Olive du Mesnil, Simon d'. The works of Simon d'Olive Sieur - Lot 124

Olive du Mesnil, Simon d'. The works of Simon d'Olive Sieur Du Mesnil. Conseiller Du Roy en sa Cour de Parlement de Tolose. Published in Lyon by Jacques Ganier; Claude Chancey; Antoine Chancey and Antoine Laurens in 1657. 2 volumes in 1 quarto / In-4. Mahogany speckled calf. Spine ribbed, decorated with gilded boxes, fleurons and title. Red speckled edges. Contemporary binding. (12)-494-(37)-403-(1) pages. Full title: "Les oeuvres de Simon d'Olive Sieur Du Mesnil, Conseiller Du Roy en sa Cour de Parlement de Tolose: Divisées En Deux Volumes. Le Premier, Contenant Les Questions Notables du Droict, decidées par divers Arrests de la Cour de Parlement de Tolose. Le Deuxieme, Contenant Les Actions Forenses, les Lettres & Nottes sur lesdites Actions Forenses." Decorated with headbands, lettrines and lamp-ends. Complete with the 2 volumes in 1 volume, with an engraved bookplate on the flyleaf. Some damage to boards, upper head partly blown off with a split jaw, corners worn and crushed. Gilding very well preserved. Slight but not severe dampening at beginning and end of book, rare foxing, inside fresh and clean. Overall satisfactory condition. "Simon d'Olive du Mesnil (1584-1647) came from a family of Toulouse parliamentarians; he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1607 from the Toulouse Faculty of Law & became a lawyer. In 1638, while still a member of the Toulouse parliament, he published his "Questions notables du droit". His collection was an immediate and long-lasting success" (in Dictionnaire historique des juristes français (XIIe-XXe siècle), J. Krynen dir., 2007).