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Giustiniano I [Imperatore Bizantino] - Giustiniano I [Imperatore Bizantino] - Codes DN. Iustiniani Sacratiss. Principis ex repetita praelectione Books 12., 1530. Nuremberg, Johann Petreius, 1530. In 4°. Woodcut initials, some handwritten notes in the margins, light browning, scattered foxing, some water stains, some small stains, modern half-leather binding with title within a tag imprinted in gold on the smooth spine, minor defects. Original edition edited by the young German jurist who was the first to publish the Corpus Iuris without the glosses and the traditional medieval subdivision. An ambitious and revolutionary undertaking that was appreciated by the major jurists of the time and inspired subsequent critical editions.