First editions of legal codes, law treatises, jurisprudence, legislation and legal sciences

First edition printed on laid paper.
Bound in half dark green morocco with corners, smooth spines faded and decorated with gilt cartouches embellished with gilt romantic arabesques, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, contemporary romantic bindings signed by Koehler.
Some occasional light foxing of no consequence.
A handsomely bound copy.

First edition.
Contemporary full speckled calf binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, blonde morocco title label. Gilt roulette on edges and headcaps. All edges red. One corner slightly bumped and headcap damaged with a small loss, otherwise a good copy.
Legal study on honorary rights and precedence of patrons within church ceremonies, being the founders of churches, who are first in order of precedence, and the lords of the place; the magistrates who are first in order of honorary rights, then the lords. The author analyzes the work done before him and seeks to determine which person has the right, how and why, to the honors of the chu

Second edition statement, with some parts in first edition, published the same year as the first by the same publisher.
Contemporary full speckled blonde calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Beige morocco title-label and volume label. Minor lack to the title-label of volume I. Surface abrasion along volume I. A brown stain on the lower cover of volume I, and one on the upper cover of volume II. Handsome copy, fresh.
The author's first work of importance, based on articles previously published in L'Encyclopédie on commerce that Diderot had commissioned from him. The work gives a definition of commerce and all its parts (exchange, agriculture, colonies, industries...) with great co

Rare first edition.
Light brown marbled sheep, spines with gilt compartments and fleurons, red morocco title and label volumes, gilt compartments inside covers, roulettes and gilt fillets to edges of covers and headpieces. head- and tail-pieces rubbed and damaged.

First edition.
Autograph inscription signed by Eugène Schaeffer to the great Resistance fighter Gilbert Grandval: "... ambassadeur de la France en Sarre, grâce auquel cet ouvrage a vu le jour, en signe de reconnaissance, de la part de l'auteur..." ["... ambassador of France to the Saar, thanks to whom this work came to light, as a token of gratitude, from the author..."]
Two small tears of no consequence at head and foot of spine.

Second edition partly in first edition, rare. The original was published in Paris in 1723, the author being unsatisfied with his work proposed this second edition revised and expanded with a second part, Suplémant au projet de taille tarifée, in which he responds to the objections of his detractors.

Contemporary full speckled brown sheep binding. Spine with five raised bands richly decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, blonde morocco title label. Gilt rolls on the leading edges and headcaps. All edges speckled red. Head slightly worn, first band very slightly visible at the joint, a small amount of bookworm damage affecting the last compartment as well as the tail join

Second edition with some parts in first edition for the first volume; first edition for the other two volumes.
Half chocolate sheep bindings with small vellum-like paper corners, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons and friezes, one headcap lacking at top, marbled paper boards with some scuffing, two upper corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
The first volume is complete with its 2 engravings including one as frontispiece; the second volume is complete with the plan of "la maison bancal", however the 9 out-of-text portraits are lacking from the second and third volumes.
Rare gathering of these three texts relating to this famous trial which became a politic

Sixth edition stated, after the first published in 1732. Edition revised and expanded by the author's son.
Contemporary full marbled brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands; headcaps partly worn. 3 corners bumped. Rubbing.
Treatise on criminal jurisprudence under Louis XIV. The First Part, On the nature of Crimes, & Punishments. The Second, On the Jurisdiction of Judges, over Offenses committed, both by Laypeople, and by Ecclesiastics, Recusations, challenges, &c. The Third, On the Manner of Conducting Trials, with the Style or Model of Procedures. The Fourth, Contains the Edicts, Declarations, Decrees, & Regulations intervened since the Ordinance.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half chocolate percale, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, green shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted on endpaper, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy despite light foxing.

New edition, after the original of 1749, illustrated with 5 unsigned captioned figures on heavy paper.
Contemporary full brown calf binding. Decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title-label. Head worn. 2 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. One fill using old paper to title page.
Collection of various memoirs by lawyers on amusing subjects (community of pork butchers against that of pastry makers; claim of a blind man against his wife...). These various memoirs were gathered by Etienne Robert with the aim of entertaining.

New edition, after the first published in Amsterdam. The work was constantly revised and expanded with each new release. A frontispiece by Scottin; two folding plates and numerous tables.
New edition, revised, corrected & expanded with the Tariff of Entry & Exit Duties, with Assessments of Goods, concerning the public revenues of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, And an Introduction on Double-Entry or Italian Bookkeeping... by Henri Desaguliers.

Contemporary full glazed brown sheep binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. One lack at head. Lower joint cracked at head. Small stains on boards. Good copy.

New edition.
Stains and foxing to the covers.

