Paris, Crapelet, 1830.
C'monies des gages de bataille selon les constituions du roi Philippe de France, reprnt en onze figures: suivies d'instructions sur la mani dont se doivent faire empereurs, rois, ducs, marquis, comtes, vicomtes, barons, chevaliers;.
Scarce first printing of this elaborately produced facsimile of a 14th-century manuscript containing Philip the Fair's legislation concerning wagers of battle, the chivalric custom of settling disputes by force of arms rather than by the rule of law. This legislation, along with the ordinances of Louis IX against dueling (which..... More