Digestum vetus, seu Pandectarum iuris ciuilis tomus primus
Subtitle: ex Pandectis Florentinis, in lucem emissis, vti fieri potuit, repraesentatus
By: commentariis Accursii, scholiis Contii, paratitlis Cuiacii & quorundam aliorum obseruationibus, nouae accesserunt notae ad Accursium Dionysii Gothofredi, I.C. in quibus glossae obscuriores explicatae: similes & contrariae adiectae: vitiosae in dictione, historia; vel iure notatae: verae defensae. Additus est huic editioni nouus & sextus tomus, in quo thesaurus alphabeticus glossarum Accursij: remissiones singulariu[m] intellectuum ad singularia iuris capita, authore Pet. Brosseo: notarum ad Accursium libri, authore Ioan. Hennequino, I.V.D. continentur
Contributors: Ausultus, Joannes, printer; Accursius, glossator, approximately 1182-approximately 1260; Leconte, Antoine, 1517-1586; Cujas, Jacques, 1522-1590; Godefroy, Denis, 1549-1621, commentator; Brosses, Pierre de, active 16th century; Cardon, Horace, 1566?-1641, publisher; Kellen, William Vail, 1852-1942, donor
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1589
Place of publication: Lugduni
Language: lat
Subjects: Roman law; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Digestvm vetvs, seu Pandectarum iuris civilis tomvs primus; Pandectarum iuris civilis tomus primus; Pandectarvm ivris civilis tomvs primvs; Digestum vetus.; Infortiatum.; Digestum novum.; Codex (Corpus juris civilis); Volumen parvum (Corpus juris civilis); Infortiatum, seu pandectarum iuris ciuilis tomus secundus.; Digestum nouum, seu pandectarum iuris ciuilis tomus tertius.; Codicis D.N. Iustiniani sacratissimi principis PP. Augusti repetitae praelectiones libris XII.; Volumen legum paruum, quod vocant.; Institutionum siue primorum totius iurisprudentiae elementorum, libri quatuor.; Sextum volumen, in quo haec sequentia exstant.
Work titles: Corpus juris civilis
Notes: Title pages of all volumes printed in red and black.

Printer's device of lion and bees with legend "De forti dulcedo" on all title pages.

Pagination: v.1: [44] p., 2222 columns, [1] p.; v.2: [8] p., 2020 columns ; v.3: [20] p., 1926 columns, [1] p.; v.4: [40] p., 2204 columns, [34] p.; v.5: [12] p., 324 columns, [10] p., 640 columns, [20] p., 198 columns, [1] p., [16] p., 564 columns, [2] p.; v.6: [284], 378 p., 318 columns, [1], 10, [10], 198, [2] p.

Title varies. Vol. 2 has title "Infortiatum, seu Pandectarum iuris ciuilis tomus secundus", vol. 3 has title "Digestum nouum, seu Pandectarum iuris ciuilis tomus tertius", vol. 4 has title "Codicis D.N. Iustiniani sacratissimi principis PP. Augusti repetitae praelectiones libris XII", vol. 5 has title "Volumen legum paruum, quod vocant"; vol. 6 has title "Sextum volumen, in quo haec sequentia exstant".

Text surrounded by the gloss of Accursius, printed in 2 columns; woodcut intials.

Includes indices.

Vol. 5: "Institutionum siue primorum totius iurisprudentiae elementorum, libri quatuor" has separate dated t.p. and begins new pagination and register.

Head- and tail-pieces, side notes.

Considered by the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica to be the best edition of the Glossa Ordinaria of Accursius.

BN v.80, col. 94