Sachsenspiegel. Look at newe, with summariis and newen additions. Through the high-gel species Mr. Christoff Zobel with special swift judgment. 6 nn., DXXVIII num. (recte: 540), 43 nn Bl. Title in red and black. With leaf-sized coat of arms woodcut, woodcut printer brand and woodcut vignette at the end. 31.5 x 20.5 cm. Parchment d. C. (somewhat stained, rubbed and bruised, back cover with smaller hole) with hs. Title. Leipzig, Johann Steinmann, 1582. VD16 D 739. – Fourth of the so-called Zobelian editions. "The Sachsenspiegel is not only the oldest comprehensive German legal book, but also the first large prose work in German and thus represents a legal and linguistic monument unique for its time. With it begins the real history of German law and a German jurisprudence, and the laws laid down in it are so powerful that they can still successfully resist the invading Roman law after centuries. At the same time, a written German legal language begins with him, which is able to finally displace the Latin language which was used until then (Kaspers, quoted after Sauer-Auvermann, European Legal History, 1972). – Title with smoothed squeeze folds, two sheets of the preface with hole in the sentence mirror (some word loss). A little tanned and brownish.