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Maître Pascal BLOUET

446 - Decree of Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, issued at S…
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Estimate €80 - €100
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Description
Decree of Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, issued at Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the month of August 1670. On Criminal Matters, Paris, published by the Associates appointed by order of His Majesty, 1670, in-4 (18x25cm), (1 title leaf) (3 table leaves) 165pp. (41pp. tables) (3 priv. pp.), full contemporary calfskin, ribbed spine with gilt lettering, title label. First edition of the most important text of the Ancien Régime concerning criminal procedure, several of whose measures ‘have even inspired our current code’ (Boulanger, p. 7). - See M. Boulanger, ‘Justice and Absolutism: the Great Ordinance of August 1670’, in: Revue d’Histoire moderne et contemporaine. 47/1, 2000, pp. 7–36.
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About the sale Original comic strips and comic books, antique and modern books – Afternoon sale at 2 pm
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 2:00 PM
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