Loyseau, Charles. — Five Books on the Law of Offices, with t - Lot 343

Loyseau, Charles. — Five Books on the Law of Offices, with the Book of Seigneuries and the Book of Orders… 2nd edition. Paris, Vve Abel l'Angelier, 1614. Quarto, bound in 19th-century full veal with a smooth spine, green title label—lower cap worn away, three clasps worn, faint water stain on folio 100. - Five Books on the Law of Public Offices: [4 folios, including a portrait of Loyseau], 602 pp., [19 folios table of contents]; Book on Seigneuries: [1 folio dedication and table of contents; the title folio is missing], 192 pp., [10 ff. table of contents]; Treatise on the Orders...: [2 ff. title page, dedicatory page, and table of contents], 133 pp., [11 pp. table of contents]. Saffroy 8423 (with an error in the date (1613) “Loyseau was the first to compile the law governing public offices, which had been scattered throughout the articles of the customs… A rival of Jean Bodin, he was a jurist of great authority.”