CODE NOIR. Collections of regulations, edicts,... Lot 46

[CODE NOIR]. Collections of regulations, edicts, declarations and rulings, Concerning Commerce, the Administration of Justice, & the Police of the French Colonies of America, & the Engaged. With the Black Code, and the Addition to said Code. New Edition. Paris : Les Libraires associés, 1765. - 2 parts in one volume in-12, 165 x 96 : 301 pp. ; (1 f.), 193 pp. Marbled calf, cold fillet on the boards, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges (period binding). Rare and sought-after new edition of this collection of legal texts relating to the French colonies and slavery. It includes in a first part the ordinances taken from 1664 to 1744 concerning trade with America, and in a second part the texts on the administration of justice and the police of the colonies, followed by the famous Code Noir and the Addition au Code Noir dealing with the slave trade in Guinea and America. The Code Noir includes here the edicts and other acts promulgated from 1685 to 1738 and those made from 1716 to 1742. Spine rebacked with original title piece attached, corners restored. Holes and wormholes in the upper part of the leaves, with damage to the text, one part restored.