LOUIS XIV :

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LOUIS XIV :
Autograph apostille signed by Louis and countersigned by the head of the Council of Finance, Paul de BEAUVILLIER, the Councillor Auguste-Robert de Pomereu and the Controller of Finance Louis de Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain. Dated January 23, 1699, the King writes on a page extracted from a register and numbered 136, "recepte actuelle faite par Sr de Turmeries, garde du Trésor Royal, pendant le mois de janvier 1699 ". Document indicating the receipts delivered by the farmer of the united farms of the regions of Paris, Soissons, Amiens, Orleans, Tours, Bourges, Moulins, Lyon, Rion. Then the King registers, "the receipt goes up to eight million twenty four thousand two hundred eighty nine livres twelve sols seven deniers.Partant the receipt excede the despense of ten thousand eight and cens ten seven livres seven sols seven deniers that Turmeneyes will employ with the expenditure of this month of January. Made and stopped in my royal council of finances held in Versailles the 23rd day of January 1699. Louis". One page in folio presented in a half red chagrin slipcase, pomegranate suede back cover, slipcase, long title on the back with fleur de lys. The documents of the hand of Louis XIV reached until us are of a very great rarity.
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