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A NOSSEIGNEURS de l'Assemblée Nationale. (Paris), Imprimerie de Momoro, (1790). 15, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 2706; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Monglond; not in Tourneux. First edition. Protest against the fact that some of the feudal services may only be abolished through financial compensation. EUR 150
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ADRESSE de la ville de Lyon, concernant les assignats A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1790. 19, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1933; Goldsmiths 14376; Martin & Walter 9233; not in Monglond; not in INED. Very serious warning for the danger of the creation of small 'assignats' which would provoke only the disappearance of cash and the devaluation of paper-money. Signed by Focard. EUR 150
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ADRESSE de la ville de Lyon, concernant les assignats. Paris, 1790. 19, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1933; Goldsmiths 14376; Martin & Walter 9233; not in Monglond; not in INED. First edition. Very serious warning for the danger of the creation of small 'assignats' which would provoke only the disappearance of cash and the devaluation of paper-money. Signed by Focard. EUR 175
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ADRESSE des actionnaires de la Caisse d'Escompte à Nosseigneurs de l'Assemblée nationale. Du 20 Novembre 1789. Paris, Baudouin, (1789). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 13866; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 683; not in Kress. First edition. On the actual undesired situation caused by the advance payments made to the exchequer. EUR 145
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ADRESSE des citoyens de Bordeaux, actionnaires de la Caisse patriotique à l'Assemblé nationale. Paris, De l'imprimerie nationale, 1790. (2), 5 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. First edition. On the advantages of an exchange office which changes assignats for cash money. EUR 150
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ADRESSE des députés extraordinaires des manufactures et du commerce de France à l'Assemblée Nationale. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1790). (2), 29 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 759; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Monglond. Survey of the discussions in the various Chambers of Commerce of the most important commercial cities of France on the subject of assignats: most of them opposed the emission of new assignats, of which they outline the various dangers. EUR 150
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ADRESSE présentée à Messieurs les quatre-vingt-dix électeurs des Communes de Bordeaux, sur les besoins urgens du trésor royal, et le moyen le plus efficace et le moins onéreux aux peuples d'y apporter un prompt secours. (Bordeaux), 1789. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin &Walter. Inviting the public to help the State by donating their silver, jewels, and other precious objetcs. EUR 150
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APERCU des considérations politiques qui doivent faire proscrire une émission considérable d'assignats-monnoie. Paris, Desenne, 1er Septembre 1790. (2), 47 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1223; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Monglond. Strongly against the emission of 2 milliards of assignats-monnoies. 'Ne pas prévenir une horrible catastrophe, c'est la vouloir ....' EUR 150
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APPERCU et résultats de la doctrine française et de la doctrine anglaise, en finance. No place, (ab. 1800). (2), 9 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. A manuscript note of the time on the last page attributes this pamphlet to the 'cit. Mollien, l'un des administrateurs de la Caisse d'amortissements'. EUR 180
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ARISTOCRATIE, L', financière. Avec un moyen patriotique de s'en faire une ressource pour les besoins de l'Etat. (Paris), Imprimerie de Guillau, (ab. 1790-1791). 24 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1269; not in Monglond. First edition. On the fatal influence of the 'financiers' who have perverted the national economy. EUR 175
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ARREST de la Cour des Monnoyes, Qui regle les Fonctions & Salaires des Changeurs, tant titulaires que Commissionnaires, establis dans les Villes du Royaume. Du 14 Decembre 1693. (Drop-head title). No place, no date. 11, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Original edition. EUR 125
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ARREST du Conseil d'Etat du Roi (Louis XVI), concernant la caisse d'escompte. Du 27 Septembre 1783. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Lille, Imprimerie de N.J.B. Peterinck-Cramé, 1783. 3, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Disbound. Signedat end 'Amelot', probably Amelot de Caillou, A.L.A. EUR 150
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BANQUE générale de bienfaisance et de circulation commerciale, pour Paris et les départemens, établie rue de Vendôme, no 7, maison de la ci-devant Intendance. (Paris), Guiber-Pallissaux, (an VIII - 1799). 6 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Martin & Walter; notin Kress. First edition. Prospectus explaining at length the aims of this bank, how it is to be funded, inviting investors and offering a profit with calculations. EUR 125
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BILAN de la République Française, ou Tableau de ses dépenses pendant l'an 7, avec des observations très étendues sur la loi répressive du brigandage, du 24 messidor dernier. A Paris, Chez l'ex-ministre Ramel et chez tous les marchands de nouveautés, an VII (1799). 59, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. First edition. Signed at end of page 52: 'Hyacinthe M...' Could well stand for Louis-Charles Hyacinthe Marmet. Deals with the cost of government (Corps-Legislatif, Directoire-Exécutif, Ministres), analysis of the abuses and proposes remedies supported by a balance of income and expenditure of the republic. EUR 250
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COMME on voudra m'appeller. Avril 1789. No place, (1789). (2), 90 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco (slightly worn). Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 3580. Original edition. Reflexions on the state of France, its finances and on the convocation of the Etats-Généraux. Discusses the theorires of Sieyès and the Instruction of the Duc d'Orléans. EUR 125
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COMPTE RENDU par la commission intermédiaire de la ci-devant province de l'Isle-de-France, à messieurs les administrateurs des départemens, le 1er Septembre 1790. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1791. With tables. 34, (2 blank) pp. 4to. Sewn, uncut, unopened. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux. On the various funds of the province, with details on the names, receipts and disbursements over the years 1788-1790. EUR 225
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DISCOURS pour et contre la réduction de l'interest naturel de l'argent, Qui, ayant été prononcés en 1737, dans la Chambre des Communes du Parlement de la Grande Bretagne, occasionnerent, en ce pays, la réduction de 4 à 3%. Traduits de l'Anglois (par J.P. Gua de Malves), et précedés d'un Avant-Propos fort étendu de la composition du Traducteur. A Wesel, et se vend à Paris, chez Grange et Hocherau, 1757. 2 parts in 1 volume. (4), clxviii pp.; (2), 300 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands (corners slightly bumped). Kress 5609; Einaudi 1579; INED 2179; Higgs 1528; not in Goldsmiths. First French edition. The translator was Jean-Paul Gue de Malves. The first part was entirely written by him, the second part contains: Discours pour le réduction par le chevalier J. Bernard - Discours contre la réduction, & en réponse au discours précédent, par le chevalier Robert Walpoole - Troisième discours en faveur de la réduction. Ou réplique au discours précédent. Par M .....The second leaf contains an Avis au Lecteur and the Errata. The pages iii-iv (aij) and xiii-xiv (avij) are present in both cancelled and uncancelled state, but the pages v-vi and xi-xii are lacking. EUR 450
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EVALUATION ET TARIF des espèces, vaiselle & matières d'or & d'argent. Fait & arresté en la Cour des Monnoyes, le vingt-huitième jour de septembre 1699. Paris, Imprimerie de Fr. Leonard, 1699. Royal coat of arms on title. 24 pp. Small 4to. In folded leaves. Deals not only with French money, but also with foreign money (English, Venetian, Portuguese, Flemish, Italian, gold powder from Guinea, German, etc.) EUR 150
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FACTUM contenant les justes Deffenses des Rentiers de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris: Et les moyens veritables de la seureté de leurs Rentes, & de leur conservation. A Paris, Chez Edme Pepingue, 1649. 35, (1) pp. 4to. Modern half black morocco, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Moreau 1360; Kress S.955. First edition. - Four leaves with a small stain in lower outer margin, lightly affecting the text but not its legibility. A handwritten note on the title-page attributes this pamphlet to Portail. EUR 175
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LETTRE des administrations provinciales aux notables. No place, (1787). (2), 14 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Conlon 87:636; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm. First edition (?) Discusses the indispensable and unavoidable financial reforms. EUR 150
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LOI relative à la Banque de France, du Germinal an XI de la République Française. Au nom du peuple français, Bonaparte, premier consul, proclame ..... (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, Imprimerie du dépôt des lois, (1803). 11, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Disbound - With waterstain in the inner margin affecting some text but not legibility. At head of first page: 'No. 1756. Bulletin des lois, No. 271.'Exclusive right for the Banque de France to print money, with conditions mentioned in this paper, followed by: 'Exposé au Corps législatif, des motifs de la loi sur les banques' and 'Exposé des motifs de la nouvelle rédaction de la loi sur les Banques.' EUR 100
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MEMOIRE sur l'assiete, la perception et la comptabilité des sommes à lever annuellement pour le besoin de l'Etat. A Paris, Chez Gattey, (1789). (2), 38 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 191; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 9809. Pleads for another distribution of taxes to ease the burden on the poor and labourers. EUR 150
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MEMOIRE sur l'organisation de la Caisse de l'Extraordinaire. (Drop-head title). No place, (1791). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; Martin& Walter, Anonymes, 9817. - Brown spot on inner margin of first page EUR 100
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MEMOIRE sur la Répartition des Impositions ordinaires, & Confection des Rôles de 1790. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1790. 46 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 9848; Tourneux 13560; not in Monglond; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. Important document which shows how the new taxes were received and viewed which were levied by degrees issued by the Assemblée Constituante in 1789 and 1790. The pages 30-46 contain the 'pièces justificatives.' EUR 175
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MOYEN de faire reparoître le numéraire dans Paris, adressé à l'Assemblée nationale. Paris, G. de Bure l'âiné, (1790). 13, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14394; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 10378; Tourneux 12697. EUR 75
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MOYEN proposé à la France, pour rétablir l'équilibre dans ses finances; pour étendre la circulation dans tout le royaume; pour perfectionner l'agriculture; pour redoubler l'activité du commerce & de l'industrie. Composé en 1786. A Philadelphie, 1787. (4), 82, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1290; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Musset-Pathay; not in Stourm. First edition. Many improvements are suggested, among which a sort of variable salary scale: 'la chose variant de prix, il faut que le prix du salaire suive la même variation ..... - Title and first page guarded and a bit spotted. EUR 250
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MOYEN à prendre pour prévenir la contrefaçon des assignats. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Du Pont de Nemours, 1791. (2), 14 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress;not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 10368. First edition, printed on the press of Dupont de Nemours and proposes measures to combat the circulation of counterfeited "assignats." EUR 125
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OBSERVATIONS sommaires pour les intéressés à la caisse d'escompte. (Drop-head title). (Paris), (At end:) De l'Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille, (1789). 7, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Disbound. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Black; not in Masui. - Lower outer corner slightly damp stained. The discussions in which also Lavoisier was deeply involved. EUR 100
