1740. PARLIAMENT OF AIX EN PROVENCE (13). DUTY OF PIERCING ON GRAINS & VEGETABLES - Order of Mgr Jean Baptiste DES GALOIS, Lord of the Tower, the 1st President of the Parliament of AIX, and Intendant of Provence, made in AIX (13) on February 8, 1740 - "The King having ordered by the decision of the Council of November 10, 1739, that the Wheat, grains, Flours, & green & dry Vegetables, will be in the future exempt in all the extent of the Kingdom, from the Tolls, Passage, Pontonnage, Crossings, Costumes & other generally unspecified Rights, as well by water, as by ground... ». Royal Vignette & Lettrine. Placard (51 x 40) Condition B

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