Comptes de la maison du Roy l’annee 1686. French manuscript on vellum, c. 31,5 x 24 cm, [58 (of ?)] ff. (some ff. loose, lost or mutilated), cont. sheep (worn and loosening). In acceptable condition (some staining).
Estimation :
250 / 400
Adjudication :
550 €
Description
Fascinating document on the household of Louis XIV: accounts kept by the"garde du tresor royal", listing the expenses for 1686, 1st in a general survey, then in detail. With payments made to “aumosniers, predicateurs, chapelains, grands maistres, pannetiers, secretaires, tapissiers, merciers, tailleurs, orpheures, parfumeurs, miroitiers, chirurgiens, ebenistes, arquebusiers, papetiers, boullangers” etc. Name at top of f. 1 "Monsieur Rousseau". In top corner of f. 1r “Presente et affirme au Bureau auec les doubles (…) le 26. Jan. 1688. Signe Le Maira (…)".
