Boucheul, Joseph. — General Customary Law, or a Compilation - Lot 583

Boucheul, Joseph. — General Customary Law, or a Compilation of All Commentaries on the Customary Law of the County and Region of Poitou, Including Comparisons with Other Customary Laws, Notes by Mr. Charles Du Moulin, and New Observations on the Entire Subject, Covering Both Customary Law and Statutory Law. Poitiers, Jacques Faulcon, 1727. 2 folio volumes bound in full contemporary calfskin, spine with decorated raised bands, title and volume number labels (in red and fawn) — tear at the tail cap of Vol. II, covers stripped of leather — [3 leaves, title page, dedicatory page, notice, table of contents], xxx pp. (preface), 961 pp.; [1 leaf title page], 886 pp., [1 leaf privilege]. A very complete copy featuring the beautiful frontispiece portrait of Gui-André, Count of Laval, to whom this book is dedicated (engraved by Duflos).