Napoléon - Code Napoléon - 1808

Rare edition of this work by Napoleon, which represents a major step in the dissemination and consolidation of the legislative corpus established under the Empire.

The Code, emphasizing a clearly written and accessible law, marked a major step in replacing the old patchwork of feudal laws.

This text, enacted in 1804 and gradually enriched, codifies the French civil law into a coherent set of provisions organized into books and titles, covering persons, property, obligations, and successions.

The work embodies Napoleon's desire to unify and rationalize the law, replacing local customs with a universal code based on principles of clarity, stability, and modernity.

It also illustrates Collin's editorial function, a recognized printer-bookseller, who ensures the dissemination of a foundational text of modern law, which has become a reference for France and a model for many foreign countries.

Napoleon - Code Napoleon - 1808 - Léopold Collin
900 Pages

Good condition of the binding, book in its original full brown leather, with age-related stains and wear, some leather loss, damaged headcaps, rounded corners, smooth decorated spine, gold lettering on a red morocco label, and gold roll tools framing the covers.

Good interior condition, rare foxing, marbled endpapers.

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