Lot 414
Wine, French manuscript
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Manuscript in French on paper announcing the establishment by Charles IV, King of France, of new tax on wine. Folio [no place, ?Paris], 22 September 1565, manuscript in ink on 18 pages, 3 blank leaves, unbound, stitched, folding marks and browning or slight staining, last leaf only with small holes along central fold; and a small group of French autograph letters and documents
Footnote
Note: Following the meeting of the Estates-General at Pontoise where the disastrous state of the royal finances was revealed, the King decided to impose a new tax on all wine entering his kingdom by sea or land for six months. The amount of tax to be paid is detailed and should the tax be unpaid, the wine would be confiscated for the benefit of the crown.