Large In 8 , Calf With The Arms: R De Massy , 1777 , Thesis Of The Two Laws. - Theses Utriusque Juris

Bearing the Arms of the Robert de Massy Family, a beautiful large copy in blond calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with gilt irons with a parrot in the boxes, red morocco title, triple fillets on the covers with flowers at the corners, interior lace, marbled guards, all edges gilded in bright gold, curious ex-libris engraved in the 19th century representing a skeleton holding the two letters from Professor Querige (.....?). Beautiful Coat of Arms in the center of the covers; "Thesis of the two laws. Theses utriusque juris - 1777. A bit of History: the Director of this thesis was Robert de Massy for the graduate François-Claude Loyré. The Robert de Massy family is a surviving family of old French bourgeoisie, originally from Loiret. In 1719, it split into two branches: the elder branch Robert de La Matholière, extinct in the 19th century, and the younger branch Robert de Massy, still existing....