(TARN-ET-GARONNE. CUSTOMS. COMPAGNIE DES INDES.) "Edict of the King (Louis XV), which pronounces punishments against those who will introduce into the Kingdom of the painted cloths, BARKS OF TREES, or STOPS OF CHINA, INDIA OR LEVANT, of pure Silk, or mixed with gold and silver... even cloths of Cotton or muslin, other than those marked with the marks ordered by our Edict of July 1717..." Punishment of death & Confiscation of their goods or Galleys and Scourging - Given at Fontainebleau in October 1726. Published by Pierre PAJOT Intendant in the generality of MONTAUBAN on May 1, 1736. Cupboard (58 x 43)

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