Legislation de la Vaine Pature, Ou, Recueil Raisonne' des Coutumes...
Rights to Uncultivated Pasture in France Lepasquier, Ambroise Auguste [1788-1839]. Legislation de la Vaine Pature, Ou, Recueil Raisonne des Coutumes et Reglements Anciens, Des Lois, Decrets, Ordannances Royales, Avis du Conseil d'Etat, Arrets de la cour de Cassation, Etc., Concernant les Droits de Vaine Pature et de Parcours, Et l'Exercice de ces Droits. Paris: Chez Pelicier; Rouen: Chez Emile Periaux, 1824. [vi], 358, [iv] pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt fillets and title to spine, ribbon marker. Some rubbing to boards and extremities, corners bumped and somewhat worn. Moderate toning to text, light foxing to a few leaves, (illegible) early owner signature to head of half-title. $150. * First edition. This treatise provides a detailed study of laws concerning uncultivated pasture (vaine pature), as well as open land, what the English call "waste land," and forests. It begins with laws in various coutumes and moves on to laws of the 1820s. The final chapter is a proposed code for the use of uncultivated land. A second edition was published in 1826. Both are scarce. OCLC locates 6 copies of the first edition, none in North America.
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