Coquille, Guy. Les Coustumes du pays et duché de Nivernois. - Lot 62

Coquille, Guy. Les Coustumes du pays et duché de Nivernois. Published in Paris by Denis de Cay in 1625. In octavo / In-8 format. Black half-chagrin with corners. Spine decorated with title, date and author's name in gilt. Red edges. Later binding. (4)-964-(48) pages. Third edition of this commentary on the customs of the Duchy of Nivernais by the jurisconsult Guy Coquille, whose work was first published in 1605, two years after his death. The work is illustrated with bands, lettering and lamp-ends. Title page in black and red, with a handwritten bookplate of Baron de Bourgouing, deputy of Nièvre, written at Château de Mouron in 1869. Heads, spine ends and boards slightly rubbed, slight damage to nerves, corners warped. Binding otherwise in good condition. Slight wetness on the first pages, a few annotations in the text, interior very well preserved.