CHALON, Renier Dissertatio inauguralis juridica... Lot 26

CHALON, Renier Dissertatio inauguralis juridica de qualitatibus et conditionibus ad ineundas nuptias jure civili requisitis, quam, annuente summo numine ex auctoritate rectoris magnifici Joan. Michaelis Francisci Birnbaum [...]. Louvain G. Cuelens [1824] In-8° : [6]-34 pp. Contemporary long-grained midnight-blue morocco, double framed with gilt and cold-stamped fillets and roulade, central rhomboid plate cold-stamped, smooth spine gilt grotesquely decorated, gilt roulade on edges, gilt roulade on endpapers, gilt on marbling (small rubs to upper cover). In marbled paper slipcase (rubbed). Very fine copy with wide margins. First edition of R. Chalon's doctoral thesis in law, devoted to the qualities and conditions required for marriage in civil law. Ex. on strong vellum. Ref. Biogr. nat. XXIX:434. Prov. Renier Chalon (bookplate).