160 - LA POIX de FREMINVILLE (Edme de). Dictionary or Treatise on General Policing of Cities, Towns, Parishes, and Rural Seigniories. A work essential for all police and judicial officers... as well as for all prosecutors... and also useful for parish priests, church wardens, church trustees, surgeons... homeowners, tenants, farmers, merchants...

LA POIX de FREMINVILLE (Edme de). Dictionary or Treatise on General Policing of Cities, Towns, Parishes, and Rural Seigniories. A work essential for all police and judicial officers... as well as for all prosecutors... and also useful for parish priests, church wardens, church trustees, surgeons... homeowners, tenants, farmers, merchants... Paris, Gissey, 1758, in-4, XIV-1f.n.ch.-588pp. Bound in grained brown calfskin, ribbed spine, decorated panels, title label, red edges. (Contemporary binding). - Corners slightly rubbed, endpapers stretched, a few yellowed quires, a few small scattered ink spots or stains. Old bookplate on the half-title page, in ink. First edition. This interesting work (which was published several times during the 18th century) contains a wealth of information on the customs of communal life in both the city and the countryside in the 18th century: from “waycrosses” to “flower pots,” covering topics such as begging; luxury; abortion; hunting and poaching; corpses; hospitals; schools; Gypsies; games; trades (bakers, tavern keepers, farmhands, booksellers, servants...). Alphabetical arrangement preceded by a comprehensive table of contents. - Edme de La Poix de Fréminville was born in Verdun in 1680. He was appointed bailiff of Lapalisse (Allier), and his descendants settled either in Lapalisse or in Chavroches, where they held various judicial offices. (Quirielle, Bio-bibliography of Early Writers from Bourbon, pp. 123 ff.). LA POIX de FREMINVILLE (Edme de). Dictionary or Treatise on General Policing of Cities, Towns, Parishes, and Rural Seigniories. A work essential for all police and judicial officers... as well as for all prosecutors... and also useful for parish priests, church wardens, church trustees, surgeons... homeowners, tenants, farmers, merchants... Paris, Gissey, 1758, in-4, XIV-1f.n.ch.-588pp. Bound in grained brown calfskin, ribbed spine, decorated panels, title label, red edges. (Contemporary binding). - Corners slightly rubbed, endpapers stretched, a few yellowed quires, a few small scattered ink spots or stains. Old bookplate on the half-title page, in ink. First edition. This interesting work (which was published several times during the 18th century) contains a wealth of information on the customs of communal life in both the city and the countryside in the 18th century: from “waycrosses” to “flower pots,” covering topics such as begging; luxury; abortion; hunting and poaching; corpses; hospitals; schools; Gypsies; games; trades (bakers, tavern keepers, farmhands, booksellers, servants...). Alphabetical arrangement preceded by a comprehensive table of contents. - Edme de La Poix de Fréminville was born in Verdun in 1680. He was appointed bailiff of Lapalisse (Allier), and his descendants settled either in Lapalisse or in Chavroches, where they held various judicial offices. (Quirielle, Bio-bibliography of Early Writers from Bourbon, pp. 123 ff.).