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[Compoix d'Avignonet-Lauragais, Reine Margot] Important TERRIER MANUSCRIT intended for Queen Marguerite of Navarre, 1613. It comprises two title leaves, the first detached, and 791 ff. followed by 44 ff. of detached tables and directory. Nouveau arpantement du lieu Davignonet fait par commission du roy et de la Reine Margueritte, duchesse de Valois comptesse de Lauragais, pour iceluy faciliter et esclercir les droicts seigneuriaux et féodaux que ladite Dame prend ledit lieu suyvant ses anciennes et modernes recognoissances... Year Mil SixC Xiii. Very large volume, size 22 x 27 cm, contemporary soft vellum binding, title in ink on front cover. Some quires have become detached, but the volume appears to be complete. Writing sometimes dense and difficult to read.

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[Compoix d'Avignonet-Lauragais, Reine Margot] Important TERRIER MANUSCRIT intended for Queen Marguerite of Navarre, 1613. It comprises two title leaves, the first detached, and 791 ff. followed by 44 ff. of detached tables and directory. Nouveau arpantement du lieu Davignonet fait par commission du roy et de la Reine Margueritte, duchesse de Valois comptesse de Lauragais, pour iceluy faciliter et esclercir les droicts seigneuriaux et féodaux que ladite Dame prend ledit lieu suyvant ses anciennes et modernes recognoissances... Year Mil SixC Xiii. Very large volume, size 22 x 27 cm, contemporary soft vellum binding, title in ink on front cover. Some quires have become detached, but the volume appears to be complete. Writing sometimes dense and difficult to read.

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