eTheatrum Veritatis \u0026amp; Justitiae\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the major syntheses of seventeenth-century civil and canon law. This is \u003cstrong\u003eTomus II\u003c\/strong\u003e, containing the first three tractatus: on testaments, codicils and inheritance; fideicommissa, primogeniture and majorats; and legacies, intestate succession and renunciations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThe particular interest of this copy lies in a lengthy \u003cstrong\u003edated academic prize inscription from Sierck in 1786\u003c\/strong\u003e, written on a preliminary blank. It records the presentation of the volume to \u003cstrong\u003eGregorius Johannes Marcelanus\u003c\/strong\u003e, described as an \u003cem\u003eingenuus, maximaeque spei adolescens\u003c\/em\u003e — a promising young student — as he progressed:\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ecum ex Humanitate ad Rhetoricam gressum faceret\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“as he advanced from Humanities to Rhetoric.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe prize was made through the generosity of \u003cstrong\u003eP. R. D. De Maringer, Dean of the Chapter of Perl\u003c\/strong\u003e, and is formally attested by \u003cstrong\u003eFr. C. Reiffenberg, Professor Humanitatis\u003c\/strong\u003e. The inscription is dated:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSiercae, 26. 7bris 1786\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSierck, 26 September 1786.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eA partially damaged phrase appears to record the award as a \u003cstrong\u003efirst prize connected with the \u003cem\u003echria\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, a classical rhetorical composition exercise. Given the abrasion to this portion of the inscription, that reading is best regarded as probable rather than certain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eA later printed library label, \u003cstrong\u003e“Bibl. Prov. Germ. Inferioris … C.Ss.R.”\u003c\/strong\u003e, records subsequent institutional ownership. The same form of label is documented for the Lower German Province of the Redemptorist congregation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound in old full mottled calf, probably eighteenth century, the boards framed with double rules and centred with a decorative floral tool, spine on raised bands with small ornamental tools, edges stained red.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe binding is heavily worn but remains an attractive historic survival: extensive rubbing and surface abrasion to the leather, worn corners, losses and cracking around the spine ends and joints, and scattered old insect damage. The boards remain attached. The endpapers show substantial historic worming and channels; examination of the volume indicates that this is confined to the flypapers\/endpapers and does not materially extend into the printed text apart from a small lower corner of the front title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInternally considerably better preserved than the exterior. Paper generally sound and text strongly printed. A faint old tide mark affects the upper outer corner of some leaves, principally in approximately the first third. Toning varies noticeably between gatherings, reflecting possible differences in paper stock. The text block has been somewhat closely trimmed at the head, occasionally touching or clipping the upper running titles, without consequential loss to the body text. Occasional minor marks and age-toning. No manuscript marginalia or inserted material noted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is bibliographically designated Tomus II of the Cologne edition and contains Tractatus I–III, covering testaments and inheritance; fideicommissa, primogeniture and majorats; and legacies, intestate succession and renunciations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTractatus I: [4] ll., 182 pp., [13] ll.; 74 pp., [5] ll.; [2] ll., 100 pp., [10] ll. Tractatus II: [10] ll., 510 pp., [38] ll. Tractatus III: [3] ll., 118 pp., [9] ll.; [2] ll., 111 pp., [10] ll.; [2] ll., 47 pp., [2] ll.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e33 x 21cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReferences\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eVD17 1:010224Q; Tractatus II: VD17 12:621395U; Tractatus III: VD17 3:023224F. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eUSTC 2619414 — Tractatus I: \u003ci\u003eDe Testamentis… De Haerede… De Legitima Trebellianica…; \u003c\/i\u003eUSTC 2606747 — Tractatus II: \u003ci\u003eDe Fideicommissis, Primogenituris, et Maioratibus\u003c\/i\u003e; USTC 2660602 — Tractatus III: \u003ci\u003eDe Legatis, De Successionibus ab Intestato, De Renunciationibus.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reservoir Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58060867469694,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/4464\/8318\/files\/IMG_0571.jpg?v=1789819304","url":"https:\/\/reservoirbooks.store\/products\/de-luca-theatrum-veritatis-justitiae-tomus-ii-cologne-1690-1786-sierck-prize-copy","provider":"Reservoir Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}