Degrassalio, C.

Regalium Franciae libri duo, iura omnia & dignitates Christianiss. Galliae Regum, continentes. Carolo Degrassalio Carcassonensi authore. Item tractatus iura seu privilegia aliqua Regni Franciae continens, per Ioannem Ferrault V.I licentiatum editus.

      (Paris), apud Pocetum le Preux, 1545. (16), 351, (1) pp. 8vo. 18th century half calf, marbled boards, corners, red label with gilt lettering (split along joint, foot and head of spine damaged, rubbed along edges). Not in Adams; BMSTC (French) p. 130. Second or third edition, first published in 1538, there were two editions in 1545. Just as Ferrault, Degrassalius pleaded for total independence of the French throne in wordly matters, and just as Ferrault he was one of the first to theorize on the absolute power of the King. 'Le livre de Grassaille est le plus complet: Grassaille a profite des travaux de Ferrault et de tous les savants comme Guy Pape, Boyer, Montaigne, qui avaient etudie avant lui le droit public francais. Le roi ne reconnait, ni en droit, ni en fait, aucun superieur dans les choses temporelles, pas plus le souverain pontife que tout autre. A lui faire les ordonnances, de battre monnaie, d'etablir des impots nouveaux, de surveiller les communes. Quant a ses droit sur l'.glise, quelques-uns sont communs a tous les monarques, d'autres n'appartiennent qu'au roi de France' (Weill, Les Theories sur le pouvoir Royal en France, pp. 15-17). - With library stamps on title-page, and library stamp recto and verso fly-leaf. Title-page a bit browned.