MAYNARD (Gerard de)
    NOTABLE AND SINGULAR QUESTIONS OF WRITTEN LAW: Decisions or prejudices by memorable decrees of the Sovereign Court of the Parliament of Toulouse, second edition, revised, corrected and much augmented
Édition :
    Paris
Date :
    1604
    2 vols. in-4, marbled calf, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt fleurons, etching representing the author inside, richly decorated initials and chapter headings, marbled edges, (cover rubbed and top of spine of vol. I slightly worn, some dampstaining on the first pages of both volumes not affecting the freshness of the interior, corners bumped on both volumes and some foxing on the spine of vol. II), very good copy overall, 521/921 p. + tables.
    (Dupin no. 917). Maynard's rulings enjoyed considerable success in the 17th and 18th centuries. They were translated into Latin and published in Germany in 1660, and received a new and final edition in 1751. The work presented here is part of the second edition, published a year after the first. The bookseller's lengthy foreword, which appears at the beginning of the first volume, explains that the essential purpose of this second edition was to correct the errors that had crept into the previous one. This edition is missing from the National Library. The value of Maynard's rulings lies in the fact that, despite the title of the work, all the decisions of the Parliament of France are commented on and compared with those of the Parliament of Toulouse, thus providing a comprehensive overview of French law at the very end of the 16th century. More anecdotally, the work contains a complete analysis of the trial of Martin Guerre (vol. 1, p. 237 ff.) and an account of the doctrinal reflections it aroused.

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