Napoléon - Code civil des Français - 1804

You hold in your hands a rare and magnificent first edition of the Code civil des Français, the founding text of modern law in France! Printed from the original edition and the sole official edition in the same year -

Promulgated by Napoleon in 1804, it gathers the legal principles governing the civil life of citizens, such as family, property, contracts, successions, etc.

Napoleon: "My true glory is not having won forty battles, which nothing will erase; what will live forever is my Civil Code." -

This book is a patrimonial treasure of the legislative work of the First Consul, which has permanently shaped French society and the world -

It marks the legal foundations that have shaped contemporary France through this masterpiece of legislation -

Napoleon - Code civil des Français - 1804 - J. E. Guibert -
436 Pages.

Good condition of binding, the work in its blue half-leather binding of the period, marbled boards, signs of wear, headcaps and corners worn, blue speckled edges, smooth spine adorned with gold motifs, gilt lettering -

Good interior condition, some foxing, beautiful vignette on the title page, presence of a facsimile in the middle of the work, white endpapers -

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