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OPINION et moyens en matière de finance. (Opinion de M. T***, représentant de la Commune de Paris, sur la question relative à la Caisse d'escompte et à la circulation de ses billets. Présentée à l'Assemblée générale des représentans de la Commune. Le 17 février 1790). Paris, Ve Delaguette, 1790. (2), 50 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux; not in Stourm. - Contemporary name (Monsieur Créniere) on title. EUR 225
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OPINION sur les assignats, et proposition d'un autre mode de libération, prononcée à la Société de 1789, par un de ses membres. (Paris), Impr. L. Potier de Lille, 1790. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14406; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 11522; Tourneux 9995. EUR 125
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PETITION des commerçans en détail, de Paris, et pièces subséquentes. Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1790. 20 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1963; Goldsmiths 14421; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 13759. Mainly dealing with financial questions, especially with the Caisse d'escompte. EUR 175
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PLAN, (A) d'établissement public, qui maintiendra toujours le prix du bled dans la balance de 20 à 26 liv. le setier, c'est-à-dire, le pain à 8, 9 et 10 sols au plus les 4 liv. dans toute la République, sans mettre aucune imposition ni sols additionnels. Présenté par deux Citoyens de Paris, Section de la Réunion. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie de Roblot, 1793. Title partly printed in red, with a charming head-piece. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 14001. - Tiny hole in lower blank margin, not affecting text. Suggests among others the establishment of a National Bank. The 'A' in the title after the word plan refers to the note on the bottom of the page where one can read: Ce Plan étant du plus grand intérêt, on a cru devoir mettre la tête en rouge, pour qu'il ne soit pas confondu dans la foule. EUR 150
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RAPPORT du Comité des finances, sur le compte de la Caisse d'Escompte avec le trésor public. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14294; Martin & Walter 1925. Séance du 16 Septembre 1790, dealing with the accounts and followed by a "Projet de décret." EUR 175
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RAPPORT fait à l'Assemblée nationale, par son Comité des finances sur les dépenses actuelles du département de la guerre. (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1789. With 9 folding financial tables and 42 pp. of text. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1913. EUR 100
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RAPPORT général sur les contributions de 1793 et projets de décrets qui doivent en précéder la fixation, présenté au nom du Comité des finances, section des contributions directes et indirectes. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1793. - (Bound with:) SUPPLEMENT au Rapport général du Comité des finances, section des contributions publiques, relatif à l'impôt sur les chemins, proposé par le ministre de l'intérieur. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale , (1793). 2 works bound in 1 volume. (2), 50 pp.; 7 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.2513 (without the supplement); not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 4620 & 4637. EUR 250
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REFLEXIONS sur la partie du projet d'organisation du trésor public, de M. Beaumez, Relative au paiement des intérêts de la dette constituée. (Drop-head title). (Paris), (At end:) Chez Lejay, (ab. 1793). 12 pp. 4to. Disbound. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 15419. EUR 150
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REFLEXIONS sur le projet du plan de finances présenté par les Comités de Salut Public, de législation et des finances réunis, et sur les bases d'un plan à adopter. Par R....suppléant à la Convention. (Drop-head title). Paris, J.J. Smits et Cie, (ab. 1794). 15 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 15459. EUR 175
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REGLEMENT fait par le Roi, pour la formation de son Conseil royal des finances & du commerce. Paris, Imp. Royale, 1787. - (Followed by:) REGLEMENT fait par le Roi, pour l'administration de ses finances & du commerce. Paris, Imp. Royale, 1787. 2 pieces in 1 volume. 6 pp; 6, (2, blank) pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Catalogue des Actes Royaux, vi, 41850, 41852. Very rare original edition of the two primordial texts without which the financial and economic administration of France at the eve of the Revolution is difficult to understand. EUR 600
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SECRET des sang-sues dévoilé, où l'on prouve que la noblesse et les princes n'ont aucun intérêt à se séparer du peuple; qu'ils ont tout à gagner en se réunissant à lui, contre les sang-sues de l'Etat. No place, février 1789. (4), 80 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1718; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 16488. Very vehement pamphlet against taxes which ruin the people and hence the State. EUR 175
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SENTIMENT d'un actionnaire de la caisse d'escompte, sur l'arrêt du 29 décembre 1788, qui proroge au 30 juin 1789 les dispositions de celui du 18 août 1788. No place, 1789. 15 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. First (only) edition ? In praise of the policy persued by Necker. EUR 175
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SUR L'INTERET des assignats-monnoie. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille, 1790. 7 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not inGoldsmith; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 17339; Tourneux III, 12936. First edition. Arguing that the interest should be kept very low to make sure that the assignats will circulate. EUR 100
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SUR LES FINANCES. Ouvrage posthume de Pierre André******, fils d'un bon laboureur, mis au jour par Mr *, Curé D *. A Londres, 1775. With 1 folding map and 4 folding tables. viii, 293, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco label with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillets on sides, red edges. Kress 7170; Goldsmiths 11330; Einaudi 5517; INED 4798; Higgs 6403; Peignot, Livres Condamnés, i, p. 141. First edition. Severely prosecuted attack on the Fermiers-Généraux, forbidden already in 1776. 'Diatribe sanglante contre les fermiers généraux et les abus scandaleux de leurs agents. L'auteur met en scene un malheureux dont les 'suppôts de la ferme' ont ruiné la famille et fait périr le père de chagrin' (INED). According to a manuscript note in the Kress copy: '..... l'on croit que cette sanglante diatribe des fermiers généraux a été composée, imprimée et répandue sous les auspices du ministère actuel (celui de Turgot & Malesherbes).' EUR 900
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TABLEAU de la situation présente des affaires publiques & de la finance du Royaume, indiqués par apperçu. (Drop-head title). No place, (1789). 36 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 17411. Includes an exposé of the financial situation of France, with references to Loménie de Brienne, Necker, Lamoignon, etc. EUR 175
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VUES sur la liquidation de la dette publique, sans aucune charge pour la nation. (Drop-head title). No place, (1789). 11 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 13961; not in Kress; Martin & Walter,Anonymes, 18150. EUR 150
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AMENDEMENT proposé sur la motion de M. le Comte de Mirabeau, concernant la Caisse d'Escompte. No place, 1789. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Martin & Walter. First edition. Defense of the 'Actionnaires' who were accused of being the principal cause of the troubles of the Caisse d'Escompte in a motion presented earlier by Mirabeau. EUR 225
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BANQUE vraiement nationale. (Drop-head title). No place, 1789. 8 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Tourneux III, 12682 (describing the copy of the Archives nationales); not in Kress; Goldsmiths 13883; not in Martin & Walter. Signed at end: 'Del....e'. The aim of this bank should be to help those proprietors who are ruined by the taxes, rather than to stimulate the wealth of a few. EUR 125
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ESSAI sur l'administration des finances de la France, et la libération des dettes de l'État. Au Roi et aux représentans de la nation. No place, 1789. 408 pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label withgilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. Not in Martin & Walter; Kress B.1591; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Mattioli. First edition. The 'avertissement' states that the work was composed 'sous le ministère de M. l'archevêque de Sens' (Loménie de Brienne).The work deals principally with the reform of the taxes and the stabilization of the State's finances: 'Soulager le peuple des sommes immenses ..... amortir les dettes ..... choisir parmi les impôts les moins onéreux et anéantir tous les autres.' The author opposes 'le despotisme ministériel' and favours ministerial responsibility before representative assemblies. EUR 450
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ESSAI sur l'administration des finances de la France, et la libération des dettes de l'État. Au Roi et aux représentans de la nation. No place, 1789. 408 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with gilt lettering, gilt double-line fillet on sides, very lightly rubbed, small spot on upper cover, with unidentified gilt stamped coat-of-arms in the center of upper cover Not in Martin & Walter; Kress B.1591; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. The 'avertissement' states that the work was composed 'sous le ministère de M. l'archevêque de Sens', Loménie de Brienne. EUR 450
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ETAT OU TARIF de la difference des prix auxquels l'eau-de-vie a été vendue au lot ou pot dans les Cantines de la Flandre maritime, & principalement dans la dépendance de Bergues, par les fermiers des droits des quatre membres de Flandres, réunis à la province par arrêt du Conseil du 13 novembre 1759; & des prix auxquels elle devoit seulement être vendue, eu égard tant au prix marchand, qu'auxdits droits des quatre-membres & aux droits d'entrée dans la province; avec le calcul à chaque mois de ce qu'elle a étévendue au pot au-delà du prix qu'elle devoit l'être, depuis & compris le premier janvier 1760, jour que ladite réunion a eu son exécution, jusques & compris le dernier décembre 1765; premièrement en florins, patars, deniers, argent de Lille, sans fort denier, & ensuite en florins, patars, liards, pareil argent, avec le fort denier, tel qu'il paroìt pouvoir être perçu. (Drop-head title.) No place, (at end:) Imprimerie de Michel Lambert, 1766. 8 (unnumbered) pp. 4to. Disbound. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Higgs. EUR 125
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JETONS, LES, de l'Echevinage parisien. Documents pour servir à une histoire métallique du bureau de la ville et de diverses institutions parisiennes. Recueillis par A. d'Affry de la Monnoye. Avec une table analytique et deux séries de pièces justificatives. Paris, 1878. With illustrations. 28, 416, (1) pp. 4to. Original green boards (Histoire générale de Paris. Collection de documents). The pièces justificatives include a.o. 'Extraits des comptes et ordinaires, 1440-1723.' EUR 175
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MEMOIRE et observations sur quelques impôts indirects. At end: Paris, Imprimerie de Prault 1789. With two folding tables. 4, 35, 11, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 9670; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Tables deal with: 'Subvantion nationale sur les vins et boissons de toute espèce' and a 'Tableau comparatif de la perception des droits de courtiers-jageurs, inspecteurs aux boissons et inspecteurs aux boucheries'. The last 11 pp. contain 'Observations additionelles'. In the preface that anonymous author states that the work was written on request of 'un ministre de finances' and that the silence which followed the submission of his work is a proof of prejudice: he therefore decided to publish the manuscript. EUR 300
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MEMOIRE pour les actionnaires de la Compagnie des Indes. A Paris, Chez J.R. Lottin, 1790. 29 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1815; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 9735. Defends the exclusive rights of the Compagnie des Indes against the arguments of those pleading for free trade.The Compagnie des Indes was the most important trading organization of eighteenth-century France. Its policies and activities were intertwined with royal finances and colonial ambitions. As a target of free trade advocates, the company was a source of frustation to provincial merchants and served to weaken loyalty to the absolute monarchy. At the outbreak of the French revolution, the advocates of free trade were once again in control (after a period of free trade in the 1770's, which was not very succesful and which led to the re-establishment of the company as monopolist) and the Constituent Assembly opened commerce to all in the spring of 1790, but did not liquidate the company. EUR 200
