(VOLUMINA Legum, Vol. 1). (Warsaw, 1732).

(VOLUMINA Legum, Vol. 1).

Laws, Statutes, Constitutions, and Privileges of the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and All Annexed Provinces, from the Vislicia Assemblies Held in the Year 1347 Up to the Last Assemblies of the Kingdom: (Warsaw) 1732. Printed by the Royal-Municipal and Republic Printing Office of the Piarist School in Warsaw. (33 x 20.5 cm), p. [24], p. 589, [5], vignettes, woodcut initials, period half-leather binding.
(Vol. 33). The first volume covers statutes from 1347 to 1547 issued during the reigns of Casimir the Great (the Wiślica Statutes), Louis of Anjou, Władysław Jagiełło, Władysław Warneńczyk, Casimir Jagiellon, John Olbracht, Alexander Jagiellon, and Sigismund the Old. Volumina Legum: The first Polish collection of statutory law, containing a record of all royal privileges and Sejm constitutions from 1347 to 1793 (the Grodno Sejm session). This work was initiated by Józef Andrzej Załuski, Bishop of Kyiv. They began work on a chronological and complete edition of Polish laws. The first six volumes, containing laws enacted up to 1736, were compiled and published by the Piarist Stanisław Konarski. Volumes VII and VIII were published in 1782 by the Piarists. Volume IX was published in 1889 in Kraków by the Academy of Learning. Traces of slight moisture, some staining, a few crayon notes at the end, fresh endpapers. Good condition.