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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries

Document Reference	Pw V 128
Title	Volume containing details in French of the financial affairs of France; 1765
Date	1765
Extent	96 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Titled 'Etat actuel des Affaires Générales concernant les finances du Royaume de France .... 1765'; provides details in relation to 3 areas; 1) the normal income and expenditure of the king; 2) extraordinary finances from 1755 to 1763 in connection with the war against England; 3) exceptional revenue raised annually in favour of court of Rome, the bishops, dukes, counts and peers etc; includes introductory comment giving the context as well as observations in relation to the different revenue areas.
Language	French
Term	financial affairs, France
ReprodnNote	Volumes from Pw V cannot be photographed by readers with their own camera or device, but reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only.
Physical Description	Quarto volume Contemporary pagination 1 to 176 does not include 6 front folios of index, and 2 blank folios at the end of the volume.
Condition	Condition of paper is good; condition of binding - spine is missing
Descriptive Features	Heawood, nos. 710-716 Watermark: Arms of the Marquis de Pomponne, approx. 103 x 98 mm (see Heawood) Countermark: Letters MGIS, approx. 13 x 58 mm; also the date 1742. Professional fair copy in italic script. Card covered with thick embossed paper printed with a checkered pattern in turquoise and gold colours; centre of upper and lower covers has a red leather label gold stamped with the letter P surmounted by a coronet; spine cover is missing.
Watermark	Arms of the Marquis of Pomponne
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