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In a magnificentl contemporary Paris armorial binding: the first study on the jurisdiction of Roman Pontifices

GUTHERIUS, Jacobus.
De veteri iure Pontifico urbis Romae libri quatuor. Ad amplissimum virum Anthonium Seguerium ...

Title printed in red and black with beautifully engraved printer's vignette, ca. 75 small engravings of Romas coins and seals (50 x 50 mm) and  3 greater ones in the text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and inititials.

Title printed in red and black with beautifully engraved printer's vignette, ca. 75 small engravings of Romas coins and seals (50 x 50 mm) and  3 greater ones in the text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and inititials.

Title printed in red and black with beautifully engraved printer's vignette, ca. 75 small engravings of Romas coins and seals (50 x 50 mm) and  3 greater ones in the text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and inititials.

Title printed in red and black with beautifully engraved printer's vignette, ca. 75 small engravings of Romas coins and seals (50 x 50 mm) and  3 greater ones in the text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and inititials.

Title printed in red and black with beautifully engraved printer's vignette, ca. 75 small engravings of Romas coins and seals (50 x 50 mm) and  3 greater ones in the text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and inititials.



Paris, Nicolaus Buon, 1612. 4to. Contemporary full gilt tooled calf with quartered and crowned coat-of arms (unidentified) with three arrow heads in the first and a Greek cross in the third compartment, with helmet gear with a mermaid on top, alternate diagonal rows of rampant lions & arrow heads in a lozenge-shaped pattern of dotted lines, surrounded  by a double floral borders and fillets, flat spine similarly decorated, gilt binding edges, g.e., rests of ties. Title printed in red and black with beautifully engraved printer's vignette, ca. 75 small engravings of Romas coins and seals (50 x 50 mm) and  3 greater ones in the text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and inititials. (16), 480, (20) pp.

First edition of this first modern study on the jurisdiction, including the jurisdiction on the Vestal virgins, of the Roman priests (Pontifices). Further editions appeared in 1696 and 1732.
Jacobus Gutherius (Jacques Gouthière, 1568-1638) discusses almost every aspect of the institution of the pontiffs, but also propounds several adventurous theses such as that there were two pontifices maximi in Rome. The author investigates the guiding principle of arguably the most important religious authority in ancient Rome, the pontifical college, and examines the place of the college within Roman law and religion, giving particular attention to notions about the relationship of the pontifical law to the civil and sacral law, offering also the first detailed examination of the duties of the pontifical college as a collective body. Apart from the images of coins and seals, the author also has transcribed many Roman inscriptions.

Beautifully bound copy.- (Some insign. browning, ownership's  entry on title erased which has caused a stain on the following 6 lvs., margins of title soiled, hinges weak, both covers withsome  scratches).
cf.: M. Jos. E. Johnson, The Pontifical law of the Roman Republic (Thesis New Brunswick, 2007).

Related Subjects: 17th Century  Classical Antiquity  Law  Religion  Rome 

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