[SAUGRAIN, Claude-Martin]. Code de la Librairie et Imprimerie de Paris. Paris: 1744. 12° (168 x 100mm). Half-title, title printed in red and black. Woodcut device on title, head- and tailpieces and initials. (Tiny marginal chip at corner of L6, tiny marginal nicks in T5-6, marginal tear in V3, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, gilt edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, green silk ribbon marker (extremities lightly rubbed).

Details
[SAUGRAIN, Claude-Martin]. Code de la Librairie et Imprimerie de Paris. Paris: 1744. 12° (168 x 100mm). Half-title, title printed in red and black. Woodcut device on title, head- and tailpieces and initials. (Tiny marginal chip at corner of L6, tiny marginal nicks in T5-6, marginal tear in V3, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, gilt edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, green silk ribbon marker (extremities lightly rubbed).

FIRST EDITION of the legal compendium pertaining to printing and bookselling in France. The legislation was first enacted in 1723 for Paris, before being extended to cover the whole country. Bigmore & Wyman II, 296.

More from Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts

View All
View All