Vincent],
m. dcc. lxxvii
. Avec Approbation, et Privilege du Roi. [1777]
Law 182
12mo. 2 parts in 1. 194 leaves: [ ]
2, a
6, A-G
12, A-H
12, I
6; the second part, with separate pagination, for the Catalogue, 1158 numbered entries.
Quérard II, 36.
This edition not in Grandin.
French mottled calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers, r.e., green silk bookmark. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the
Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Armand Gaston Camus, 1740-1804, French advocate and revolutionist. The first edition of this work was published in 1772. The
Catalogue raisonné has been enlarged and frequently reprinted and is still one of the standard bibliographies of French legal literature.
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Projet de Code civil. par Portalis &c.
2. v. in 1.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 7, as above, omitting
2. v. in 1.
Projet de Code Civil, présenté par la Commission nommée par le Gouvernement le 24 Thermidor an 8. Tome Premier [-second]. A
Paris: chez
Lepetit jeune, An
ix
. [1801.]
Law 31
2 vol. in 1. 12mo. 170 and 154 leaves in twelves; on the back of each half-title the list of libraries where the book was
on sale. The
Discours préliminaire is signed
Portalis, Tronchet, Bigot-Preameneu, Maleville.
Dupin 1852 [1 vol. in 4].
Calf. With the autograph signature of
W
m. Maclure Paris 1801
(the date cut into in vol. I) on both title-pages. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in both volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Sent to Jefferson by Maclure, who wrote from London on July 3, 1801, and gave an account of conditions in France: “. . . the plan of a civil code of laws which has been published may give a better idea of the situation and probable consequences
than any thing that has been allowed to come from the press; in the preliminary discourse much obscurity and difficulty seems
to occur in laying the foundation . . . in case you have not seen it I have forwarded a coppy by this opportunity . . .”
William Maclure, 1763-1840, was the famous pioneer geologist, and patron of science and education. He was born in Scotland, and became a
citizen of the United States in 1803. It was Maclure who persuaded Joseph Neef to come to the United States to teach the Pestalozzi
method of education, see no. 1111.
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Code civile des François.
1804.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 8, as above.
Code Civil des Français, édition stéréotype, conforme à l’édition originale de l’imprimerie de la République; à laquelle on
a ajouté une Table analytique et raisonnée des matières.
Paris:
Garnery, An
xii
--
1804.
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12mo. 310 leaves: [ ]
4, 1-51
6.
This edition not in Grandin.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back with a red and a green label lettered
Code des Français and
1804, marbled endpapers, blue silk bookmark, by John March. Initialled by Jefferson with the letter T before sig. 1. With the
Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Purchased by Jefferson in 1804. The book is included in the second part of a list made by him of books purchased during that year, the first part
from
Reibelt
the second
from others. March’s bill was presented on February 15, 1805, cost .75.
Three official editions of the
Code civil were published. The first from the Imprimerie de la République of which this is a reprint. The second, known as the
Code Napoléon
[see no. 2218] from the Imprimerie impériale, and the third from the Imprimerie royale.
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Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 9, Code Napoleon Civil, Procedure civil, Criminelle, Commerce, 4 v 16s stereotype.
Code Napoléon, nouvelle édition, conforme à l’édition originale de l’imprimerie
