CUJAS (Jacques) - Jurisconsulti opera quae de ivre fecit. et - Lot 71

CUJAS (Jacques) - Jurisconsulti opera quae de ivre fecit. et Edit Volvit. Francfort, Chez Andrea Wechel et Jean Gymnic, 1595; in-folio, 16 ppnch. + 402 +599 + 814 + 656 columns + tables, contemporary full calf binding, 6-ribbed spine, red-painted edges, medallion-stamped boards, old restorations, split jaws. Jacques Cujas was a French jurist of the humanist period, representative of the École historique, who taught in Cahors, Bourges, Valence, Turin and Paris. Paul de Foix, a French prelate and diplomat, was a member of the Paris parliament, where he spoke out in favor of tolerance. He was arrested and absolved. He became archbishop of Toulouse in 1577, then ambassador to Rome from 1579 to 1584.