[BURDEUS (Pierre Arrias) - GUERRE (Martin) - CORAS (Jean de) - Lot 41

[BURDEUS (Pierre Arrias) - GUERRE (Martin) - CORAS (Jean de). "Arrest memorable du Parlement de Tolose : Contenant Une histoire prodigieuse, de nostre temps, avec cent & onze belles, & doctes annotations : dont les onze ont été nouvellement adioustees, sur le procez de l'executiõ dud. Arrest. Prononcé és arrest Generaux, le XII. Septembre M. D. L. X. Item, les Douze reigles du Seigneur Iean Pic, de la Mirandole, lesquelles adressent l'hõme au combat spirituel : traduites de Latin en François par ledit Coras. Lyon: Antoine Vincent, 1565. [Followed by]: SEGLA (Guillaume de). Histoire tragique, et arrest de la cour de parlement de Tholose, Contre Pierre Arrias Burdeus religieux Augustin, maistre François Gairaud Conseiller au Seneschal de Tholose, damoiselle Violante de Bats du Chasteau, & autres. Avec CXXXI. Annotations sur ce subier." Paris: Gilles Robinot, 1613. - 3 works in one volume in-8, brown calf jaspé, ribbed spine decorated, red edges (18th century binding). "Set of two works on two famous cases of morality tried in Toulouse. The first is a report and commentary on the Martin Guerre case, a peasant from Artigat, a judicial case of identity theft. Following on from the 1561 edition, this is a new edition of the text by Jean de Coras (1515-1572), the magistrate who heard the case. The latter "conceived his work as a 'tragi-comedy', in which he involved himself, since he was an essential actor in his role as rapporteur" (p. 505). The second work, in its original edition, tells the story of Burdeus, Gairaud, Candolas and Esbaldit, and their common mistress Violante de Barts, an extraordinary love story with some of the most romantic characters and situations. According to Jacques Poumarède: "Guillaume de Ségla's work, like that of Jean de Coras, is a truly exceptional document [...] without equal for its time, because it comes from two magistrates who were directly involved in the criminal cases they relate. Their works offer us a kind of plunge into the conscience of the judge" (Poumarède, "De l''Arrêt mémorable' de Coras (1561) à l''Histoire tragique' (1613) de Séglas, l'invention de la chronique criminelle, in: "Annales du Midi", 2008, p. 510). Bound at the end: - EXCELLENTE APOLOGIE ET DEFENSE DE LYSIAS ORATEUR, sur le meurtre d'Eratosthene surpris en adulère : Ou est traictee & comprinse toute la matiere des adulteres inseree dans le droit Civil : Traduicte de Grec en François par noble Iaques des Comtes de Vintemille Rhodien... et Commentee par M. Philibert Bugnyon. Lyon: Benoist Rigaud, 1576. First edition of the French translation by Jacques de Vintimille (c. 1512-1582), councillor and then president of the Burgundy parliament and man of letters, with commentary by the lawyer Philibert Bugnyon (1530?-1590), poet and jurisconsult, originally from Mâcon. The edition begins with a "Life of Lysias" taken from Plutarch. A good copy in 18th-century binding. Missing head cover, slight split at one joint. Staining in the first volume. Small angular loss to the first three leaves of the second volume. Provenance: old signatures on titles."