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Crait+Muller Charenton-Vincennes
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Loyseau, Charles. – Five books on the law of offices, togeth…
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343
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Loyseau, Charles. – Five books on the law of offices, togeth…
See original version (French)
Estimate €120 - €180
Voluntary lot
Description
Loyseau, Charles. – Five books on the law of offices, together with the book on seigneuries and that on orders… 2nd edition. Paris, Vve Abel l’Angelier, 1614. Quarto, bound in 19th-century full grained calf with a smooth spine, green title label – lower cap worn away, three joints worn, faint water stain on folio 100. - Five Books on the Law of Public Offices: [4 folios, including a portrait of Loyseau], 602 pp., [19 folios table of contents]; Book on Seigneuries: [1 folio preface and table of contents, the title folio is missing], 192 pp., [10 ff. table of contents]; Treatise on the Orders...: [2 ff. title page, dedication and table of contents], 133 pp., [11 pp. table of contents]. Saffroy 8423 (with an error in the date (1613) “Loyseau was the first to compile the law governing public offices, which had previously been scattered amongst the articles of the customs… A rival of Jean Bodin, he was a jurist of great authority”.
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About the sale
Sale of antique and modern books
Auction location
Auction time
10/01/2026 at 10:00 AM
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