Ordonnances de Louis XIV – France – 1673 | Tax Laws & Ordinances

The Ordonnances de Louis XIV was the official orders on taxes and other international tariffs. This 1680 edition includes everything on the salt-tax, ordinances to regulate consumption and sale of salt as well as the punishments for salt smugglers. In fact, there was no other book written that was as complete or thorough on all salt-related taxes and laws during 17th- and 18th-century France.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ordonnances de Louis XIV. roy de France et de Navarre
• Author(s): France
• Illustrator(s):
• Contributor(s):
• Publisher: A Paris: Chez les Associez
• Edition: 1673.
• Format: (4to), single volume
• Binding: Vellum
• Size:  9.5 in x 7.5 in (24 cm x 19 cm)
• Collation: [40], 324 pp.
• Illustrations:
• Contents Include:
  • Salt-tax ordinances (gabelle)
  • Laws regulating consumption and trade in salt
  • Legal punishments for smuggling and evasion
• Provenance: provenance
• Reference(s): references

Condition:

Bound in vellum with wear and some loss; corners of several pages are defective though text remains complete; Text block secure. Overall, the book is in fair condition

Why Collect This?

• Key early codification of French fiscal law under Louis XIV
• Contains rare complete ordinances on the salt-tax (gabelle)
• Important artifact of 17th-century European economic history

Item Number: # 27119