"1767-1817 (Andrésy). Book and journal of expenses and recei - Lot 64

"1767-1817 (Andrésy). Book and journal of expenses and receipts of M. Eleonor HONORE from January 1767 to May 1817. Manuscript, small in-4, 338 pp. bound in half green leather, turned inside out. (leather spine missing). Eléonor HONORE, Conseiller au Grand Conseil. (Very interesting note on a letter from M. de Maupeou - first suppression of the Grand Council - in 1771, p.13), his father René Honoré died in Andrésy on October 17, 1776 (p. 54). Interesting domestic accounts. Each year begins with a new year's gift to the servants. In 1773, he bought 45 arpents of land in the village of Chavençon, near Marine, 4 leagues from Pontoise (p.29). He frequently buys books, and there are numerous details of his purchases of clothing, whether for everyday use or as part of his duties (black cloth and black lining for the king's mourning on May 13, 1774, councillor's dress, his journeys by carriage, sedan chair, etc., his gambling winnings and losses, etc.). On January 14, 1791, he buys a wallet "to hold assignats". Very detailed account book. "