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184340874Paris, Guillaumin, 1843. Royal8vo. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf, spines gilt, tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. One tome-label scratched. Stamps on titlepages. Engraved portrait as frontispiece. LXXIX,520"(4),714,(2) pp. Some leaves with light browning, some scattered brownspots.
1997100138822Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd 1997 1896 pages in8. 1997. Cartonné. 3 volume(s). 1896 pages.
178747919Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendals Forlag, 1787. Uden omslag. 48 pp. Rødt snit. Velbevaret.
17155Londres (Paris?), 1751. 3 parts in 1 volume. (6), 112 pp.; 175 pp.; 171 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt fillet on sides, marbled edges, spine somewhat rubbed, slightly damaged at head and foot. Stourm 81; Conlon 51:499; INED 1094 (one part only); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. Legal and historical work dealing with Machault's plans to tax the ecclesiastical properties. The clergy maintained that they were exempt from tax and that whatever they paid was a voluntary gift. Chauvelin maintains that the clergy can not be exempt from taxes if the king thinks he ought to ask a contribution from them. The issue was hotly debated at the time, as the long list of works cited by Stourm shows. The work was condamned, Machault's plans failed and the exempt position of the clergy was maintained upto the revolution.
17615Paris, 1649. 2 volumes in 1. 32 pp.; 32 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Moreau 652; Kress 788; Goldsmiths 1019; INED 4055; not in Einaudi. First edition of this very rare pamphlet offering thoughts on the power of the king in financial matters and on the organisation of the collecting of the taxes. 'Très remarquable pamphlet' (Moreau). See for an elaborate account of the man and his works Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique, xii, 2e partie, col. 2042-2044. - Very rare, especially with the second part.
22893A Paris, Chez Delaunay, et chez Anth. Boucher, 1824. Two works in 1 volume. 24 pp.; 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress C.1228 & C.1229; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First editions.
14517A Paris, Chez H.J. Jansen, an X (1802). With 2 frontispieces and 1 engraved plate. 2 volumes. (2), xiv, 470, (2) pp.; (2), iv, 478, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt in compartments, labels with gilt lettering. Kress B.4507; Musset-Pathay 23; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First French edition. The Rev. Adam Dickson is best known for his Husbandry of the Ancients of which this is the first French translation, derived from the Scriptores rei rusticae and other writers, and compared with the modern system. Palgrave mentions that his practical knowledge enabled him to clear up many difficulties but 'his scholarship was imperfect.''A good classical scholar, and an excellent practical farmer' (McDonald, Agricultural Writers, p. 211.) Fussell, in his More Old English Farming Books, writes that none of Dickson's publications was so important as the present work.
17357Londres, 1787. 88 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1266 (other edition); Goldsmiths 13454 (other edition); Einaudi 3412 (other edition); INED 2915 (other edition); Stourm, pp. 145-146 (other edition). One of three editions from the same year, no priority has been established. The French crown faced bankruptcy when the Controller-General, Calonne, presented a financial scheme to end the crisis. The keystone in his program was a tax to be levied on all property owners without discrimination of estate. Calonne also proposed liberating commerce in grains from all internal tariffs. When Calonne was unable to pass this in the Assembly of Notables, he was replaced by Loménie de Brienne. 'Linguet lent the support of his publicity to the Calonne property tax and published this work just after the Notables had turned down Calonne's master plan. (.....) Linguet viewed it as a means by which the government, provisioned in grains, could compete with entrepreneurs, control the market price of wheat, and in that way guarantee the lives of an impoverished and progressively more restless population of dispossessed persons. Linguet saw the unpopular tax program as a key government stratagem for warding off two spectres: bankruptcy and a people's revolution' (D. Gay Levy, The Ideas and Careers of Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet, p. 240). - Name on title.
26200A Aix, Chez André Adibert, Imprimeur du Roi, vis-à-vis le College, 1782. Five works on one volume. 46 pp.; 46 pp.; 31, (1) pp.; 24 pp.; 9, (1) pp. Small folio. Modern boards. None of these items in Conlon. Each work has a very nice engraved head-piece, and the place, name of printer and date are printed in these head-pieces. The head-piece of the fourth work depicts a castle and a house. Deals with the right of tax collecting (tax-farming) by Chabert and the predicted amounts of money to be collected. Chabert won the right to collect the taxes among the members of the guild, and for which right he paid the guild of cobblers, but revenues fell far behind what was predicted/expected. At least one of the reasons was the emigration of vast numbers of "garçons" as a response to measures taken by the guild itself, another the departure of many cobblers after a large fleet had left Marseille. The question here is if Chabert is entitled to discounts or refunds of money he already paid to the guild and if he is to be held accountable for failing to collect the predicted/expected sums of money.The first text is preceded by a handwritten summary of the entire matter of two pages, the second piece has handwritten annotations at the end stating the Chambre de Tournelle affirmed the verdict by arret of 16 july 1782: the second piece finds the guild (the Maîtres Cordonniers) guilty.
