BEAUMARCHAIS. DU FAIL. SAUVAGEAU, father and son. - Lot 8

BEAUMARCHAIS. DU FAIL. SAUVAGEAU, father and son. [18th-CENTURY LAW AND CUSTOMS] LOT of 2 works in 3 volumes in their period bindings. -BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre-Augustin, Caron de. [COLLECTION]. Mémoire à consulter, by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. (Paris), J.G. Clousier, 1775. In-4. Marbled fawn sheepskin of the period, ribbed spine, blond title label, decorated panels, gilt roulettes on the headbands and footbands, red edges (skin wear, a few oxidized quires). A fine copy of this collection on legal cases, notably the Goëzman case. PAMPHLETS. ESTATE. -DU FAIL, Noël. SAUVAGEAU, father and son. CHAPEL. The Most Solemn Rulings and Regulations Issued by the Parliament of Brittany, Compiled by Noël Dufail de la Hérissaye Nantes: Jacques Mareschal, 1715–1716. 2 volumes in-4, (4) ff., 576 pp., (10) ff. and (4) ff., 473 pp.; 112 pp., (6) ff. Contemporary fawn sheepskin, ribbed spine, red title label, ornate panels, speckled edges (spine rubbed, lower caps missing, but interior remains fresh). A fine copy in its contemporary binding. A rare complete edition, revised and expanded by Mathurin and Michel Sauvageau. Michel Sauvageau, a lawyer at the Parliament of Brittany and the King’s prosecutor in Vannes, is the author of *Coutumes de Bretagne*, published in Rennes in 1734. Title page adorned with a beautiful woodcut typographic mark featuring the grand coat of arms of the Duchy of Brittany. Initial letters and headpieces. Handwritten ex libris from the period bearing the title “Dorré de Lauvière.”