Carriages & coaches : their history & their evolution (1912)
Straus, Ralph, 1882-1950 · London : Martin Secker · leaf 158
company should be formed to start thevehicles. Pascal consented to this being done, and theDue set to work at once to prevail upon members ofthe aristocracy to take shares in the venture. Afterobtaining a royal decree, seven vehicles to carry eightpassengers each, all inside, were built, and on… … CO «v. ^^ SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY INNOVATIONS 137 inauguration ceremony, which was performed by twoCommissaires of the Chdtelet, attired in their officialrobes. Accompanying them were four guards of theGrand Prevot, tv/enty men of the City Archers, and atroop of cavalry. The procession, on arriving at…
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