Lot n° 1184

BOURDIN, Gilles La paraphrase de M. Gilles Bourdin procureur general de la cour de Parlement de paris, sur l’ordonnance de l’an mil cinq cens trente neuf [trsl. from the Latin]. 1578Paris,J. Borel,8vo, 19th-c. polished calf (front joint...

Estimation : 300 / 500
Adjudication : 300 €
Description
splitting), triple gilt ruled border on covers, richly gilt spines on 5 raised bands with red and green labels, gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, silk marker, [8]-402 (= 398)-[2] pp. (some sl. marg. staining).  Good copy. 
Very rare French trsl. of a commentary (1st Latin 1549) by the lawyer G. Bourdin (1515-1570) on François I’s edict of 1539 making French the language of French legal courts. Woodcut mark on title. Libr. bookpl. Law Library, Los Angeles Co. Calif. 
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