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Title: [Antique title page, 1604] Codicis Iustiniani...(Codex Justinianus), published 1604, 1 p.
Description: Title page with lettering: 'Codicis Iustiniani d.n. sacratissimi principis pp. aug. repetitae praelectionis libri XII. NOTIS Dionysii Gothofredi IC. Illustrati. Tertia editio prioribus auctior & emendatior [printer's device] Apud Ioannem Vignon. M.DCIIII. Cum privilegio Sacra Caesaris Maiestatis & Christianissimi Francorum Regis.'With notes of the jurist Denis Godefroy.Published in Geneva, by Jean Vignon in 1604.The printer's device features an anchor with a snake. At either side a hand holding on the anchor, each coming from a cloud.Beautifully decorated architectural frame, late Renaissance style, with seated reading figures on the sides. Letterpress on paper, in black ink; total: 237 x 155 mm; mounted on cardboard mat; some rubbing and staining at bottom; in fair condition.

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