Elementa iuris ciuilis
Subtitle: seu institutiones imperiales in carme[n] co[n]tractae
By: autore L. Honorato Dracone iurisconsul. Eiusdem de iurisprudentiae studio, & iustitiae laudibus sylua. In gratia[m] studio foru[m] additi sunt Caii iurisconsulti Institut. Libri duo
Publisher: Apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni.
Published: 1556
Place of publication: Coloniae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: Roman law; Poetry; Early works to 1800; Institutiones
Other titles: Elementa juris civilis; Institutiones imperiales; Institutionum imper.; Caii Institutionum libri duo.
Notes: Device of Arnold Birckmann on title page.

Running title: Liber primus [-secundus, -tertius, -quartus] Institutionum imper.

Collation: A-L⁸ [$5 (-IK3 -I4) signed; misprinting G3 as G5; L7, L8 blank]

Paginated, but only rectos of most leaves (odd page numbers) are numbered; p. 18, 34, 50, 66, 82, 98, 114, 130, 146, and 162 are numbered.

In predominantly italic type; some Roman type.

Historiated initials.

Side notes.

A condensation of Roman law, written in Latin verse. Author's verse preface to law students.

VD 16 D2641, D2642

Ex libris Claude Pellot.

Bound in early vellum. Ownership inscription of Claude Pellot at foot of title page.