Lot n° 287
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Letter to Gentlemen of the Royal House. No place, 1754. In-1 - Lot 287
Letter to Gentlemen of the Royal House. No place, 1754. In-12 of 141 pp. An important addition to the letter to Gentlemen of the Royal House. In Avignon, 1754. In-12 of 36 pp. Reflections on the Project to have the Bailliages et Sénéchaussées du Ressort du Parlement register the letters of erection of the new commission established to hold the vacations chamber. No place or date (1754). In-12 of 60 pp. Three pieces bound in one vol. in-12, granite havana calf, smooth decorated spine, red morocco title piece (contemporary binding). First edition of these three anonymous pieces on the Royal Chamber instituted in 1753. Parliament took an active part in the disputes over the Unigenitus Bull and the Jansenist quarrel. As the clergy refused to give the sacraments to the Jansenists, the court sided with the clergy; Parliament declared itself against them; it had written long admonitions to the king who did not want to hear them. All the chambers assembled on 5 May 1753 declared that they were ceasing their judicial functions. The King exiled Parliament to Pontoise. However, the exercise of justice could not remain suspended. On September 18, 1753, the King instituted a private chamber, which was to replace Parliament and which took the title of the Royal House. On 4 September 1754, Parliament was recalled from exile, putting an end to this House. 1-2. Letters from an exiled parliamentarian on the denial of sacraments to the Jansenists. "My purpose has been only to instruct these gentlemen in the substance of a matter which is making so much noise in the world, so that, convinced by themselves of the justice of our cause and the fairness of the judgment which has been pronounced in our favour, they may take advantage of the confidence with which the King honours them, to bring themselves to the feet of the Throne the truth which the Parliaments have not yet been able to bring successfully to the Throne". It is rumoured that the Bailiwicks and Seneschaussées of the Sprin
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