[MARITIME LAW]. Maritime legislation. [Paris], Imprimerie nationale, 1851 - 1853, 5 parts in a large vol. in-8, fawn half-basin, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and boxes, speckled edges (period binding). An amateur collection of the following official pieces: -1. Décret sur le service à bord des bâtiments de la flotte (Bulletin des lois du 15 août 1851, 451). - 2 Report to the Prince-President of the French Republic, followed by a regulation on internal service aboard fleet vessels (Bulletin des lois of March 18, 1853, 597). - 3 Report and decree concerning the crew roll and indications for ships and boats engaged in maritime navigation (Bulletin des lois of April 16, 1852, 519). - 4 Report to the Prince-President of the French Republic, followed by a disciplinary and penal decree for the merchant navy (Bulletin des lois of March 24, 1852, 524). - 5 Decree stating that the population tables appended thereto shall be considered the only authentic ones (Bulletin des lois of May 10, 1852, 533, with errata of March 18, 1853). RELATED: Tableau officiel de la population du département de la Vendée, in: Recueil des actes administratifs de la préfecture de la Vendée. Napoléon-Vendée [La Roche-sur-Yon], C. Leconte, s.d. [1852], pp. 189-200.