Up for sale is a very scarce book summarizing the specific events and transactions that came before a prominent, and perhaps the busiest, notary in Quebec (New France) during a 10 year period spanning the very end of the 17th Century and very beginning of the 18th Century.  It contains very valuable genealogical and historical information.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  THIS BOOK IS ENTIRELY IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.

Title:  Inventaire des Greffes des Notaires du Regime Francais, (Volume) XVIII

Author (compiler):  Antoine Roy

Copyright:  1956

Publisher:  Archives de la Province de Quebec

Paperback book.  (About 10.5 inches tall by a little over 7 inches wide.)

Pages:  362

NOTE:  This book does not have an Index.  The Index to this volume was apparently published in a subsequent volume of the series.

Notaire Louis Chambalon (1663 - 1716) was born near Poitier, France.  He arrived in the New World in about 1688 working as a clerk-attorney for merchants and then as a merchant himself.  In 1692, he received a commission of "royal notary" (which was confirmed by King Louis XIV in 1694).  He would continue as a notaire for the rest of his life; his clientele included the elite of Quebec society.  The volume I am now selling (Volume XVIII) contains Chambalon's activities between 1692 and 1702.  I believe that the next volume (Volume XIX) covers the second half of Chambalon's career as a notary.

The series "Inventaire des Greffes des Notaires du Regime Francais" comprises 32 volumes.  Some of the volumes contain the records of multiple notaries (who were less prolific than Chambalon).  On the back cover of this book [see photo #8] (and continuing on the inside of the back cover, not pictured) is an alphabetical list of all the included notaries and the volumes in which their records appear (at least up to the issuance of Volume XVIII in 1956).

Volumes 1 through 27 were compiled by the Roys (Pierre-Georges and Antoine) between 1943 and 1976.  Volumes 28 through 32 were prepared at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres.

Please see above for complete description of condition and for photos.  Sold as is.

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