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 dodatkami, z praw kanonicznego, magdeburskiego, i chełmiński pomnożone, a porządkiem praw rzymskich ułożony
t.I-II [complete].

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

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The author - pseud. and code name: Impartial Citizen; O. P., (born November 9, 1750 in Kopina, Lublin Province, died February 12, 1802 in Lviv) was an eminent historian and jurist, piarist, professor at the Collegium Nobilium and the Cadet Corps. At the king's request, he compiled a detailed material inventory for the seventh and eighth volumes of Volumina legum. 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; 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