René-Josué Valin - Nouveau commentaire sur la coutume de...

René-Josué Valin (1695-1765). New Commentary on the Custom of La Rochelle and the County of Aunis. La Rochelle, René-Jacob Desbordes, Durand, 1768, xxi-627 pp., 775 pp., 829 pp. 3 volumes in quarto (260x205 mm), full calf, spine with raised bands ornamented, title and volume labels in morocco leather, red edges (bindings of the period). Wear and rubbing on the boards and spine, stains on the first board of volume I, loss on the lower part of the first board of volume III, epidermures on the boards of volumes I and II. Interior fresh, no foxing. New augmented edition; complete in 3 volumes Legal commentary by René-Josué Valin, lawyer at the présidial of La Rochelle, devoted to the custom of La Rochelle and the country of Aunis. It gathers the practices of the province and examines, article by article, the interpretive difficulties of the custom as well as the main questions of customary law in light of jurisprudence. The work is especially important for understanding private law and the customs of La Rochelle and Aunis, a region then marked by intense commercial and maritime activity.

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