"Thibault (françois Timothée) - History Of The Laws And Customs Of Lorraine And Barrois. 1763."
THIBAULT (François Timothée) - History of the laws and customs of Lorraine and Barrois, in beneficial matters followed by a dissertation on how to accommodate these laws & customs to the indulgence of Pope Clement XII of 1740 & to the ordinances & maxims of France. Nancy, Pierre Antoine, 1763; in-8, half title + title page + 2 ff + epistle + 7 ff. + warnings + foreword + 1 ff. + table + 398 + CCXII + 11 ff. of tables and errata, full calf binding of the time, spine decorated with 6 ribs, edges painted in red. Beautiful edition of a text in an engraved wood frame. Mr Thiebault was Lieutenant General at the Bailiwick of Nancy and also published the Tableau de l'avocat (Nancy 1737). He also fulfilled the function of royal censor. Very nice copy.