REGNE DE LOUIS XIV - Editions de poche - "Ordonnances den Louis XIV Roy de France et de Navarre du mois de May 1680, portant règlement sur le fait de Gabelles", Paris, Libraires associés pour l'impression des ordonnances des Fermes, 1698, 128 p (6 x 11,5 cm), bound in full calf, spine with 4 nerves and caissons (gilt ornaments faded, rubbing, cracks, traces of age) / Bound with "Ordonnance de Louis XIV Roy de France et de Navarre donnée à Fontainebleau au mois de juin 1680 sur le fait des Entrées, Aydes autres Droits y joints", same printers, 1698, 190 p / Bound with "Ordonnance de Louis XIV Roi de France et de Navarre donnée à Versailles au mois de juillet 1681 portant Règlement sur plusieurs Droits de ses Fermes sur tous en général", Paris, same printers, 1698, 56 p (working copy with traces of handling)

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