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[BERTIER DE SAUVIGNY - MANUSCRIPT]. “General Classification of the Parishes of the 22 Electoral Districts of the Generality of Paris, adopted in accordance with Article XIV of the first part of the King’s Declaration of August 11, 1776. Prepared by the Parish Deputies and filed with the Electoral Registries, with the approval of the Council Commissioners and Electoral Officers. In 1780 and 1781.” Late 18th-century manuscript in one in-8° volume, red morocco leather, with a gold-embossed serrated border framing the covers, heraldic motifs at the corners, a gold coat of arms in the center, a plain spine adorned with heraldic motifs, gilt edges, and a blue moiré lining and endpapers (contemporary binding). Calligraphic manuscript of 35 folios consisting of a title page, a “Table of Elections in Alphabetical and Categorical Order,” each adorned with an illuminated border, and 31 double-page tables, divided into two parts, each introduced by an ornate title: • “Election of Paris Divided into 10 Subdelegations. ” (10 tables) & • “Subsequent Elections” (21 tables), followed at the end by a folded, ornamented table: • “Results of the Operations of the Departments of the Paris Generality for the Year 1784. ” From the libraries of Joseph Renard & Hippolyte Destailleur, with bookplates. Spine worn with minor imperfections, but A UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT IN RED MOROCCO LEATHER FEATURING THE COAT OF ARMS OF LOUIS BENIGNE FRANÇOIS BERTIER DE SAUVIGNY, INTENDANT OF THE PARIS GENERALITY FROM 1776 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1789.