[Rarebooks] fs-French Law [III]

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock on the French law and
related subjects; for others, please feel free to browse our web
site, where you may search our entire inventory by any word or
phrase: www.meyerbos.com

1.  LICHTENBERGER, Henri.  Relations Between France and Germany.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, 1923.
[52836 15L17L28L48]                                       $ 35.00

2.  MANDON, J.A.  Histoire Critique de la Folie Instantanee,
Temporaire, Instinctive, ou Etude Philosophique . . . Medicale et
Legale des Rapports de la Volonte avec l'Intelligence pour
Apprecier la Responsabilite des Fous Instinctifs, des Suicides et
des Criminels [etc.].  Chez J.-B. Baillere et Fils, rue de l'Ecole
de Medecine, Paris, 1862.  Later 3/4 morocco, spine repaired, else
quite attractive. [15740 L20L36]                         $ 250.00

Sole edition, the National Union Catalogue locating three copies.

3.  MARTIN, Benjamin F.  Crime and Criminal Justice Under the
Third Republic, The Shame of Marianne.  Louisiana State University
Press, Baton Rouge, 1990.  [57099 L39L49]                 $ 35.00

4.  MONTES[QUIEU], M. de Secondat, Baron de.  The Spirit of
Laws.
Translated from the French [etc.] in Two Volumes. The Fourth
Edition.  Printed by A. Donaldson, Edinburgh, 1768.  Contemporary
mottled calf, extra gilt, rubbed but still pretty. [66083] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=66083     $ 450.00

First English translation in an early Edinburgh printing, a work
which Holmes opined "probably has done as much to remodel the world
as any product of the eighteenth century [the reading of which] is
one of the last achievements of a studious life".

5.  MORIARTY, Gerald P. (trans.).  The Paris Law Courts, Sketches
of Men and Manners.  Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1894.  Blue
cloth, gilt, showing wear, but quite sound. [57776 L37]
                                                          $ 85.00

6.  Memoire pour la Demoiselle Le Guay d'Oliva, Fille Mineure,
Emancipee d'Age, Accussee, Contre M. Le Procureur General,
Accusateur [etc.].  N.p, n.p, 1786.  Later boards, unevenly faded,
but a fresh copy. [63568] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=63568     $ 350.00

7.  PITTS, Jesse R. and Olivier Zunz (eds.).  The Tocqueville
Review, La Revue Tocqueville, Volume 7, 1985/86.  Tocqueville
Society, Charlottesville, 1986.  A very good copy in the
dustjacket. [30322]                                       $ 25.00

8.  [RAVISHMENT].  Proceedings in a Cause Lately depending before
the Parliament of Paris, In the Nature of a Ravishment of Ward:
Wherein Philip Journeaulx. . .was Appellant; and Richard Quane. .
.and others were Defendants [etc.].  Printed for R. Hett, in the
Poultry [etc.], London, 1743.  Contemporary calf, rebacked, worn,
some foxing; usable. [57557 DUS]                         $ 450.00

9.  REINHARDT, Steven G.  Justice in the Sarladais, 1770-1790.
Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1991.  A very good
copy, in the dustjacket. [57350 L35L55]                   $ 35.00

Professor Reinhardt's thorough exploration of the three principal
criminal justice systems (popular, seigneurial, and royal)
co-existing in a remote, poor district in late 18th century France,
detailing the sure transition to royal predominance.

10.  ROEBUCK, Derek (trans. and intro.).  The Charitable
Arbitrator, How to Mediate and Arbitrate in Louis XIV's France.
HOLO Books, The Arbitration Press, Oxford, 2002.  Original cloth,
a very good copy, in the dustjacket; with eight plates and the
French text following the English translation. [70205 L77]
                                                          $ 65.00

The first English translation of the 17th century French manual on
arbitration "written by a priest with a flair for salty language,
handy tips, engaging anecdote and strong argument for reform"; with
Mr. Roebuck's equally illuminating introduction.

11.  STAUNTON, Georges Thomas (trans.).  Ta-Tsing-Leu-Lee, Ou les
lois Fondamentales du Code Penal de la Chine . . . originairement
imprime et publie a Pekin . . . Mis en Francais, avec des Notes,
par M. Felix Renouard de Sainte-Croix [etc.]. Two Volumes.  Chez
Lenormant, Libraire, Rue de Seine, n 8 [etc.]., Paris, 1812.  1/4
crimson morocco, gilt, light foxing and browning; a good set.
[69046] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=69046
                                                       $ 1,500.00

The French edition of the first work translated from Chinese into
English (printed at London in 1810), China's Fundamental Law, both
constitutional, civil & penal, with the emphasis upon the last; a
rare work, two copies in the National Union Catalog.

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