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168 - AUROUX DES POMMIERS (Mathieu). General and Local Customs of …
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AUROUX DES POMMIERS (Mathieu). General and Local Customs of the Region and Duchy of Bourbonnois, with a commentary explaining these customs... Paris, Clouzier (Vol. 1), Paulus-du-Mesnil (Vol. 2), 1732, 2 folio volumes, Title page–XX–470 pp.–26 unnumbered folios.- Additions to Part One: 5 unnumbered folios – LX pp. – Vol. 2: Title – LIV – 2 unnumbered folios – 379 pp. (+ card 27bis) – 19 unnumbered folios.- Additions to Part 2: 3 unnumbered folios – LXVIII – 70 pp. – 1 folio – XXXII. Fawn half-calf, ribbed spine, panels decorated with a pastiche design inspired by 18th-century work. (flowers, fleurons, palmettes, foliage and small ironwork motifs), roulettes on the raised bands, brown title labels, red headbands. (Laurenchet Workshops). – Slight water-stain on Volume 1, a few scattered small pinholes. Some marginalia. A fine copy, elegantly bound in the style of the period. First edition. The edition was distributed amongst several bookshops. Copies can be found bearing the addresses of Paulus-du-Mesnil, Osmont, Clouzier or Le Breton. The two parts of the Additions to the New Commentary each have their own title and are dated 1741. The most famous 18th-century Bourbonnais code of customary law. (Quirielle, p. 15 – Gouron & Terrin, Bibliography of the Customary Laws of France, p. 73). - At the end of vol. 2 there are 70 pages: ‘The Ancient Customs of the Region and Duchy of Bourbonnois’ and the ‘Minutes of the ancient customs...’.
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