[THIERS. Jean-Baptiste.] Traité de la dépoüille des curez Paris. Guillaume Desprez. 1683. 1 volume in-12, brown basane, ornate ribbed spine, slight tear at top head. upper cuff. First edition. Combated by civil justice, and reduced as early as the 15th century, the right of deceased of deceased ecclesiastics remained only in favor of archdeacons, and only in some dioceses in a few dioceses in the 17th century. But this was the case in the vast diocese of Paris: the archdeacons had the right to seize the best furniture and animals, as well as the cassock and breviary. It was even considered a funeral expense, and took precedence over the deceased's liabilities. liabilities.