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Lot 194
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$750
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Lot Description
LOUIS XVI, King of France (1754-1793). Document signed ("Louis"), 23 December 1783. Countersigned by several ministers.
3 pages, folio, with seal of the region of Chalons, on a bifolium, some toning.
Financial document relating taxes owed by the region of Chalons for the year 1780. Countersigned by Controller-General of Finances Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734-1802), Chief Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Gravier de Vergennes (1719-1787), Indendant des Finances Jean Louis Moreau de Beaumont, and Councilor of State and Royal Councilor of Finance Claude Henry Feydeau de Marville, and one other.
Property from the Collection of Blake Petersen