[Rarebooks] FS: Rare 1st ed. of Boutaric's 1737 commentary on Louis XV's ordinance regulating gifts & bequests.

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(LAW) Boutaric, Francois de. EXPLICATION DE L'ORDONNANCE DE LOUIS XV, ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE, Donnee a Versailles au Mois de Fevrier 1731. No place: No pub. 1737. First edition.  8vo. (10),(iii)-iv,305,(1)pp. Bound in cont. calf, spine with fleurs-de-lis in gilt frames and brown morocco label (binding rubbed, minor wear at corners, slight loss to head of spine). Some light browning.    $450.00  (trade discount allowed)
The rare first edition of this commentary on an ordinance of Louis XV regulating gifts and bequests. This clearly became the standard work as it was subsequently reprinted many times. Boutaric (1672-1743) was an important jurist and professor of law at the University of Toulouse. This is the only copy of the first edition currently for sale on-line.

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