Code d'Instruction Criminelle, Edition Originale et Seule Officielle

France; Criminal Law

Published by Publication Date: 1810

Paris, 1810. Quarto. Interleaved and annotated. Interleaved 1810 Printing of the French Code of Criminal Procedure with Contemporary Annotations [France]. [Criminal Law]. Code d'Instruction Criminelle. Edition Originale et Seule Officielle. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1810. [ii], 310 pp. Interleaved. Quarto (10" x 7-3/4"; 25.4 x 19.7 cm). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt spine with lettering piece. Moderate rubbing with wear to spine ends and corners, joints starting at ends, hinges cracked, front free endpaper lacking. Light toning, somewhat heavier in places, light foxing in a few places, light edgewear to preliminaries and final leaves, light soiling to title page. Annotations to approximately thirty leaves of interleaves and text in neat contemporary hand. $1,500. * Third printing. The 1808 Code d'Instruction Criminelle, a code of criminal procedure, was one of the four codes of civil and criminal law issued under Napoleon's direction after the Code Napoleon (Code Civil, 1804). The annotations, the latest dated 1827, range from a few words to several interpretive paragraphs. Most of these note modifications to the articles by imperial decrees or court decisions. The most extensive annotations, which fill three full interleaves in a tiny hand, concern juries. They are interleaved with the first eleven articles of Chapter V, "Du Jury et la Maniere de la Former" (pp. 133-136). Seller Inventory # 71034

Bibliographic Details

Title: Code d'Instruction Criminelle, Edition ...
Publication Date: 1810
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Paris, 1810. Quarto. Interleaved and annotated
Edition: 1st Edition