Lacroix Paul Jacob

1709 · ref. 178952 — Hamburg: Benjamin Schiller 1709. Regulating commerce First edition of this proposal to establish commercial courts and colleges in Prussia and other German territories. In his dedication to Frederick I of Prussia Marperger argues that commerce flourishes under sound laws and the prompt administration of justice. Paul Jacob Marperger 1656-1730 trade adviser to the courts of Poland and Saxony was a prolific cameralist author publishing around 60 works. "Marperger's works are all very scarce today partly because many were privately printed and had limited distribution and partly because they were so useful that they were literally 'read to pieces'" Kress p. 2. Praising the regulation of trade in Lübeck Hamburg and especially Leipzig Marperger examines how commercial courts and colleges should be established staffed and administered. He also examines merchants' rights statutes customary law and European trading practices. The second part contains an expanded German version of Jacques Savary's Parères 1688 a collection of legal opinions and decisions on commercial disputes. Quarto 205 x 166 mm pp. 18 524 pp. 361-368 numbered twice 481-488 omitted; 256 32. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary vellum with yapp edges spine lettered in gilt on tan ground edges sprinkled red. Ownership signature to front free endpaper "Joh. Conradi Gosweileri. Lipsiæ. 1712"; possibly Hans Konrad Gossweiler 1665-1750 founder of the silk-manufacturing business Gossweiler zum Brunnen in Zurich or his son of the same name 1694-1760. Binding very well-preserved; light toning and foxing to contents: an excellent copy. Kress Library of Business and Economics biennial Report 1984/1986. hardcover