BEAUFORT (M. de) Recueil concernant le Tribunal de Nosseigneurs les Maréchaux de France. Les prérogatives et les fonctions des Officiers chargés d'exécuter ses ordres, les matières de sa compétence, la forme d'y procéder ; avec les différents édits, déclarations & règlements intervenus sur ces matières. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1784. 2 volumes in-8, XXXpp.-1f.-377pp.-1f. - 2ff.- 427pp. Bound in contemporary shagreened basane, spine ribbed, gilt filleted boards. Minor damage to headband. On the boards, gilt figures depicting the marshal's baton, adorned with fleurs-de-lis. Ex libris of Paul Cordier on title page. Saffroy I, 14856: "Code général, capital pour l'histoire de cette juridiction spéciale".

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