Renaissance Legal tract bound with a trio of 12th to 15th century binding waste by Cicero and Saint Augustine of Hippo Andrea Tiraquelli’s “De Utroque rectractu municipali, et conventionali, commentarii duo” Printed in Lyon by the celebrated printer Guillaume Rouillé in 1571 Complete – Folio – [8],798,[102] Textually complete but text toned with some marks. Contemporary vellum binding with wear, stains and some loosening. Plain vellum around spine with 1 fragment on front board and 2 fragments on rear board. This copy is interesting in that in is bound by three large manuscript fragments: 1) c1200 bifolium in a protogothic hand – identified as a commentary on Psalm 131 by Saint Augustine of Hippo Exposito in Psalmum 131 is a reflection on the virtue of trust in God and earthly humility. In his interpretation of this short psalm, Augustine emphasizes the importance of submitting oneself to God and avoiding pride and earthly temptations. 2) c15th Century fragment of Cicero’s rhetoric in a Batarde hand - “Rhetorica ad Herennium” This is an important text on the study of public speaking, forming arguments which had great relevance to the renaissance reader of the 15th Century. 3) c15th Century unidentified legal text in an Italian Gothic hand The text appears to contain legal terms, although I have been unable to identify the text in a 15th Century Italian Gothic hand. The fragments bind a later edition of a popular French civil law text by Andre Tiraqueau – a leading French lawyer of his age. Based in Poitou, Tiraqueau worked as a counsellor to the Parliament of Paris and applied humanist principles to law, moving away from medieval jurisprudence. He was a patron to François Rabelais, and according to Pierre Bayle, is said to have fathered 45 children(!)