LOUIS XIV. P.S. (secrétaire), Lunéville August 1673; counter - Lot 506

LOUIS XIV. P.S. (secrétaire), Lunéville August 1673; countersigned by Le Tellier; vellum in-plano, large brown wax seal with royal arms hanging on cord. Attached is a Conseil d'État ruling concerning a request from butchers. Letters patent creating a second market on Thursday of each week in the territory of Sceaux, in response to the intentions of Colbert de Seignelay, who had "built and ediffier on his territory near the great advenue of his chasteau de Seaux, a market composed of several bastimens, hostelleries, stables, sheepfolds, and other places necessary for the holding of fairs and markets"... Attached is a ruling by the Conseil d'État concerning a petition by butcher merchants regarding the rights they acquired from the heirs of Colbert de Seignelay to cattle entering and leaving the Sceaux market (Sept. 9, 1710, parchment in-4).