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[LOUVOIS, François-Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de]. Manuscript inventory, executed in accordance with his will, of his furniture, paintings, porcelain and other items, for the division of his property between his heirs, signed by two notaries, Soyson and Lacault, Paris, 1 July 1726, manuscript in brown ink, 78 pages, folio, stitched.
The manuscript refers in the preamble (9 pages) to various members of the Le Tellier family including Anne-Louise de Noailles, widow of François-Marie Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Anne de Gouvée, late Marquise de Louvois, Louis-Cezar Le Tellier, Marquis de Courtanvaux and others, and recalls the provision of various wills. The inventory (69 pages) of tapestries, carpets, furnishings, chandeliers, porcelain, paintings, sculpture etc., amounts to the value of 64,923.7.6. livres in the first part, and in the second to 32,461.13.9 livres.
'Plus un vinaigrier de Porcelaine de Paris afleurie et magotie numerote six article 6bb pour six livres & cinq sols ... 6.5'
'Plus une Bibliotheque de marqueterie Ebenie et cuivre garnie d'une glace pour la somme de deux cens cinquante livres article 496 ... 250'
'Plus deux petits pots a the quarrez de Terre des Indes couge garnies de cuivre numerote l'un comme l'autre 11 article 660 pouir sept livres et dix sols ... 7.10'
The document records a complicated division of property 'Pardevant les conseillers du Roi et Notaires a Paris' between the descendants of Louis XIV's Chancellor, Michel Le Tellier (d.1685).
The manuscript refers in the preamble (9 pages) to various members of the Le Tellier family including Anne-Louise de Noailles, widow of François-Marie Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Anne de Gouvée, late Marquise de Louvois, Louis-Cezar Le Tellier, Marquis de Courtanvaux and others, and recalls the provision of various wills. The inventory (69 pages) of tapestries, carpets, furnishings, chandeliers, porcelain, paintings, sculpture etc., amounts to the value of 64,923.7.6. livres in the first part, and in the second to 32,461.13.9 livres.
'Plus un vinaigrier de Porcelaine de Paris afleurie et magotie numerote six article 6bb pour six livres & cinq sols ... 6.5'
'Plus une Bibliotheque de marqueterie Ebenie et cuivre garnie d'une glace pour la somme de deux cens cinquante livres article 496 ... 250'
'Plus deux petits pots a the quarrez de Terre des Indes couge garnies de cuivre numerote l'un comme l'autre 11 article 660 pouir sept livres et dix sols ... 7.10'
The document records a complicated division of property 'Pardevant les conseillers du Roi et Notaires a Paris' between the descendants of Louis XIV's Chancellor, Michel Le Tellier (d.1685).