Coloniae, Sumptibus Petri Ketteler, 1693, in-12 (16.5 x 9.5 cm - 6.5 x 3.7 inches), 381 pp. - 30 ff. (index), contemporary full brown calf (worn, 1 board detached, rubbed particularly on spine), spine raised on 4 bands, sprinkled edges.
First published in 1601, this is an interesting treatise on the privileges and immunities of universities under canon law. It is also notable as an early treatise on the law of corporations. Loseo published his book during a particularly tense period for the universities of Europe. As centers of theology, law and the civil service they had been coping with the effects of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation for nearly two decades. Enriched by head and tail piece. Sligthly browned.