PROVENCE. 2 FACTUMS: "FACTUM for the Sieurs... - Lot 106 - Vermot et Associés

PROVENCE. 2 FACTUMS: "FACTUM for the Sieurs Consuls, Gouverneurs de la Ville d'ARLES (13), applicants. Against Me Louis ROY, Lieutenant of the Admiralty in the said City (Arles) & other Officers of the Admiralty of Provence, defenders." - (around 1700) -".... the first means of the said consuls is that they beg His Highness to restore the trade to the same state as it was before the war, thereby ordering that the boats, which will charge for the Kingdom, & will not leave here, will be relieved of all visits, obligations & reports, & to the necessity, of which three things, the war alone had opened the door, namely the visit to avoid the loading of contraband goods, the report to be able to learn news from enemies, & obligations to ensure that only those places for which the loads had been made were unloaded, which was not observed in previous practice icelle...» (Extract) - Impr. 8pp in-4° - + FACTUM For the Widow of Master Antoine ROUX Royal Notary of the City of RIEZ en Provence. Against the entrepreneurs of the ARLES Cars in GRENOBLE for the 1710 Campaign, Sieur Gaspard REAL Grand Sénéchal de FORCALQUIER and François BURLE of the City of SISTERON. - FACT: "In March 1710 Mr LE BRET Intendant de Provence dealt with the Food Car Contractors Parties in this Instance, for the transport of ARLES to GRENOBLE des Blés destined for the subsistence of the Army of the Dauphiné..." - Imp. 27pp in-folio, from Charles Huguier's printing house, rue Saint-Jacques opposite rue de la Parcheminerie, at La Sagesse - Lettrine.