WINES AND BEVERAGES. 7 Printed Documents, 1704–1781: Decree - Lot 53

WINES AND BEVERAGES. 7 Printed Documents, 1704–1781: Decree of the King’s Council of State (Louis XIV) ordering that Simon MIGER take all necessary steps to ensure the collection of the revenue derived from the sale of the offices of unloaders and haulers, and Wine Loaders, Wine Sellers and Inspectors, Inspectors, Commissioners, and Night Watchmen;… July 8, 1704. Printed in Paris, 4 pages in-4° + “Declaration of the King (Louis XIV) merging the 48 offices of former Paris barrel measurers with the 52 similar offices created by edict in November 1703. February 15, 1704. Printed in Paris, 8 pages in-4° + Edict of the King (Louis XIV), reestablishing 20 offices of sworn unloaders, transporters, and loaders of wines and other beverages and liquors at the ports of the City and Suburbs of Paris. Creation of 10 new offices… Printed in Paris, 7 pages in-4° + Edict of the KING, issued at Versailles in January 1710, requiring wholesale wine merchants to obtain letters under the Great Seal in order to exercise their license. ” Printed in Grenoble, 7 pages in-4° + Ruling of the King’s Council of State (Louis XV), which overturns a previous ruling… and orders the individuals named Copin, Badet, and Grandjean, and all other wine sellers whose establishments are located outside the city walls and gates of Paris, to submit to inspections and the authority of the commissioners and to pay the entry duties and the one-eighth tax. ” May 15, 1720. Printed. 12 pages, in-4° + Judgment of the Court of Aydes on the appeal of a Sentence of the Paris Election Court. Which imposes a fine of 25 livres on Laurent BESSY, a wine merchant, for refusing to open his door and for failing to allow the inspectors to conduct their inspections and duties. Printed in Paris, 4 pages, in-4° + “Declaration of the King (Louis XVI) concerning the collection of duties by beverage inspectors, ...” Issued at Fontainebleau on September 1, 1781. Printed in Paris, 4 pages, in-4°.

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