four pages of an old book on a white surface
Maître Paul PASTAUD

1688 - [Hairdressing]. Laws, letters patent and edict concerning wi…
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[Hairdressing]. Laws, letters patent and edict concerning wigmakers. 1765–1792. Three double-leaf sheets and a booklet of 4 ff. in large 8vo format, unbound. Set of 4 documents: - Royal Edict establishing thirty-four posts for Barbers, Wigmakers, Bath Attendants and Steam Room Attendants in the city of Paris, issued at Versailles in April 1765 (Paris, Royal Printing Office, 1765). - Letters Patent from the King in favour of wigmakers in the Provinces of the Kingdom, dated 12 December 1772 (Bordeaux, Chappuis, undated). These concern abuses relating to women’s hairstyling, which some regarded as a separate branch of the profession of master wigmakers. - Act suspending the one-hundredth denier due for the costs of wigmakers, enacted in Paris on 5 January 1791 (Alençon, printed by Malassis the Younger, 1791). - Law relating to the liquidation of the Wigmakers’ Guilds, enacted in Paris on 18 May 1792, Year IV of Liberty (Orléans, published by Jacob the Elder, undated). Some water-stains in the margins on two booklets, a few smudges and ink markings; otherwise a good set.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 4 of 4 – Nos. 1643 to 1970
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Auction time 08/22/2026 at 11:00 AM
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