Décisions notables de feu Messire Giles Le Maistre, Chevalier & Premier Président en la Cour de Parlement de Paris.

Le Maistre, Gilles (ca 1499-1562)

Verlag: Paris: Iaques Keruer, 1566

Beschreibung

First printing. Quarto. [4], 107, [5]. Hardcover, bound in late 19th c. half brown morocco over marbled boards, with raised bands and tooled panels. Attractive title vignette (depicts unicorn with shield featuring a coat-of-arms; bordered by motto); head pieces; decorative initials. Includes: Traicte des amortissemens (fol. 1-12), Traicte des fiefs, hommages, et vassaulx (fol. 13-18), Traicte des regales (fol. 19-39), Traicte des criees (fol. 40-94), Traicte des appellations comme d'abus (fol. 94-107). Table des matieres principales du present oeuure (10 unpaginated pages). Moderate shelf-wear, the marbled boards a bit rubbed, the fore-corners exposed; the text block unmarked. An attractive copy. The notes of Gilles Le Maistre, an eminent judge in the Parlement of Paris, on important judicial decisions of his day. Because of the rules of judicial secrecy the collection was not published until after his death. The book would be reprinted at least eight times by 1662 and proved a significant influence on the reform of French law in the early modern period. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers C-1A-C

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Décisions notables de feu Messire Giles Le ...

Verlag: Paris: Iaques Keruer

Erscheinungsdatum: 1566

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good