Author: Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de.
Title: Des lettres de cachet et des prisons d'état.
Description: Ouvrage posthumé, composé en 1778. A Hambourg : [s.n.], 1782. 2 Volumes. xvi,366,[1]; 237,[1] pp. Occas. sl. foxed & browned. Lower spine vol. 2 bit chipped. Very good set. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - First edition, written during his imprisonment in the castle of Vincennes (1777-1782), and published after his liberation in 1782. It exhibits an accurate knowledge of French constitutional history, skilfully marshaled to demonstrate that the system of 'lettres de cachet'was not only philosophically unjust but constitutionally illegal. Cioranescu 45191; Graesse IV, p. 535; Einaudi 3932; Camus 296.

Keywords: RECHT, oud recht