{"product_id":"31243-salvaing-de-l-usage-des","title":"SALVAING de BOISSIEUX (Denis de) – ON THE USE OF FIEFS AND OTHER SIGNORY RIGHTS, 2nd ed., Augmented by the Second Part, \u0026amp; the Treatise on Seigniorial Pleas: With several Remarks, useful to History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSALVAING de BOISSIEUX (Denis de), Grenoble, 1668, folio, full brown calf, spine with 6 raised bands, marbled edges, manuscript Ex-Libris on title page, initial letters, (boards rubbed with abrasions, headcaps missing and slight loss of leather at the top of the spine, faded gilts, inner board detached, first 80 pages eroded over 2 to 3 cm in the outer margin but without loss of text, wormholes in the margin, foxing, first 2 leaves loose), 495-24-76 p.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt a time when feudal and seigneurial rights were being severely challenged by commentators on customs, Denis de Salvaing undertook to classify them. “[He] first presents fiefs as ‘skeletons stripped of the sinews that supported them,’ essentially a bloodless institution. Then, among the rights, he contrasts unusual and absurd duties with those whose form is reasonable.” (in *La rédaction des coutumes et les droits seigneuriaux* by Martine Grinberg, *Annales HSS*, 1997). Edition published during the author's lifetime. Dupin, ref. 1569.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mémoire du Droit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51963200471387,"sku":"31243","price":280.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0163\/5419\/files\/31243-1_13c92930-d374-4b1d-9c8a-70edddd7ee65.jpg?v=1777200262","url":"https:\/\/www.memoiredudroit.fr\/en\/products\/31243-salvaing-de-l-usage-des","provider":"La Mémoire du Droit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}