[JUSTICE]. [SATIRE]. Remontrances de la Basoche de Paris du 30 juin 1771 au Roy. In French, manuscript on paper. France, 1771. 94 pp. in brown ink . Modern binding half burgundy basane, smooth spine, mute. Good condition inside but last booklet detaching from the seam. Dimensions : 200 x 125 mmThe manuscript is composed of 28 pages of remonstrances, where it is a question of reflections on the conduct of those who surround the king (Cardinal de Fleury, General de Saxe, Madame de Pompadour...) . Followed by two Odes : Ode called the chancellor addressed to M. de Maupeou in 1771 (pp. 28-44) in 28 couplets. It is a satirical poem against the chancellor Maupeou on the model of the Philippiques of Lagrange-Chancel. - Ode to the same (pp. 45-78), followed by a letter of Monsieur de Maupeou chancellor of France to M. le duc de Miromesnil garde des sceaux, of October 18, 1774 (pp. 79-94). On February 23, 1771, King Louis XV published an edict that instituted free legal proceedings and abolished the venality of magistrates' offices. The justice of the king became revolutionary. Indeed, until then, the judges' offices were sold by the state. The venality of the offices was detrimental to the impartiality of justice but also limited the authority of the king over his own agents. The king's chancellor, René Nicolas Maupeou (1714-1792), was the initiator of the Royal Edict of 1771, which aimed to simplify and standardize procedures.