GENERALITY OF ORLÉANS. 1725. MAITRISES OF BARBERS, WIGMAKERS, BATHERS AND STEAMERS. "Decree of the Council of State of the King, of November 4, 1725, providing that those who have acquired or will acquire Letters of Mastery of Barbers-Perruquiers, Bathers-Etuvists, created by the Edicts of November 1722 & June 1725, both in the city of PARIS, and in other cities of the Kingdom,... will enjoy the same & similar Rights, franchises, Heredity, Liberties & Privileges enjoyed by other Master Jurors of the same Trade." - followed by the ordinance of Louis Guillaume JUBERT DE BOUVILLE, knight, Marquis of Clere-Panilleuse, Intendant in the Generality of Orleans. Royal vignette. Cupboard (45 x 37) Condition A

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