FREIESLEBEN, Christoph Heinrich. Corpus Juris Canonici. Basel: J.R. Thurmisiorum, 1730. 4to. Two volumes. Title in red and black in first volume with printer?s device. Contemporary calf with titles and compartments gilt (rubbing, toning, notations). Corpus juris canonici refers to a system of canonical law with its roots in the 13th century, in this instance denoting a collection of religious laws placed in a systematic order. Includes Institutiones Juris Canonici by Giovanno Paolo Lanecellotti (1522-1590), an Italian canonist whose work was often printed as a supplementary text to Corpus Juris Canonici throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Overall condition good.