Law - Lot 685

Lot 685
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Law - Lot 685
Law LA ROCHE FLAVIN (Bernard de) Treze livres des Parlements de France, esquel est amplement traicté de leur origine et institutions et des présidens conseilliers, gens du roy, greffiers, secrétaires, huissiers & autres officiers ; & de leur charge, devoir, & jurisdiction... Bordeaux, Millanges, 1617. In folio : 12f., 927pp. Contemporary red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, a cracked spinebone, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, number in spandrels, gilt roulette on edges and inside, gilt edges. A fine copy. First edition. Rare work, "sought after but uncommon" (Brunet III, 843). Condemned and burned by the Parliament of Toulouse as containing "things unworthy of being known". The author protested in his work against the use of torture.
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