REVOLUTION. - Lot 160

REVOLUTION. Cahier de l'ordre du clergé, du bailliage principal de Dijon, et des Bailliages secondaires de Beaune, Nuits, Auxonne et Saint-Jean-de-Lône contenant les instructions et les pouvoirs que donne ledit ordre à des députés aux états généraux, convoqués pour le 27 avril 1789 en la ville de Versailles. In-8, 24 pages, marbled paper cover. On the eve of the Revolution, the territory was divided into baillis: administrative, financial and judicial districts, on the basis of which were established the electoral districts for electing representatives to the Estates General and drafting the "cahiers de doléances". cahiers de doléances. This cahier reports the text read and approved by the assembly of commissioners in April 1789; unanimously adopted and "received with applause" (see disclaimer).