77/ 922 [France]. Code Civil. Livre premier. Paris, L'Imprimerie Nationale, An IX (1803), 224p., contemp. wr.

- Contemp. owner's entry on htitle and last blank; (sl.) waterst. throughout; 2 quires sl. wormholed in inner blank margin; 6 lvs. loose.

= First appearance of the first section of the Code Civil, immediately after issuing of the laws and preceding the official 1804 edition. The first book contains 12 laws and a total of 481 articles w. corresponding commentary, justifications, opinions, rapports and debates. Rare. Cf. Camus p.164; En français dans le texte 210.