Napoléon - Code Napoléon - 1853

Fascinating and remarkable edition of the famous Civil Code established under Napoleon Bonaparte, which remains one of the most influential legal texts in modern history -

This volume illustrates the intention to widely disseminate the Napoleonic codification, the true cornerstone of French civil law, by providing a carefully produced edition that is accessible to practitioners, students, and scholars.

The Napoleonic Code, by establishing the rules relating to persons, property, and obligations, has left a lasting mark on European legal culture and has inspired many foreign laws -

This volume bears witness to the durability and authority of the Civil Code, nearly half a century after its promulgation, and constitutes a sought-after item for collectors and historians of the law, just as much for its doctrinal importance as for its material and historical interest -

Napoleon - Napoleonic Code - 1853 - Barbou Frères -
1628 pages.

Fair condition of the binding, volume in its original full antique leather, re-glossed under the protection of a plastic cover, wear from handling, corners and headcaps worn, spine joints cracked under protection, speckled edges, smooth spine adorned with gold fillets, gilded titling on a red morocco label.

Good interior condition, scattered foxing, work enriched with a portrait on the frontispiece, marbled endpapers.

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