A collection of handwritten documents on old paper, bound together with a piece of string, featuring elegant brown-ink handwriting, flourished capitals, signatures and annotations. The pages display a variety of layouts, from airy text to more closely written passages, accompanied by tax stamps from the généralité of Riom bearing a fleur-de-lis. This file concerns a garnishment case involving Damien Joubert, a paper merchant and manufacturer in La Forie, parish of Job, and the Nourisson family. A collection with striking graphic appeal, also preserving evidence of the paper-making trade and private affairs in Auvergne at the end of the Ancien Régime.
✦ Period: Circa 1786–1788 ✦ Provenance: France, Auvergne ✦ Dimensions: Approx. 18.5 × 13 cm folded; 24.5 × 18.5 cm unfolded ✦ Materials: Old paper, ink and piece of string ✦ Contents: 12 handwritten pages ✦ Condition: Patinated paper, pronounced folds, grime and stains, creased edges and small tears with losses around the edges. String preserved.
An 18th-century file for enthusiasts of old handwriting, stamped paper and the history of the paper-making trade.