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REFLEXIONS sur le projet de rendre le métal de cloches malléable, et d'en fabriquer de la monnoie pour servir à l'échange des petits assignats. (Drop-head title). Paris, P.Fr. Didot le jeune, 1791. 22, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern vellum. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14889 (without the last leaf); Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 15456. At end: 'Le 14 mai 1791' and signed: L.C. de L. which could stand for Comte de Lauraguais. EUR 175
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REGLEMENS de la place des changes de la ville de Lyon, proposez par les principaux négocians de ladite ville, et consentis par Messieurs les Prévost des Marchands et Eschevins, Juges, Gardiens, Conservateurs des privilèges royaux de ses foires: Omologuez par sa Majesté en son Conseil de Commerce ..... Lyon, A. Laurens, 1727. 26 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf (corners have suffered a little). Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. - Lower part of first few leaves waterstained. Bound in at end: DE PAR LE ROI, et Messieurs les prévôt des marchands et echevins de la ville de Lyon, présidents, juges-gardiens, conservateurs des privilèges royaux des foires de la même ville. (Drop-head title). Lyon, A. Delaroche, 1755. 13 pp. EUR 125
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REMERCIEMANT et supplique du peuple au Roi, à l'occasion de l'Assemblée des Notables. Bruxelles, 1787. 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. 'Toutes les réformes ..... partiront d'un seul moyen', which is: paying the debts of the State. - The name 'Bruxelles' has been crossed out in a contemporary hand, and has been replaced by: 'au Baron d'Espagnac'. EUR 125
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SAGE CITOYEN, Le, conciliateur et ami de la patrie, qui offre au gouvernement le moyen le plus simple et le plus facile pour remplir, en peu de temps, le déficit des finances, et assurer le prompt payement des dettes de l'Etat, sans qu'il soit besoin de recourir à de nouveaux emprunts ou à de nouveaux impôts. En France, Imprimerie de la Vérité, 1788. 33 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm. First edition. EUR 200
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TABLE de réduction des anciennes monnoies en France, d'après le décret impérial du 12 septembre 1810. Autun, Impr. de Dejussieu, (1810). 1 large folded leaf. 8vo. Modern boards, leather label with giltlettering. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Printed recto and verso and giving the various exchange rates. EUR 150
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(ALEXANDER I OF RUSSIA.) Manifeste sur le systême monétaire. (Drop-head title) No place, (1810). (4) pp. 4to. Disbound. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Re-organizing the monetary sytem in Russia by establishing the value of the 'rouble d'argent' at 5 livres et 6 zolotniks per 100 roubles, ordering that all other currencies may freely circulate. After 7 articles of a general nature, more specific articles deal with the 'Monnoie d'argent', the 'monnoie de cuivre' and finally with the uniformity of the monetary system in Russia. Signed by hand in top margin Mons. A..Lib. de la Cour. EUR 150
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(ANGOT-DESROTOURS, N.F.M.) Observations sur la déclaration du 30 Octobre 1785, et l'augmentation progressive du prix des matières d'or & d'argent, depuis le premier janvier 1726. Par D.P.C.D.M. (Desrotours Premier Comis des Monnaies). No place, 1787. (2), 81, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1152; Goldsmiths 12464 (anonymous citation); Stourm, p. 43; INED 58; Einaudi 126. First edition. - Name stamp on title. Discusses the reasons and arguments of the decision to recast the species. EUR 175
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(ANGOT-DESROTOURS, N.F.M.) Analyse de l'ouvrage de Mirabeau, sur la constitution monétaire. Présentée à l'Assemblée Nationale par son Comité des Monnaies. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. (2), 41, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Kress B.2015; Goldsmiths 14801 (anonymous entry); INED 54; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition. Noel-François-Mathieu Angot Desrotours (or des Rotours), born in Falaise (1739), died in Rotours in 1821. In the Almanach Royaux of 1782-1791 he figures as 'Premier commis des monnaies'.'Doctrine monétaire de Mirabeau: maintenir l'or et l'argent au plus bas prix possible. Ebauche d'un nouveau systême monetaire' (INED). EUR 175
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(AUBUSSON, P.A.D'.) Profession de foi politique d'un bon François. A Paris, Chez Laurens jun. & Cressonnier, 1789. - (Followed by:) (AUBUSSON, P.A. D'.) Modèle d'un nouveau ressort d'économie politique, ou Projet d'une nouvelle espèce de banque, qu'on pourra nommer Banque Rurale, offerte aux observations du public. A Paris, Chez Laurens jun. & Cressonnier, 1789. - (Followed by:) (AUBUSSON, P.A. D'.) Adresse à Messieurs de l'ordre de la noblesse. (Paris, Cressonnier, 1789.) - (Followed by:) (AUBUSSON, P.A. D'.) Considérations sur la dette du gouvernement et sur les moyens de la payer. (Drop-head title). Paris, Laurens jun. & Cressonnier, (1789). Together 4 pieces bound in 1 volume. 87 pp.; (4), 99 pp.; 12, (2) pp.; 12, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, somewhat worn, corners bumped. Kress S.5207-10; Goldsmiths 13757, 13852, 13854, 14025; INED 124-125 (first and second text); Martin & Walter 731-33 & 739. Original editions. First work: 'L'agriculture, richesse primordiale, doit à elle seule déterminer la législation et la politique du royaume' (INED).Second work: 'Exposé concret du système proposé, pour la meilleure compréhension du lecteur' (INED). In the third work the author questions the nobility and its position and prerogatives: mentioning Sieyes "Qu'est ce que le Tiers ?" he adds he wished that Sieyes had also written a second volume entitled "Qu'est ce que la Noblesse ?" The last work is a proposal to found a "Caisse Rurale" and contains an elaborate explication of how this was supposed to work and would ease the financial troubles of a nation in revolution.The author was member of the Société royale d'agriculture de la Généralité de Limoges. EUR 400
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(AUGEARD, J.M.) Lettre d'un ami à M. Necker. (Drop-head title). No place, no date (1781). 23, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary plain wrappers, uncut. Conlon 81:714 (listing an issue of 16 pages only); not in INED; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Einaudi 1178 (as part of a collection of writings "pour & contre M. Necker"); Mattioli 728 & 729, also as part of the same collection. First edition ? Apparently a scarce critical review of Necker's policy and especially his Compte-rendu au Roi. Augeard was himself a "Fermier général" and later secretary to the queen: his memoirs (published in the second half of the nineteenth century) show he severly disliked Necker and Calonne. He is described as competent in finances and sufficiently well placed in high circles to observe both people and events.- Small stamp in blank margin of the first page, somewhat browned, heavier on pages 4-8. An uncut copy, margins a bit frayed. EUR 300
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(BETTE D'ETIENVILLE, J.C.V. DE.) Projet d'établissement d'une banque nationale pour servir à l'extinction des assignats. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, Floréal an 3 (1795). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 231; Martin & Walter 3133; not in Monglond. First edition. Although written by an outsider, not a member of the Convention, the latter ordered its appearance in print. EUR 150
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(BOSQUILLON, C.P.) Code national, dédié aux Etats-Généraux. Genève 1788. - (Followed by:) (CHAUVEAU-LAGARDE, C.F.) Théorie des Etats-Généraux, ou La France régénérée. Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, (1788). 2 works bound in 1 volume. vi, 233 pp.; 123 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, gilt back (sides a little rubbed). First work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli; Martin & Walter 4342; INED 664.First edition. Deals with political and financial subjects. 'Bosquillon revendique le droit pour les Français d'être consultés sur les affaires intéressantes.' (INED). Second work: Not in Martin & Walter.First edition. 'Brochure tellement rare que l'auteur dans ses derniers années nous exprima plusieurs fois le regret de n'en avoir pas conservé un exemplaire' (Michaud). EUR 750
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(BOURDON DES PLANCES, L.J.) Au Roi. Lettre présentée à Sa Majesté le 9 Décembre 1788. Paris, Prault, 1789. (2), 115 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not inStourm; INED 731; Martin & Walter 4731. The caption title on the first page reads: Au Roi, sur les causes du déficit, sur la subsistance, & sur les impositions. Suggests a.o. to lower the prices for bread. EUR 225
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(BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, J.P.) Point de banqueroute, ou Lettres à un créancier de l'Etat, sur l'impossibilité de la banqueroute nationale, et sur les moyens de ramener le crédit et la paix. Londres, 1787. - (Followed by:) (BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, J.P.) Point de banqueroute, ou Lettre à un créancier de l'Etat, sur les conséquences de la révocation des deux impôts, relativement à la dette nationale. Seconde partie. Paris, Rue du Bacq, à côté de la Grille des Jacobins, 1787. 2 works in 1 volume. (2), 58 pp.; 111 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering, gilt stamped liberty cap on back. Kress B.1170; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 821; Martin & Walter 5205 (refers to three different edition without giving details.) First edition. Later in the year these letters were published with the addition of two more letters, while earlier in the same year the first letter had been published separately. 'Eloquente condamnation de la banqueroute. Nécessité de réunir les Etats généraux. Point de banqueroute, pas d'impôts et la France est sauvée. Examen du mémoire de Calonne' (Stourm). Includes references to America. In 1787 three different editions were published: the first letter only; all 4 letters; and the present work, containing the first two letters.Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville was an aspiring philosophe before the revolution who had published several books advocating various political and humanitarian reforms. During the revolution he rose to fame and influence. His rise from an impoverished and little-known writer to one of the most important politicians in Revolutionary France is remarkable. He deserves praise for his commitment to liberty and political equality, for his abolitionist and humanitarian causes, and for his political talents in leading the Girondins. EUR 600
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(CAMBON, J. & D.V. RAMEL DE NOGARET.) Rapports de la Commission des finances, et lois sur la dette publique, sur sa consolidation, sur l'imprunt volontaire et sur l'emprunt forcé, suivie de l'instruction sur l'emploi forcé. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1793. With folding tables. (2), 2-130, (8), (139)-189, (190-192), 193-230 (last misnumbered 130) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.2517; Goldsmiths 15699 (4to edition); Stourm 222. First edition. Official publication including Cambon's report and the law of 24 August, as well as Nogaret's report. 'Célèbre rapport sur le grand Livre de la dette publique. Le Grand Livre de la dette publique sera le titre unique et fondamental de tous les créanciers de l'état.' (Stourm). The whole idea behind the 'Grand Livre' was to do something about the two main causes of the confusion which prevailed concerning the finances of the state. These two causes were: the excessive amount of assignats in circulation and their consequent depreciation, and the ignorance prevailing as to the actual debt of the country. Cambon proposed to draw up the 'Grand Livre' of the national debt. It was this great measure upon which his fame as financier rests. (See: Palgrave 206-7; see also at length: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution).Dominique-Vincent Ramel de Nogaret, representative of the Third Estate, was mainly interested in financial questions, voted in favor of the assignats. 'Mais le nom de Ramel-Nogaret demeure surtout attaché au ministère des Finances du Directoire qu'il exerça de janvier 1796 à juillet 1799. C'était une tâche difficile, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire. L'opinion rentière lui reprocha la débâcle des assignats et la banqueroute des 2/3, alors qu'il fut un excellent ministre: allègement de la dette, refus des expédients, refonte du système fiscal (après lui il demeura en l'état pendant tout le XIXe siècle), début de la construction de l'administration des Finances qu'achèvera Gaudin' (Soboul, A. Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française, p. 882).Cambon, once occupied with the finances of France, wrote three important reports which are all necessary reading for anyone who wants to appreciate the financial condition of France when foreign war added to the complications of the revolution. His work was of high quality and great importance. 'Cambon was without doubt the greatest financier of the French revolution; he shared Mirabeau's abhorrence of national bankruptcy; he strove to draw his country from the financial embarrasment caused by the depreciation of the assignats; he managed the treasury skilfully and with absolute honesty, and he possessed Montesquieu's power of making financial statements lucid and even interesting' (Palgrave, pp. 206-207; see also: Stourm, Les finances de l'Ancien Régime et de la Révolution, and Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799). EUR 750