New edition of the work that Lange had published approximately half a century earlier under the name of Gastier, prosecutor at the parliament, and which originally bore the title "Praticien français". Quérard gives the 1755 edition, the last edition, and remarks: "The various intermediate editions underwent considerable modifications; those of 1699 and 1702 were given by Denis Simon, who added observations on various matters. After the author's death, two manuscript works found among his papers were added, one on the Right of indult; the other on Ecclesiastical jurisprudence". Title page in red and black.

Full blonde sheep binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with a

First edition of this tri-monthly review directed by Emile Kahn.
Set of 25 fascicles including 5 double issues. Nos. 1, 26, 28 and 33 are missing.
Official organ of the League of Human Rights established in 1920, the Cahiers are considered by democracy's defenders as both a militant tool and an important source of documentary information.

First edition of this tri-monthly review directed by Emile Kahn.
Set of 17 fascicles including one double issue. No. 21 is missing.
Official organ of the League of Human Rights established in 1920, the Cahiers are considered by democracy's defenders as both a militant tool and an important source of documentary information.

First edition de cette revue tri-mensuelle dirigée par Emile Kahn.
Ensemble de 29 fascicules. Nr 5, 14 and 17 are missing.

First edition of this tri-monthly review directed by Emile Kahn.
Set of 7 fascicles. Issues nos. 5, 6, 8, 9, 12 and 13 are missing.
Official organ of the League of Human Rights which appeared in 1920, the Cahiers are considered by defenders of democracy as both a militant tool and an important source of documentary information.

First edition.
Half bronze calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, blind tooling and blind-stamped tools, wide decorative gilt board-edges at head and foot, rooted paper boards, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
Some foxing. Handsome copy in an elegant contemporary binding.

First edition of the first work dealing with forensic medicine applied to the mentally ill.
Contemporary half-calf bindings in brown glazed calf, smooth spines decorated with central gilt tools as well as quadruple fillets and gilt arabesques at head and tail, marbled paper boards, contemporary bindings.
Work illustrated with a lithographed portrait of the author as frontispiece to the first volume.
Some foxing affecting the beginning and end of each volume.
Rare copy, elegantly bound at the time, of this important work.

Rare first edition published in Avignon.
Contemporary full marbled havana sheep binding. Smooth spines decorated with gilt compartments and floral motifs, red morocco title and volume labels. All edges red.
Sheep somewhat faded in places. A small hole to each spine of volumes II and III. Note: The half-title page of the first volume has been placed in the third, the publisher having covered the mention of "volume one" with a label in the same typography indicating "volume three".

New edition, after the original published in 1699. The second part is announced by a half-title.
Contemporary speckled brown calf binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Various rubbing. Good copy.
Renusson devoted several works to family law including this treatise on dower rights, which concerns the property that a husband will leave to his wife in case of death. We distinguish customary law, thus fixed by custom, and contractual law, that is to say fixed by contract. Dower is a fundamental element of marriage law under the Ancien Régime.

New edition, the first having appeared in 1729. Second volume in first edition. Title pages in red and black.
Bound in contemporary marbled blonde sheep for volume I.
Bound in full speckled brown calf for the second. Spine with raised bands decorated, roll-tooled at foot. Red morocco title and volume labels. Headcap of volume I worn with a loss. Headcap of volume II worn. 3 corners rubbed on volume I. Some surface abrasions. Rubbing. Good general appearance nonetheless.
The edition contains the ordinances of 1667, 1669, 1670 and 1673 on civil, criminal, commercial, administrative matters... Of particular interest are the chapters on criminal jurisprudence, on mutes and deaf pe

Third edition. Printed in two columns.

Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with small flowers and fleurons. Title-label in snow morocco. Headcaps worn with lacks. Scuffs. 2 corners bumped.

Edition produced by Charles Rollin under the direction of Jacques Estienne, with notes and commentary by Charles Rollin.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Headcaps slightly worn. Rubbing. 6 corners bumped. Pale yellow dampstain in margin of certain leaves in volume 2, extending into the text. Rather good copies, fresh.
The Institutio Oratoria is Quintilian's fundamental work. It goes beyond the framework of a rhetoric manual and has durably influenced all questioning strategies (judicial procedure, investigations...); its influence is still perceptible today, it was decisive for the Renaissance which devoted a veritab

New edition. Text in two columns.
Contemporary full calf binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Tail headcap worn. 2 corners rubbed and bumped. Rubbing and some stains to boards. No endpaper at rear, only on pastedown.
A work whose commentaries are highly regarded, the work of one of the greatest jurists of the Dutch school.

New edition, after the original published in 1749. French text alongside the original Latin.
Contemporary marbled calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Library label at foot. One wormhole at foot. Good copy.
The poem enjoyed considerable success from its first Latin publication, being quite free in expression and filled with popular beliefs and concerns about infant care, which were considered decisive for the child's future.

