Manuscript - Lot 436

Manuscript MARIA (Henry de LAFITTE de) Mémoires et ecclaircissemens sur le For et Coutumes de Béarn. Par le Sieur de MARIÀ, avocat au Parlement de Navarre (suivi de) Remarques sur l'original manuscrit du For Moderne qui est gardé dans le Coffre des États et sur lequel la première Impression du For fut faite par Vingles et Poyvre le mois d'octobre 1552. With a treatise on the dowries of Béarn, divided into thirty-six chapters (18th century). 2 parts in-4 with continuous pagination: title, 406pp. - 407-543pp, (3) (tables) Manuscript in a uniform hand at approximately 25 lines per page, very legible cursive handwriting with no erasures. Contemporary granulated fawn calf, spine ribbed and ornamented, headbands faded, some leather loss on covers, gilt roulette on edges, rubbed, red edges. There are several versions of this manuscript, which curiously was never printed.