ALFONSO X (1221-1284) – Las Siete partidas del Sabio Rey don Alonso el nono. Commentary by LOPEZ, Gregorio (c.1496-1560). Salamanca: Andrea de Portonaris, 1555.
ALFONSO X (1221-1284) – Las Siete partidas del Sabio Rey don Alonso el nono. Commentary by LOPEZ, Gregorio (c.1496-1560). Salamanca: Andrea de Portonaris, 1555.
The first edition of Gregorio Lopez’s commentary on the most important Spanish lawbook, a heavily annotated copy with important provenance. It is only the second copy ever at auction according to the records of RBH and ABPC. Lopez’s gloss of this all-encompassing 13th-century law compendium was legitimized by royal degree in the same year it was published, and continued to be reprinted into the 19th century. It is particularly notable for its treatment of the application of law in Latin America, where it became the standard legal text for several centuries. The copy is signed and possibly corrected by Gregorio López—either the original jurist or his grandson, who wrote a supplement to this work in 1573. Ruiz Fidalgo 430.
Seven parts in three volumes, folio (378 x 275mm). Large woodcut arms on section titles, 2 large genealogical woodcuts, woodcut initials (title to part 1 and first few leaves of part 3 loose; tears with loss to titles of parts 3 and 6, with large repaired tear to part 3 title; without ff. 8 and 14 in part 2; mostly marginal dampstaining, some worming). Modern quarter sheep over papered boards, decorated paper index tabs, engraving of the Virgin Mary pasted to front endpaper, several 19th century letters and notes laid in (front board of vol. 1 and both boards of vol. 3 detached, backstrip missing on vols 1 and 2, rear joint of vol. 3 starting, paper worn away from boards on all vols.). Provenance: Gregorio López (signature on final leaf of part 7, perhaps with his annotations) – corrections, marginalia, and underlining in numerous early and later hands, 8 pp of early manuscript notes laid in, these mostly concerning Peter of Blois – unnamed religious house devoted to the Virgin Mary (several inscriptions) – 19th century Mexican private collection (manuscript notes).
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ALFONSO X (1221-1284) – Las Siete partidas del Sabio Rey don Alonso el nono. Commentary by LOPEZ, Gregorio (c.1496-1560). Salamanca: Andrea de Portonaris, 1555.
The first edition of Gregorio Lopez’s commentary on the most important Spanish lawbook, a heavily annotated copy with important provenance. It is only the second copy ever at auction according to the records of RBH and ABPC. Lopez’s gloss of this all-encompassing 13th-century law compendium was legitimized by royal degree in the same year it was published, and continued to be reprinted into the 19th century. It is particularly notable for its treatment of the application of law in Latin America, where it became the standard legal text for several centuries. The copy is signed and possibly corrected by Gregorio López—either the original jurist or his grandson, who wrote a supplement to this work in 1573. Ruiz Fidalgo 430.
Seven parts in three volumes, folio (378 x 275mm). Large woodcut arms on section titles, 2 large genealogical woodcuts, woodcut initials (title to part 1 and first few leaves of part 3 loose; tears with loss to titles of parts 3 and 6, with large repaired tear to part 3 title; without ff. 8 and 14 in part 2; mostly marginal dampstaining, some worming). Modern quarter sheep over papered boards, decorated paper index tabs, engraving of the Virgin Mary pasted to front endpaper, several 19th century letters and notes laid in (front board of vol. 1 and both boards of vol. 3 detached, backstrip missing on vols 1 and 2, rear joint of vol. 3 starting, paper worn away from boards on all vols.). Provenance: Gregorio López (signature on final leaf of part 7, perhaps with his annotations) – corrections, marginalia, and underlining in numerous early and later hands, 8 pp of early manuscript notes laid in, these mostly concerning Peter of Blois – unnamed religious house devoted to the Virgin Mary (several inscriptions) – 19th century Mexican private collection (manuscript notes).
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