First edition.
Contemporary full calf binding, spine with five raised bands richly decorated, red morocco title label, green morocco volume label, rubbing, small lacks to corners of headcaps, gilt edges to leading edges, red edge, some scratches to boards.
Pleasant interior condition.
Census of all edicts concerning notably Protestants, classified by years and by district.

First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. Rare
In plain wrappers.

Second edition after the 1750 first edition. Edition similar to the first, indistinguishable from it, without statement. No privilege or imprint. Uncommon. Edition printed in Toulouse.

 
Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Headcap partly torn away. One joint rubbed. Corners bumped. One wormhole to title label.
Legal study and work on second marriages, both of widows and widowers, particularly during or after imposed mourning, and especially regarding children from a first marriage, in civil code and customary law. Louis Astruc was a lawyer and professor of law in Toulouse. Interesting work, which demonstrates the close relationship bet

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
This copy retains the portraits of Enfantin, Michel-Chevalier, Barrault and C. Duveyrier lithographed by Cals and Bénard after Cogniet.
A very good and rare copy, almost without foxing.

Fourth edition.
Work illustrated with a portrait, vignette and a facsimile.
Spine restored and reinforced, marginal lacks affecting the covers, some light foxing, rare copy presented in its original wrappers.
Gift inscription on the reverse of the front cover.

First edition. Absent from the BNF and French catalogues.
Full marbled sheep binding, spine with raised bands. Title-label renewed in the 19th century. Upper headcap with surface wear. Old traces of marginal mould on some leaves.
The work details all taxes received in all circumstances by the judicial system of Avignon.
Bookplate in an engraved roundel: Picard Avenionsis.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with blind fillets, light rubbing to edges.
Some light foxing, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition.
In original wrappers. Covered with nineteenth-century blue paper for reuse.
An edict that was printed in the final year of the regency of the Duke of Orléans, Louis XV would be crowned king in October of the same year, and which ratifies the previous ordinances regarding gaming. While the prohibition mainly targeted persons of rank, it now affects all subjects of the realm.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Full dark blue calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, date and initials at foot, boards with gilt fillet frame, marbled endpapers, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
A handsome copy handsomely bound.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition of this thesis submitted for the degree of doctor of law at the University of Paris.
First cover very slightly and lightly discolored, otherwise handsome copy.
Rare.

Anonymous first edition. The work bears number 2023 in the catalogue of Elzevirian editions (Willems, Vol. II). For the author, see Barbier, Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes.
Contemporary full vellum binding with flaps. Smooth spine. Title in faded red ink.
Rolland Le Vayer de Boutigny (1627-1685) was Master of Requests to Louis XIV and one of his influential advisors. Author of novels, plays and short stories, as well as political and legal treatises, this book reveals that Boutigny was trained as a jurist. Peculatus designates the theft of public funds by those who administer them; it was punished by death under Roman law, but not under French law. "Under the Ancien Régime, how

First edition. Uncommon
In original wrappers, under grey paper.
Particularly violent pamphlet which begins by exonerating Ravaillac who would have been only an instrument of death in service of the Jesuits. The regicide would be the culmination of a vast conspiracy seeking to establish the pope's power to the detriment of the king's.
This pamphlet would have been composed by the entourage of Philippe Duplessis-Mornay.
NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.

First edition.
Two small lacks to foot of spine, a few rare small marginal foxing spots, otherwise handsome copy as issued.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

Extract from the Revue des deux mondes.
First edition.
In plain wrappers. Rare.

First edition.
Signed autograph inscription from Nguyen-Huu-Khang.
Spine worn, front board detached with corner losses, slight marginal loss at head of second board, paper yellowed.
Rare but in this condition.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A small angular crease mark at the foot of the front cover, handsome copy.
The book that Papillon wanted to ban...

First edition.
Half bronze sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and dots, traces of rubbing to spine, burgundy shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Rare autograph inscription signed by N.M. Le Senne.
Foxing, a date inscribed in ballpoint pen at head of first endpaper.
Rare.

First edition.
Signed autograph inscription from the author.
Spine slightly sunned, a small mark at head of first cover, handsome copy.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full cherry red boards, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, scuffs to boards, corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Works illustrated with 4 frontispiece portraits.
Foxing.

First edition.
Half hazel sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt friezes and fleurons, three small holes on spine, burgundy morocco title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, three corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding. Some foxing, pen annotations at head of one endpaper.

New edition, expanded with the idea of Civil Justice.
Contemporary full blonde mottled calf binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and floral motifs, red morocco title and volume labels. All edges red. Some surface wear.
The Code Louis is the name given to the "ordinances on the reformation of civil and criminal justice" of 1666 and 1670, in honor of King Louis XIV. It is the standardization of laws and jurisdictions of the kingdom, whose South was under "Roman" law and the north under customary law. It was developed under the direction of Colbert from 1661. The commentary on this legal revolution is the work of a renowned jurist, Daniel Jousse.

