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Paris, Food Safety and Fair Practices, 1711-1739. Four Broadsides Admonishing Bakers, Butchers, and Fishmongers.
Four 18th century French Royal proclamations typographically printed on laid paper publicly outing bakers who are selling loaves that weigh less than advertised, a butcher using false weights at his meat shop, a fishmonger trying to sell overpriced fish who then resorted to selling the unsellable spoiled stock, thus sickening his customers, and other unacceptable practices, each printed in Paris in 1711, 1724, 1725, and 1739, old folds, sizes vary, each approximately 20 x 16 in.
