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1729WRCAM23782Paris: De L'Imprimerie de P.J. Mariette Imprimeur de la Police 1729. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Some light foxing and soiling. Contemporary inscription. Very good. This French Royal decree addresses goods smuggled from America enjoining judges to be severe not only with smugglers but with those who shelter them or deal in smuggled goods including tobacco illegally imported into France. This is a variant of the example cited by Wroth of which only one copy is located that at Harvard. No copies of this issue are located in OCLC. Rare. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-1794 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 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 1179 ref. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 341 this copy. De L'Imprimerie de P.J. Mariette, Imprimeur de la Police unknown books
1723WRCAM14138Paris 1723. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Some light toning at the edges. Very good. A French royal decree concerning details of the sale of tobacco. Wroth knew of a copy only through a bookseller's listing. OCLC notes two similar titles each bearing a different imprint; no copies of this imprint are noted. Rare. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 1017. unknown books
1722WRCAM14137Paris 1722. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Light dampstaining. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree which regulates aspects of the sale of tobacco. Wroth records one copy at Harvard; OCLC locates no further copies. Rare. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne 1727-1794 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 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 967. unknown books
1704WRCAM44504London 1704. 2193-199pp. Folio. Dbd. Fine. In a half morocco folding clamshell case. An official British Act encouraging the importation of naval stores from the American colonies including tar pitch hemp masts and yardarms and other similar items. The colonies aided greatly in the expansion of the British Navy especially their stocks of large trees for naval timber. Only a handful of copies in ESTC. ESTC N53404. unknown books
177745115Norwich CT 1777. 1st printing Bristol B4457; Shipton & Mooney 43243. Printed self-wrappers stitched. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning to paper. Abrasion to lower left of text block tips rounded. Very Good. 22 2 pp. 12mo: A - C4. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Early Colonial publication on the subject in which the author proclaims that the second coming of Christ "is nigh at hand even at the very Door and That it is very probable this glorious Day will begin or commence in America." RBH has no sale record for this work solely noting its inclusion in 'Evans' though technically it was not recorded by Evans being added by Bristol. OCLC records just 3 holding institutions: Yale AAS & the Library Co of Philadelphia. Rare. unknown books
