[CITY (JC of the)] – CONTINUATION OF FAMOUS AND INTERESTING CASES; WITH THE JUDGMENTS THAT DECIDED THEM, Volumes II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XVIII
[CITY (JC of the)] – CONTINUATION OF FAMOUS AND INTERESTING CASES; WITH THE JUDGMENTS THAT DECIDED THEM, Volumes II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XVIII
[CITY (JC of the)] – CONTINUATION OF FAMOUS AND INTERESTING CASES; WITH THE JUDGMENTS THAT DECIDED THEM, Volumes II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XVIII
    [VILLE (J. C. de la)]
    CONTINUATION OF FAMOUS AND INTERESTING CASES; WITH THE JUDGMENTS THAT DECIDED THEM, Volumes II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XVIII
Édition :
    Paris
Date :
    1734-1754
    7 vols. in-12, full brown calf, gilt titles & volumes on burgundy, fawn or brown leather slipcases, spines with 5 raised bands decorated with fleurons, lace and gilt fillets framing the compartments, gilt rolls on the edges and bands, tailpieces, headbands, initial letters, printed Ex-Libris placed under the front cover on 7 vols., (title or volume slipcase missing on 7 vols., 7 vols. with damaged headcaps with some missing pieces, covers rubbed with scuffs and some missing pieces, bumped edges and corners, mold; for vol. 7: leather cover detached, with the edge completely split).
    Among the various cases we noted: Pierre Mêge, a marine, recognized by the Parliament of Provence as Sieur de Caille, a gentleman, and by the Parliament of Paris as Pierre Mêge; Urbain Grandier, condemned as a magician and as the perpetrator of the possession of the nuns of Loudun; Corrupt judges punished; A girl falsely reputed to be hermaphroditic; A dispute between two oculists; The history of the trial between Sieur Saurin of the Academy of Sciences and Sieur Rousseau of the Academy of Letters; The story of Mademoiselle de Choiseul; A marriage declared abusive after 24 years of cohabitation and the death of the wife; A dissertation demonstrating that the prohibition against marriage within degrees of affinity is not a matter of divine right but of positive and ecclesiastical law; A pretty woman being slapped in a brawl; History of M. de Cinq-Mars Grand Equerry and of M. de Thou; Canon who was refused admission because of his small stature; Famous judgments that History presents to us, to which have been added other judgments rendered by sovereign Courts (Judgment of Solomon, Judgment of the Cat Suzanne, Judgment of Zelenque on Adultery, Singular Judgment on Troops who had fled, Judgment of the reformed Talion, Judgment of the Emperor Claudius, Judgment of Suleiman II in favor of a stolen woman, Judgment which ordered the fight of a dog against a murderer, Judgment of the Duke of Ossonne, Judgment of Sixtus V, etc.); Decrees in favor of the French Comedians; Jews condemned for an enormous crime which revolts humanity. Their morals, customs, practices, crimes, and the treatment they have suffered in all nations since the death of Jesus Christ and the famous siege of Jerusalem are reported.

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Mots-clés : Individual works, Ancient law - History of law, Pleadings - Indictments - Eloquence - Trials

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