Louis XIV - Declaration du Roy - 1698
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Louis XIV – Declaration du Roy, an official royal decree printed in Paris in 1698 by François Muguet, consisting of 12 loose pages (25 × 20 cm) in very good condition.
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Louis XIV – Original Royal Decree.
Déclaration du Roy, portant désunion des droits attribuez aux Gardes des petits Sceaux, de leurs Offices. Donnée à Versailles le 6 May 1698. Registrée en Parlement.
Paris: François Muguet, Premier Imprimeur du Roy & de son Parlement, 1698.
8vo/4to administrative booklet (25 × 20 cm), pp. 12, printed on laid paper throughout, with a clear grape‑cluster watermark typical of late‑17th‑century French royal papermills; 12 loose pages, unstitched, untrimmed, no annotations. A crisp, clean example with strong impression and generous margins.
Title page with “The Royal coat of Arms of France under Louis XIV” printed as the decorative emblem at the head of the Déclaration du Roy. It’s the official device used on royal decrees, edicts, and ordonnances printed by the King’s authorised printers.
A complete official printing of the royal declaration concerning the separation of rights attached to the offices of the Gardes des petits Sceaux, issued at Versailles and printed for parliamentary registration and legal officers. Such multi‑leaf decrees were produced in limited numbers and survive far less frequently than the single‑sheet placards. A well‑preserved and authentic example of Louis XIV administrative printing.
Louis XIV – Original Royal Decree.
Déclaration du Roy, portant désunion des droits attribuez aux Gardes des petits Sceaux, de leurs Offices. Donnée à Versailles le 6 May 1698. Registrée en Parlement.
Paris: François Muguet, Premier Imprimeur du Roy & de son Parlement, 1698.
8vo/4to administrative booklet (25 × 20 cm), pp. 12, printed on laid paper throughout, with a clear grape‑cluster watermark typical of late‑17th‑century French royal papermills; 12 loose pages, unstitched, untrimmed, no annotations. A crisp, clean example with strong impression and generous margins.
Title page with “The Royal coat of Arms of France under Louis XIV” printed as the decorative emblem at the head of the Déclaration du Roy. It’s the official device used on royal decrees, edicts, and ordonnances printed by the King’s authorised printers.
A complete official printing of the royal declaration concerning the separation of rights attached to the offices of the Gardes des petits Sceaux, issued at Versailles and printed for parliamentary registration and legal officers. Such multi‑leaf decrees were produced in limited numbers and survive far less frequently than the single‑sheet placards. A well‑preserved and authentic example of Louis XIV administrative printing.
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Number of Books
1
Book Title
Louis XIV - Declaration du Roy
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1698
Height
25 cm
Width
20 cm
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