Traité des droits du domaine du roy, leur origine, comme aussi le prejudice que sa majesté se fait en surchargeant ses sujets avec des impots

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; 18th century

Date:

1755

Description:

Discussion in thirty chapters of the rights of the king of France during the reign of Louis XV, such as the rights of justice, litigation, and indemnity, often from a historical perspective, in support of the argument that the king has sufficient means of generating revenue without overburdening his subjects with taxes.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Purchased, 1959.

Subject:

Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774; Taxation -- France -- Early works to 1800; Taxation; Economic conditions

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); treatises; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

102 leaves : paper; 294 x 192 (246 x 139) mm bound to 301 x 215 mm

Geographic Subject:

France -- Economic conditions -- 18th century; France

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (p. 1).; Pagination: Paper, iv (modern paper) + 102 + iv (modern paper); 1-202, [ii]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 21 long lines; outer margin marked by folding.; Binding: Modern half parchment (Zacour-Hirsch). Ink bleeding through the paper makes some pages difficult to read.; Origin: Written in France, ca. 1755 (p. 14).; Text identical to UPenn Ms. Codex 979.; Similar but not identical titles are listed in A. A. Barbier, Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes, v.4 (Paris, 1879) (Zacour-Hirsch).; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 980