2 Volumes In Quarto From 1776: At La Rochelle "new Commentaries On The Ordinance Of The Navy" Of 1681

A very fine and uncommon copy in two quarto volumes, bound in full mottled calf with raised bands, decorated with gilt tooling in the compartments, red morocco titles and volume numbers, marbled endpapers, red edges, printed at "La Rochelle", by Jérôme Legier, Printer to the King, in the Canton of Flanders. 1776. "New Commentary on the Ordinance of the Navy", of August 1681. Wherein lies the Conference of the ancient Ordinances, the Customs and Practices of the Sea, both of the Kingdom and of foreign countries, and of the new Regulations concerning Navigation and Maritime Commerce. With Explanations taken from the spirit of the Text, from Usage, from the Decisions of the Courts and from the best Authors who have written on nautical Jurisprudence. And historical and critical notes, drawn from most of the various collections of manuscripts preserved in public repositories. Dedicated to His Highness the Duke of Penthièvre, Admiral of France. By Mr. René-Josué Valin, Advocate and Attorney to the King at the Admiralty Court of La Rochelle. New edition, revised, corrected, and augmented. An important book on navigation during the reign of Louis XVI, updated with edicts from the end of the reign of Louis XIV... A curiosity from a regional publication of "La Rochelle," for good reason...