BOURDOT DE RICHEBOURG (Charles-Antoine) – NEW GENERAL CUSTOMARY OR BOD

BOURDOT DE RICHEBOURG (Charles-Antoine)

NEW GENERAL CUSTOMARY OR BODY OF THE GENERAL AND PARTICULAR CUSTOMS OF FRANCE, AND OF THE PROVINCES KNOWN AS GAUL; accurately verified against the Originals preserved in the Registry of the Parliament of Paris, and of the other Courts of the Kingdom. With the notes of Messrs. Toussaint Chauvelin, Julien Brodeau, and Jean-Marie Ricard […] joined to the Annotations of Messrs. Charles du Molin, François Rageau, and Gabriel-Michel de la Rochemaillet. Arranged in order, and accompanied by Summaries in the margins of the Articles, Interpretations of obscure dictionaries used in the Texts, Alphabetical Lists of the Places governed by each Custom, and enriched with new Notes drawn from the principal Observations of Commentators, and from the Judgments that have clarified, interpreted, or corrected certain Points and Articles of Custom, by Mr. Charles A. Bourdot de Richebourg

Édition :

Paris

Date :

1724

4 volumes in 8 folio volumes, full brown calfskin, title & volume. gilt on burgundy and brown morocco, spine with 6 raised bands highlighted by blind-stamped tools and a gilt fillet on each band, morocco decorated with dots, gilt scrolls in the corners and horizontally for the volumes, framed by gilt fillets and plaques, compartments richly decorated with central fleurons, small dots and gilt stars in the form of lozenges, framed by gilt fillets and plaques, with gilt scrolls and floral motifs in the corners, head and tail of spine decorated with a floral frieze, gilt plaque and fillet, headcaps highlighted by gilt plaques, edges of boards highlighted by double blind-stamped and gilt fillets, boards framed by triple gilt fillets and small gilt flowers in the corners, endpapers decorated with geometric friezes with gilt arabesques, tricolour headbands with capitals, gilt edges, marbled paper endpapers with shell motif, title. in red & black, tailpieces, headbands, vignettes, initial letters, (some headcaps with slight loss, some slight loss of gilding, very rare spots and foxing, rare leaves with loss of intensity of printing ink), exceptional copy, VIII-1278 p. / VIII-1244 p. / VIII-1304 p. / VIII-1228 p.

Compilations of customary law appeared in France as early as the 15th century, and Boutillier's "Somme Rural" can be considered the first of these. A second wave emerged in the 17th century, driven in particular by Eusèbe de Laurière (Bibliothèque des coutumes). However, the text by Bourdot de Richebourg (1665-1735) constituted the definitive synthesis on this subject: published in 1724, it had no successor until the end of the Ancien Régime. It should be noted that it combined the text of the customs with the most important commentaries (Dumoulin, Brodeau, Rageau, and Laurière, among others), thus providing a unique and readily accessible source of information on the topic. Modern authors emphasize its enduring importance: "any study of customary law sources for the modern period requires recourse to Bourdot de Richebourg" (Sueur, Vol. II, p. 152). Bibliography: very rare bound edition in 8 volumes, most often they are in 4; Dupin, no. 1180. Libraries: BNF FR33332763; Berkeley, Robbins Rare KJV260.3 1724 Folio; Harvard, Law School, Rare Coutumes ALK6535/bks).

Référence : 48243

Mots-clés : Customs

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