[GARSAULT (François Alexandre de). Faits des causes célèbres et intéressantes, augmentés de quelques causes. Amsterdam, Chastelain, 1769. In-12 paperback, cover in waiting paper, handwritten title on the back. A few small paper tears to the cover otherwise a good copy as issued. Amusing collection of famous and/or curious legal cases: Martin Guerre, Urbain Grandier, the Marquise de Brinvilliers, etc. etc. and many "small cases". The introductory pages contain, among other things, a list of the types of crimes, punishments and supplications. (Barbier II, 422.)

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