Antique notarial deed on parchment consisting of four handwritten pages, relating to the constitution of an annual annuity of fifty livres for the benefit of Nicolas Héroiard, a priest, whose name appears in the text. This 18th-century document preserves beautiful brown ink handwriting, a tax stamp, and several signatures accompanied by initials. Marginal annotations and a payment record attest to the tracking of this transaction. The texture of the parchment, its ivory shades, and the lines of writing give it a fine presence, somewhere between a notarial archive and a collector's item.
✦ Period: 18th century, February 1, 1771 ✦ Origin: France ✦ Dimensions: approximately 25 × 20 cm, document closed ✦ Material: parchment manuscript in ink ✦ Content: 4 handwritten pages ✦ Condition: old folds, undulations in the parchment, stains and variations in shade, small perforations, and locally faded ink. Overall maintaining good legibility.
An antique manuscript on parchment for a collection of notarial documents, old scripts, or Ancien Régime archives.
