Manuscrits de Philippe Le Geyt, Ecuyer, Lieutenant-Bailli de L'Ile de Jersey, sur la Constitution, Les Lois et les Usages de cette Ile. [ 4 volume set ]

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Four volume set, 1st edition. Size - c. 8 x 5.75 inches ( 22.5 x 14.5 cm), pp. xl + 533 + iii, 569 + + iii + 1 (errata), 626 + 1, 497 + 1 + ii ; all edges uncut, original cloth binding, text entirely in French. Books condition (all volumes similar)- Good to Very Good ; contents clean, minor foxing of preliminaries and occasionally in the text, pages edges (more so the fore-edges) dusty, inscription in ink at the top of each title page "Fuscrit [?] a l'inventaire de Counsulat de France a Jersey sous le No 44 Le 17 10 25 " plus a circular ink stamp of the consulate , inner hinges intact, bindings sound ; original dark green cloth with gilt titles on the spines and blind impressed geometrical and floral pattern on front and back boards ; corners slightly rubbed and a little bent (the corners have recently been expertly restored, but not obviously so, and are now firm), board edges are intact but with occasional dints, all volumes are clean front and back with no marks to speak of, volumes show slight surface rubbing front and back , spines complete with creasing and rubbing and nicks at the spine ends, volumes I to III show some fading and dulling of the spine cloth but the gilt titles remain complete and clear, volumes have (to varying degrees) a small, round faint dark spot towards the top (likely the result of a small sticker). Please see photos for an indication of condition and contents. More photos supplied on request. Postage costs will be higher than those quoted on ABEBooks ; please contact me for details. Born at St. Helier in 1635 and educated in France, Le Geyt was appointed lieutenant-bailiff of Jersey in 1676 and died 1715. Le Geyt was a staunch upholder of the local customs of Jersey, and on his death he left extensive manuscript collections on the constitution and laws of the island, which were acquired about 1845 by Pembroke College, Oxford. Having been placed at the disposal of the [ Channel Island ] states they were published with their sanction, and at the island's expense, by Philippe Falle in 1846-7. This important work, fragments of which only had been printed before, supplements on almost every point the old 'Coûtumes de Normandie,' and is frequently quoted by Le Quesne in his 'Constitution of Jersey' (1856). (Taken from the Dictionary of National Biography). A rare complete set of this work in its original binding. N° de ref. del artículo 1992

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