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241 - PROST (Auguste) – Studies on the History of Metz – Legends.
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PROST (Auguste) – Studies on the History of Metz – Legends. Metz, Paris: Rousseau-Pallez, Aubry, 1865; 8vo, 510 pp., brown half-maroquin binding with corner pieces, spine with 5 raised bands, cover preserved. The legend of the knight Métius, Saint Clement, Duke Hervis, Duke Austrasius and their connections with historical sources; accompanied by a fold-out map, at the end, of Metz past and present. Also included by the same author: PROST (Auguste) – The Ordinance of the Maiours: Studies on Judicial Institutions in Metz from the 13th to the 17th Centuries. Paris, Larose, 1878, in-8, 122 pp., full brick-red cloth binding, smooth spine, cover preserved. Extract from the *Nouvelle Revue Historique du Droit Français et Étranger* (2nd year, 1878). Namely: the three mayors and the three mayor’s offices in Metz; the ‘Ordonnance des Maiours’; summonses; pleadings; the ‘estault’; various documents; the rights and duties of the three mayors; the Office of the Mayor in Metz, its nature, origin and demise. Rare.
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About the sale ONLINE AUCTION ON 26/06/2026: Books, engravings and old papers.
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