HYPOTHEQUES Dictionnaire des droits d'enregistrement, de timbre, de greffe et d'hypothèques , by the editors of the Journal de l'enregistrement. Paris, bureau du Journal de l'enregistrement, imprimerie de Moreaux, 1810, 2 vols. in-4, [2] ff. n. ch. (title, dedication to Count Duchâtel), 4-li-324 pp. [2] ff. n. ch. (faux-titre and title), pp. 325-699 , text on two columns, long-grained cherry morocco, smooth spines decorated with gilded dotted lines, garlands and fleurons, framed with gilded garlands and grecques on the boards, arms in the center, gilded edges, gilded garland and fillet on the inside covers, endpapers lined with azure tabis (period binding). A few minor epidermis on the boards have been restored, small black spots on the spine, but a fine copy. First edition of this directory, which had a second edition in in-8 format as early as 1811. A precious copy with the coat of arms of Claude-Ambroise Régnier, Duc de Massa et de l'Empire, embossed in the center of the boards (Révérend IV, 123-124). Provenance: Collection of a descendant of the Dukes of Massa