17375A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1774. 90 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Catalogue des Actes Royaux, vi, 38447. Rare and very important text ending the exile of the Parlements and signalling the start of what were to be unsurmountable problems for the Crown in the last decade upto the Revolution. Initiated by Turgot this 'Lit de Justice' became the origin of the troubles Louis XVI had to face. Through this 'Lit de Justice', the Parlements and Sovereign courts were re-established with all their original prerogatives. The edicts concerning this event cover the pages 39-90.The edicts were read to the assembled magistrates on Saterday 12 November, and in a short speech the king acquainted the high nobility of his intensions, explained his motives, and ended by saying that he would restrain his Parlements within their proper limits. The king also warned them: they had provoked the righteous anger of his predecessor (Louis XV and Maupeou had suppressed the parliaments in 1771), and if when returned they failed to respect the wishes of the Crown, they would be sent again into exile. The re-establishment was under several restrictions, but all these provisions proved to be illusory, because the Parlements would attempt to gain inch by inch the ground they had lost, and because no Ministry could be counted upon to remain firm for all time in face of opposition (see: D. Dakin, Turgot and the Ancien Regime, (London, 1939), pp. 136 ff.) - Margin of titlepage neatly repaired, some scribbling to title-page and browned.
174161030(No place, nor printer), 1741. 8vo. In contemporary full mottled calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. All edges coloured in red. A nice and clean copy. (16), 367 pp.
17220A Marseille, Chez Antoine Favet, 1778. With folding mineralogical map of the Provence, and a folding table. 199, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards, label with gilt lettering. Musset Pathay 1213 (listing a 1780 edition); Conlon 78:642. First edition. Title on page 3 reads: Mémoire sur les Engrais que la Provence peut fournir, et sur la manière de les employer, suivant les diverses especes de Terreins. The folding table gives an extensive survey of the various kinds of natural fertilizers used, with indication of utility on various sorts of soil. The title and text are all printed within a nicely printed border.
187946867London, The Economist Office, 1879. Small folio. Bound in comtemporary half cloth. Entire volume 37, July - December, 1879, of The Economist. Minor wear to extremities and a few repairs to a few leaves, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 761-1504.
184447476København., Forfatterens Forlag, 1844-53. (vo. 4 samtidige hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Forreste fals på bind 1 er revnet. XII,563,705,690,976 pp. Med 2 kort, det ene håndkoloreret (Forchammers kort fra ""Danmark geognostisk beskrevet""). Indvendig ren og frisk.
195945063Utrecht, Economic History Society, 1959. Royal8vo. Bound with all the original wrappers in full red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""The Economic History Review, Second Series, Vol. XII, No. 1, August 1959"" (the entire Second Series, Vol. XII, No. 1-3, August 1959 - April 1960"" present). Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Library stamp, a small marginal repair, and some pencil-annotations to first front-wrapper. Internally fine and clean. [Rostow:] Pp. 1-16. [Entire issue: VIII, 552, (4) pp.], .
175060647Geneve, Antoine Philibert, 1750. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and blind-tooled ornamentation spine. Ex-libris (Carl Juel, Danish statesman and owner of Valdemar's Castle) to verso of front board. Light wear to extremities, otherwise a fine and clean copy. 24, 215 pp.
182363270Kjøbenhavn, Wahlske Boghandlings Forlag, 1823. 8vo. In red gift binding with gilt ornamentation to boarders of boards. With Schlegel's 9 line presentation-inscription to front free end-paper. Spine with sunning and small paper-label to upper part of spine. A fine and clean copy. (4), 72 pp.
180257685Göttingen, Röwer, 1802. Contemp. full calf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A few cracks to spine. Stamp on title-page. XIV,656 pp. With both title-page (English a. French). Text in Frenchh. Comments in German. A few scattered brownspots.
178947926Kopenhagen, Chr.Gottlob Prosts Forlag, 1789. No wrappers. 78,(1) pp.
24696(Paris, De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Ballard & Fils, 1780). Three pieces in one volume. 30 pp; 20 pp; 4 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. First editions. These three pieces of this trial are for the most part by Prevost de Saint-Lucien who greatly promoted the idea of charitable institutions. The trial itself deals with the freedom of poor marchants to sell their goods at designated places and illuminate their small tables with candles. Some responsible for maintaining order thought that this form of illumination of the small table and selling goods should be suppressed although a royal decree allowed the merchants to earn a living. Notes and copies of the relevant decrees etc. are included as printed notes. - Two leaves with a small repair in the inner blank margin.