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(CAMBON, J. & D.V. RAMEL DE NOGARET.) Rapports de la Commission des finances, et lois sur la dette publique, sur sa consolidation, sur l'imprunt volontaire et sur l'emprunt forcé, suivie de l'instruction sur l'emploi forcé. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1793. With folding tables. (2), 2-130, (8), (139)-189, (190-192), 193-230 (last misnumbered 130) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf (a bit worn). Kress B.2517; Goldsmiths 15699 (4to edition); Stourm 222. First edition. Official publication including Cambon's report and the law of 24 August, as well as Nogaret's report. 'Célèbre rapport sur le grand Livre de la dette publique. Le Grand Livre de la dette publique sera le titre unique et fondamental de tous les créanciers de l'état.' (Stourm). The whole idea behind the 'Grand Livre' was to do something about the two main causes of the confusion which prevailed concerning the finances of the state. These two causes were: the excessive amount of assignats in circulation and their consequent depreciation, and the ignorance prevailing as to the actual debt of the country. Cambon proposed to draw up the 'Grand Livre' of the national debt. It was this great measure upon which his fame as financier rests. (See: Palgrave 206-7; see also at length: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution).Dominique-Vincent Ramel de Nogaret, representative of the Third Estate, was mainly interested in financial questions, voted in favor of the assignats. 'Mais le nom de Ramel-Nogaret demeure surtout attaché au ministère des Finances du Directoire qu'il exerça de janvier 1796 à juillet 1799. C'était une tâche difficile, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire. L'opinion rentière lui reprocha la débâcle des assignats et la banqueroute des 2/3, alors qu'il fut un excellent ministre: allègement de la dette, refus des expédients, refonte du système fiscal (après lui il demeura en l'état pendant tout le XIXe siècle), début de la construction de l'administration des Finances qu'achèvera Gaudin.' (Soboul, A. Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française, p. 882).Cambon, once occupied with the finances of France, wrote three important reports which are all necessary reading for anyone who wants to appreciate the financial condition of France when foreign war added to the complications of the revolution. His work was of high quality and great importance. 'Cambon was without doubt the greatest financier of the French revolution; he shared Mirabeau's abhorrence of national bankruptcy; he strove to draw his country from the financial embarrasment caused by the depreciation of the assignats; he managed the treasury skilfully and with absolute honesty, and he possessed Montesquieu's power of making financial statements lucid and even interesting.' (Palgrave, pp. 206-207; see also: Stourm, Les finances de l'Ancien Régime et de la Révolution, and Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799). EUR 750
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(CAMBON, P.J. & D.V. RAMEL DE NOGARET.) Rapports de la Commission des finances, et lois sur la dette publique, sur la consolidation, sur l'emprunt volontaire et sur l'emprunt forcé; suivis de l'instruction sur l'imprunt forcé. Imprimé par ordre de la Convention Nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1793. (2), 49 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Kress B.2519; Goldsmiths 15699; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 222; not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. First edition. First part written by Cambon, with the caption title: "Rapport sur la dette publique, sur les moyens à employer pour l'enregistrer sur un grand Livre, & à consolider, pour admettre la dette consolidé en paiement des domaines nationaux qui sont en vente, pour retirer & annuler les anciens titres de créance; pour accélérer la liquidation; pour régler le mode annuel de paiement de la dette consolidé dans les chefs-lieux de district, & pour retirer des assignats de la circulation" (pages 1-29). The second part was by Ramel de Nogaret and had the caption title: "Rapport de la Commission des finances, sur l'emprunt forcé d'un milliard, par le citoyen Ramel ...." and is followed by the law on the 'emprunt forcé', the instruction on collecting, how it has to be paid, etc., etc. 'Célèbre rapport sur le grand Livre de la dette publique. Le Grand Livre de la dette publique sera le titre unique et fondamental de tous les créanciers de l'état.' (Stourm). The whole idea behind the 'Grand Livre' was to do something about the two main causes of the confusion which prevailed concerning the finances of the state. These two causes were: the excessive amount of assignats in circulation and their consequent depreciation, and the ignorance prevailing as to the actual debt of the country. Cambon proposed to draw up the 'Grand Livre' of the national debt. It was this great measure upon which his fame as financier rests. (See: Palgrave 206-7; see also at length: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution).Dominique-Vincent Ramel de Nogaret, representative of the Third Estate, was mainly interested in financial questions, voted in favor of the assignats. 'Mais le nom de Ramel-Nogaret demeure surtout attaché au ministère des Finances du Directoire qu'il exerça de janvier 1796 à juillet 1799. C'était une tâche difficile, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire. L'opinion rentière lui reprocha la débâcle des assignats et la banqueroute des 2/3, alors qu'il fut un excellent ministre: allègement de la dette, refus des expédients, refonte du système fiscal (après lui il demeura en l'état pendant tout le XIXe siècle), début de la construction de l'administration des Finances qu'achèvera Gaudin.' (Soboul, A. Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française, p. 882).Cambon, once occupied with the finances of France, wrote three important reports which are all necessary reading for anyone who wants to appreciate the financial condition of France when foreign war added to the complications of the revolution. His work was of high quality and great importance. 'Cambon was without doubt the greatest financier of the French revolution; he shared Mirabeau's abhorrence of national bankruptcy; he strove to draw his country from the financial embarrasment caused by the depreciation of the assignats; he managed the treasury skilfully and with absolute honesty, and he possessed Montesquieu's power of making financial statements lucid and even interesting.' (Palgrave, pp. 206-207; see also: Stourm, Les finances de l'Ancien Régime et de la Révolution, and Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799). EUR 800
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(CHASSEPOL, F. DE.) Traité des finances et de la fausse monnoie des Romains, auquel on a joint une Dissertation sur la Manière de discerner les Médailles Antiques d'avec les contrefaites. A 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. 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. EUR 350
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(CLAVIERE, E.) Département des contributions publiques. Compte rendu par le ministre au premier février 1793. Paris, Imprimerie nationale exécutive du Louvre, 1793. (2), 82 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Stourm, p. 220; Martin & Walter 7637; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; Goldsmiths 15700. First edition. Contains: Compte rendu de l'état de ce département, par le ministre Clavière, à la Convention nationale, en vertu des décrets des 25 Septembre 1792, 6 & 9 janvier 1793, l'an deuxième de la République. 'Dans ce travail important, le ministre passe en revue les diverses parties de son administration et déclare que le pouvoir exécutif a épuisé tous les moyens .....' (Stourm). EUR 300
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(COPPONS, DE.) Critique de la théorie et pratique de M. Necker, dans l'Administration des finances de la France. No place, 1785. With folding table. 2 volumes in 1. 240 pp; 295 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, somewhat worn and rubbed. Kress B.841; INED 4582; Stourm, p. 168; cf.: Goldsmiths 12982; not in Einaudi. First edition. Extensive refutation of Necker's ideas. Also published as: Examen de la théorie et pratique de M. Necker. EUR 450
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(COQUEREAU, J.B.L.) Mémoires de l'abbé Terrai, contrôleur général des finances; Avec une relation de l'émeute arrivée à Paris en 1775, & suivis de quatorze lettres d'un actionnaire de la Compagnie des Indes. A Londres, 1776. (8), 398 pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards, red label with gilt lettering. Kress 7204; Einaudi 1290; INED 1195; Stourm, p. 85; not in Goldsmiths. One of three editions published in the same year: there is copy published 'A la Chancellerie' (Goldsmiths 11453) and the copy listed under Goldsmiths 11455 and Kress 7202 and which was published by John Adamson. Apocryph memoirs, aiming to demonstrate the bad management of Terrai. The Lettres d'un Actionnaire recount what has happened during the last assemblies of the Company. The 'Lettres d'un actionnaire' (pp. 273-398) have been bound before the 'Mémoires'. In the main work the preliminaires have been bound between the half-title and title. EUR 450
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(DARIGRAND, E.F.) L'anti-financier, ou relevé de quelques-unes des malversations dont se rendent journellement coupables les Fermiers-Généraux, & des vexations qu'ils commettent dans les Provinces: servant de réfutation d'un écrit intitulé: Lettre servant de Réponse aux remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeaux. Précédée d'une épitre au Parlement de France, accompagnée de notes historiques. A Amsterdam, (Paris, Lambert), 1763. With frontispiece. - (Bound with:) SUPPLEMENT à l'anti-financier ou exposé de quelques nouveaux abus commis par les employés dans la partie des domaines & contrôles. No Place, (1763?). - (Bound with:) REPONSE à l'auteur de l'antifinancier. A La Haye, 1764. Together 3 volumes in 1. (4), 60, 107, (1) pp.; (2), 26 pp.; 24 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, red edges, lightly worn, some spots. First work: Kress 6086; Goldsmiths 9873; INED 1276; Higgs 3017; Conlon 63:751. First issue of the first edition. In this vehemently written work, the fermiers-généraux were accused of corruption. It caused the author's imprisonment in the Bastille. The volume was printed by Lambert and distributed by Ormancy, who also were arrested. Four years after its publication the book was still sold secretly at high prices. Second work: Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 10025; Higgs 3018; INED 4797; Conlon 63:752.First edition.According to Goldsmiths this is not by Darigrand, but a reply to Darigrand's work, INED also believes this work to be written by another, anonymous, author, Conlon lists it under Darigrand.Third work: Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 10020; Higgs 3268; INED 4778; Conlon 64:441.First edition.Loosely inserted: ARRET de la cour du parlement de Rouen, qui ordonne que la brochure intitulée: Réponse à l'auteur de l'anti-financier, fera lacerée & brulé par l'exécuteur de la Haute-Justice, au pied du grand escalier de palais; enjoint à ceux qui en auroient des exemplaires, de les apporter au Greffe de la Cour, pour y être pareillement lacérés & brulés, &c. Du 9 Avril 1764. (Drop-head title). A Rouen, Chez J.J. le Boullenger, (1764).Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 10017; Higgs 3252. EUR 750
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(DARIGRAND, E.F.) L'anti-financier, ou relevé de quelques-unes des malversations dont se rendent journellement coupables les Fermiers-Généraux, & des vexations qu'ils commettent dans les Provinces: servant de réfutation d'un écrit intitulé: Lettre servant de Réponse aux remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeaux. Précédée d'une épitre au Parlement de France, accompagnée de notes historiques. A Amsterdam, (Paris, Lambert), 1763. With frontispiece. - (Followed by:) AIGUILLON, A.E. DE VIGNEROT-DUPLESSIS-RICHELIEU, DUC D'. Correspondance de Monsieur le Duc d'Aiguillon, au sujet de l'Affaire de M. le Comte de Guines & du Sieur Tort, & autres intéressés. Pendant les années 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774 & 1775. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Quillau, 1775. - (Followed by:) LETTRES à M. l'abbé Raynal sur l'Histoire de la Révocation de l'Edit de Nantes, qu'il se propose de publier. No place, 1782. - (Followed by:) (BONNER DE VALGUIER & MAISONVAL). Etat abrégé des loix, revenues, usages et productions de Grande-Bretagne. A Londres et se vend à Paris, Chez la veuve Delormel & Fils, 1757. Together 4 works bound in 1 volume. (4), 60, 107, (1) pp.; xxiv, 224 pp.; 109, (1) pp.; 57, (1) pp. and 1 table. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, gilt triple fillets on sides, red label with gilt lettering (very slightly worn). First work: Kress 6086-7; Goldsmiths 9873; INED 1276; Higgs 3017. First issue of the first edition. In this vehemently written work, the fermiers-généraux were accused of corruption. It caused the author's imprisonment in the Bastille. The volume was printed by Lambert and distributed by Ormancy, who also were arrested. Four years after its publication the book was still sold secretly at high prices.Second work: Not in Kress; Conlon 75:640 (claiming two volumes).First edition.Of importance for the history of the years preceding the Revolution.Third work: Conlon 82:401.First edition.Fourth work: INED 620; Conlon 57:547.First edition. EUR 750
