"Las Siete Partidas del Rey Don Alfonso El Sabio".

"Las Siete Partidas del Rey Don Alfonso El Sabio".
Partida Primera Volume I-II.
Royal Printing House, Madrid, 1807.
Spanish paper covers.
In good condition.
Measurements: 25.5 x 20 x 4.5 cm.

The Siete Partidas is a normative body written in Castile during the reign of Alfonso X (1221-1284) with the aim of achieving a certain juridical uniformity in the kingdom. Its original name was "Libro de las Leyes" (Book of Laws), and around the 14th century A.D. it received its current name, due to the sections into which it was divided. This work is considered one of the most important legacies of Castile to the history of Law, as it is the most extensive and longest standing body of law in Spain and Latin America (until the 19th century A.D.). It has even been described as a "humanist encyclopedia", since it deals with 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 only to be judged by them.