168 - AUROUX DES POMMIERS (Mathieu). General and Local Customs of the Region and Duchy of Bourbonnois, with a commentary explaining these customs...

AUROUX DES POMMIERS (Mathieu). General and Local Customs of the Region and Duchy of Bourbonnois, with a commentary explaining these customs... Paris, Clouzier (Vol. 1), Paulus-du-Mesnil (Vol. 2), 1732, 2 folio volumes, Title page–XX–470 pp.–26 unnumbered folios.- Additions to Part 1: 5 unnumbered folios—LX pp.—Vol. 2: Title—LIV—2 unnumbered folios—379 pp. (+ card 27bis)—19 unnumbered folios.- Additions, Part 2: 3 unnumbered folios—LXVIII—70 pp.—1 folio—XXXII. Fawn half-calf, ribbed spine, panels decorated with a pastiche design inspired by 18th-century work (flowers, fleurons, palmettes, foliage, and small ironwork motifs), scrolls on the raised bands, brown title labels, red headpieces. (Laurenchet Workshops). - Slight water stain on Volume 1, a few scattered small pinholes. Some marginalia. A fine copy, elegantly bound in the style of the period. First edition. The edition was distributed among several bookstores. Copies can be found bearing the addresses of Paulus-du-Mesnil, Osmont, Clouzier, or Le Breton. The two parts of the Additions to the New Commentary have their own titles and are dated 1741. The most famous 18th-century Bourbonnais custom book. (Quirielle, p. 15—Gouron & Terrin, Bibliography of the Customs of France, p. 73). - At the end of Vol. 2 are 70 pages: “The Ancient Customs of the Region and Duchy of Bourbonnois” and the “Minutes of the Ancient Customs...”.