Chartres

1687 · ref. 70938 — 1687. Chartres: De l'Imprimerie d'Estienne Massot 1687. Chartres: De l'Imprimerie d'Estienne Massot 1687. An Edition of the Coutumes of Chartres with Manuscript Annotations Chartres. Couart Jean Commentary. Du Moulin Charles 1500-1566 Editor. Coutumes du Duche Bailliage et Siege Presidial de Chartres Pays Chartrain Perche-Gouet Baronies & Chastellenies d'Alluye Brou Mommiral Auton & la Bazoche-Gouet Dites les Cinq Baronies. Commentees par M. J. Couart Conseiller du Roy. & De Monseigneur Fils de France Duc d'Orleans & de Chartres Prevost & Juge Ordinaire de la Ville de Chartres. Augmentee des Notes de M. C. du Molin De la Traduction des Passages Latins & Du Procez Verbal de la Coutume de Chartres. Chartres: De l'Imprimerie d'Estienne Massot 1687. viii 592 2 pp. Octavo 7" x 4-1/2"; 17.8 x 11.4 cm. Contemporary mottled calf gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece gilt tooling to board edges text block edges speckled. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks to boards moderate rubbing to extremities corners bumped and lightly worn section of front free endpaper removed. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places early annotations in a small neat hand to several leaves annotation in same hand to front pastedown dated 28 September 1770 recent annotation in pencil to front free endpaper. $2500. As indicated by its famous cathedral Chartres was a major city bishopric and pilgrimage site. The first coutume for Chartres was published in 1508 the first Couart edition with Du Moulin's notes in 1630. This is an interesting edition because its contents are cast in the form of a catechism with questions and answers clarifying the text. Also as noted in the title Du Moulin translated all of the content that had appeared in Latin in previous editions and commentaries. Our copy was annotated in the mid-eighteenth century. The notes from a pool of sources dating from 1600 to 1749 deal mostly with male and female inheritance and include citations to court decisions new laws court decisions and observations by authorities. The annotator even includes cross-references to his notes. The pencil note on the front free endpaper credits the annotations to Jean-Baptiste Moussard a tax lawyer and notary from Gallardon. OCLC locates 9 copies of the third edition in North America 4 in law libraries George Washington University Harvard Northwestern Univ. unknown books