HANDBUCH DES EOSTERREICHISCHEN EHE-RECHTS nach den dareuber erlassenen Gesetzen und Verordnungen, und mit Bemerkung der Abweichungen des Beurgerlichen Gesetzbuchs feur Westgalizien. 2 volumes in 1.

Wein: Andreas Gassler, 1804., 1804.. Fair. - Octavo, marbled paper over boards with a paper label on the spine. The binding is rubbed & chipped with a piece out of the paper of the rear board & a piece out of the top corner of the front board. The spine & its label are darkened; its head is chipped & there is a large piece out of its tail. The joints are worn. Vol. 1: pages [1]-311. Vol. 2: pages [1]-322 & [1] leaf. The hinges are starting. Some pages are darkened & there is scattered foxing. A few top page corners are creased. In Vol. 2, pages 145/146 are skipped in the numbering, without loss. A good working copy. <p>The titles continue: "Erster Theil, welcher die in Betreff des ehelichen Bandes vorgeschritbene Grundschze enthalt" and "Zwenter Theil, welcher die gesegliche Wirfungen einer geschlessenen Ehe enthdte."<p>This work is a legal guide to marriage in Austria and the rights of the parties involved according to the relevant laws and ordinances, with observations on the deviations from these laws in the West Galician civil code. [West Galicia was previously part of Poland]. Volume I sets out the basic principles that have been established in relation to the matrimonial bond. Volume II deals with the ending of a marriage.