LETTRE DE M JULIEN DENTAND DE GENEVE, SUR LE REQUISITOIRE DE M DE SEGUIER, AVOCAT-GÉNÉRALE, CONTRE LE MÉMOIRE PUBLIÉ EN FAVEUR DE TROIS HOMMES CONDAMNÉS À LA ROUE PAR LE PARLEMENT DE PARIS [LETTER FROM MR JULIEN DENTAND IN GENEVA ABOUT THE CHARGE BY MR SEGUIR, PROSECUTOR, AGAINST THE STATEMENT OF FACT PUBLISHED IN FAVOUR OF THREE MEN SENTENCED TO TORTURE ON THE WHEEL BY THE PARLIAMENT OF PARIS]

DENTAND, Julien

Published by et se trouve chez les principaux Libraires de France, Amsterdam, 1787

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Demy 8vo (22cm) i-vi, [blank], 8-250, (2) pp. Collated as complete. Rebound in marbled paper boards with vellum spine, no title lettering. Both half-title page and errata leaf present; old repair mark to fep, half-title, titlepage and p iii; contents very clean and fresh, occ. spotting. A judgement of 1786 unfairly convicting Messrs. Lardoise, Simare and Bradien to torture on the wheel for robbery, which gave Dupaty the opportunity to implement his reforming ideas outlining inalienable rights for the defence. This is an uncommon jurisprudence title, in French, with only eight copies located in libraries worldwide: two each in Canada, Netherlands and Switzerland, and one in France and the USA. Seller Inventory # 10507

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Title: LETTRE DE M JULIEN DENTAND DE GENEVE, SUR LE...

Publisher: et se trouve chez les principaux Libraires de France, Amsterdam

Publication Date: 1787

Binding: Hardcover

Book Type: Book