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1. "ABREGÉ de la Geographie"; apparently compiled between 1742 and 1763 (see ff. 136, 137). Not the same work as No. 788, and much less full. 2. "Principes de la langue françoise": a short treatise on French grammar. f. 186. Paper; ff. 197. XVIIIth cent. Quarto. includes: f. 1 Geography: Abr...
PERAMBULATIONS of Royal Forests in cos. Huntingdon and Gloucester and several other counties, made tempp. Hen. III.- Edw. I. Lat. and Fr. At the end are copies of :-(a) Charter of Edward the Confessor concerning the endowment of Westminster Abbey, 5 Kal. Jan. 1066, [28 Dec. 1065]. Lat. f. 39. Pr...
"REGISTRUM Magistri Johannis Blauncharde, Archidiaconi Wvgornie, de cartis, literis et aliis evidenciis concernentibus manerium suum de Bereforde Sci. Martini juxta Wyltoun in comit. Wiltes." Latin and French. Blaunchard, who was Archdeacon of Worcester 1371-1383, obtained the manor of Barford S...
Vol. I. (ff. 632). GENERALITÉ de Paris; by [Jean] Phélypeaux, Intendant. Preceded (ff. 2-36 b) by the "Mémoire pour Messieurs les maitres des requestes commissaires departis dans les provinces," conveying the king's instructions.This "Mémoire," which is printed in extenso by Boulainvilliers at t...
MEMOIRS on the provinces of France, drawn up by their several Intendants in accordance with instructions issued by Louis XIV. in 1697 (see below, Vol. l.). French. In 29 volumes. A full analysis is in Boulainvilliers' État de la France, London, 1727, Vols. I. and II. The series originally contained two more volumes, in which were memoirs on Alsace and Bretagne (see O'Conor's Bibl. MS. Stowensis, ii. p. 245). Another copy of the complete series is in Lansdowne MSS. 175-186, in a hand of the s...
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France General Chronicles and History, etc: Memoirs, by the intendants, on the several provinces: 1697-1700.: Fr.
Vol. II. (ff. 254). PROVINCES de Picardie (f. 2) et Artois (f. 133); by [Jérôme] Bignon, Intendant, 1698. Jérôme Bignon, Intendant of Picardy and Artois: Mémoires sur Picardie et Artois: 1698.: Copies. includes: f. 2 Picardy, France: Memoir on: 1698.: Fr. f. 133 Artois, France: Memoir on: 169...
Vol. III. (ff. 61). GENERALITÉ, de Soissons; by - Sanson, Intendant, 1698. City of Soissons: Memoir on the généralité of: 1698.: Fr. Sanson, Intendant of the Généralité of Soissons: Mémoire sur la généralité de Soissons: 1698.: Copy.
Vol. IV. (ff. 121). GENERALITÉ d'Orléans; [by Michel André Jubert de Bouville, Intendant]. Orléans, France: Memoir on the généralité of: 1697-1700.: Fr. Michel André Jubert de Bouville, Intendant of Orleans: Mémoire sur la généralité d'Orléans: 1697-1700.: Copy.
Vol. V. (ff. 408). DUCHÉS de Lorraine et de Bar. f. 1;-Les Trois Evêchés de Metz, Toul et Verdun; by [Dominique Claude Barberie] de St. Contest, Intendant, 1698. f. 100. In Boulainvilliers (i. p. 150), the latter article is ascribed to [Jacques Etienne] Turgot, Intendant (at Metz, see Almanac ou...
Vol. VI. (ff. 185). PROVINCE de Champagne; by [Michel] Larcher and [Jean Baptiste] de Pommereu, Intendants, 1698. In Boulainvilliers (i. p. 190), the article is ascribed to Larcher alone; the latter was, in fact, Intendant in Champagne until 1700, when De Pommereu succeeded him, being transferre...