AUVERGNE. "Chorographic map of the Generality of AUVERGNE divided by elections, …

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AUVERGNE. "Chorographic map of the Generality of AUVERGNE divided by elections, drawn up according to a number of maps, plans and particular memoirs... By DEZAUCHE Geographic Engineer, 1786." (Withdrawn at the revolution, circa 1790.) (Departments of Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal and Haute-Loire) (72 x 56 cm) Condition B, folds marked.

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Auvergne - [LEFEVRE D'ORMESSON (Antoine-François)]. Mémoire concernant la province d'Auvergne. [MANUSCRIT]. Sl, sd (18th c.). In-folio, 89 ff. covered with medium, regular and very legible handwriting (about 25 lines per page), unbound. Eighteenth-century manuscript copy. Under a broader title, this is the Mémoire sur l'état de la généralité de Riom, composed in 1697 by Intendant Antoine-François Lefèvre d'Ormesson (1651-1712), who was stationed in Riom from 1695 to 1704, and intended for the instruction of the Duke of Burgundy, like other memoirs of the same kind. Several editions have been published since Abel Poitrineau published it in 1970.

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CHARLES IX, King of France. Extrait des Registres du Conseil privé du Roy. "Entre Antoine Arnaud ... Et M. Jehan de Pierrefite ... Trésorier de France en la Généralité d'Auvergne" "Charles ar la Grace de Dieu Roy de France ..." Paris August 31, 1569 Manuscript on parchment. Two sheets joined together, 300x580 mm and 150x55 mm respectively. Bound by a cord with a brown wax seal. Beautiful Gothic bastard script. The date appears at the end of both texts. Traces of use. Grant to Jehan de Pierrefitte, 'Trésorier de France en la Généralité d'Auvergne,' to reside in the Palace of Riom: "pour en jouir et y demeurer en bon père de famille." This former palace of the Dukes of Auvergne returned to the Crown in 1527 and was made available to the various royal jurisdictions in 1542, at the time of the creation of the Generality of Auvergne. Antoine-Arnaud de Pardaillan, 'Seigneur de Gondrin, Marquis d'Antin & de Montespan, Chevalier des Ordres du Roi, Conseiller au Conseil Privé,' belonged to the noble Arnaud family, originally from Alvergnia: a branch of the family had settled in Riom.The 'Conseil privè du Roy,' established by regulation in 1557, acted as a supreme court, pronouncing judgments on the various sovereign courts of the realm (including the parliament and the Grand Conseil), and gave final judgments of revision and interpretation of the law, adjudicating disputes of royal offices, church benefits, and problems between Catholics and Protestants. The 'Conseil privé,' therefore, was the predecessor of today's Conseil d'État.For Antoine-Arnaud, see De la Chenaye - Desbois, Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogie ..., Paris 1776, Tome XI, p. 182. Parchement manuscript. Two sheets bound togheter, measures 300x580 mm and 150x55 mm. Bound by a cord with a brown sealing wax. Nice bastard gothic writing. The date bears at the end of both textes. Traces of wear. Grant to Jehan de Pierrefitte, 'Trésorier de France en la Généralité d'Auvergne', to reside in the Palace of Riom: "pour en jouir et y demeurer en bon père de famille". This ancient palace of the Dukes of Auvergne returned to the Crown in 1527 and was made available to the various royal jurisdictions in 1542, at the time of the creation of the Generality of Auvergne.Antoine-Arnaud de Pardaillan, 'Seigneur de Gondrin, Marquis d'Antin & de Montespan, Chevalier des Ordres du Roi, Conseiller au Conseil Privé', belonged to the noble Arnaud family, originally from Auvergne: a branch of the family had settled in Riom.The 'Conseil privè du Roy', established by regulation in 1557, acted as a supreme court, pronouncing judgments on the various sovereign courts of the kingdom (including parliament and the Grand Conseil), and gave final judgments on the revision and interpretation of the law, judging the disputes of royal offices, the benefits of the church and the problems between Catholics and Protestants. The 'Conseil privé,' therefore, was the predecessor of the current Conseil d'État.

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