La Jurisprudence du Haynaut Francois, Contenant les Coutumes de la...
Commentary on the Coutumes of Hainault Dumees, Antoine Francois Joseph [1722-1765], Editor. La Jurisprudence du Haynaut Francois, Contenant les Coutumes de la Province et les Ordonnances de nos Rois dans Leur Ordre Naturel, Avec les Formules des Principaux Actes. Douai: Chez Jacques-Fr. Willerval, 1750. [i], 448, [6] pp. Quarto (10" x 8"). Recent period style quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt ornaments and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Title page printed in red and black. Light soiling to preliminary and terminal leaves, some toning, occasional finger smudges, faint dampstaining in places. Early owner signature to foot of title page, interior otherwise clean. $400. * Only edition. This is an analytical commentary on the coutumes of Hainault, which is now divided between France and Belgium. The editor was "Procureur du Roi de la Ville d'Avesnes," and the author of Annales Belgiques. Gouron & Terrin, Bibliographie des Coutumes de France 1023.
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