[Travel - Marine]. CONSULAT (the) containing the laws, statutes and customs concerning contracts, merchandise and maritime negotiations. All of the navigation, both between merchants and ship owners and other mariners. The whole translated from Spanish and Italian language. Aix, Estienne David, 1735. In-4° of [12]-222-10 pages, ivory vellum (contemporary binding). Second French edition of the translation of the Marseille lawyer Mayssoni first published in 1577 and printed at the expense of Guillermo Giraud, merchant. It was given without corrections or amendments. Small brown stain on one leaf, good copy (Polak, 1913, without the 10-page treaty made in 1604 between Henri IV and Sultan Amat, emperor of the Turks). - (Boucher, le consulat de la mer, 1808, p. 60-63).

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