RETHEL. Manuscrit, Reglement pour les officiers de la Justice de Monseigneur le Duc Mazariny pair de France en son Duché de Mazariny cydevant appellé Rethelois, [1663]; in-folio of 40 leaves recto-verso, contemporary yellow suede binding, gilt arms of the Duc de Mazarin on the boards. On the Duchy of Rethel-Mazarin. The manuscript, written in a diligent and highly legible style, first traces the history of the County of Rethel from Philippe de Valois in 1347, to its sale by the Duke of Nevers to Cardinal Mazarin, who transferred it, on his niece's marriage contract in 1661, to the Duc de La Porte et de La Meilleraye, who became Duke and Peer of Mazariny, the name then taken by Rethel and the Rethelois region; The organization of justice in the Mazariny bailliage is then described, with details of the various players involved: lawyers and public prosecutor, guard of the seal, provost judges, town aldermen, mayors and village aldermen, jurisdiction of vassals, clerks, notaries and tabellions, sergeants, archers of justice, and so on.