Enchiridion Lexici Juris Incliti Regni Hungariae, Seu Extractus..

1810. An Important--And Scarce--Hungarian Law Dictionary Kubinyi, Sandor [1751-1799]. Csaplovics, Janos [1780-1847], Editor. Enchiridion Lexici Juris Incliti Regni Hungariae, Seu Extractus Universarum Legum Patriarum in Codice Juris, Decretis Scilicet, Verbocziano Item & Kitonichiano Operibus Contentarum, Cum Exactissimis ad Loca Decretalia Provocationibus, Ordine Alphabeti Digestus. Revisus, Auctus, Emendatus & Usque ad Anni 1808. Decreta Extensus Studio & Opera Joannis Csaplovics. Bratislava: Sumtibus & Typis Simonis Petri Weber, 1798. iv, 783 pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, lettering piece and gilt fillets and ornaments to spine, patterned endpapers. Moderate rubbing with some wear to extremities, mostly to foot of spine and corners, which are bumped. Moderate toning to interior, part-erased signature to head of title page. A very good copy of a scarce title. $1,500. * Second edition. Text in Latin, the official language of Hungarian law and government until 1836. This legal dictionary was a standard reference work in the Kingdom of Hungary and it went through three more editions in 1810, 1816 and 1832. Several entries are notably detailed and scholarly. Despite its importance, few copies of any edition are found outside of Eastern Europe. OCLC locates 3 copies of the 1810 edition in North American law schools (Harvard, Library of Congress, Yale). British Museum Catalogue 14:468. (Inventory #: 82883)