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- [18 cent., second ½] (Creation)
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82 ff (ff. 1-2, 44, 75-77, 81-82 blank) ; 375 x 240 mm.
Original binding, parchment over boards. '67' (pencil on front cover); 'State of expenditure of the treasurer of French King 16[75]' and '4' (labels on spine).
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A transcript, [18 cent., second ½] (watermark similar to Churchill, no. 317, dated 1770), of a summary account of the revenue and expenditure of the French Treasury, mainly for the year 1675 but compiled in 1678 by Gédéon Berbier du Metz, garde du Trésor royal, for king Louis XIV.
It includes incomes from ordinary taxes deducted in the généralités (ancient French tax dominions) on woods, bridges, roads and Paris duties, from the 'Cinq Grosses Fermes', gabelles and other indirect taxes, royal farms and 'Parties casuelles' (incomes related to the selling of public charges), from extraordinary taxes in Pays d'états (free-tax French lands) and Church 'don gratuit' and levies, and from the selling of annuities, 1674-1677 (ff. 4-65 recto); expenses from king's rolls and gifts, 1674-1678 (ff. 66-80 recto); with a total sum for the year 1675 (f. 80). The original summary account is believed to have been destroyed during the French Revolution.
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- French
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French.
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Use of iron-gall ink has led to staining; f. 3 loose.
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Original title.
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Previously Llangibby A108.
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'4' (item no.?) on title page (f. 3).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 17062E.
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- France. Trésor royal. (Subject)
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September 2008.
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Cyprien Henry and Rhys Morgan Jones.