COMMERCE]. Recueil contenant les édits et déclarations du roy sur l'établissement et confirmation de la jurisdiction des consuls en la ville de Paris, et autres : Et les Ordonnances & Arrests donnés en faveur de cette Justice. Paris : printing house of Denys Thierry, 1705. - 2 parts in one volume in-4, 252 x 188 : Xlij pp., (1 f.), 492 pp. ; 115 pp. Red morocco, gilt roulette on the edge of the boards, surrounding a gilt fleur-de-lys and gilt coat of arms in the centre, spine with fleur-de-lys, gilt roulette inside, gilt edges on marbling (period binding). New expanded edition of this collection of edicts, declarations, rulings, sentences and judgments on the consular jurisdiction and issued by it, since the edict of creation of 1563 until the time of publication. "The Consuls of the merchants, later called juges-consuls, were officers of the court chosen by the merchants and traders of Paris from among those who were currently or had been engaged in commerce. [...] This institution, which is worthy of note, was respected during the Revolution and it was not until the drafting of the codes that the consular jurisdiction took the name of commercial court. (OHR, 2122). The second part of the collection includes "the order, and the ceremonies practiced in the election of the Judges and Consuls of Paris [...] With the Catalogue of the Names of those who have held the Offices of Judges and Consuls. The edition is illustrated with an engraved vignette on the title, representing the emblem of the consular jurisdiction of the city of Paris. Beautiful copy in a fleur-de-lys binding with the arms of this jurisdiction, from the precious library of Édouard Rahir. Spine and first board lightened. Two small tears on the first board. Angular stains on many leaves, small wormholes in the lower margin of the first leaves. Scattered foxing. Provenance: Édouard Rahir, with ex-libris (cat. I, 1934, n° 208).