Household book of expenses and receipts, most likely of a member of the Beaumont family.

C. 27,5 x 19 cm: c. [105] ff. + some 50 blanks, paper, French, in 2 different hands, with 2 additional loose documents dated 1644 and 1702.

Contemp. vellum, flat spine, 3 (of 4) vellum ties (warping). Good condition.

From an unidentified member of the Beaumont family, linked to the "Terre de Beaumont" or the Château de Beaumont, near Crolles (Grenoble), with references of payments to the "Dames de Montfleury" at Corenc (near Grenoble). Receipts include rents, pensions and loans. A wide variety of expenses, illustrating daily life of the period: "wines (i.a. "vin de Beaune"), meat, bread, candles, tobacco and such items as "blanchisserie", "herbes céphalique pour ma mère", "truffes noires", "etrennes aux domestiques", "etrennes au porteur d’eau benitte", "promenades en carosse", "abonnement aux feuilles de Grenoble", "aux pauvres" etc.
Joined: "Cayer dans le quel sont inscrit les journées des ouvriers et des manouvriers". [France, 1828-1839]. 2 vol. (3 vol.)