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Charles Michel Galisset, Corps du droit français, ou recueil complet des lois, décrets, ordonnances, arrêtés, sénatus- consultes, règlemens, avis du Conseil d'État, publiés depuis 1789 jusqu'à 1825 inclusment. Arranged and annotated by C.-M. Galisset, lawyer at the Royal Court of Paris. Paris, Malher et Cie, [Imprimerie de H. Balzac,] 1828. Volume 1 in two strong volumes (95 and 80mm thick) in-8, 2244p & 2168p. Very rare set of all the issues printed by Balzac of this vast collection, for which he had printed the subscription prospectus on October 13, 1827, for 20,000 copies. Only 500 copies of the work itself were printed... The remarkable Inventaire des impressions balzaciennes published by Robert Tranchida in L'Année balzacienne 1995 (pp. 193-239) lists, from October 31, 1827 to June 12, 1828, 21 deliveries recorded by Balzac (from the 29th to the 49th). Volume I of this collection is bound in 2 very strong volumes of 2244 pages for the "Première partie" from 1789 to 1801; and 2168 pages for the "2e partie" from 1801 to 1819. The volumes have numerous bookmarks, 3 and 6. Elegant period half-bindings, blue calf with 4 raised bands underlined by gilt fillets, 3 gilt fleurons, gilt roulettes at head and tail, marbled edges. The spine of the first volume split over a quarter of its length, the tail edge of the second volume partly missing. (Tranchida, 210-293). [Enclosed:] [Suite du même ouvrage] tome 4. Paris, Beauvais aîné, [imprimerie de Duverger,] 1835. The bankruptcy of Balzac's printing house was declared on February 5, 1828; Balzac was appointed liquidator. He sent his resignation to the Ministry of the Interior on August 14, 1828. From Volume II onwards, the Corps du droit français was printed by Louis Duverger (see Corr. Pl I, nos. 28-47). Volume IV covers the period July 1830 to 1833, in a period binding, blue half-calf, spine decorated with gilt and cold fleurons, in the same style as the first two volumes.
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Charles Michel Galisset, Corps du droit français, ou recueil complet des lois, décrets, ordonnances, arrêtés, sénatus- consultes, règlemens, avis du Conseil d'État, publiés depuis 1789 jusqu'à 1825 inclusment. Arranged and annotated by C.-M. Galisset, lawyer at the Royal Court of Paris. Paris, Malher et Cie, [Imprimerie de H. Balzac,] 1828. Volume 1 in two strong volumes (95 and 80mm thick) in-8, 2244p & 2168p. Very rare set of all the issues printed by Balzac of this vast collection, for which he had printed the subscription prospectus on October 13, 1827, for 20,000 copies. Only 500 copies of the work itself were printed... The remarkable Inventaire des impressions balzaciennes published by Robert Tranchida in L'Année balzacienne 1995 (pp. 193-239) lists, from October 31, 1827 to June 12, 1828, 21 deliveries recorded by Balzac (from the 29th to the 49th). Volume I of this collection is bound in 2 very strong volumes of 2244 pages for the "Première partie" from 1789 to 1801; and 2168 pages for the "2e partie" from 1801 to 1819. The volumes have numerous bookmarks, 3 and 6. Elegant period half-bindings, blue calf with 4 raised bands underlined by gilt fillets, 3 gilt fleurons, gilt roulettes at head and tail, marbled edges. The spine of the first volume split over a quarter of its length, the tail edge of the second volume partly missing. (Tranchida, 210-293). [Enclosed:] [Suite du même ouvrage] tome 4. Paris, Beauvais aîné, [imprimerie de Duverger,] 1835. The bankruptcy of Balzac's printing house was declared on February 5, 1828; Balzac was appointed liquidator. He sent his resignation to the Ministry of the Interior on August 14, 1828. From Volume II onwards, the Corps du droit français was printed by Louis Duverger (see Corr. Pl I, nos. 28-47). Volume IV covers the period July 1830 to 1833, in a period binding, blue half-calf, spine decorated with gilt and cold fleurons, in the same style as the first two volumes.
