PROVENCE. TOLLS OF THE GRAINS. 1735. "Decree of the Council of State of the King, which exempts from the duties due to the King or to his Farmers, & from the duties of Tolls & others, the Grains which will be transported from the Provinces of the Kingdom into that of Provence during one year, from the 15th of September 1735." July 26, 1735. Impr. in AIX (13), at Joseph DAVID, Printer-Library ordinary of the King, the Country and the City, 1735. Cupboard (52,5 x 42) Condition A

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