[Comtois regionalism]. [COURVOISIER (Jean-Joseph - Lot 29

[Comtois regionalism]. [COURVOISIER (Jean-Joseph Antoine de)]. Dissertation on natural law, the state of nature nature, civil law and the law of nations. By a student of l'Ecole de Droit, du Département du Doubs. Besançon, Couché, year XII of the Republic [1804]. In-8°, 127 pp, [1] f. Marbled fawn basane, ornate smooth spine, black morocco t.p. maroquin noir, gilt roulette on corners (Binding binding). First edition of one of the first works by the famous magistrate magistrate and member of parliament. Errata leaf trimmed short with damage to text. DUVAL DE LA LISSANDRIERE (Pierre-Néel). Treatise universel des eaux et forêts de France, pesches et chasses. Contenant les moyens de les gouverner & administrer dans throughout the Kingdom, in accordance with the ordinances ordinances, both old and new, edicts, arrests & regulations reglemens de Sa Majesté, même ceux intervenus depuis the Ordinance of 1669. And the manner of proceeding in maistrises & jurisdictions of said waters & forests, either in civil or criminal matters, according to the usage practice in the area. With very simple instructions for the Gardes des forêts, pêches & chasses, & la manière de bien to draw up their procez verbaux & rapports. Printed in Paris & sold in Besançon, [followed by bookseller's label laminated on Étienne Michallet, :] Rigoine, 1699. In-8 of [4], 515 pp, [27] pp. 9 figures in the text. Tan calf, 5-nerved spine, red morocco t.p., gilt roulette on the red edges (period binding). Unique edition of this legal vade mecum, originally conceived as a private private handbook. Ex-libris ms. J. B. JULIN and stamp of V. MANIGLIER de Vesoul. False title and f. N1 lacking, title, dedication and first 6 ff. restored; binding defects.