Lot n° 179
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40 - 60
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ANCIEN RÉGIME / LOUIS XV / BERRY / ISSOUDUN / TAXATION / FRA - Lot 179
ANCIEN RÉGIME / LOUIS XV / BERRY / ISSOUDUN / TAXATION / FRAUD & TAXES. Ruling of the King’s Council of State. September 19, 1724. Issued in Lille on September 28, 1724. Posters (37 x 28 cm). Ruling issued in Fontainebleau ordering Mr. Robin, tax collector for the Issoudun district, to pay four times the sum of 15,233 livres, to removal from office, and to a ban on holding such office in the future, following the report by the subdelegate of the Intendant of Bourges (Mr. Courteille) revealing fraud involving cash. Signed by Phelypeaux, Louis, and Meliand. Woodcut initial. Handwritten note in pencil; some foxing; small missing sections at the margins affecting a few letters.
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