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(DE FORGES, COMTE.) Des véritables intérêts de la patrie. A Paris, Chez les Libraires Associés, 1764. vi, (2), 194 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spinegilt in compartments, gilt lettering, joint starting to split at foot. Kress 6183 (edition published in Rotterdam of 204 pp.); INED 1869 (edition published in Rotterdam of 204 pp.); Goldsmiths 9943; Einaudi 1929; Higgs 3343; Leblanc 244 (edition published in Rotterdam of 127 pages only); Conlon 64:787 (edition published in Rotterdam of 204 pp). First edition. Apparently there are at least three editions published in the same year, no priority established. Observations concerning economics, finances, justice, the army, education and population (the christian morals are favorable to population whereas luxury is not): deals furthermore with 'L'Argent', 'Du Luxe', 'Des Subsides', 'Des Obligations de la Patrie envers les Citoyens', 'De L'Administration des Finances', 'Des Impôts', 'Des Rentes', 'Des Pensions', 'Des Charges', 'Des Ambassades', 'Des Guerres', 'De la Discipline Militaire', 'Des Réformes', 'Des Désertions', 'Des Grades Militaires', 'Des Fondations', 'De L'Usure', 'Des Loteries', 'Des Monnoyes', 'Des Marchandises', 'Des Voitures & des Postes', 'Des Chemins', 'Des Mines d'Or & d'Argent', 'De l'Agriculture', 'De la Population', 'Du Commerce', 'De l'economie particuliere', etc. EUR 400
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(DUPRE DE SAINT-MAUR, N.F.) Recherches sur la valeur des monnoies, et sur le prix des grains, avant et après le Concile de Francfort. A Paris, Chez Nyon, Didot le jeune & Saugrain le jeune, 1762. xxxvii (misnumbered xxxvi), (3), 389,(3) pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands. Kress 6015; Goldsmiths 9786; Einaudi 1688; INED 1644; Higgs 2771. First edition of a study on the relationship between the value of coinage, citing numerous sources, grain prices and other vital commodities. The avertissement compares various European currencies and attempts to establish their real value by referring to workers' and soldiers' wages and assessing their purchase powers, while the introduction proposes a way of determining a fair price for wheat. The author's approach is predominantly historical (the title refers to a 794 edict which fixed the price of grain), providing a wide variety of statistical information. EUR 900
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(DUPRE DE SAINT-MAUR, N.F.) Essai sur les monnoies, ou Réflexions sur le rapport entre l'argent et les denrées. A Paris, Chez J.B. Coignard & De Bure, 1746. With numerous tables in the text, and 1 folding table.2 parts in 1 volume. xxi, (3, approbation, privilège du Roi, Fautes à corriger dans la première partie; Fautes à corriger dans les Variations des Prix), 220 pp.; 188 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering (somewhat rubbed and worn). Kress 4804; Goldsmiths 8235; Einaudi 1687; INED 1643; Stourm 42. First edition. Very interesting for the medieval history, giving details on money and extensive information on prices for various commodities, including cornprices, for the period 1202-1746. The Physiocrats used his work often and abundently for statistical details: 'Dupré de Saint Maur, leur guide habituel en matière de statistique .....' (Weulersse, ii, p. 622.)'This work would, perhaps, have been more properly placed along with works on prices. It is full of elaborate researches with respect to the value of money at different periods; and contains tables exhibiting the successive variations in the quantity of silver in the coins, and the prices of a great variety of commodities from the early part of the 13th down to near the middle of the 18th century. Dr. Smith has borne testimony to "the diligence and fidelity" with which M. de Saint Maur has formed his table of prices' (McCulloch, p. 188). EUR 900
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(DUPRE DE SAINT-MAUR, N.F.) Recherches sur la valeur des monnoies, et sur le prix des grains, avant et après le Concile de Francfort. A Paris, Chez Nyon, Didot le jeune & Saugrain le jeune, 1762. xxxvii (misnumbered xxxvi), (3), 389,(3) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 6015; Goldsmiths 9786; Einaudi 1688; INED 1644; Higgs 2771. First edition. 'L'avertissement compare les monnoies de quelques pays d'Europe occidentale et estime leur valeur d'après le salaire des ouvriers et la solde des soldats; l'introduction propose un moyen d'attribuer au blé un juste prix. Nombreux chiffres concernant les rapports entre les salaires, les prix des grains et autres denrées essentielles, et commentaire des lois romaines sur les grains. Livre de comptabilité, sans préoccupations doctrinales' (INED). At end: De l'Imprimerie de Didot. - Copy from the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek Schloß Eferding. A beautiful copy. EUR 900
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(DUPRE DE SAINT-MAUR, N.F.) Essai sur les monnoies, ou Réflexions sur le rapport entre l'argent et les denrées. A Paris, Chez J.B. Coignard & De Bure, 1746. With numerous tables in the text, and 1 folding table.2 parts in 1 volume. xxi, (3, approbation, privilège du Roi, Fautes à corriger dans la première partie; Fautes à corriger dans les Variations des Prix), 220 pp.; 188 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, slightly damaged at foot of spine and at top of upper joint. Kress 4804; Goldsmiths 8235; Einaudi 1687; INED 1643; Stourm 42. First edition. Very interesting for the medieval history, giving details on money and extensive information on prices for various commodities, including cornprices, for the period 1202-1746. The Physiocrats used his work often and abundently for statistical details: 'Dupré de Saint Maur, leur guide habituel en matière de statistique .....' (Weulersse, ii, p. 622.)'This work would, perhaps, have been more properly placed along with works on prices. It is full of elaborate researches with respect to the value of money at different periods; and contains tables exhibiting the successive variations in the quantity of silver in the coins, and the prices of a great variety of commodities from the early part of the 13th down to near the middle of the 18th century. Dr. Smith has borne testimony to "the diligence and fidelity" with which M. de Saint Maur has fromed his table of prices' (McCulloch, p. 188). EUR 1000
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(DUPRE DE SAINT-MAUR, N.F.) Essai sur les monnoies, ou Réflexions sur le rapport entre l'argent et les denrées. A Paris, Chez J.B. Coignard & De Bure, 1746. With numerous tables in the text, and 1 folding table.2 parts in 1 volume. xxi, (3, approbation, privilège du Roi, Fautes à corriger dans la première partie; Fautes à corriger dans les Variations des Prix), 220 pp.; 188 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering. Kress 4804; Goldsmiths 8235; Einaudi 1687; INED 1643; Stourm 42. First edition. - A very fine copy. Very interesting for the medieval history, giving details on money and extensive information on prices for various commodities, including cornprices, for the period 1202-1746. The Physiocrats used his work often and abundently for statistical details: 'Dupré de Saint Maur, leur guide habituel en matière de statistique .....' (Weulersse, ii, p. 622.)'This work would, perhaps, have been more properly placed along with works on prices. It is full of elaborate researches with respect to the value of money at different periods; and contains tables exhibiting the successive variations in the quantity of silver in the coins, and the prices of a great variety of commodities from the early part of the 13th down to near the middle of the 18th century. Dr. Smith has borne testimony to "the diligence and fidelity" with which M. de Saint Maur has fromed his table of prices.' (McCulloch, p. 188). EUR 1500
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(DUPRE DE SAINT-MAUR, N.F.) Essai sur les monnoies, ou Réflexions sur le rapport entre l'argent et les denrées. A Paris, Chez J.B. Coignard & De Bure, 1746. With numerous tables in the text, and 1 folding table.2 parts in 1 volume. xxi, (3, approbation, privilège du Roi, Fautes à corriger dans la première partie; Fautes à corriger dans les Variations des Prix), 220 pp.; 188 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, marbled edges. Kress 4804; Goldsmiths 8235; Einaudi 1687; Mattioli 1091; INED 1643; Stourm 42. First edition. Very interesting for the medieval history, giving details on money and extensive information on prices for various commodities, including cornprices, for the period 1202-1746. The Physiocrats used his work often and abundently for statistical details: 'Dupré de Saint Maur, leur guide habituel en matière de statistique .....' (Weulersse, ii, p. 622.)'This work would, perhaps, have been more properly placed along with works on prices. It is full of elaborate researches with respect to the value of money at different periods; and contains tables exhibiting the successive variations in the quantity of silver in the coins, and the prices of a great variety of commodities from the early part of the 13th down to near the middle of the 18th century. Dr. Smith has borne testimony to "the diligence and fidelity" with which M. de Saint Maur has fromed his table of prices' (McCulloch, p. 188).- Copy from the library of Léon Say, with his engraved bookplate. EUR 2000
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(FORBONNAIS, F. VERON DUVERGIER DE.) Recherches et considérations sur les finances de France, depuis l'année 1595 jusqu'en 1721. Liège, 1758. With 36 folding tables. 6 volumes. (4), 435, (1) pp.; (4), 407, (1) pp.; (4), 324 pp.;(4), 431, (1) pp.; (4), 395, (1) pp.; (4), 400 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, marbled edges, volumes 2 & 3 with small loss of calf. Kress 5692; Goldsmiths 9391; INED 4441; Higgs 1783; not in Einaudi. First edition in 8vo, published in the same year as the 4to edition. Classic of financial history, well documented and well printed. 'On peut consulter les Recherches avec toute confiance pour le temps compris dans le plan d'auteur' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). Argues that progress of agriculture and industry is the basis of the progress of society. The author is considered as a precursor of the Physiocrats.A year by year account of French financial affairs, interspersed with numerous documents and statistical details. This is generally accepted as the best book of the author and the best work on French finance. 'Forbonnais (...) is at his best in his analysis of definite sets of historic facts such as the finances of France from 1595 to 1721' (Schumpeter). It includes a great number of documents, among which are the reports of France's able controller general during the years 1708-1715 Nicolas Desmaretz, Charles Davenant's memoir on the finances of England and Holland, and a part of the financial report read in the 'Conseil du roi' of 1717. The fascinating manipulations of John Law have amply been treated in a chapter 'Vue generale du systeme de M. Law', preceded by Law's 'Memoire sur l'usage des monnoyes'. Francois Veron de Forbonnais (1722-1800) was a merchant who decided to make a scientific study of his profession, which resulted in a number of works on commerce and finance particularly valuable because of the author's practical grasp of the subjects treated. EUR 1200
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(FORTUNE, T.) Histoire concise et authentique de la Banque d'Angleterre, par Thomas Fortune. A Londres, 1797. (At end:) De l'Imprimerie des Postes et Messageries, (1798). 44 pp. 8vo. Modern cloth. Kress B.3606; not in Goldsmiths. There is a half-title or title reading 'Histoire de la Banque d'Angleterre', without name, date, publisher and year. The given title is a drop-head title. - With a faint waterstain throughout covering the lower half of the pages. EUR 175
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(GARNIER, C.L.A.E.) Les dangers d'une banque publique, et tous billets au porteur, comparés aux avantages & aux sûretés que présente une caisse nationale. No place, no date (Paris, 1789). 28, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress S.5240; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 14259; not in Monglond. First edition. The last 2 pages contain a 'Modèle du billet-monnoie'. EUR 175
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(GLOT.) A Messieurs les Députés à l'Assemblée nationale. Observations des fabricans de porcelaine et fayence du Royaume, sur une Adresse lue à l'Assemblée nationale, séance du seize janvier. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Ve Hérissant, (1790). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 15029. Original edition. Against the proposition of Mr. Potter, an Englishman, to create a new china-factory. EUR 125
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(GODEFROY, E.) Banque de crédits fonciers et agricoles. (Drop-head title). Paris, Decourchant, (about 1850). 40 pp. 8vo. Sewn in contemporary blind green cover. The statutes of this proposed bank follow after the 16 pages of introduction, at the end of the introduction the name of the author has been printed. EUR 125
