OSTROWSKI- PRAWO CYWILNE NARODU POLSKIEGO t.1-2 [coplet in 2 vols.] ed. 1784

OSTROWSKI Teodor

PRAWO CYWILNE NARODU POLSKIEGO
z statutów i konstytucyi koronnych i litewskich zebrane, rezolucyami Rady Nieustaustiącey obiaśnione dodatkiem, z praw kanonicznego, magdeburskiego, i chełmiński pom multipżżone, a porządkiem praw romanskich ułożony
vol. I-II [complete].

Warsaw 1784, Druk. XX. Scholarum Piarum, pp. [6], 364, [6]; [4], 384, [4]; format 11.5x18 cm

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Author - pseud. and crypt: impartial citizen; O. P., (born November 9, 1750 in Kopina, Lublin province, died February 12, 1802 in Lviv) was a prominent historian and lawyer, piarist, professor at the Collegium Nobilium and the Cadet Corps. At the king's request, he compiled a detailed physical inventory for Volumina legum volumes VII and VIII. For this work he was awarded the royal medal "Merentibus". By the Four-Year Sejm, he was appointed to the code deputation, which was to lay out the civil and criminal code. This commission was chaired by Hugo Kołłątaj, then the Sub-Chancellor of the Crown.
The offered work is a monumental study of Polish law.

The entire work contains the following parts: On Persons, On Things, On Contracts, On Crimes and Penalties.On Courts, Forms of Contracts, Records and Some Transactions of the Crown Court, Lithuanian Forms; the offered volume to the section on Penalties.

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Condition BDB-/ in vol.1 faint trace of flooding on initial pages, notations on title page, in vol.2 stamps, 4 initial pages repaired, minimal loss of text of pre-title page, some discoloration, stains, otherwise a NICE piece