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GALERIE DES VENTES D'ORLEANS - Maître Guillaume CORNET commissaire-priseur

222 - HEALTH: A record of the towns, villages, hamlets and farmste…
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Estimate €150 - €200
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HEALTH: A record of the towns, villages, hamlets and farmsteads in the diocese of Uzès (Gard) that were struck by the plague (1722–1725). Decree of the King’s Council of State granting a tax reduction to the municipalities in the dioceses of Alès, Uzès and Viviers affected by the plague, 1723. Cover letter accompanying this decree, 1724. Act organising schools of pharmacy in Year XI. Royal Ordinance defining the distinction between a druggist’s shop and a pharmacy in 1820. Royal Ordinance of 1816 on the publication of a new pharmaceutical code. A handwritten extract from the 1774 gazette relating to rabies. A patient with a venereal disease describing his ailments following treatment with baths to his doctor in 1819. Circular from Year XIV: Napoleon ordered a considerable increase in the number of doctors, surgeons and pharmacists. Royal Ordinance of 1777 concerning military hospitals, 16 pages (with a fine engraved letterhead). Decree of 1793 conscripting pharmacists, surgeons and doctors. Pharmacy invoices from 1913 and 1907. Certificate of enrolment for a pharmacy student from 1896. Etc... A collection of 24 documents.
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About the sale FREEMASONRY – HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
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Auction time 07/23/2026 at 10:10 AM
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