Dupaty

1788 · H41182 — Rome 1788. First Printing. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes in one. 8vo calf of the period gilt flat spine good to very good with some wear to spine ends rubbing and discoloration of leather neat strengthening of front outer joint and inner hinge contents bright and clean. Bookplate of George Macartney 1st Earl Macartney 1737-1806; he was a British diplomat politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Grenada Madras and the Cape Colony. He is often remembered for his observation following Britain's victory in the Seven Years' War and subsequent territorial expansion at the Treaty of Paris that Britain now controlled "a vast Empire on which the sun never sets.". Also ownership signature of Dwight Miller an expert on Italian art. viii 320 & 320 pp. Dupaty was a former advocate-general in the Parlement of Bordeaux Dupaty became widely known in 1780–82 for his ultimately successful struggle with the Parlement over his admission as its president à mortier. Unable to work with the Parlement however Dupaty left for Paris in September 1783. There he embarked on a long-planned study of the criminal codes of foreign nations as the basis for reform in France. hardcover