Terrasson, Antoine. — History of Roman Jurisprudence, Coveri - Lot 326

Terrasson, Antoine. — History of Roman Jurisprudence, Covering Its Origins and Development from the Founding of Rome to the Present: The Papyrian Code and the Laws of the Twelve Tables…, A History of Each Law in Particular... To serve as an introduction to the study of civil law, to the reading of the commentators on Roman law, and to the work entitled *The Civil Laws in Their Natural Order*. Paris, Charles-Nicolas Poirion, 1750. Folio bound in contemporary full tiger-striped calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, title label—cap bands worn down, skin abrasions, small holes, corners pierced—[2 ff.], XXIV, 483 pp., 152 pp. (Veteris jurisprudentiae romanae monumenta...). First edition dedicated to Chancellor d’Aguesseau. At the end of the *History of Roman Law*, there is a collection of interesting documents under the title *Veteris jurisprudentiae romanae monumenta*