VALIN, René-Josué. - Nouveau Commentaire sur l'Ordonnance... Lot 36

VALIN, René-Josué. - Nouveau Commentaire sur l'Ordonnance de la Marine du mois d'août 1681. In which is found the Conference of the old Ordinances, of the Uses & Customs of the Sea, both of the Kingdom and of foreign Countries, & of the new Regulations concerning Navigation & Maritime Commerce. With Explanations taken from the spirit of the text, from Usage, from the Decisions of the Courts & from the best aiteurs who have written on Nautical Jurisprudence. Et des Notes historiques & critiques, tirées de la plupart des diverses Recueil de Manuscrits conservés dans les dépôts publics. Dedicated to S. A. S. Mgr. le Duc de Penthièvre... Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée - A La Rochelle, chez Jérôme Legier, 1776 - 2 volumes in-4; marbled fawn half-calf, ribbed spines decorated with gilded fillets, burgundy morocco titles and endpapers (modern binding in the style of the period). An uncommon edition printed in La Rochelle, it is unknown to Polak's Bibliographie maritime. "This ordinance had the honor of being adopted as law by all the nations of Europe and of forming the common law of maritime peoples" (Larousse). Elegant pastiche binding strictly in the style of the period.