11 lines, in ink, boldly signed by Phélypeaux. On vellum sheet 25.5x33.4 cm (10x13¼").
Rare document signed by Jérôme Phélypeaux (1674-1747), comte de Pontchartrain, French politician, son of Louis Phélypeaux. The younger Phélypeaux served as a councillor to the parlement of Paris from 1692, and served with his father as Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi and Navy Minister from 1699 onwards.