Collection of 5 legal works, in 4 volumes: - Lot 25

Collection of 5 legal works, in 4 volumes: 1. [DESMAGNY (Jacques-Georges)]: Essai sur la tutelle et la curatelle publiques, par un employé au Bureau des Hospices civils [...]. Paris, Maradan, An IX-1800. One volume. 13 by 21.5 cm. XVI-207 pages. Paperback, in muted contemporary covers. Untrimmed. Very good condition inside. Copy in original condition. First edition. Very rare. Quérard II-p. 518; CCFr. locates only one copy (Bib. Cujas de Paris); Worldcat lists only 2 copies (Harvard law school library and British library). Reform project by an employee of the civil hospices, who had "long managed the guardianship and curatorship of minors and insane persons confined in the main hospices of Paris." (Beginning of introduction). 2. GOYARD, BELLART (Daniel) and FLOQUET (Michel): Répertoire ou vocabulaire analitique et indicatif des codes civil, pénal, d'instruction criminelle, de procédure civile, de commerce, des Avis du Conseil d'Etat, Arrêtés, Circulaires, Décisions ministérielles, Arrêts de la Cour de cassation, et des différentes Cours royales, concernant l'état civil, les actes privés, publiés et authentiques (...). Paris, Nève, Pichard, Delaunay and Mesdames Bouguet et Lévi, 1823. One volume. 12 by 20 cm. (2)-IX-(1)-545-(1) pages. Contemporary half vellum, printed title on spine. Title-piece worn, one corner broken. Paper scorched. A mediocre copy, but a rare work. First edition. Quérard III-p. 437; CCFr. locates only one copy (B.N.F.); Worldcat lists no other. 3. PHILLIPS (Sir Richard): The powers and duties of juries. Translated from the English by M. Comte. Paris, Au Bureau du Censeur Européen, Eymery et Brissot-Thivars, 1819. One volume. 12.5 by 20.5 cm. CXXVI-334 pages + 1 f. n.ch. (books for sale at the Censor's Office). Contemporary full bradel blue boards, red title page. Good condition. First edition in French. Precise reflections on popular juries, juries... 4. BERRIAT-SAINT-PRIX (Charles): 1) Cours de procédure civile fait à la Faculté de droit de Paris. Fourth edition, revised, corrected and enlarged. Paris, Nève, 1821, 2 volumes with continuous pagination of VIII-800 pages + 1 table dépl. h.t.; (followed by). -2) Cours de droit criminel fait à la Faculté de droit de Paris. Second edition, revised, corrected and enlarged. Paris, Nève, 1821, (2)-pp. 'V)-VI-200 pages. 2 works in 1 volume. 13.5 by 21.5 cm. Contemporary dark green half calf, spine 5 nerfs orné. One corner broken. Missing page in margin of last leaf of 1st work (without missing text).