Robert Fouet

Pierre Guenois: The Conference of the Royal Ordinances, distributed in twelve books, in imitation of the Code of Emperor Justinian, with a chronology of edicts and ordinances issued by each King up to the present. Also three very ample indices. By Pierre Guenois, counselor and private lieutenant at the seat and jurisdiction of Yssoudun in Berry. And since the death of the said author, amplified by Nicolas Frérot and Gabriel Michel, advocates in Parliament. Second edition of the new arrangement, augmented beyond the previous by several edicts and ordinances, and decrees both of the Privy Council and of the Sovereign Courts, by Matthieu de la Faye de Tonnerre. Paris, at Robert Fouet, rue Saint-Jacques, at the sign of Time and Opportunity, 1617. With the King's privilege. Title page printed in red and black, adorned with an engraving of the royal arms of France (lilies) held by two angels. Dedicatorial epistle to Nicolas Brulart de Sillery, Keeper of the Seals of France, with a headpiece and illuminated initial. Collection of royal ordinances classified by subject, published for the first time in 1593 and reissued throughout the seventeenth century. One of the great reference works of French law of the Ancien Régime. Number of pages: More than 1600 Dimensions: 38.5 cm x 27 cm Binding: full contemporary leather, spine with raised bands adorned with gilded fleur-de-lis, title piece “Conférence des Ordonn.”, double gilt fillet on the boards. Provenance: family library (succession). Condition: binding very worn. Leather cracked and rubbed, headcaps damaged, joints split, corners worn, small losses of leather. Title page with small stains and upper corner damaged. Body of the work solid, edges clean. [Interior: please specify foxing / damp-stains / complete after verification.] Shipping: Colissimo tracked and insured, book protected under bubble wrap in a rigid carton.

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