Napoleon's CODEX to the Duchy of Warsaw, by article 69 of the Constitutional Law of 1807, on July 22 for the Civil Law.

Napoleon's CODEX to the Duchy of Warsaw, by article 69 of the Constitutional Law of 1807, on July 22 for the Civil Law.

With some changes at the Warsaw Seym in the year 1809 from our Lord Frederick August, reigning over us by decree of 1809, confirmed on March 18. Translated by Xawier Michał Bohusz, prelate of the Vilnius Cathedral, ... With inclusion: A Glossary of Certain Polish Words Corresponding to French; A Table of Distances from the Capital City of Warsaw to the Departmental Cities, and of the Distances of the County Cities from the Departmental City, Temporarily Calculated, Until the Official One Arrives; A General Table of Titles, Sections and Branches; and finally, a Table of Matters Found in this Book of Law. Warsaw 1810, in Wiktor Dąbrowski Printing House. (34 x 21.5 cm), p. 268, f. [16], vignette in woodcut, binding psk. of period.
Traces of non-moisture, preface card with pencil notations, loss of leather on spine. Good condition. The French Civil Code, or Napoleon's Code, introduced on Polish soil during the Duchy of Warsaw in 1808. Its regulations were based on the principle of equality before the law of all subjects and broke with the restrictions of feudal law (feudalism). The Civil Code is widely regarded as a great masterpiece of legislative technique. The solutions adopted in the code were modeled on the legislation of other countries. The work consists of three books: On persons; On property and the various determinations of property; On the various means by which property is acquired. Very rare.