De legitima tractatus absolutissimus
By: Mercuriali Merlino I.V.D. Foroliuiensi authore ; vnà cum decisionibus magistralibus Sacrae Rotae Romanae, hactenus non impressis, in eodem relatis, necnon combinationibus ad locos d. Tractatus in calce earundem decisionum ; in quo omnes propemodum casus qui in controuersiam vocari possunt summo studio ac ingenio elucidantur, iuxta sententias doctorum, senatuum, & aliorum tribunalium, ac praecipuè dictae Rotae Romanae, quae hoc signo notantur [pointing hand] ; opus tam in scholis profitentibus quam in foro versantibus apprimè vtile ac necessarium ; cum locupletissimis indicibus ... ; ad Illustriss. et Reuerendiss. dominum D. Aloysium Capponium S.R.E. Cardinalem ac Rauennaten. Ecclesiae archiepiscopum.
Contributors: Catholic Church. Rota Romana.
Publisher: Apud haeredem Damiani Zenarij
Published: 1626
Place of publication: Venetiis
Language: lat
Number of pages: 722
Subjects: Legitime (Roman law).; Legitime (Canon law).
Other titles: Decisiones Sacrae Rotae Romanae in Tractatu de legitima Mercurialis Merlini relatae & ab eodem collectae.
Notes: Merlini's treatise ends on p. 567. On p. [569], caption: Decisiones Sacrae Rotae Romanae in Tractatu de legitima Excel.mi D. Mercurialis Merlini I.V.D. Foroliuiensis relatae & ab eodem collectae ...  Included are 129 decisions (through p. 722, followed by indexes) from 16th-17th cent.
Colophon, p. 567, also on last page: Venetiis, MDCXXVI. Apud Bartholomaeum Rodellam, Damiani Zenarij haeredem, sub candentis Salamandrae signo.
Device of Damiano Zenaro on t.p. (crowned salamander in fire, in frame flanked by motto "Virtuti sic cedit invidia," Zappella 1015).
Signatures: [Greek cross]⁸ a-f⁶ g⁴ A-Z⁶ Aa-Zz⁶ Aaa⁸ Bbb-Ooo⁶ Ppp⁸. Two-column layout.
The legal arguments used are for the most part (incl. in the Rota decisions) from Roman law.