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203 - [LAWS AND DECREES / PRINTED MATERIALS] – A substantial colle…
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Estimate €200 - €300
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[LAWS AND DECREES / PRINTED MATERIALS] – A substantial collection of printed official texts relating to the judiciary, the police, court proceedings, the gendarmerie, the National Guard, military affairs, etc.: laws, decrees, letters patent, orders, royal edicts, rulings of the Council of State, briefs, petitions, pleadings, judgements, orders, rulings of the Court of Aids, etc. (17th–19th centuries). Arranged alphabetically by place names. Approximately 400 documents. Of note: the account of a horrific attack committed in Grenoble by a thief who attempted to murder his judge with a knife, killed the court clerk who stood in the way of his fury, and ultimately stabbed himself (1770); the defence of the heirs of the Lady of Vaugermain against the monks of the Holy Sacrament in Paris (1691); a report on prisons, remand centres and police stations by Paganel, Representative of the People (Year III), etc.
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About the sale Catalogue sale of antique and modern books, engravings and documents
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Auction time 09/29/2026 at 10:30 AM
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