LA THAUMASSIERE, Maître Gaspard Thaumas de. Nouveaux Comment - Lot 62

LA THAUMASSIERE, Maître Gaspard Thaumas de. Nouveaux Commentaires sur les Coutumes Générales des Pays et Duchés de Berri. Nouvelle édition... à laquelle on a joint à la fin un traité du Franc-Aleu de Berri. Published in Bourges by Jean-Jacques Christo in 1701. In quarto / large In-4 format. Mahogany calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilded caissons and fleurons, gilded title on red morocco, gutter edge framed with gilded roulette. Red edges. Red edges. (2)+6+(2)+722+52+(2) pages. Lower left corner sunken, edges slightly rubbed, spine ends a little tired and 4cm split on the lower left corner. Interesting customary of the Berry province, complete and commented by the author. In the same volume, a treatise on the franc-aleu du Berry, a legal text specific to the regime of certain landholdings free of feudal rights, is appended. Note the presence of attractive woodcut headbands and tailpieces, as well as initials including an "L" crowned by two angels, a reference to King Louis XIV. Fresh interior, fine copy with binding in good condition and very well preserved gilding.