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16183461618 Paris, Librairie universelle d'Alfred Duquesne, 16 rue Hautefeuille, 1879, 1 vol. in-16 (14 x 8,9 cm) de 318 p. In-fine, 1 f. de table des matières présentant le détail des six chapitres, 1 f. de publicité pour Histoire complète de la guerre contre les Prussiens en 1870-1871, et Histoire complète de la Révolution de Paris en 1871, deux ouvrages vendus au prix de 1 fr. 20 centimes. En quatrième de couverture : liste des ouvrages en vente à la librairie. Une chronique exhaustive des prémices, raisons et déroulement de ces événements majeurs.
1671WRCAM40651Paris 1671. 4pp. on a folded folio sheet. Quarto. Lightly tanned. Horizontal crease in center of sheet; contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French royal decree regulating duties on French goods bound for the French colonies in the West Indies. Wroth records only one copy held in a private library and OCLC can add only one copy at the University of Oxford. Rare. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 121. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 19 this copy. OCLC 57199202. unknown books
1671WRCAM40652Paris 1671. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Light tanning and some soiling around edges. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree regulating goods shipped by the West India Company. Wroth locates no copies and neither does OCLC. Rare. From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 126. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 23 this copy. unknown books
170042989Lisboa, Miguel Manescal, 1700. In-4 de (12)-458-(2) pp., veau granité, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque).
1633PHO-2398À Paris, chez Antoine Courbé, 1633. Fort petit in-4 (22,5x17,5cm). Titre gravé par Michel Lasne, 23 ff.-1319pp-18 ff.. Pleine basane usagée de l'époque (plats frottés, manque le dos). Coins usés Traces anciennes de vers et auréoles claires sans gravité sur plusieurs pages. État intérieur satisfaisant dans l'ensemble.
1681WRCAM26669Paris: Par Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy 1681. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Very minor soiling. Contemporary inscription. Fine. An early French decree relating to America of particular importance for the French West Indies. An ongoing problem of the sugar colonies in the West Indies was feeding the slave work force. Throughout the era of slavery food was imported from Europe and North America as it was cheaper and easier than using labor on the spot to raise it. This act exempts from warehousing charges Irish and other beef and all items required for sugar refinery destined for exportation to America. A variant of Wroth 125 which was printed thirty years later. OCLC locates only one copy at NYPL. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 125 ref. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 22. Par Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy unknown books
1671WRCAM26670Paris 1671. 3pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Some light foxing. Contemporary inscription. Very good. In an attempt to encourage the commerce of the early French colonies in the West Indies this act declares that no export duty is to be charged on goods shipped to America as long as the merchants bring back within six months certificates showing these have been landed in America. The certificates are to be signed by the "Sieur Pelissier l'un des Fermiers de Sa Majeste ou du Sieur du Ruau Palu Agent de la Compagnie de Indes Occidentales." This is a variant of Wroth 132 of which only one copy is known. OCLC locates just one copy at the University of Oxford. Rare. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 132 ref. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 25. OCLC 57209437. unknown books
