1809
by France; Napoleon I, Emperor
1809. Paris, 1809. 12mo. Interleaved to p.162.. Paris, 1809. 12mo. Interleaved to p.162. Interleaved With Contemporary Manuscript Annotations [France]. [Napoleon I [1769-1821], Emperor]. Code d'Instruction Criminelle, Edition Conforme a l'Edition Originale du Bulletin des Lois; Suivi des Motifs Exposes par les Conseillers d'Etat, Et des Rapports Faits par la Commission de Legislation du Corps Legislatif, Sur Chacune des Lois qui Composent le Code; Avec une Table Alphabetique et Raisonnee, Qui Reunit sur Chaque Matiere Toutes les dispositions Relatives, Et qui Indique, a l'Article de Chaque Fonctionnaire ou Officier Public, Toutes les Fonctions qui Lui Appartiennent, Ou Qu'il est Tenu de Remplir, En Matiere Criminelle, Correctionnelle ou de Simple Police. Paris: Garnery, Libraire, Rue de Seine, De l'Imprimerie de Mame, 1809. Three parts. [iv], 162, 312, 34 pp. Interleaved through first section to p. 162. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, gilt frames with gilt corner fleurons to boards, lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine, speckled edges. Light rubbing, scuffing and a few minor stains to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, chip to lettering piece, corners bumped. Light to moderate toning, light foxing in places, early repair to fore edges of title page and following leaf, occasional annotations in neat hand to interleaves, other, briefer, annotations to margins of text, some slightly affected by trimming. $1,500. * The 1808 Code d'Instruction Criminelle, a code of criminal procedure, was one the four codes of civil and criminal law issued under Napoleon's direction after the Code Napoleon (Code Civil, 1804). Garnery's is one of the unofficial editions produced at the same time as the official edition. Unlike the official edition, it features a second section, Motifs du Livre Ier, Chapitre I a VIII du Code D'Instruction Criminelle by "MM. Treilhard, Real et Faure, Conseillers d'Etat" and a detailed alphabetical index. The notes, the latest dated 1817, elucidate points in the text or indicate that an article was amended. This edition not in Camus.
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