Lot no. 53
[ESSUILE, Jean-François de Barandiéry-Montmayeur d']. - Traité des communes ou Observations sur leur origine & état actuel, d'après les anciennes ordonnances de nos rois, les coutumes, édits, déclarations, arrêts & règlements intervenus sur cette matière ; les droits qu'y ont les seigneurs, les communautés & chacun des habitants...- A Paris, chez Colombier, 1777 - In-8 de XVI, 395-(1) pp, 2 unfolded tables; marbled havana calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fillets, fleurons and motifs, red morocco title page, gilt fillet on the edges (period binding).
First edition with 2 folding tables.
Jean-François de Barandiéry-Montmayeur d'Essuile (1718?-179.?) was commissioned to carry out a study of state forests and obtained a concession to exploit one of them for the king. He was behind several projects concerning drinking water and the channelling of watercourses and contributed to the economic ideas of the physiocrats.
A fine copy.
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