René-Josué Valin - Nouveau commentaire sur la coutume de La Rochelle et du pays d'Aunis - 1756

René-Josué Valin (1695-1765). New Commentary on the Custom of La Rochelle and the Country of Aunis. La Rochelle, Réné-Jacob Desbordes, Durand, 1756, xxi-627 pp., 775 pp., 712 pp.

3 volumes in-4 (260x200 mm), full morocco, spine with raised bands ornamented, title and volume labels in morocco, red edges (bindings of the period). Wear and rubbing on the boards and spine, several headpieces shaved, pale and discreet damp stain on the upper margin of volume III. Interior fresh, no foxing.

Original edition; complete in 3 volumes

Legal commentary by René-Josué Valin, lawyer at the presidial court of La Rochelle, devoted to the custom of La Rochelle and the country of Aunis. It gathers the province’s usages and examines, article by article, the interpretive difficulties of the custom as well as the main questions of customary law in light of jurisprudence

The work is particularly important for understanding private law and the usages of La Rochelle and Aunis, a region then marked by intense commercial and maritime activity.