IMPÔTS. - ÉDITS ET ORDONNANCES ROYAUX (Les), faictes et publiées sur le faict et reglement des aydes, tailles, gabelles, magazins& greniers à sel, erection de Juges, establissement de justice, création& augmentation d'officiers y appartenans, pouvoir, exemption & privilège d'iceux. Paris, Robert Le Mangnier, 1580. In-4, supple vellum overlay, remnants of laces (period binding). Royal edicts and ordinances on taxes. Old handwritten bookplate on title. Mottling at the beginning and end of the volume, with damage to the head of the title (deletion of the first word Les in the title) and to the notice to the reader. Significant restoration of vellum on the second cover and at the bottom of the spine.

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