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(GRENVILLE, G.) Mémoire sur l'administration des finances de l'Angleterre, depuis la paix; ouvrage attribué à M. Grenville, ministre d'Etat, chargé de ce département dans les années 1763, 1764 & 1765. Traduit de l'Anglois (par Israël Mauduit), et augmentée de notes, de sommaires et d'une table des sommaires, ainsi que d'une introduction qui contient une idée du revenu et des dettes de l'Angleterre, et une analyse du mémoire, et qui est suivie de l'état de la dette nationale au 5 Janvier 1767. A Londres, 1768. With folding table. 2 volumes in 1. (2), 231, (1) pp.; (2), 229, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges. Kress 6563; Higgs 4439; Goldsmiths 10466; Conlon 68:986 (attribution to William Knox); INED 2150 (a new edition published in 1769, in one small volume); Stourm, p. 111. First edition, there was also an edition published in 4to (Kress) in the same year. The attribution is uncertain, some bibliographies list it under Grenville, others under Knox. Important financial study dealing with the difficulties of England after the Seven Year's War which had added some £ 60,000,000 to the national debt, and the possible repercussions this may have on the population, and further the difficulties to recruit new soldiers, the shortage of funds to pay the soldiers, the weight of taxes on the working classes. The author believes that they may consider emigration, and he wonders whether England will have sufficient numbers of men to be sent to the colonies, "sinon, les indigènes seront de beaucoup les plus nombreux, et il leur faudrait leurs propres représentants au Parlement" (INED). The present work, a translation of the Present State of the Nation; Particularly with respect to Its Trade Finances, etc., drew a retort from Burke and a brief comment from Adam Smith.The folding table is entitled: Etat de la Dette Nationale au 5 Janvier 1767, avec les Intérêts & les Taux. EUR 600
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(GRIMOARD, P.H.) Lettre du Marquis de Caraccioli à M. d'Alembert. No place, (ab. 1780). (2), 37 pp. - (Bound with:) DISCOURS au Roi. No place, (ab. 1780). 4 pp. - (Bound with:) (CALONNE, C.A.de.) Les comments. No place, no date. Paginated (33)-52 pp. - (Bound with:) REQUETE au roi, sur la retraite de M. Necker. Par un ancien résident à la Cour de France. No place, (ab. 1780). Paginated (53)-60. - (Bound with:) (SAINT-VINCENT, P.A.R. DE.) Observations modestes d'un citoyen, sur les opérations des finances de M. Necker, & sur son Comte rendu, adressées à MM. les pacifiques auteurs des Comment, des Pourqoui & des autres pamphlets anonymes. No place, (ab. 1780). (2), 3-55 pp. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Mémoire donné au Roi, en 1778. No place, (ab 1781). (4), 27 pp. - (Bound with:) (DU TILLET DU VILLARS.) Précis d'un projet d'établissement du cadastre dans le Royaume. Par M.D.T.D.V. Paris, Imprimerie Clousier, et chez Pissot, Barrois, 1781. (4), 80 pp. - (Bound with:) M. TURGOT à M. Necker, & sur l'administration de M. Necker. Par un citoyen français. Londres, et se trouve à Paris, chez les libraires qui vendent les nouveautés, 1780. With 1 large folding table. 86 pp. 8 works bound in one. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, one corner bumped, lower part of front cover with a dark stain. First work: Goldsmiths 12189; INED 2154 (bound with item 4); not in Kress; cf.: Einaudi 1178; Mattioli 1518.First edition.Sometimes attributed to Galiani. Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmith; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Mattioli 1518. Third work: Goldsmiths 12168 (anon. attribution); Einaudi 795; not in Kress; not in INED; Stourm, p. 127; Mattioli 728 & 729 (as part of volumes "pour & contre Necker").First edition.Fourth work: INED 2154; Einaudi 4697; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Mattioli 728 & 729 (as part of volumes "pour & contre Necker.")First edition.Fifth work: Kress B.422; Goldsmiths 12200; cf.: Einaudi 4963; INED 4066; Mattioli 728 & 729 (as part of volumes "pour & contre Necker.")First edition.Sixth work: Cf.: Kress B.389; Goldsmiths 12233; Einaudi 4105; INED 3865; Mattioli 728 & 729 (as part of volumes "pour & contre Necker.")First edition.Seventh work: Kress S.4977; INED 1693; not in Einaudi; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli.First edition.Eight work: Mattioli 728 & 729 (as part of volumes "pour & contre Necker."); Einaudi attributes the first part to Turgot (see 1178), and the second is generally attributed to Doigny du Ponceau. However, although both parts are often listed as separate publications, here there is one titlepage, continuous pagination and signatures; half-title to the second part "Sur l'administration ...." and no title lacking as is evident from the signatures and pagination. For Doigny du Ponceau see: INED 1439. Interesting collection of works dealing with Necker and his policies. EUR 1250
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(GUIRAUD, DE.) Projet d'établissement d'une caisse de prêt et d'amortissement, présenté à la nation. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Baudouin, 1789. 6 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, 16171. On page 6 signed: 'Par M. de Giraud, C.G.D.F., en R.' EUR 125
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(HAMILTON, J.E.) Lettre au Cen. Creuzé-Latouche, membre du Conseil des Cinq-Cents, sur l'administration civile et financière de la République Française. Paris, (at end:) Armand Koenig & Strasbourg, 1er prairial an 8 (21 mai 1800). 54 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, 16322; Monglond, v, p. 33. First edition. - Slightly browned, and uncut. Verso title-page a text 'Au Général Bonaparte', signed James Edward Hamilton, an 'Avant-Propos', and the text of the main work starts with Esquisse d'un plan de constitution de la République Française. EUR 150
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(HILLIARD D'AUBERTEUIL, M.R.) Histoire de l'administration de Lord North, ministre des finances en Angleterre, depuis 1770 jusqu'en 1782, et de la guerre de l'Amérique septentrionale, jusqu'à la paix: suivie du Tableau historique des finances d'Angleterre, depuis Guillaume III jusqu'en 1784. Londres, et se trouve à Paris, chez l'auteur, chez Couturier, 1784. With folding map. 3 parts in 1 volume. (4), (vi)-xx, 276 pp.; (4), 180 pp.; 80 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, gilt back. Sabin 31901; Fay 19; Howes N.190; JFBL H182; Echeverria & Wilkie 784/51; not in Muller; not in Leclerc; not in Streeter; Kress B.737; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Mattioli. First edition. The author states, after having translated the View of the History of Great Britain during the administration of Lord North, he thought he might substitute in its place a less prolix and more complete history, preserving all that was useful, agreeable, and interesting in the English work; and adding a narrative of events which would comprise a complete account of the American War. The last 80 pages concern the finances of Great Britain from William III to 1784, with a separate titlepage. The work also includes interesting statistical information of English import duties, and deals also with the 'Affaires de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales'. EUR 900
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(HILLIARD D'AUBERTEUIL, M.R.) Histoire de l'administration de Lord North, ministre des finances en Angleterre, depuis 1770 jusqu'en 1782, et de la guerre de l'Amérique septentrionale, jusqu'à la paix: suivie du Tableau historique des finances d'Angleterre, depuis Guillaume III jusqu'en 1784. Londres, et se trouve à Paris, chez l'auteur, chez Couturier, 1784. With folding map. 3 parts in 1 volume. (4), (vi)-xx, 276 pp.; (4), 180 pp.; 80 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled boards, very lightly rubbed. Sabin 31901; Fay 19; Howes N.190; JFBL H182; Echeverria & Wilkie 784/51; not in Muller; not in Leclerc; not in Streeter; Kress B.737; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. The author states, after having translated the View of the History of Great Britain during the administration of Lord North, he thought he might substitute in its place a less prolix and more complete history, preserving all that was useful, agreeable, and interesting in the English work; and adding a narrative of events which would comprise a complete account of the American War. The last 80 pages concern the finances of Great Britain from William III to 1784, with a separate titlepage. The work also includes interesting statistical information of English import duties, and deals also with the 'Affaires de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales'. EUR 700
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(J.F. MAHY) DE CORMERE. Mémoire sur les finances et le crédit, pour servir de suite aux 'Recherches et considérations nouvelles sur les finances.' A Paris, Chez l'auteur, Moutard, Desenne, 1789. 32, 176 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards. Kress B.1655; Goldsmiths 13928; Stourm 190; INED 3007; Martin & Walter, i, 8288; Monglond, i, p. 244, all listing copies in which the 32 preliminary pages are lacking, as nearly always. First edition. The first 32 pages which are apparently nearly always lacking, contain: "L'adresse à l'Assemblée nationale, ou précis des élémens du plan général."A new financial system is proposed, followed by 25 decrees outlining the system. EUR 600
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(J.F. MAHY) DE CORMERE. Mémoire sur les finances et le crédit, pour servir de suite aux 'Recherches et considérations nouvelles sur les finances'. A Paris, Chez l'auteur, Moutard, Desenne, 1789. 32, 176 pp. 8vo. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, vellum corners, label with gilt lettering. Kress B.1655; Goldsmiths 13928; Stourm 190; INED 3007; Martin & Walter, i, 8288; Monglond, i, p. 244, all listing copies in which the 32 preliminary pages are lacking, as almost always. First edition. - First two leaves a little stained. The first 32 pages which are apparently nearly always lacking contain: "Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale, ou précis des élémens du plan général." A new financial system proposed, followed by 25 projects of decrees. EUR 500
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(JUMELIN, J.B.) Lettre écrite au Bonhomme Richard, concernant les assignats. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie du Courier de la librairie, (1795). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; Stourm, p. 200; Martin & Walter 17668; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, ii, p. 660 (giving 1791 as date). First edition. The Journal du Bonhomme Richard was published by Lemaire from Messidor an III (1795) up to Brumaire an V (1796). The date given by the Bibliothèque Nationale in the Catalogue de l'Histoire de France is clearly not correct. EUR 150
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(LA GERVAISAIS, N.L.M. MAGON DE.) L'Auteur du système. (1720-1825). Paris, Hivert & Ponthieu (imprimé par A. Pihan Delaforest), 1825. (2), 22 pp. 8vo. Sewn, uncut, no cover. Kress C.1461; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; Quérard, Anonymes, i, 319. First edition. One of the many pamphlets this political figure and economist published during the years 1815-1838.This one is particularly directed against the ministry of finance and aims to demonstrate the ministry's unbalanced policy.The title is an obvious allusion to John Law and his system.According to Michaud, the works of La Gervaisais were always published by Hivert and Delaforest and were never meant for the trade but were distributed by him among friends, politicians, ministers, journalists, etc. and they are consequently quite rare. EUR 225
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(LACOMBE DE PREZEL, H.) Les progrès du commerce. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez A.M. Lottin, 1760. xii, 335, (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt with gilt lettering (slightly rubbed). Kress 5864; Goldsmiths 9570; Higgs 2216; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 380; INED 2428; not in Einaudi; Conlon 60:867. First edition. 'Deux parties dans cet ouvrage: la première est consacrée au commerce dans l'Antiquité et à l'époque contemporaine; la seconde concerne les diverses branches de la production, les banques et les manufactures' (Leblanc, op.cit.) - Copy from the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek Schloß Eferding. EUR 600
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(LAVOISIER, A.L.) Délibérations des administrateurs de la Caisse d'escompte, des 4 septembre, 16 octobre 1788, et 29 mai 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Clousier, 1789. 20 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1552; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Duveen & Klickstein 250; Tourneux, iii, 13704; not in Martin & Walter. First edition. The content of these deliberations were to be known only by the administrators of the Caisse, but were made public as a defense against criticisms on the administrators action's. The government had asked for additional financial aid in the form of substantial loans. The administrators had complied with the requests only in the interest of the public good although thus doing so wilfully contravening their own statutes (See Duveen & Klickstein). EUR 600
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(LAVOISIER, A.L.) Observations adressées à MM. les représentans de la Commune de Paris, par l'administration de la Caisse d'Escompte, le 17 Février 1790. (A Paris, chez Clousier, 1790). 23, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 10915; Duveen & Klickstein 255. First edition. Lavoisier outlines the history of the Caisse d'Escompte and of its operations, particularly during the last two years, and emphasizes the devotion and the patriotism of its administration (See: Duveen & Klickstein). EUR 500
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(LAVOISIER, A.L.) Rapport sur la Caisse d'Escompte, fait à l'Assemblée nationale, le 4 Décembre (1789) par ses commissaires. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1789). With three tables, of which 2 on 1 folding leaf. 56 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1553; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 4742; Stourm, p. 173; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1914; Tourneux, iii, 13715; Duveen & Klickstein 251. First edition. This interesting report details the continuous pressure on the Caisse which the government maintained during 1788-1789 to make ever increasing funds available to them -against the judgement of the administrators of that body and, eventually, against its clearly defined statutes (Duveen & Klickstein). EUR 600
