Quaestionum Juris Civilis Centuria in Decem Classes Distributa

1682. Lacking one blank endleaf of text. Lacking one blank endleaf of text. Zouch Poses Questions on the Civil Law for Students Zouch, Richard [1590-1661]. Quaestionum Juris Civilis Centuria in Decem Classes Distributa. Non Minus ad Legum Generalium Cognitionem, Quam ad Studiosorum Exercitationem, Accommodata. London: Excudebat Milo Flesher, Pro Gulielmo Robinson, 1682. [xvi], 511 pp. Lacking one blank endleaf at rear of text. 12mo. (5" x 3"). Contemporary calf, blind rules and corner fleurons to boards, raised bands and fragments of paper title label to spine, careful repairs to spine ends and corners, edges rouged. Some rubbing to extremities, hinges cracked. Some toning to text, minor foxing to a few leaves. "1a6" in tiny early hand to upper corner of title page, interior otherwise clean. An appealing copy. $950. * Third and final edition. One of England's greatest civilians, Zouch (or Zouche) was an advocate of Doctors' Commons, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty and Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford. He published treatises on a broad range of legal topics and is renowned for his contributions to international law. Quaestionum Juris Civilis Centuria is a volume of sample examination questions for students of the civil law. Intended "specially for the alumni of Winchester and New College, in which he himself had learned classics and civil law," it was first published in 1659 with a title page stating 1660) (ODNB). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (accessed online). English Short-Title Catalogue R217442.