Edict dv Roy, svr le reglement general des tailles, à la decharge de ses subjets, portant injonction d'imposer ausdites tailles tous ceux qui se sont pretendus exempts par le passe, conformément à la declaration du dix-huictieme Ianuier dernier, mil six cents trente-quatre.
This is a 1634 royal edict printed in Paris by A. Estienne, P. Blaise and P. Rocolet, setting general rules for the taille, a French land tax, and ordering that all who had claimed exemption be assessed. The opening woodcut shows a crowned heraldic shield of fleurs-de-lis and a second quartered arms within a laurel and ribbon cartouche, marking royal authority. The second is a small woodcut of a leafy tree beside a standing figure, with a scroll bearing text, suggesting a compact emblematic vignette a designer could adapt for a crest or border.
