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Privileges des Foires de Lyon Octroyez par les Roys Tres-Chrestiens

1649 · 68059 — 1649. Laws Governing the Fair of Lyon. Lyon 1649. Laws Governing the Fair of Lyon. Lyon 1649. Cataloguing Lyon Trade Fair Privileges Lyon. Privileges des Foires de Lyon Octroyez par les Roys Tres-Chrestiens Aux Marchands Francois & Estrangers y Negocians sous Lesdits Privileges Ou Residens en Ladite Ville. Lyon: Par Guillaume Barbier 1649. xvi 8 398 8 pp. Quarto 9-1/4" x 6-1/2"; 23.5 x 16.5 cm. Contemporary sheep large gilt-stamped arms of Lyon to centers of boards gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece. Light rubbing corners bumped. Woodcut arms of Lyon to title page. Moderate toning somewhat heavier in places some leaves have faint dampspotting a few passages have early marks or underlining. A very handsome copy. $1500. The only edition of this essential record of mercantile law. Strategically located at the confluence of the Rhone and Saone Lyon emerged as the premier trading artery of Renaissance France. By the late 15th century the influence of Italian merchant-bankers had transformed the city into the kingdom's financial heart. Because of this immense economic gravity-and the resulting envy from rival cities and shifting royal whims-the city's magistrates were fastidious in documenting their autonomy. Privileges serves as both a practical legal handbook and a formidable political manifesto. It provides a chronological compilation of royal decrees judicial orders and municipal privileges granted to the Lyon fairs between 1349 and 1563. It is a primary source for understanding the evolution of international trade law the protection of foreign merchants and the formalization of "Lex Mercatoria" Merchant Law in early modern Europe. OCLC locates 3 copies in North American law libraries George Washington University UC-Berkeley Yale. Goldsmiths' Catalogue of Economic Literature 1012. unknown