Alciati Andrea - IL DUELLO DELL’ALCIATI - 1545

Duello of the most excellent and clarissimo jurist M. Andrea Alciato, made from Latin into Italian for the common utility. 97 , [14] . 8* Book in very good condition, parchment soft cover, inner pages fresh and crisp, with no signs of damp, tears or woodworm. One stain on the title page and a few marginal marks on the last two pages, see photo; otherwise nothing significant to report. The work examines the duel as a problem of law and morality: the relationship between defending one’s honor, personal disputes, the authority of the law, and turning to arms. Alciato takes a critical stance toward the practice of duelling, calling into question its moral and legal justification. The volume is therefore above all a testimony to the legal and chivalric culture. Andrea Alciato (1492–1550) was a Milanese jurist and humanist, one of the principal renovators of the study of Roman law. He used history and philology to interpret the laws and reconstruct their original meaning. He taught at important Italian and French universities, including Avignon, Bourges, Pavia, Bologna, and Ferrara. He is also famous for the «Emblemata», first published in 1531: Latin allegorical compositions paired with images, which enjoyed enormous fortune in European culture and art.

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