Cupido iurisperitus
By: Stephano Forcatulo Bliterensi iurisconsulto autore ; eiusdem Ad calumniatores epistola.
Contributors: Forcadel, Etienne, ca. 1518-1578.
Publisher: Apud Ioan. Tornaesium
Published: 1553
Place of publication: Lugduni
Language: lat
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Marriage (Roman law); Domestic relations (Roman law); Sex and law -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Cvpido ivrisperitvs
Notes: LC copy has armorial exlibris of John Spencer Esq.
"Hoc in opere amor & ius ciuile sic coniunguntur vt mira propè ac singularia quaedam de vtroque recitentur" (p. 9, preceding first chapter)
"Epistola Stephani Forcatuli Bliterensis iurisconsulti ad calumniatores" (p. [115]-141; printed in italics) has half t.p.
Device of Jean (I) de Tournes on t.p. (two vipers, motto "Quod tibi fieri non vis, alteri ne feceris"); on verso of penultimate leaf, medallion with a tetrahedron encircled by motto "Nescit labi virtus."
Signatures: a-s⁴ (s4 blank)
Includes index of the hundred-plus laws from the Justinian corpus that are discussed or mentioned in the treatise for their bearing on human romantic/erotic relationships (p. 5-8).