Mémoire sur la Generalité de Caen : manuscript, [1697].

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Mémoire sur la Generalité de Caen : manuscript, [1697].

Manuscript of a "Memoire sur la Generalite de Caen", an unpublished report on Caen (France) and the surrounding region, written at the behest of Nicolas-Joseph Foucault (intendant of Caen, 1689-1760), which surveys the demography, economy and religious establishments of Lower Normandy with information on local customs, education, the judicial systems, social classes, industry, and commerce, with a table of contents, 18th-century footnotes and marginalia; autograph manuscript, in two secretarial hands.

1 bound ms. (812 p.)

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Princeton University Library

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Foucault, Nicolas-Joseph, 1643-1721

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