[Angoumois, Saintonge, Poitou]—Set of 4 custom law books in - Lot 586

[Angoumois, Saintonge, Poitou]—Set of 4 custom law books in in-4 format, bound in full calfskin with ribbed spines and title labels. 1/ - Souchet, Étienne. - Coutume d’Angoumois, annotated and compared with the common law of the Kingdom of France. Pais, Au Bureau de l’Abonnement Littéraire, 1780–1783. 2 volumes—top cap of Vol. I worn away, small tears on the covers - 499 pp.; [2 ff.], 502 pp., [1 f.]. 2/ - Dusault. - Commentary on the Customary Law of Saintes, compared with the Customary Law of Saint Jean d’Angely. First edition. Bordeaux, Guillaume Boudé-Boé, 1722 - [8 ff.], 428 pp., [7 pp., table], 8 pp. (letters patent of Louis XI...Charles VIII... in favor of Pierre Dusault / Genealogy of the Dusault family). 3/ - Barraud, Jacques. - Customs of the County and Region of Poitou, including former jurisdictions and enclaves thereof... Poictiers, Julian Thoreau and the widow of Antoine Mesniers, 1625—damage to the headbands and fore-edges, faint water stain on the first and last folios, tear without loss on 1 folio of the preface, worm damage in the lower margin (Hh-Oo2) - [12 ff.], 488, 98 pp. Beautiful engraved frontispiece (unbound). 4/ - Cosme Bechet. - The Customs of Saintonge between the Sea and the Charente, Compiled from Ancient Manuscripts... Third edition. Bordeaux, Simon Boé, 1701—severe leather wear on the covers—[12 ff.], 394 pp., [3 ff. table of contents]. Included: 5/ - Pouillé of the Diocese of Poitiers in Alphabetical Order... Poitiers, Michel-Vincent Chevrier, 1782. In-8, full calf, smooth decorated spine, title label - [1 f. title page], 380 pp. 6/ - Boutaric, François de. - Collection of 3 texts bound together in a full calfskin in-4 volume with a spine decorated with fleurs-de-lis, title label—spine and corners heavily damaged—Toulouse, G. Henault and J-F. Foresdt, 1745. I/ - Explanation of the Ordinance of Blois - VI pp., [1 f. of privilege], 126 pp. II/ - Explanation of the Concordat - VIII, 255 pp. III/ - The Institutions of Canon Law, Explained - [2 ff.], 185 pp.