19238(Paris, Imprimerie de l'Assemblée Nationale, 1848). 3 volumes in one. 376 pp.; 335, (1) pp.; 254 (misnumbered 252) pp. 4to. Contemporary red half morocco, corners, marbled boards, spine gilt with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Bibliothèque Nationale. La Révolution de 1848, 866. Original edition. The events of May 15 deal with a large demonstration mounted by Parisian clubists and workers to pressure the Assembly to send troops to the aid of Poland which escalated into an invasion of the Assembly and the proclamation of a New Provisional Government, including Louis Blanc and other leftists. But the Executive Commission soon dispersed the demonstrators, arrested the most popular leaders -including Albert, Barbès and Blanqui- and suppressed many of the clubs. Draconian laws prohibited street gatherings, consequent mass arrests, and the Assembly's hostility to social reform created a situation electric with fear and anger. This was precipitated into insurrection by the Assembly's decision on 21 June to slash the rolls of the National Workshops. For four days, an unprecedented civil war tore the city in two. The June uprising started with several large gatherings at the Place de la Bastille and at the Pantheon on 22 June and the morning of June 23 and were followed by the erection of hundreds of barricades throughout eastern Paris. The June days then were an insurrection of Parisian workers against the government of the Second Republic which was crushed by the army in the bloodiest street figthing in Paris before the Commune of 1871. Alexis de Tocqueville noted the working-class character in the insurrection, and Karl Marx called the June Days the first great class struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. Very valuable source. The rapports contain a.o.: Documents relatifs à Louis Blanc. - Documents relatifs à M. Caussidiére. - Documents relatifs à l'affaire de Belgique. - Actes du Gouvernement provisoire. - Documents sur les Clubs. - Ateliers nationaux. - Documents fournis par les préfectures, etc. The leading man of this 'Commission d'Enquête' was A. Bauchart who was vehemently attacked by Victor Hugo and Louis Blanc. A major and fundamental source for the 1848 revolution. - Quire 10 in the third volume disbound but complete.
24695A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1785. With three folding tables. (2), 106 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Conlon 85:615; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. Signed at end by Le Roy, Tillet and Desmarest.The contents can be best summarized by giving the drop-head title on page one: Rapport fait à l'Académie, Relativement à l'advis que le Parlement a demandé à cette Académie, par arrêt du 6 Septembre 1793. Sur la contestation qui s'est élevée à Rochefort, au sujet de la taxe du Pain; sur les Expériences qui ont été faites dans cette Ville à ce même sujet, en exécution d'un arrêt du Parlement du 7 Juin 1781; & sur les moyens d'établir le prix juste du Pain, proportionnément à celui du Blé, suivant la quantité de Farines différentes qu'une quantité de livres de Blé peut rendre, & suivant la quantité de Pain que ses Farines doivent donner. - Small brown spot in inner blank margin of title-page, else a fine copy.
18038A Paris, Chez Briasson, 1740. xlviii, 238, (2), (239)-293 (misnumbered 269), (5) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, all edges red. Kress 4491; Goldsmiths 7783; Einaudi 1037; Conlon 40:387; not in Mattioli. First edition of this history concerning the money of the Romans and antiquity, their finances, revenue, counterfeits and counterfeiting practices, forgery of antiquities, etc. The work by Chassepol (or Chassipol) is followed by the Dissertation written by Guillaume Beauvais.'Ce petit traité fut commandé par Colbert, desireux de connaître le système financier des Romains. On y trouve quelques faits précieux' (Coquelin & Guillaumin, i, p. 335). - From the Bibliothèque de Mr. le Baron Zangiacomi and the Bibliothèque de Mr. Laumonier.
24669A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez les Marchands des Nouveautés, 1787. (4), 388 pp. + errata leaf. 8vo. Contemporary grey paper covers, somewhat worn at spine and rear cover, uncut and unopened. INED 4140; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Conlon 87:2725. First edition. 'Sur l'homme en société. Quelques réflexions sur l'influence respective de la guerre et de la paix sur le caractère national ......' (INED). A well written work giving interesting insights into French society on the eve of the revolution.
23213Paris, Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1824. With portrait-frontispiece and folding facsimile (split along one fold). 2 volumes. vii, (1), 252 pp.; (4), 186 pp. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spines gilt with green and red labels with gilt lettering. Sabin 25544; not in Howes; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First French edition. - Some dampstaining at the beginning and end of each volume but still a good copy.
