Manuscript Notaire Royal

Sale 2543 - Lot 275

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Manuscript, Notaire Royal. Quarto format manuscript in French on laid paper, approximately 268 numbered leaves (536 pages), executed in a number of secretarial hands, many entries signed by the notary, mentioning many towns in the Var department of France, including Draguignan, Châteaudouble, Figanière, and others; several generations of Maynards served as notaries over the period in question; bound in full contemporary mottled French shpeeskin, gilt-tooled and labeled spine, covering material quite worn, boards warped, sewing strongly intact, contents generally good, 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. Provence, France, circa 1608-1648.

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During the Ancien Regime, the notaire royal was responsible for drafting any legal arrangements between parties and certifying their authenticity. As a result, the transactions of daily life are meticulously recorded with dates, locations, names and places of residence of the participants. Marriages, land purchases, wills, debts, are all found here, simple and complex, a trove of genealogical information.