LOUIS XIV. P.S. (secretary), countersigned by Jean-Baptiste COLBERT (1619-1683), Saint-Germain en Laye June 19, 1670; oblong vellum in-4. On the casting of cannons for the navy. Appointment of Sieur Jean La Tache as master founder of "green cast iron cannons for the navy", and in particular the warships under construction in the port of Rochefort.