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Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes, Titres V Du Mariage, VI...
by Hemard, Joseph, Illustrator
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1925. Paris: Rene Kieffer, [1925]. No. 376. Paris: Rene Kieffer, [1925]. No. 376. A Witty (And Very French) View of Family Law Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes: Titres V. Du Mariage. VI. Du Divorce. VII. De la Paternite. VIII. De l'Adoption. IX. De la Puissance Paternelle. X. De la Minorite. XI. De la Majorite. Paris: Rene Kieffer, [1925]. [vi], 126, [4] pp. Pochoir color text illustrations. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Original publisher stiff wrappers with protective tissue-paper wrapper, untrimmed edges. Binding slightly cocked, some rubbing to extremities with light wear to spine ends, creases and a few small cracks to spine. Light toning to text, vivid illustrations, internally clean. $750. * From an edition limited to 900 copies, this number 376. Hemard presents the official text of the sections of the French Civil Code dealing with family law with witty, and often mildly erotic, color pochoir illustrations. Hemard applied this treatment to two other legal works Code Penal (1940) and Code General des Impots Directs et Taxes Assimilees (1944). Hemard, a prolific artist, illustrator, designer and author, is best-known for his humorously illustrated editions of serious non-fiction books.
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- Title
- Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes, Titres V Du Mariage, VI...
- Author
- Hemard, Joseph, Illustrator
- Illustrator
- Paris: Rene Kieffer, [1925]. No. 376
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- Used
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- Date Published
- 1925
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- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LEGAL HUMOR, BIB-WEEK-VBF, CODE CIVIL, ANTIQ5822, FAMILY LAW, 71412.JPG
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- Wrappers
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- Rubbing
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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