[napoleon Law Civil Code] General Collection Of Directory And Republic Laws. 10/10

[collective]. General collection of Laws, Proclamations, Orders and other Acts of the Executive Directory, with Chronological Tables and Contents [then:] General collection of Laws, Proclamations, Orders and other Acts of the executive and legislative powers [then] General collection of Laws, Proclamations , Orders and other Acts of the Government. In Paris, from the Imprimerie du Dépôt des Lois [then] at Rondonneau, year IV / 1795 to year XIII [1805]. 10 strong vol. in quarto format (268 x 207 mm) of 1 fnfol., 13, 712 and 39 pp. ; 1 f. bl., 1 fnfol., 16, 760 and 32 pp. ; 1 fnfol., 10, 768, 4 and 28 pp. ; 1 f. bl., 1 fnfol., 8, 741 and 25 pp. ; 1 f. bl., 1 fnfol., 12, 628 and 22 pp. ; 8, 476, 15 and 16 pp. ; 1 fnfol., 8, 576 and 24 pp. ; 1 f. bl., 1 fnfol., 12, 788, 19, 4, 7, 4, 15, 4, 16 and 23 pp. ; 1 fnfol., 8 and 264 pp. ; 1 fnfol., vi - 216 pp., 11, 16, 31, 4, 4, 6, 12, 12, 8, 6, 4, 4, 26, 6, 6, 8, 4, 19, 4, 3, 4 and 15 pp. ; viii - 220 pp. ; 1 fnfol., viii - 330 and 12 pp. Uniform bindings of the time in full glazed and brown rooted sheepskin, triple blind fillet framing the covers, smooth spines adorned with double gilt fillets, gilt wheels, gilt fleurons, cherry morocco title pieces, gilt title, gilt volume number, interlacing golden numerals at the tail, golden dotted fillet and set of small golden fleurons on the cuts, yellow and speckled edges. Rare and important set pleasantly bound; complete with 10 volumes making it up. (The last two each contain two parts bound in the same volume). A few decrees (including the one announcing the promulgation of the Civil Code) have been bound at the end of several volumes. '' Set up at the end of the Terror by the moderate republicans of the Thermidorian Convention, the regime reestablished the suffrage censitaire, which was used to elect the two legislative chambers, the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Elders. This search for social stability is counterbalanced by an annual renewal of a third of the legislative body and of one or two of the five directors. The Directory sets up a dense administration, econometric tools, educational institutions, industries that will benefit the following regimes. It was a period of cultural proliferation and moral freedom illustrated by the Merveilleuses and the Directoire style. Brunet VI, Manual for booksellers and book lovers, 2814. Slight superficial damage that may affect the bindings. Good interior condition, however, not excluding some marks of use without hindrance, however, for reading (such as: ring or iridescence, some foxing, small worm work in the lower margin of some pages). A disjointed notebook. Rare.