MALLEVILLE, Claude de - Lot 167

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MALLEVILLE, Claude de - Lot 167
MALLEVILLE, Claude de In Regias aquarum et silvarum constitutiones, Commentarius Paris, Vincent Sertenas, 1561 RÉGLEMENTATION DES EAUX ET FORÊTS: "THE FIRST WORK IN FRANCE DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO FORESTS" (SERGE BRUNET). HUZARD COPY FIRST EDITION In-8 (162 x 98mm). Legislative text in French, commentary in Latin COLLATION : ã8 a-o8 p4 : 124 ff. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDING. Olive morocco, gilt decoration, framed fillets, ornate long spine, speckled edges. PROVENANCE: Jean-Baptiste Huzard (1755-1838; stamp; Paris, II, 1842, lot 4682) -- Paul Boiteau d'Ambly (1830-1886; autograph bookplate) Spine slightly faded Claude de Malleville, a brilliant jurist, was avocat général des eaux et forêts de la Table de Marbre de Paris. He undertook a major project to reform the forests of the Pyrenees. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Brunet, III, 1343 -- Thiébaud, 626-627 -- Schwerdt II, p. 5 -- Souhart, p. 394 WEBOGRAPHY: S. Brunet, "Une Réformation générale des forêts des Pyrénées échouée (1560-1564)", Annales du Midi, 2014 : https://www.persee.fr/doc/anami_0003-4398_2014_num_126_287_8729
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