Ordonnances de Louis XIV – France – 1667 | First Edition of French Laws

The Ordonnances de Louis XIV was the official orders on taxes and other international tariffs. This 1667 edition includes laws and regulations on liquidation and taxation goods primarily on fruits and perishable foods, grains, cattle, and furniture. These regulations include cost limits and seizures of property. This edition also covers church registers of baptisms and funerals.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ordonnances de Louis XIV, roy de France et de Navarre, Données à S. Germain en Laye aux mois d’Avril 1667
• Author(s): France
• Illustrator(s):
• Contributor(s):
• Publisher: Paris: chez les Associez de sa Majeste
• Edition: First edition, 1667
• Format: (4to), single volume
• Binding: Full leather
• Size:  9.5 in x 7.25 in (24.5 cm x 18.5 cm)
• Collation: [6], 222, [50]
• Illustrations:
• Contents Include:
  • Royal ordinances on taxation and tariffs
  • Regulations on goods and property
  • Laws relating to seizures and liquidation
  • Registers of baptisms and funerals
• Provenance: Copious handwritten notes in preliminaries and end leaves
• Reference(s): references

Condition:

The book is bound in period leather, showing wear with some loss to corners and edges. The binding is tight and secure. Foxing is present throughout. Handwritten notes appear at the beginning and end. Loss of paper on title page. Fair to Good.

Why Collect This?

• First edition of Louis XIV’s 1667 ordinances
• Covers taxation, tariffs, seizures, and church registers
• Annotated copy with period and contemporary handwritten notes

Item Number: #29271