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(LE CORREUR, J.) Traité de la pratique des billets entre les négocians. Par ...... Docteur en Théologie. Seconde édition revûë & augmentée. A Mons (Paris), Chez Gaspard Migeot à l'Enseigne des trois Vertus, 1684. Device on title. (8), 345,(1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, speckled edges, a bit worn. Barbier, iv, 766; Kress 1600; Goldsmiths 2557; Einaudi 3291; INED 2746. Second edition: the work was published in the same year by Thierry in Paris. - Front blank loosening. 'Théologique et juridique. Le Correur se demande si la pratique des billets entre les négociants est une bonne institution. Il s'aide pour cela d'explications et de passages tirés de l'Écriture Sainte, des écrits des Saints Pères, des décrets des Conciles, et des ordonnances royales, que ceux qui condamnent cette pratique allèguent généralement. Il espère avoir ainsi démontré le bien-fondé de cette pratique' (INED). EUR 375
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(LINGUET, S.N.H.) La dixme royale, avec de courtes réflexions sur ce qu'on appele la contrebande, et l'usage de regarder comme inaliénable le domaine de nos rois. La Haye (Paris), 1764. - (Bound with:) (LINGUET, S.N.H.) Nécessité d'une réforme dans l'administration de la justice et dans les loix civiles en France, avec la réfutation de quelques passages de 'L'esprit des loix.' Amsterdam (Paris), 1764. - (Bound with:) (CHAMPLAIR, M.) L'ami de la concorde, ou Essai sur les motifs d'éviter les procès, & sur les moyens d'en tarir la source. Londres (Paris), 1765. With folding engraved frontispiece. - (Bound with:) DES GLANNIERES, R. Plan d'imposition économique et d'administration des finances. Paris, P.G. Simon, 1774. With three tables on two 4to leaves. - (All preceded by:) (DARIGRAND, E.F.) L'anti-financier, ou relevé de quelques-unes des malversations dont se rendent journellement coupables les Fermiers-généraux, & des vexations qu'ils commetent dans les provinces: servant de réfutation d'un écrit intitulé 'Lettre servant de réponse aux remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeaux.' Précédée d'une Epitre au Parlement de France, accompagnée de notes historiques. Amsterdam, (Paris Lambert), 1763. 5 works in 1 volume 78 pp.; (2), 105 pp. + 1 errata leaf; 102 pp.; 40, (2) pp.; 108 pp. 8vo. Sewn, old blind covers, covers loose, uncut. First work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Higgs 3256; Stourm, p. 110.First (and only?) edition.Stourm (p. 110) and Higgs suppose this to be the original edition of what was reprinted in 1787 with the title L'impôt territorial, ou la dîme royale avec tous ses avantages. None of the other reference works however, makes that allusion, although they know the 1787 work. Darline Gay Levy, in her study of Linguet (The Ideas and Careers of Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet) however states the book was written by Linguet and later published again under the title already given above: 'Linguet lent the support of his publicity to the Calonne property tax, modelled in large part after the project for a dîme royale first proposed by the economist Vauban at the end of the seventeenth century (sic !) He had only to represent his own version of Vauban's program, his Dixme royale of 1764. Linguet revised and reissued the work, with the title De l'impôt territorial, ..... Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Higgs; INED 2923.First edition.'Linguet s'intérrese à la forme administrative de la justice et à ses réformes, réformes dont la substance lui est fournie par la réfutation de quelques passages de L'esprit des lois. Cet ouvrage est surtout une critique de Montesquieu' (INED).'In his Nécessité d'une réforme dans l'administration ..... Linguet drafted a project for forestalling decadence with reforms calculated to satisfy the material interests and elicit the allegiance of France's propertied Third Estate. Linguet's working assumption in the Nécessité ..... was that rulers could command obedience, even in societies where the instinctive will to obey had been destroyed - only now, they had to appeal to their subjects' interests, decreeing and enforcing laws that guaranteed their properties' (Darlene Gay Levy, The Ideas and Careers of Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet, p. 25.) Third work: Not in Camus; Conlon 65:649.First edition.Divided into two parts: the first explains legal procedures before the courts, the risks, cost, etc., and in the second part the author proposes reforms to diminish the number of trials.Fourth work: Kress 7006, INED 1376, Higgs 6079 all citing a 4to edition; Goldmsiths 11169 citing an edition of 35, (3) pp; Einaudi 1540.First edition.'Plan fiscal: division de la population française en huit classes; impôts remplacés par 'la taille nette' assise sur le capital, le droit et le revenu. Les citoyens seront ainsi délivrés du quart de leurs impôts, et les revenus de l'État accrus de moitié' (INED). The work aroused much controversy provoking answers from Baudeau, Grouber de Groubenthal and the Comte d'Alban.Fifth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Higgs (all citing later editions or editions with 100 resp. 104 pp.); Peignot, Livres condamnés, i, pp. 90-92.Second or third issue of the original edition, including the Réponse which did not form part of the first issue, but without the engraved frontispiece. In this vehemently written work the 'fermiers-généraux' were accused of corruption. The accusation caused the author's imprisonment. The volume was printed by Lambert and distributed by Ornmancey who was arrested with the author. Four years after its publication the work was still being sold secretly at high prices.The volume contains a separately printed title-page at the very beginning reading: Receuil des différentes pièces curieuses et singulières. 1768. EUR 2000
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(LOMENIE DE BRIENNE, E.C.) Compte rendu au Roi, au mois de mars 1788, et publié par ses ordres. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1788. (2), xiv, 183 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, paper coveredboards, green corners, spine gilt in compartments and with gilt lettering, a bit faded, yellow edges. Cf.: Kress S.5177 (listed again under S.5185 but without the preliminaries); not in Goldsmiths; Einaudi 2245; Stourm, p. 143-145; not in Sabin; not in Echeverria & Wilkie; not in JFBL. Very important 'compte rendu' by the successor of Calonne. Although the figures given for the year 1788 are only provisional, they are still very interesting to consult, especially for the accompanying notes. Pp. 75-76 offer details on the 'créance sur les États-Unis de l'Amérique' amounting to 41.100.000 livres plus 1.600.000 livres of interest over the year 1787. EUR 500
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(LOUIS XV.) Arrest du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, et Lettres patentes sur icelui, registrées en la Cour des Monnoies le 7 Mars 1770. Qui fixent le prix des piastres aux deux globes, qui seront apportées aux Hôtels des Monnoies. Du 7 Février 1770. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1770. 3, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Disbound. Cf.: Actes royaux,vi, 37049 (later issue) Original edition. Dealing with the Piastres du Pérou also known as the Piastres aux Deux Globes and establishing the price of the currency. - Outer margins dampstained EUR 110
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(LOUIS XVI.) Edit du Roi, portant suppression de tous les Offices de Gardes du Trésor Royal, de Trésoriers de la Guerre, de la Marine, de la Maison du Roi & de la Reine, des bâtimens, desdépenses diverses, des ponts & chaussées; & création de cinq administrateurs pour gérer conjointement tout ce qui concerne les recettes & dépenses du Trésor Royal. Donné à Versailles, au mois de Mars 1788. (Drop-head title). (Paris), (At end:) De l'Imprim. de L.M. Cellot, 1788. 8 pp. 4to. Disbound. Cf.: Actes royaux, vi, 42025. EUR 175
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(LOUIS XVI.) Règlement fait par le Roi, portant établissement d'un Conseil d'Administration du Département de la Marine, sous le titre de Conseil de la Marine. Du 19 Mars 1788. (Drop-headtitle). (At end:) A Versailles, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1788. 14 pp. 4to. Disbound. Not in Actes royaux. EUR 150
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(LOUIS XVI.) Edit du Roi, Qui ordonne une fabrication dans la Monnoie de Paris, d'une certaine quantité d'Espèces de billon, qui ne pourra avoir cours que dans les Isles de France & de Bourbon, où elles seront reçues en toutes sortes de payemens, à raison de Trois sous la pièce. Donné à Versailles au mois d'Août 1779. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1779. With illustration of both sides of the coin. 3, (1blank) pp. 4to. Folded leaf. Actes royaux, vi, 40229; not in Wroth and Annan. Aiming at solving the problem of paper money of small value and the drainage from the colonies of small coins ("pieces de deux sous"). The illustration shows the proposed coins, both sides, with the text "Isles de Fr. et de Bourbon" on one side of the coin. EUR 200
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(LOUIS XVI.) Edit du Roi, Portant suppression de divers Offices de Trésoriers & Contrôleurs; & création d'une charge de Trésorier-payeur-général des dépenses du département de la Guerre; & d'une charge de Trésorier-payeur-général des dépenses du département de la Marine. Donné à Versailles au moi de Novembre 1778. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1778. 7, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Disbound. Actes royaux, vi, 39977. Original edtion. Reforming bureaucracy in the Ministry of War and that of the Navy as well as economizing on expenditure: the various articles list which positions are redundant, compensation for those who loose their jobs, creation of the new positions (two, to replace many, many positions declared redundant), etc. In all, this edict contains 10 articles. EUR 150
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(MAFFEI, F.S.) Dell'impiego del Danaro Libri Tre. Alla Santità di nostro signore Benedetto Decimoquarto. Seconda edizione Accresciuta d'una Lettera Enciclica di Sua Santità e d'altra Lettera dell'Autore alla medesima Santità Sua. In Roma, Nella Stamperia di Giambatista Bernabò, e Giuseppe Lazzarini, 1746. With title-vignette, title printed in red and black. xxxvi, 300 pp. 4to. Contemporary half vellum, vellum corners (spine very skilfully renewed). Kress 4818; Kress, Italian Economic Literature, i, 256; this edition not in Goldsmiths and not in Einaudi. Third edition, first published in 1744 and 1745. This is Maffei's major contribution to political economy and enlightenment reform, which centered on his realisation that the Catholic church's stringent opposition to usury turned it into direct opposition to civil society. In this work he attempted to reconcile the church doctrine opposed to usury with the varying needs and requirements of commerce and trade. He argued that interest as payment for the risk taken was something an enlightened Catholic movement would have to accept in order to win the battle against the restrictions of a traditionalist society.Maffei had travelled widely and it was especially his visit to the Netherlands which had made him understand with great clarity what an advantage was given to the Protestants by the rigid Catholic opposition to usury. When compared with other countries which were both Protestant and economically prosperous and where speculative investement was believed in and practised without either moral or religious obstacles, it became clear that the Catholic opposition to usury set the Catholic church against civil society. His argument in favour of usury aroused much hostile feeling, provoked censure and made Pope Benedict XIV issue his encyclical letter 'Vix pervenit' in 1745. In the end the author was banished by the Venetian government. See at length: Cossa, Les Doctrines économiques, p. 178, and Carpanetto and Ricuperati, Italy in the Age of Reason, pp. 123-130. - Title-page lightly browned, else a very good and broad-margined copy. EUR 2200
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(MATHON DE LA COUR, C.J.) Collection de comptes-rendus, pièces authentiques, états et tableaux concernant les finances de France, depuis 1758 jusqu'en 1787. Lausanne, et se trouve à Paris, Cuchet, Gattey, 1788. xii, 231, (1) pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled sides, gilt lettering. Kress B.1446; Goldsmiths 13646; Einaudi 1179; Stourm 27. First edition. 'Ouvrage indispensable à posséder.' (Stourm). Financial reports of fundamental importance, which would certainly have remained unknown if it was not for the unflagging courage of Mathon de la Cour. Contains the reports by Boullogne (1758), de Silhouette (1759), Terray (1770, 1772-1774), Turgot (1775), Cluny (1776), Necker (1781), etc. EUR 450
