Napoléon - Code civil des Français - 1804

You hold in your hands a superb and magnificent edition of the French Civil Code, entirely in accordance with the original edition, the founding text of modern law in France -

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

This book is a patrimonial treasure of the legislative work of the First Consul, which has enduringly marked French society and the world; it lays the legal foundations that shaped contemporary France -

It is followed by transitional laws and an analytical and reasoned table of contents -

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

The presented copy, in period binding and complete, constitutes a rare and sought-after piece, prized by collectors interested in the history of law, Napoleonic codification and the great legal editions of the 19th century -

Napoleon - Civil Code of the French - 1804 - N. Renaudiere -
460 pages.

Good condition of binding, work in its brown half-leather binding with edition corner pieces, marbled boards, signs of wear, some defects on boards and spine, marbled edges, smooth spine adorned with gold fillets, gilded title on a red morocco piece -

Good interior condition, some browning and damp traces, marbled endpapers in good condition -
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