Code Civil, Livre Premier, Des Personnes, Titres V Du Mariage, VI....
Hemard's Witty View of French Family Law Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes: Titres V. Du Mariage. VI. Du Divorce. VII. De la Paternite. VIII. De l'Adoption. IX. De la Puissance Paternelle. X. De la Minorite. XI. De la Majorite. Paris: Rene Kieffer, [1925]. [vi], 126, [4] pp. Pochoir color text illustrations. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6-1/2"). Original publisher's wrappers bound into signed three-quarter red morocco over gold-speckled boards, raised bands and gilt title to spine, top-edge gilt, deckle fore and bottom edges, patterned endpapers. Corners lightly bumped, light soiling to fore-edges of a few leaves. A notably well-preserved copy in a very handsome binding. $1,500. * From an edition limited to 800 copies, this number 413. Hemard presents the official text of the sections of the French Civil Code dealing with family law with witty, and often mildly erotic, color pochoir illustrations. Hemard applied this treatment to two other legal works Code Penal (1940) and Code General des Impots Directs et Taxes Assimilees (1944). Hemard, a prolific artist, illustrator, designer and author, is best-known for his humorously illustrated editions of serious non-fiction books.
Price: $1,500.00
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