PELLISSON-FONTANIER Paul (1624-1693) historien de l'Académie française ; commis du surintendant Fouquet, il partagea sa disgrâce, et fut emprisonné à la Bastille, avant d'être nommé par Louis XIV son historiographe [AF 1653, 34e f]. L.A.S. "Pellisson Fontanier", and autograph MANUSCRIT; 3 and 32 pages in-8. Paris November 29, 1675. He found in the marquise de Messimieu and Mlle de Bauffremont "all that can be seen of merit, spirit, honesty, and goodness; [] and I begin to murmur much more than before against my busy life which will probably not allow me to cultivate as much as I would like the honor that I have and that I owe to you Sir to be known by. I have nevertheless offered them all the very humble sciences of which I will be capable. Incomplete copy of the King's grand ordinance for criminal matters [registered by the Parliament of Paris on August 26, 1670] : end of Title II; Title III, "Des plaintes, denonciations, et accusations"; Title IV, "Des proces verbaux des juges"; Title IX, "Du crime de faux tant principal qu'incident"; Title X, "Des decrets de leur exécution, et des eslragissements"; Title XI, "Des exoines ou excuses des accusez"; Title XII, "Des sentences de provision"; Title XIII, "Des prisons, greffiers des geoles, geoliers, et guichetiers", articles 1 to 21.