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Very rare first edition of an important early Greek legal treatise entitled:
Πραγμάτεια περὶ ἐπιτρόπων, κηδεμόνων καὶ ἀντιληπτόρων, κατὰ τοὺς Ῥωμαϊκοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι ἰσχύοντας νόμους
(A Treatise on Guardianship, Tutorship and Curatorship According to Roman Law and the Laws in Force in Greece.)
Written by G. A. Naftis, Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Areios Pagos (Supreme Court of Greece), and published in Athens in 1840 by the Printing House of Angelos Angelidis.
Issued only a few years after the establishment of the independent Kingdom of Greece, this scholarly work examines the legal institutions of guardianship, tutelage, and curatorship, comparing the principles of Roman law with the legislation then in force in the newly established Greek state.
During the first decades of Greek independence, Roman and Byzantine legal traditions continued to exert a profound influence on the country’s evolving legal system. Treatises such as the present volume played an important role in interpreting and adapting these long-established legal principles to the needs of the modern Greek judiciary and legal profession.
The author, G. A. Naftis, served as Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Areios Pagos, Greece’s highest civil and criminal court, giving the work considerable legal authority. It represents an important contribution to the formative period of modern Greek jurisprudence and reflects the close relationship between Roman legal scholarship and nineteenth-century Greek law.
Printed in Athens by Angelos Angelidis, one of the city’s early printing houses, this volume belongs to the first generation of legal books produced in the capital after independence. Such publications were issued in relatively limited numbers for judges, lawyers, and legal scholars and survive far less frequently than contemporary literary works.
Bibliographical details
Author: G. A. Naftis
Title: Πραγμάτεια περὶ ἐπιτρόπων, κηδεμόνων καὶ ἀντιληπτόρων
English title: A Treatise on Guardianship, Tutorship and Curatorship According to Roman Law and the Laws in Force in Greece
Author’s position: Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Areios Pagos (Supreme Court of Greece)
Place of publication: Athens
Printer: Angelos Angelidis
Year: 1840
Edition: First edition
Language: Greek
Pagination: 16 + 259 pages
Dimensions: 20 cm × 12.5 cm
Binding: Contemporary half leather binding
Condition
Good antique condition. Contemporary half leather binding with expected age-related wear and rubbing to the extremities. Internally complete, with light foxing and natural age-toning consistent with a book of this period. The text remains clean and fully legible, and the binding is sound. Please examine the accompanying photographs carefully, as they form an integral part of the description.
A rare and historically important work documenting the formative years of modern Greek law. An attractive acquisition for collectors of early Greek printing, legal history, Roman law, and nineteenth-century scholarly publications.
