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REGIONS - NORMANDY - CALVADOS - BAYEUX Pierre-Jules-César...

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REGIONS - NORMANDY - CALVADOS - BAYEUX Pierre-Jules-César de Rochechouart (1699-1781), a churchman, from a family of high nobility, born in the castle of Montigny and bishop of Bayeux in 1753. Draft of an autograph letter signed by Mgr. de Rochechouart, bishop of Bayeux, two sheets on laid paper, Autograph letter signed by the same (to the minister Trudaine?) " a Montigny par artenay en 31 () 1761 " where he intercedes for a young girl of his family In sheet, on laid paper, recto-verso. Two 18th century plates of sentences rendered in Bayeux by Guerin de la Houssaye and Fossey One concerning the BUTCHERS who do not obey the rules of their corporation and make the retention of bread, 1770, 30 x 45 cm, the other on a butcher letting his dogs run wild, 1769, 30 x 36 cm in sheets, small in-folio, vignettes in heading, printing Briard, frowns, small lacks, folds Rare small publications on the Bayeux tapestry and the restoration of the great organ of the Bayeux cathedral : " Rapport fait au conseil municipal de Bayeux par M. Pezet, président du tribunal civil, au nom de la commission chargée de prendre des mesures pour la conservation de la tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde " Bayeux, imprimerie Nicolle, 1838, sewn booklet of 20 pp. No copy in the CCfr. "Mandement de Monseigneur l'eveque de Bayeux et Lisieux à l'occasion de la restauration de l'Eglise cathédrale et du rétablissement du grand orgue " Bayeux, Delarue, 1859. Small in-4, sewn, 1 pp. damaged. Provenance: Fonds Saint-Hélion then Bibliothèque de Madame H.