Practica Io. Petri de Ferrariis Papien. iuris interpretis clarissimi
Subtitle: per totum orbem celebratissima, omnibus tam iusdicentibus quàm aduocatis ... necessaria ... : hac nouissima vero editione à M. D. Leonardo à Lege iuriscons. Mantuano recognita, ab erroribusq́[ue] innumerabilibus ... summo eiusdem studio vindicata ... ac nouis eiusdem additionibus illustrata : ne autem ex librariorum consuetudine haec inscripta esse videantur, sequentes pagellae loca sub signo Fontanae grauioribus erroribus labefactata, quaeq́[ue] fuerint iuris prudentia instaurata, docebunt.
Contributors: Lege, Leonardus a, 16th cent.; Rasario, Giovanni Battista, 1517-1578.
Publisher: Apud Franciscum Rampazetum
Published: 1572
Place of publication: Venetiis
Language: lat
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Actions and defenses (Roman law); Procedure (Roman law); Pleading (Roman law); Pleading (Canon law); Lepanto, Battle of, Greece, 1571.
Other titles: Practica Papiensis
Notes: The work, known also as Practica Papiensis, had developed by accretion and comment from Ferrari's original collection of formulas used in civil, canonistic, and criminal procedures in early 15th cent.
"Santiss. Pio V. Pont. Max. Leonardus à Lege I.V.D. Mantuanus" (prelim. leaves [2]a-[4]a) concerns changes made in the present edition in answer to objections raised by the Roman Curia in 1559; the changes are listed on prelim. leaves [5-12] (= gathering 2[dagger]).
"Ioannis Baptistae Rasarii De victoria Christianorum ad Echinadas": leaves 330a-334a.
With the exception of Lege's letter, printed in two columns.
Device on t.p.: dragon intercepting a dove's flight, motto "Terrena coelestibus obsunt" (Zappella fig. 470)
Signatures: A⁴ 2[dagger]⁸ b-h⁸ A-Z⁸ AA-XX⁸ (XX8 blank)
Includes indexes.