Savoie Estat en abrégé justice ecclésiastique séculière du pays de Savoye 1674

Description

Ville (Charles‑Emanuel de)
Statute in abbreviated form of ecclesiastical and secular justice of the country of Savoy. Containing the most important matters of the History of that country, the greatness of its Princes, the customs of its inhabitants, and the nature of its government, offices and lordships, together the theory and practice of civil and criminal law with their formularies [...] by the noble Charles‑Emanuel de Ville, lord of Fontanil and Villaret, Baron Daypierre, counselor to the SAR and senator of the Senate of Savoy.

Chambéry, Louis Du Four, 1674. 2 parts bound in one volume, small in-4°, 12 ff., 368 & 255 pp. & 2 ff., beautiful full‑calfskin binding (plein veau) of the period, missing title pages, dulled corners, significant skin loss along the edge of a plate, small cuts at the top of four leaves, interior otherwise well preserved.

The first part is devoted to criminal law with several chapters on heresy, simony, magical arts, superstitions as well as crimes normally found in all codes and their penalties; the second part is devoted to civil law, with a chapter on “the power of Lords over their slaves,” political law, and ecclesiastical law.