George Thomas STAUNTON
Ta-Tsing-Leu-Lée, ou les lois fondamentales du code pénal de la Chine, avec le choix des statuts supplémentaires, originairement imprimé et publié à Pékin, dans les différentes Éditions successives, sous la sanction et par l'autorité de tous les Empereurs Ta-Tsing, composant la Dynastie actuelle : traduit du chinois, et accompagné d'un appendix conntenant des documents authentiques et quelques notes qui éclaircissent le texte de cet ouvrage (…) Mis en français, avec des notes, par M. Félix Renouard de Sainte-Croix[Ta-Tsing-Leu-Lée, or the Fundamental Laws of the Penal Code of China, with a Selection of Supplementary Statutes, Originally Printed and Published in Peking, in the Various Successive Editions, under the Sanction and by the Authority of all the Ta-Tsing Emperors Composing the Present Dynasty: Translated from the Chinese, and Accompanied by an Appendix Containing Authentic Documents and Notes Elucidating the Text of this Work (…) Rendered into French, with Notes, by M. Félix Renouard de Sainte-Croix]
Lenormant • Gagliani • Laloy|Paris 1811|13 x 19.8 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of the French translation, illustrated with 1 folding table inserted in the second volume (cf. Cordier 547.)
Contemporary full mottled tawny calf bindings, smooth spines richly gilt with ornamental rolls and fleurons, green morocco lettering and volume labels, gilt rolls to the spine ends partially rubbed, covers framed with gilt fillets and dotted rules, marbled endpapers, gilt fillets on board edges, marbled edges, period bindings.
Some restorations to the joints and spines, a few rubs to the covers.
An important work for the legal history of China.
Volume I contains the preface, and the general, civil, fiscal, ritual and military laws; Volume II co
€1,500