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Coutume. Bourgogne. 1742-1746. BOUHIER (Jean)...

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[Coutume. Bourgogne. 1742-1746]. BOUHIER (Jean) [Ed.] Les coutumes du duché de Bourgogne, avec les anciennes coutumes tant générales que locales de la même province non encore imprimées... et les observations de M. Bouhier,... A Dijon, chez A. J.-B. Augé [puis] P. de Saint, 1742-1746. 2 volumes in-folio, [1] f., [8] p., XXVIII p., [1] f. + [2] f., 704 p., contemporary mottled tan calf, 6-ribbed spine, matching title page, ornate caissons, red edges (defects including 3 uncovered headpieces, partial splits at the jaws, dull corners; light spotting in the foot margin of t.1, stains on the very last f. (table) with a hole in the margin). An important edition of these customs, with previously unpublished texts, by Jean Bouhier (1673-1746), first president of the Parlement de Bourgogne. The second volume, although published shortly after the author's death, was for the most part revised by him. Provenance: Laneuville (old signature on title); other signature crossed out. (Gouron & Terrin, 616).