Daniel-Marc-Antoine CHARDON
[CORSAIRE] Code des prises ou Recueil des édits, déclarations, lettres patentes, arrêts, ordonnances, réglements & décisions sur la courses & l'administration des prises, depuis 1400 jusqu'à présent
Imprimerie Royale (1640-1792)|Paris 1784|19.4 x 25.8 cm|2 volumes reliés
Rare first edition (cf. Polak, 1808; Quérard, II, 133. Not in Crowne Library. Absent from Brunet.)
Contemporary full marbled calf bindings, spines with five raised bands framed in gilt fillets, gilt double compartments with decorative tooling, red morocco title labels, volume label with partly faded gilt on vol. II, some joints restored, gilt roll-tooled caps partially dulled, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelles, red edges.
Some foxing, final leaves in both volumes and endpapers lightly toned in margins.
€6,000