Law - Law books Sachsenspiegel. Auffs newe ubersehen, mit Summarijs und newen Additionen ... durch Christoph Zobel. 3 parts in 1 volume. With 2 woodcut printer's marks (1 on title, 1 large one at end), 1 folio-sized woodcut with coat of arms and large woodcut text. Title in black and red. Leipzig, (Ernst Vögelin), 1561. gr.-4°. 6 unn., 571 rom. num., 43 unn. Bll. (Mod.) leather binding on 5 bands. Rare edition of the Sachsenspiegel, the most important and also the oldest German law book. It also marks the beginning of a written German legal language, which was finally able to replace the Latin language used up to that time (Kaspers). - 2nd Zobel edition, edited by G. Menius after Zobel's death. - Kaspers 37 - VD16 D 751 - STC 343 - Homeyer, Verz. d. Sachsenspiegel 25 - It is characteristic of Zobel's printed editions that they often contain both the glosses and other supplementary works such as the Richtsteige, Cautela and Premis as well as the Remissorien, Vokabularien or others (Kapsers). - Title page somewhat brownstained and with faded notes, waterstained throughout in the upper margin and upper inner fold (partly with small losses as a result), occasionally with small wormholes. - Includes: Corpus iuris canonici gregorii XIII Pont. Max. jussu editum a Petro Pithoeo, et Francisco Fratre. 2 vols. in 1 vol. Title page (1) with portraits of the Pithou brothers, title page (2) with coat of arms signet as well as 1 text engraving and 2 full-page engravings with genealogical trees. Copper with family trees. Leipzig, Gleditsch, 1695. folio. 32 pp., 492 pp., 6 pp., 488 pp., 41 pp., (and appendix): 4 pp., 140 pp. (Mod.) cloth with spine and cover title). - Important critical edition of the Corpus juris canonici by the Pithou brothers. - Cf. Meder p. 153 ff. - Since the publication of the official papal text of the Corpus juris canonici in 1582, text-critical work has been accompanied by the watchful, censorious eye of the Church. Textual criticism within the framework of the now established text was possible, but unbiased scholarly work on the text, such as on the Corpus juris civilis, was dangerous. Nevertheless, text-critical work continued on the Corpus juris canonici. This research reached its peak with the Pithou brothers, students of the famous Jacobus Cuiacius at the University of Bourges. - Some browning, some brown stains in the upper centrefold. I. Sachsenspiehel 1561. - Title page somewhat brownstained and with faded notes, waterstained throughout in the upper margin and upper inner fold (partly with small tears as a result), occasionally with small worm marks. Modern leatherbinding. - Added: II.Corpus iuris canonici 1695. modern cloth. - Somewhat browned, partly with brown stain in the upper centrefold.