First collected edition printed in facsimile in 700 numbered copies on laid paper.
Fine copy complete with its chemise with flaps, the spine of which is lightly faded.

First edition of this thesis defended in 1982 to obtain a third-cycle doctorate degree.
Soft binding, black cloth spine, white soft cardboard covers.
Rare and handsome copy despite a tape mark on the first endpaper.

First edition.
Half brown sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt tools, traces of rubbing to spine and joints, marbled paper boards, gilt lettering at foot of spine: commissaire de police d'Ervy (Aube), contemporary binding.
Library stamps on endpapers, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Work illustrated with courtroom sketches attributed to Emile Clouard.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Signed autograph inscription from Julien Torchet to the symbolist poet André-Ferdinand Hérold.
A label mark on the first cover.
Handsome and rare pamphlet.

First edition.
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands, rubbed.
Light dampstain at head of pages not affecting the text.

First edition.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Spine faded, covers detached, first leaf coming loose, handsome interior condition almost entirely free from foxing.
Rare but in this condition.

First edition.
Contemporary half sheep binding in fir green, sunned spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons showing traces of rubbing, black shagreen title label, red shagreen author label, marbled paper boards, scuffing to boards.
Some light foxing.

First edition.
Tears to the lower cover. Illustrated.

First edition.
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise a good copy.

First edition.
Half hazelnut boards binding, smooth spine decorated with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Copy almost entirely free from foxing.

New edition.
Spine lightly sunned with a tear at head, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Half black Russia morocco binding, spine very lightly faded with five raised bands, gilt arms and mottoes at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, label bearing the same arms and motto pasted on verso of front board under which is also pasted a label from a prestigious bookseller.
Rare and handsome copy. A typographical error on the title page prevents us from dating exactly the publication of this work.

First edition.
Our copy is offered for sale without its wrappers, minimal worming of no consequence to the first and last pages, handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition. Work illustrated with a map at the end.
Autograph inscription by Grégoire Sarkissian on the half-title page.
Two small tears at head and foot of spine, three light marginal tears to slightly faded boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
A rare and good copy.

First edition in French published shortly after the original German edition.
One tear with small lack at foot of spine, tiny corner lacks to boards, some light foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by Lucien Demay.
Annotations and gift inscription by the dedicatee below the author's manuscript dedication.
Spine and boards uniformly faded, otherwise handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition.
Articles and report by Benjamin Vallotton.
Letters, documents and names of subscribers.
Illustrated first cover with small marginal stains, otherwise handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition, not published for sale.
Two small tears with slight lacks to head and foot of spine, light tears without lack and marginal foxing to boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Our copy is presented in light blue cardboard temporary wrappers with a title label and author's name pasted at the head of the front cover.
Some minor foxing at the beginning and end of the volume.

First edition.
Protection-safeguarding, protectorate under international law, colonial protectorate.
Small marginal tears without loss to the front cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition of this thesis defended at the Faculty of Law of Paris to obtain the doctorate degree.
Split spine with small lacks at head and foot, light corner wear to boards, small marginal stains at head of second board, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition of this thesis defended on May 27, 1903 at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris to obtain the doctorate degree.
Light corner wear to boards, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition of this thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Law.
Occasional light spotting, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Illustrated with 66 illustrations.
Preface by Pr E. Jeanbrau.
A good copy.

First edition.
Contemporary waiting pamphlet, under blue paper. Memoir written by Abbé Lamennais (1782-1854) on the usefulness of female religious congregations, and notably their role with the sick and disinherited.
Le Mémorial catholique was a periodical that appeared on the 15th of each month.

First edition.
Frontispiece with a portrait of Jacques Besson implicated in the murder of Marcellange.
Spine cracked with lacks, tears and marginal lacks to boards, some light foxing.
Rare.

New edition.
Our copy is presented in plain wrappers with title label and date on spine.
Spine slightly faded, small tears with minor lacks to joints, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Illustrated cover, extensive iconography.
From the king's galleys to Devil's Island.

First edition.
Occasional foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite minor worming to front board and spine slightly sunned.

First edition.
From the 'trésor judiciaire de la France' collection.
One tear to a joint, foxing affecting mainly the edges, a corner loss to the first cover and the first two pages.

New edition.
Two small marginal tears without loss to the first cover, a central lack to the second, otherwise a handsome and rare copy.

First edition.
Publisher's chocolate cloth, smooth spine.
Frontispiece portrait of Bentham.
Minor worming mainly affecting the endpapers.