Barrett bryant translator (3 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Two volumes in one (complete), 8vo., full brown textured leather with ornate gilt designs lettered in gilt; edges gilt. Facsimile edition of the 1811 first edition. A gorgeous copy.

The scarce first edition in English of the Code Napolà on. The Napoleonic Code, officially known as the Code civil des Français, came into force on 21st March 1804 during the last-days of the First French Republic, and is still the primary basis for civil law in France today. Taking inspiration from the codification of Roman law under the Emperor Justinian I (AD 482-565) in the sixth century, the civil code sought to both harmonise the regional and customary laws then in operation in France, as well entrenching the Revolutionary principles of libertà , à galità , fraternità in national law. Napoleon himself saw the law as a further opportunity to consolidate his own power as First Consul that would lead ultimately to his proclamation as Emperor of the French less than two months after the code came into force. This translation by Bryant Barrett, a member of Gray's Inn, has long been admired for its accuracy, preferring a 'verbal and even literal translation' instead of 'losing the force and full bearing of the legislator's enactments in what is termed a free translation' (Preface). The work is prefixed by a lengthy 'Introductory Discourse', which occupies the entirety of the first volume, containing a review of historical laws in Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, China, Ancient Greece and Rome, and Salic law. First edition in English; 2 vols; 8vo (21.5 x 14 cm); errata f. to rear of vol. II, vol. II B5 with closed tear repaired with archival tape, spotting to title-page, slight dampstaining, later endpapers; contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, rebacked, extremities slightly rubbed, preserved in a custom-made folding cloth box, very good; xiv, cccxciii;[2].…

First Edition. 2 Vols ISBN-13: 9781584773818; ISBN-10: 1584773812. First English Translation of the Code Napoleon, With an Influential Introduction Barrett, Bryant, Translator. The Code Napoleon, Verbally Translated From the French: To Which is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse, Containing a Succinct Account of the Civil Regulations, Comprised in the Jewish Law, the Ordinances of Menu, the Ta Tsing Leu Lee, the Zend Avesta, the Laws of Solon, the Twelve Tables of Rome, the Laws of the Barbarians, the Assises of Jerusalem, and the Koran. Originally published: London: W. Reed, 1811. Two volumes. xiv, cccxciii, [iii], 146, [errata 2]; [ii], [147]-575, [errata 2] pp. Reprinted 2004, 2015 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584773818; ISBN-10: 1584773812. Hardcover. New. $95. * Reprint of the first English edition. Bryant Barrett was an English attorney and member of Gray's Inn. His superb translation is noteworthy in part because it was published the year the Code was enacted. As such, it has the advantage of being in a style of English that is an idiomatic contemporary to the original French. Many scholars believe that this is the finest translation of the Code. Indeed, they have found it to be more accurate than the official Louisiana edition. The philological basis of his 393-page introduction had a profound influence on the subsequent development of classical British legal ethnography. Barrett's index, which follows the style of English lawyer's common-place books and abridgments, is a thorough guide to the Code.…