Dictionnaire universel de commerce: contenant tout ce qui concerne le commerce qui se fait dans les quatre parties du monde
About the Author: Jacques Savary des Bruslons (1657-1716)
In the words of the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas School of Law):
“Jacques Savary des Bruslons descended from a noble family of merchants. Title page, Dictionnaire universel de commerce, 1723His father, Jacques Savary, was a renowned economist and royal official whose overhaul of French commercial law became known as the “Code Savary.” The older Jacques Savary wrote the treatise Le parfait négociant (“The Perfect Merchant,” 1675), which became a classic in the field. The young Savary des Bruslons followed the family tradition and became the Inspector General of the customs house in Paris.
The Dictionnaire universel de commerce was the first comprehensive encyclopedic dictionary of commerce and commercial law in modern Europe, and remained the essential reference work in the field for the next century. In addition to several French editions, it was also translated into English, Dutch, and Italian. The work was published posthumously by his brother, Louis-Philémon Savary (1654-1727).”
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See Also
- Jacques Savary des Bruslons
- Glossaire du Droit Francais: contenant l’explication des mots difficiles qui se trouvent dans les ordonnances de nos Roys
- International Chamber Of Commerce
- French Legal System
- List of Commerce Ministries
- A Dictionary of the Norman or Old French Language
- Legal Lexicography
Further Reading
- Georges Goyau. “Savary.” The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Vol. 13. Accessed 23 April 2010 .
- “Jacques Savry de Bruslons.” Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne …: Ouvrage redigé par plus de 300 Collaborateurs, corrigée et considerablement augmentée. Brussels: H. Ode, 1847, vol. 17, p. 304.
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