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Bordeaux: Chez Simon Boud?, 1725. Folio. Pre-Revolutionary Law in Action: An Interleaved 1725 Bordeaux Folio Heavily Annotated by Eminent Jurist Francois Brechard Lapeyrere, Abraham. [Brechard, Francois (1770-1843), Annotator]. Decisions Sommaires du Palais, Par Ordre Alphabetique, Illustrees de Notes & De Plusieurs Arrets de la Cour de Parlement de Bordeaux. Par feu Me Abraham Lapeyrere, Ancien Avocat en Ladite Cour. Cinquieme Edition. Revue, Corrigee & Augmentee d'un Grand Nombre de Decisions & d'Arrets Recueillis des Memoires de Plusieurs Illustres Senateurs de ce Parlement. Et a Laquelle on a Ajoute Plusieurs Nouveaux Arrets Notables. Bordeaux: Chez Simon Boude, Rue Saint James, Charles Labottiere, Place du Palais, & Raymond Labottiere, Place du Palais, Imprimeurs & Libraires, 1725. [xii], 539, [7] pp. Interleaved. Folio (14" x 9-1/2"; 35.6 x 24 cm). Contemporary sheep, blind rules and cat's-paw decoration to boards, gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece, edges rouged. Negligible light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards, slightly heavier rubbing to extremities, corners bumped and somewhat worn. Light toning to interior, faint dampspotting and foxing in a few places, side-notes affected by trimming in a few places, some text leaves have underlining, corrections and brief annotations, 140 interleaves have annotations, main text followed by 16-pp. double-column manuscript index, all annotations in a neat contemporary hand, signature of annotator, Francois Brechard "avocat a Poitiers" to title page. $3,500. * This interleaved, working legal text bridges the complex world of Pre-Revolutionary French customary law (coutumes) and the legal landscape of the early 19th century. Digested by topic, this copy of Lapeyrere's landmark compilation records the decisions of the Parlement of Bordeaux-one of the absolute highest courts of justice under the Ancien Regime. Books like this are vital artifacts of early European legal history for several key reasons: - The Battle for Regional Autonomy Before the Napoleonic Code unified French law in 1804, France was divided into a patchwork of local customary laws. Parlements like the one in Bordeaux did not just try cases; they fiercely protected regional privileges against royal overreach by centralizing local precede. Bordeaux: Chez Simon Boud?, 1725. Folio. (illustrator).…