Item #111 Edicts et Ordonnances Royaux, sur le faict de la Justice & abréviation des procez. Docteur ès Droits Pierre Néron, Avocat en la Cour.
Edicts et Ordonnances Royaux, sur le faict de la Justice & abréviation des procez
Edicts et Ordonnances Royaux, sur le faict de la Justice & abréviation des procez

Edicts et Ordonnances Royaux, sur le faict de la Justice & abréviation des procez

Publisher: Paris, “au Palais en la gallerie des Prisonnaires”: Chez la veuve Mathieu Guillemot & Mathieu Guillemot, 1619.

Illustration: Printer’s device (floral wreath and tree motif) on title page.

Edition: Troisième Édition (Third Edition), revised and expanded.

Binding: Contemporary limp vellum, hand-written title on spine, yapp edges. The vellum is naturally rippled and darkened with age; ties perished. Binding is complete and intact, with expected wear from nearly 400 years of handling.

Description: An important early 17th-century Parisian printing of the Edicts and Royal Ordinances of France, edited and annotated by jurist Pierre Néron, lawyer of the Parisian courts. This third edition (1619) is substantially enlarged, incorporating new edicts of Louis XIII as well as recent decisions of the Conseil d’État. It provided French magistrates, clerks, and advocates with a practical handbook to abbreviate and standardize judicial procedure during a crucial era of Bourbon consolidation.

The publisher, Guillemot, was among the leading Parisian legal printers of the early 17th century. Located in the Palais de Justice galleries — the heart of France’s legal profession — the press specialized in official law books, theological treatises, and parliamentary records. Books from this press were produced for daily use in courtrooms and legal chambers, and their survival in contemporary vellum is increasingly scarce.

This copy is bound in original limp vellum, with a hand-inked spine title, typical of working legal texts of the period. The vellum is characteristically rippled and soiled, lending a tangible sense of history and use. Early ownership inscription dated 1635 suggests it was in active circulation within two decades of publication, very likely by a practicing jurist.

The text reflects the tensions of post-Henri IV France, when the regency of Marie de’ Medici and the rise of Cardinal Richelieu began reshaping French governance. Legal centralization through royal ordinances was one of the crown’s main instruments of consolidating power. Books such as this are a direct window into the machinery of Bourbon justice, embodying the authority of the king applied through law.

A compelling example of legal, political, and printing history, with strong appeal for collectors of early French law, the Bourbon monarchy, and early Paris imprints.

Condition: Good. Original limp vellum binding, soiled and rippled as typical, corners worn, ties perished. Textblock complete, with some staining to prelims and margins, occasional signs of worming. Structurally solid with authentic signs of use.

Annotation: Title page with early ownership inscription dated 1635; manuscript spine title; evidence of 17th-century use.

Item #111

Price: $550.00

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