HERBURT Jan - Statuta Regni Poloniae. Lublin 1756.

HERBURT Jan - Statuta Regni Poloniae in ordinem alphabeti digesta. A Joanne Herburto de Fulstin [...]. Propter exemplarium inopiam denuo recusa. Cum annexa ad marginem citatione veteris folii editionis Zamoscianae Anno Domini 1597, impressae. Lublini 1756. typis S.R.M. Collegii Societatis Jesu. folio, pp. [8], 365, [5]. Bound in period leather.
E. 18, 133. Cover scratches, loss of front pastedown, stains, signs of woodworm. Own signature. On title page vignette with the White Eagle in woodcut. The seventh edition of the collection of statutes of the Kingdom of Poland issued by historian and lawyer Jan Herburt (1524-1577) - secretary to King Sigismund Augustus. This is one of the most popular collections of Polish legislation from the 16th to 18th centuries, containing an alphabetical listing of the laws of the Kingdom of Poland and, until the development of the "Wolumina legum", remained the main tool for resolving cases in Polish courts.