PRINCIPIA JURIS CRIMINALIS GERMANIAE COMMUNIS: Auditorum Usibus Destinata (Principia Ivris Criminalis Germaniae Commvnis: Avditorvm Vsibvs Destinata). By CHRIST. FRID. GEO. MEISTERI. D. (CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH GEORG MEISTER). An important and influential treatise on CRIMINAL LAW by Gottingen professor and law councilor Christian Friedrich Georg Meister. Published in GOETTINGAE (GÖTTINGEN) by Impensis Victorini Bossigelii (Bossiegel), MDCCLV (1755). Rare FIRST EDITION with the date 1755 both on the title page and at the end of the preface. Hardcovers, leather spine and corners with speckled paper covered boards, five raised spine bands, gilt lettered title label on the spine, marbled page edges, 4x6.5 inches (10x17 cm), 8vo. Pagination: [16], 492 pages including 2 pages of Errata at the end. TEXT in LATIN. Illustrated with engraved woodcut head and tail pieces. There is a lovely, early Armorial Bookplate on the front pastedown, with the initials "G.A.V.S." GOOD condition: The covers are chipped at the head of spine, splitting but holding well at the spine folds, and rubbed with some scrapes to the leather and paper covering. Internally, the front hinge is cracked but holding well, the pages are toned with the early and latter pages somewhat darker than the rest; overall this 1755 book remains tight, bright, clean, clear, and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy. This early law book was oft reprinted. While early editions are hard to find, the 1755 FIRST EDITION is almost impossible to find. About CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH GEORG MEISTER (excerpted from various Internet sources): Christian Friedrich Georg Meister, b. 1718 d. 1782, received his doctorate from the University of Göttingen in 1741. He began his law career first as a private lawyer and highly sought after law lecturer. In 1754 he became a full professor of Law at the University of Gottingen. He quickly became one the University's most important law professors. In 1755 he wrote what is considered his most important and influential work, the PRINCIPIA JURIS CRIMINALIS.******