THE SEVEN PARTIDAS OF KING ALFONSO THE WISE. Royal Academy of History. Royal Printing Office, Madrid 1807. Three volumes: 1 (524 pages), 2 (834 pages), and 3 (795 pages). Hardcover binding, containing a beautiful engraving of King Alfonso X the Wise, as well as some foldouts. In very good condition.
Written during the reign of Alfonso X, it took its current name around the 14th century, as it had previously been called the "Book of Laws." This work is considered one of Castile's most important legacies to the history of law, as it is the most extensive and long-standing body of law in Spain and Latin America (until the 19th century AD). It has even been described as a "humanist encyclopedia," as it covers philosophical, moral, and theological topics (of Greco-Latin origin), although the text itself confirms the legislative nature of the work, stating in the prologue that it was dictated in view of the confusion and abundance of regulations and that it was solely to be judged by them.
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