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Lot 23:
HISTORY - LOUIS XVI (1754 - 1793) - Document not signed
Description
Louis Auguste, Duke of Berry, would become, upon the death of his two elder brothers, the heir to the throne. His inability to lead the kingdom towards economic, social, and political modernization hastened the onset of the French Revolution. State of the salaries per year of the employees of the Tuileries Palace, starting from the first of July 1790, according to the increases, reductions and deletions made by the King, at Saint-Cloud, July 27, 1790″. 1 p. in folio.
Rare and beautiful original document with King Louis XVI’ autograph subscription: “Bon, arretté à Saint-Cloud, le 16 septembre 1790”
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