MONGIN - Lot 43

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MONGIN - Lot 43
MONGIN Essays of jurisprudence divided into four dialogues. Dediez à Monseigneur le Dauphin. A Paris, Chez Jean Cochart, 1676. In-12 (155 x 98 mm) of [6] ff., 341, [4] pp. Red morocco, triple gilt fillet on the boards with gilt arms in the center, spine with gilt crowned numeral, gilt roulette on the edges and the chasses, gilt edges (period binding). RARE ORIGINAL EDITION, dedicated to the eldest son of Louis XIV, Louis de France (1661-1711), of these four dialogues by Mongin devoted to the fundamental principles of law, equity, laws and customs as well as to the usefulness of judicial decisions. Important copy in morocco with the arms and the figure of the duke of MONTAUSIER and his wife Julie DANGENNES, respectively governor and governess of the Grand Dauphin, dedicatee of the work. The king had very early wished that the education of his son be entrusted to the great minds of the time. In 1668, he appointed Charles de Sainte-Maure, Duke of Montausier, Governor of the Grand Dauphin. The duke chose Huet and Bossuet as his tutors. It comes from the library of baron Léopold DOUBLE with his bookplate. See about this copy his catalog Cabinet d'un curieux. Description de quelques livres rares (chez l'auteur, 1890) : "with the arms and figures of the duke of Montausier, governor of the great Dauphin, and of the famous Julie de Rambouillet (the Julie of the Garland) [...] this is the copy offered to the noble duke, in charge of the education of the King's only son." Olivier pl. 451. One corner of the binding slightly rubbed, light marginal foxing in places.
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