Manuel des Familles Contenant Dictionnaire de Droit de l'Empire...
A Scarce French Law Dictionary for Farmers Barots, F-H. [Lubin, Roche]. Manuel des Familles Contenant Dictionnaire de Droit Francais Commente et Analyse d'Apres Merlin, Toullier, Rogron, Etc., Etc. Renfermant par Ordre Methodique, Une Explication Claire et Succincte de la Legislation la Plus Recente en Matiere Civile, Commerciale, Criminelle, Municipale, Administrative, Rurale, Etc., Etc. Les Droits de Timbre et d'Enregistrement, Ainsi Qu'Un Tarif General des Honoraires dus aux Notaires, Avoues, Greffiers, Huissiers Suivi des Formules de Tous les Actes Sous Seing Prive le Plus Usuels, Tels que Baux, Ventes, Nantissements, Quittances, Prets, Cessions, Echanges, Etc., Etc. De la Loi Nouvelle sur les Patentes, La Loi sur les Batiments en ce Qui Concerne les Entrepreneurs, Des Lois sur les Brevets d'Invention, Les irrigations, Les Trottoirss Publics, Les Defrichements, Etc., Etc. Augmente d'un Dictionnaire d'Agriculture et de la Medecine Veterinaire Precis sur L'Hygiene de la Medecine Pratique des Animaux Domestiques par Roche. Paris: A l'Administration de la Jurisprudence de France, 1858. [viii], 664 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary quarter calf over textured cloth, blind frames and decorative stamping to boards, marbled endpapers. Moderate rubbing with some wear to extremities, a few small scuffs, gilt title and ornaments on spine rubbed away, joints and hinges just starting at ends. Light toning to text, foxing in a few places, edgewear to a few leaves. $150. * First published in 1850, this useful household dictionary aimed at the rural consumer went through at least six subsequent editions. (The latest imprint we located is from 1868; Some issues, identical in contents, have a slightly different title beginning with Manuel des Familles Contenant Dictionnaire....) All editions are scarce. OCLC locates no copies of any edition in North America, but we found copies at George Washington University law library (1863) and the Library of Congress (1866). No copies located at the law libraries of Harvard Law School or UC-Berkeley Law. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 2:415.
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