DU FRESNE (Jean), JAMET DE LA GUESSIÈRE (François), NUPIED (Nicolas) e

DU FRESNE (Jean), JAMET DE LA GUESSIÈRE (François), NUPIED (Nicolas) and DU CHEMIN (Michel)

JOURNAL OF THE PRINCIPAL HEARINGS OF PARLIAMENT, WITH DECREES RENDERED THERE, AND SEVERAL QUESTIONS AND REGULATIONS placed in chronological order. Vol. I: From the Year 1622 to 1660 (by Jean du Fresne, by the Company of Associated Booksellers, 1757); Vol. II: From the Year 1660 to 1674 (by François Jamet de la Guessière, 1757); Vol. III: From the Year 1674 to 1685 (by François Jamet de la Guessière, 1757); Vol. IV: From the Year 1685 to 1701 (by Nicolas Nupied, 1757); Vol. Vol. V: From the Year 1700 to 1710 (by Nicolas Nupied, 1757); Vol. VI: From the Year 1711 to 1717 (by Me Michel du Chemin, at Bordelet, 1751); Vol. VI: From the Year 1718 to 1722 AND A SUPPLEMENT TO THE SAME JOURNAL which goes back to 1623 (by Me Michel du Chemin, at Ganeau, 1754)

Édition :

Paris

Date :

1757 / 1751 / 1754

7 vol. folio, full brown calf, gilt titles & volumes on burgundy paper, spine with 6 raised bands richly decorated with lace, friezes and double gilt framing fillets, red edges, (headcaps worn with some accidents, bands and corners rubbed, edges slightly tired with some small abrasions, some foxing and pinholes).

Dupin no. 1325 announces the first edition of this journal in 1680, whereas it appeared in 1646 (see BNF F1266). We present here a copy from the last edition of the first five volumes and from the first (and only) edition of the last two. "Initially placed under the patronage of President Mathieu Molé (a dedication in Latin is addressed to him), the collection is the work of a succession of lawyers from the Parliament of Paris. Agreeing to overcome his modesty at the request of some of his friends (the printer to the reader, Vol. III, 1652), J. Du Fresne, Lord of Preaulx, published, in 1646 (DBF, entry "Du Fresne"), a first volume which received a favorable reception. This is because it is the first collection of decrees of the Parliament of Paris, at least in French; For two Latin collections had previously appeared, one in 1559 (Poenis Lucii placita summae apud Gallos Curiae, Lutetiae), the other in 1604 (Annaei Roberti res judicatae), admittedly translated into French in 1622; but they lacked both the scope and the ambition of the Journal launched by J. Du Fresne. Indeed, Du Fresne (and his successors would follow the same approach) intended not only to gather a multitude of decisions, but also to illuminate them in terms of facts and legal arguments, reproducing them verbatim along with the lawyers' pleadings. This was the fruit of immense labor, which explains the relative gap between the chronological period studied and the publication date of the corresponding volume. Du Fresne having disappeared (1675), Jamet de La Guessière, who possessed the latter's manuscripts (Le Libraire au lecteur, Vol. I, 1757), continued the compilation, much to the public's eager desire, with the same concern for accuracy and fidelity, and with the same success, as evidenced by the frequent reprints of the first volumes. These reprints were carefully revised and corrected (whether in terms of dates or the content of the judgments), augmented with new regulations and new questions decided since the previous publication. (Robert Granderoute) The value of this text lies in its being less dense than a collection of judgments in the strict sense, and in providing a synthetic overview of legal solutions. It is clear and followed by a substantial index. This is a very rare edition of the definitive work, complete in seven volumes, and presented here in a well-preserved binding.

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Mots-clés : Collections of Decrees - Ordinances, Ancient Law - History of Law