Barthélémy CHASSENEUX
Consuetudines ducatus Burgundiae, fereque totius Galliae
Sumptibus Samuelis Crispini|Coloniae Allobrogum [Geneva] • (Genève) [Geneva] 1616|22 x 35 cm|relié
New edition, the very first dating from 1517. Text in two columns. Decorated initials and tailpieces, and 6 in-text figures of genealogical trees.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 6 black fleurons. Boards stamped at center with a black olive crown, blind border and black tools in the corners. Center of upper board torn away with a large loss (12x18cm). 2 splits at head. Corners heavily bumped, 2 of which are bare.
French jurist born in 1480 and died in 1540, Chasseneux provided in his principal work: The Customs of Burgundy, a model and major source for French customary law which even served in the elaboration of the Napoleonic Code. This has been reprinted many times since the first of 1517.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 6 black fleurons. Boards stamped at center with a black olive crown, blind border and black tools in the corners. Center of upper board torn away with a large loss (12x18cm). 2 splits at head. Corners heavily bumped, 2 of which are bare.
French jurist born in 1480 and died in 1540, Chasseneux provided in his principal work: The Customs of Burgundy, a model and major source for French customary law which even served in the elaboration of the Napoleonic Code. This has been reprinted many times since the first of 1517.
€750