Bordeaux

1777 · réf. 43273 — 1777. Guide to the Pre-Revolutionary Commercial Court of Bordeaux France. Cour de la Bourse Bordeaux. Chappuis Jean Compiler. Instruction Generale sur la Jurisdiction Consulaire avec un Recueil des Edits Declarations Lettres-Patentes du Roi & Arrets de Parlement Donnes en Faveur de Messieurs les Juge & Consuls de la Cour de la Bourse Commune des Marchands de la Ville de Bordeaux. Ensemble l'Etablissement de deux Foires Franches & le Nom de Tous les Bourgeois qui ont ete Juges & Consuls Depuis l'Installation de la Cour de la Bourse Jusqu'a Present. Bordeaux: Chez Jean Chappuis 1777. iv 537 11 pp. Quarto 9-1/2" x 7-1/4". Contemporary tree calf gilt frames to boards raised bands gilt ornaments and lettering piece to spine marbled edges and endpapers. Moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners joints just starting. Several light scuffs and some worm holes to calf covering boards occasional worming to margins with negligible loss to text crack to text block between front free endpaper and following leaf. Attractive woodcut head-piece and tail-pieces. Occasional dampstaining to head and foot of text block early annotations to front endleaves interior otherwise clean. A solid copy of an uncommon title. $250. Later edition. Published by order of the Commercial Court of Bordeaux this book is a collection of laws relating to its jurisdiction compiled from the Coutume of Bordeaux completed 1527 legislation of the local Parlement and royal edicts. Texts of related documents are included as well. Also a procedural guide it is an invaluable guide to the regulation of trade in one of France's most important commercial centers during the final decade of the Bourbon monarchy. This appears to be a reissue of a book published in 1710. No copies of this edition on OCLC or KVK. This edition not in Goldsmiths' or the British Museum Catalogue. unknown books