Report concerning Gex headed ‘Mémoire’ and endorsed ‘No. 3786. Gabelles et Tabac’.
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV33090
Repository:
Shelfmark:
MS 29 (B)
Title:
Report concerning Gex headed ‘Mémoire’ and endorsed ‘No. 3786. Gabelles et Tabac’.
Collection(s):
Link to Archive Catalogue:
Link to Digital Resource:
OCLC Number:
Reproductions:
Content
Incipit Diplomatic:
Incipit Modernised:
Language(s):
In Own Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
An autograph copy of a report discussing salt and tobacco in Gex.
Detailed Summary:
The report notes that the Pays de Gex is freed from the taxes on salt and tobacco as it is landlocked between Geneva, Switzerland, and Savoy, and is separated from the other provinces by Mount Jura. The village of Lelex is not included in this exemption because it is located beyond Mount Jura but the inhabitants claim that they should enjoy the same favour as the inhabitants of the Pays de Gex.
Genre(s):
Status:
Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
7 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
312 x 205 mm
Hands:
Watermark:
F.6-7 are watermarked with an elaborate watermark centred around two stars.
Countermark:
Binding:
The leaves are bound with twine along the bifolium fold line.
Additional Comments:
There is a small, thin flap on the right-hand side of the manuscript, similar to that of Voltaire Foundation, MS 31. This has been inscribed in an unknown hand with the following: ‘No.3786’. There is a small remnant of red wax to the left-hand side of the title on f.1r. There is a small, pinprick hole running through all of the leaves of the MS in the lower right-hand corner.
Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
An unknown hand has added a note in the left-hand margin of f.1r dating the events described in the report to 7th May 1778. A further note in the hand of Voltaire has been added beneath that, reading: ‘Il a repliqué et point un plan du laeal a sa Aeq.’
Marginalia Keywords:
Inclusions:
History
Date:
Ownership:
Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt. (1792-1872).
Origin (transcript):
Origin:
Provenance:
Bought at auction by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976) at Sotheby’s, London on 29th June 1976.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
OCV Manuscript Reference: