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261 - MELLIER, Gérard – Code of Public Roads.
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MELLIER, Gérard – Code of Public Roads. Containing: a treatise on the law of public roads by Mr Mellier; a summary of customary laws regarding the width of roads, etc.; a dissertation on the warranty and lifespan of public works; a memorandum on lead rolling, a price list for masonry works, etc.; regulations for royal roads, etc.; and a general chronological table of all regulations from 1270 up to and including 1735. Paris, Prault père, 1753. 2 vols. in-12, (12) folios, LXXXVIII, 380 pp., (2) folios; (2) folios, 640 pp., a few yellowed folios, marbled fawn calf with the publisher’s mark, triple gold thread on the covers, ribbed spine slightly stained. DUPIN 1113. A second, greatly expanded edition of G. Mellier’s work, first published in 1735. Includes Pierre Rémond de Sainte Albin’s treatise on lead rolling (I, pp. 265–339) together with the factory established in 1729 in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine – the Compendium of the Principal Regulations concerning the Duties and Rights of Road Officers, the Building Police, the Boundaries of the City and Suburbs of Paris, the widening of the Main Roads, and the maintenance of the Bridges and Roads of the Kingdom, from 1270 up to and including 1735. Heraldic ex-libris of Antoine de Sartine, Lieutenant-General of Police (1759–1774).
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About the sale The Jean Demaux Collection – Part 2
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Auction time 09/16/2026 at 2:00 PM
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