PROVENCE]. Declaration dv Roy, portant svpression des commis - Lot 106

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PROVENCE]. Declaration dv Roy, portant svpression des commis - Lot 106
PROVENCE]. Declaration dv Roy, portant svpression des commissaires des inventaires dans les terres des seignevrs havts-ivsticiers en cette province, et svpression de la charge de prince d'amovr. Aix, Par Charles David, 1668. Small in-4° (172 x 230 mm), red morocco, double framed with gilt fillets à la Duseuil adorning the boards, spine with ornate nerves, gilt edges (Aussourd). 7 pp. a fine copy in red morocco. XXXX Prince of Love. PROCESSION OF GOD'S DAY in Aix (Bouches-du-Rhône) (From an article published in 1836) This procession had been instituted, around the year 1462, by King René. He had borrowed, to make it a magnificent spectacle, all that the poetic verve of that time knew how to mix sacred and profane, ancient and modern history. On the Monday of Pentecost, the appointment of the principal leaders of the festival took place: the King of the Basoche, the Prince of Love, the Abbot of Youth, and some other great dignitaries. On Trinity Day, the junior officers were elected, and all those who wished to take part in the ceremony registered. They went around the city singing and dancing, stopping at houses of good appearance, from which a few coins were thrown.
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