(Manuscript). ETAT DES PERSONNES QUI DOIVENT ET ON DROIT DE - Lot 69

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(Manuscript). ETAT DES PERSONNES QUI DOIVENT ET ON DROIT DE - Lot 69
(Manuscript). ETAT DES PERSONNES QUI DOIVENT ET ON DROIT DE MANGER AUX TABLES DU ROY PENDANT L'ANNEE 1727. No place, name or date (1727). In-4°, 264 pages, brown calf, spine decorated with fleurs-de-lys and royal crowns (period binding). Manuscript in beautiful cursive handwriting offering captivating details on the menus and expenses of Louis XV and the Court for the year 1727 (Versailles, Chantilly,..). It opens with the ordonnance de Henry de Bourbon, prince de Condé... et par M. de La Faye, 1727 "... Déffenses à toutes autres personnes qu'à celles nommées d'aller manger aux tables... et que personne n'en prétendende cause d'ignorance". This manuscript has many parts: Monseigneur le Grand Maître's second table, Chamberlain's table, chaplains - Menus for the royal table on fish days, for the King's dinner when His Majesty orders him to be served at the Queen's, when S.M. will not be hunting, placement of persons eating at the royal table - Menus for bread and wine - Menu of what is given to the haquenée driver when the King uses it - Tables for valets de chambre, trumpeters, officers, musketeers, etc. - Allocation of tokens, placement of yellow or white wax candelabras, tableware - Details of expenses, etc., etc. Binding worn, spine missing, interior intact.
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