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(MATHON DE LA COUR, C.J.) Collection de comptes-rendus, pièces authentiques, états et tableaux, concernant les finances de France depuis 1758 jusqu'en 1787. A Lausanne, et se trouve à Paris, chez Cuchet & Gattey, 1788. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Mémoire donné au roi en 1778. (Paris, 1778). - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au Roi, Par M. Necker, ..... Au mois de janvier 1781. Imprimé par ordre de Sa majesté. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie du Cabinet du Roi, 1781. With 1 large folding leaf, 2 coloured folding maps. - (Bound with:) CARACCIOLI. Lettre du marquis de Caraccioli à M. d'Alembert. (Paris, 1788). - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Sur le compte rendu du roi en 1781. Nouvelle éclaircissements. A Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1788. - (Bound with:) (LOMENIE DE BRIENNE, E.C. DE.) Compte rendu au roi au mois de mars 1788 et publié par ses ordres. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1788. - (Bound with:) RESULTAT du Conseil d'État du roi tenu à Versailles le 27 décembre 1788. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1788). 7 works bound in 1 stout volume. xii, 231, (1) pp.; 27 pp.; (4), 116 pp.; 44 pp.; viii, 284 pp.; (2), xiv, (2), 183, (1) pp.; (2), 26 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, richly gilt spine with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, paper covered boards, front joint with short split. First work: Kress B.1446; Goldsmiths 13646; Einaudi 1179; Stourm 27. First edition. - Copy from the library of Mr. Brossays Duperray, with his armorial bookplate. 'Ouvrage indispensable à posséder' (Stourm). Highly important financial reports which would certainly have remained unknown if it was not for the unflagging courage of Mathon de la Cour. Contains the reports by Boullogne (1758), de Silhouette (1759), Terray (1770, 1772-1774), Turgot (1775), Cluny (1776), Necker (1781), etc.Second work: Einaudi 4105; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; INED 3365.One of three editions published in the same year.Third work: Kress B.360; Goldsmiths 12183 & 12184; Einaudi 4094; not in INED.First edition, the scarce edition printed at the Cabinet du Roi, intended for Royal use only and not put in the trade. There were two further printings in the same year at the Imprimerie Royale.The publication had an astonishing succes with the public and did much to establish Necker's reputation. It is of great importance for being the first public report of government economic policy in France.Fourth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Stourm 127; Barbier 642.First edition.Attributed to the Comte de Grimoard by Barbier, and to Galiani or the Comte de Grimoard by Stourm. Fifth work: Kress B.1452; Goldsmiths 13648; INED 3373; Stourm 126; not in Einaudi.First edition.Rather violent work criticizing the financial administration of Calonne.Sixth work: Goldsmiths 13636; Stourm 143; Einaudi 2245; cf.: Kress S.5185; not in INED.First edition.The minister was Loménie de Brienne, the text was drawn up by Souffloy de Mercy. 'Le successeur de Calonne, Loménie de Brienne, fit imprimer en 1788 l'important compte rendu de la situation des finances, dans lequel on a coutume de rechercher les derniers chiffres des budgets de la monarchie. Ces chiffres n'en sont pas moins utiles à consulter, à défaut d'autres, surtout en raison des nombreux commentaires qui les accompagnent' (Stourm). These comments on the details were supplied by Souffloy de Mercy.Seventh work: Goldsmiths 13733; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in Stourm.First edition.On the composition of the forthcoming meeting of the États-Généraux. EUR 1250
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(MATHON DE LA COUR, C.J.) Collection de comptes-rendus, pièces authentiques, états et tableaux, concernant les finances de France, depuis 1758 jusqu'en 1787. Lausanne, et se trouve à Paris, Cuchet, Gattey, 1788. - (Followed by:) (LOMENIE DE BRIENNE, E.C.) Compte rendu au Roi, au mois de Mars 1788, et publié par ses ordres. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1788. 2 works bound in 1 volume. xii, 231, (1) pp.; (1), xiv, (2), 183 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt back with raised bands. First work: Kress B.1446; Goldsmiths 13646; Einaudi 1179; Stourm 27. First edition. 'Ouvrage indispensable à posséder' (Stourm). Highly important financial reports, which would certainly have remained unknown, if it was not for the unflagging courage of Mathon de la Cour. Contains reports by Boullogne (1758), de Silhouette (1759), Terray (1770, 1772-1774), Turgot (1775), Cluny (1776), Necker (1781), etc. Second work: Kress S.5177 & S.5185 (without the preliminaries); Goldsmiths 13636; Einaudi 2245; Stourm 143; not in Einaudi; not in INED.First edition.'Le successeur de Calonne, Loménie de Brienne, fit imprimer en 1788 l'important compte rendu de la situation des finances, dans lequel on a coutume de rechercher les derniers chiffres des budgets de la monarchie.' 'Ces chiffres n'en sont pas moins utiles à consulter, à défaut d'autres, surtout en raison des nombreux commentaires qui les accompagnent' (Stourm). Of interest also for the comments on the details supplied by Souffloy de Mercy, who did much of the text. EUR 750
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(MATHON DE LA COUR, CH. J.) Collection de comptes-rendus, pièces authentiques, états et tableaux, concernant les finances de France, depuis 1758 jusqu'en 1787. A Lausanne, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Cuchet & Gattey, 1788. With tables in the text. - (Bound with:) SABATIER, (J.J.) Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale, sur la Dépense de l'Etat, les impôts, la construction des routes, le commerce des grains, la mendicité, & les secours à accorder aux cultivateurs; la conservation des biens des pupilles, des mineurs; l'administration de la justice; les gabelles, &c. A Paris, Chez Prault, 1790. - (Bound with:) BREMOND, J.B. Premières observations au peuple françois, sur la quadruple aristocratie qui existe depuis deuz siècles, sous le nom de haut Clergé, de possédants fiefs, de Magistrats, & du haut Tiers; & vues générales sur la constitution & la félicité publique. A Versailles, Chez Blaizot, 1789. With engraved frontispiece. - (Bound with:) BREMOND, J.B. Secondes observations au peuple françois. Compte rendu à la Nation, de la somme de sa contribution, du produit net de sa recette & de sa dépense. Dénonciation du travail en finance, & restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition & du recouvrement. Suite des vues générales sur la constitution & sur la félicité publique. No place, 1789. Together 4 volumes bound in 1. xii, 231, (1) pp.; vi, 191, (1) pp.; 96 pp.; 184 pp.4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, corners, green paper covered boards, corners somewhat bumped, marbled edges. First work: Kress B.1446; Goldsmiths 13646; Einaudi 1179; Stourm 27: 'Ouvrage indispensable à posséder.' First edition. Higly important financial reports, which certainly would have remained unknown, if it was not for the unflagging courage of Mathon de la Cour. Contains reports by Boullogne (1758), De Silhoutte (1759), Terray (1770, 1772, 1773 & 1774), Turgot (1775), Cluny (1776), Necker (1781) etc. Second work: Martin & Walter 30495; INED 4016; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. Devoted mainly to the question of tax reforms. Lacks half-title. Third and fourth work: Stourm 191; INED 771; Martin & Walter 5071; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. 'Dénonciation du travail en finance, et restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition et du recouvrement. Vues générales sur la constitution et la félicité publique. Bremond veut relever l'agriculture, supprimer la mendicité et répartir proportionnellement l'impôt à raison des propriétés' (INED). Complete copy with the general half-title for the two works. EUR 750
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(MATHON DE LA COUR, CH. J.) Collection de comptes-rendus, pièces authentiques, états et tableaux, concernant les finances de France, depuis 1758 jusq'en 1787. Lausanne, et se trouve à Paris, Cuchet & Gattey, 1788. With numerous tables in the text. - (Followed by:) (NECKER, J.) Sur le compte rendu au Roi en 1781. Nouveaux éclaircissemens. A Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1788. 2 works bound in 1 volume. xii, 231, (1) pp.; viii, 284 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red labels with gilt lettering, blue srinkled edges, tiny defect to foot of spine. First work: Kress B.1446; Goldsmiths 13646; Einaudi 1179; Stourm 27. First edition. 'Ouvrage indispensable à posséder.' (Stourm). Highly important financial reports, which certainly would have remained unknown, if it was not for the unflagging courage of Mathon de la Cour. Contains reports by: Boullogne (1758), De Silhouette (1759), Terray (1770, 1772, 1773 and 1774), Turgot (1775), Cluny (1776), Necker (1781), etc. Second work: Kress B.1452; Goldsmiths 13648; INED 3373; Einaudi 4112; Stourm 126.Original edition of this violent work, criticizing the financial administration of Calonne of 1784-87. EUR 1000
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(MICOUD D'UMONS, C.E.) Réponse à deux académiciens, à la Chambre du commerce de Lyon, et à tous ceux qui ont écrit contre une nouvelle émission d'assignats, servant de suite à la lettre adressée auComité des finances, le 10 septembre 1790. Paris, Devaux, 1790. - (Bound with:) (MICOUD D'UMONS, C.E.) Encore un mot sur les assignats. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Devaux, (1790). Together 2 pieces bound in 1 volume. 30 pp.; 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 14387 (the first work only); Stourm, p. 198 (the second work only); not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 24260 & 24255. First edition. Reply to the opinions of Dupont de Nemours, Lavoisier, Condorcet and Talleyrand. - The two pieces together are very rare. EUR 250
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(MONTVERT, P.E.S DE.) Moyens de procurer un capital d'environ douze cent millions à la caisse nationale. A Paris, Chez Gattey, 1789. 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 10418. First edition. The identity of the author is revealed through a note on page 5 where he refers to his book Restauration des campagnes. Discusses the dixmes ecclésiastiques. EUR 150
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(MOREAU, J.N.) Entendons-nous, ou le radotage du vieux notaire. No place, (Amsterdam ?) Où il vous plaîra, 1763. (4), 67 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Kress 6123; Einaudi 4011; Higgs 3006; INED 3276; Stourm, p. 106; Conlon 63:1147; not in Goldsmiths. One of two editions from the year of first publication, the other edition being entitled Entendons-nous, ou le radotage du vieux notaire sur La richesse d'État in 32 pages. Criticizing Roussel de La Tour's Richesse de l'État. 'Les Français sont fous, mais ils ne sont pas ruinés. Plaidoyer spirituel en faveur du rétablissement de l'ordre financier' (Stourm). EUR 200
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(MULLER & CO.) Au corps législatif. Fabrication d'un nouveau billon blanc, plus parfait, en pièces de 10 et 5 sols (cinq décimes et vingt-cinq-centimes) pour satisfaire au besoin des appoints dans les transactions journalières; et sa prompte émission dans onze caisses, où tout le papier-monnoie pourrait être échangé à bureau ouvert; avec offre de faire au gouvernement toutes les avances nécessaires. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie du Lycée des Arts, (prairial an IV - 1796). 30 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 25482; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm. EUR 175
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(NAPOLEON I) Décret impérial portant établissement d'une nouvelle régie de la Tontine du Pacte social. Au Palais des Tuileries, le 9 Février 1810. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, Chez Rondonneau et Declé, (1810). 2 pp. 4to. (Bulletin des lois, no 265). EUR 75
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(NECKER, J.) Compte général des revenus et des dépenses fixes, au 1er de mai 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1789. With three folding tables. (2), 201 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 13906 (without the tables); Stourm, p. 156 (also without the tables); not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. With this work, basically containing a recapitulation of Necker's official report on the financial situation of France as presented at the opening of the Estates General, Necker also produced a financial planning which could serve as the start for a new period. EUR 750
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(NICODEME, P.J.) Exercise des commerçans contenant Des Assertions Consulaires sur l'Edit du mois de Novembre 1563, le titre XVI de l'Ordonnance du mois d'Avril 1667; ensemble sur l'Edit du mois de Janvier 1718, portant établissement d'une Jurisdiction Consulaire en la Ville de Valenciennes: avec les Déclarations interprétatives, & des Arrêts de Réglement. Des idées, projets & Parères sur la partie des Lettres de change, Billets à ordre & au Porteur, & sur plusieurs autres affaires de Commerce, avec différentes Questions, Remarques & Consultations, suivis d'une chronologie des Ordonnances sur les faillites & banqueroutes. Dédié à Mgr. Hue de Miroménil, Garde des Sceaux de France. A Paris, Chez Vallade, 1776. (8), 724 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 7236; Goldsmiths 11424; Einaudi 2155; Camus 2132; Pardessus, Bibliothèque de Jurisprudence Commerciale, 59; not in INED. First edition. Dedication to Hue de Miromesnil, followed by an Avis du Libraire. The main work is divided into two parts: the first deals with the 'Assertions Consulaires' from the edict of 1563 by which the Juge-Consuls of Paris were created and all following legislation and further creation of similar positions; the second part deals with the 'Lettres de change & billets de Commerce' and contains a collection of (legal and commercial) propositions concerning trade, commerce and business. The author also shows how, based on the same principles, opposing viewpoints and even contradictory legislation has grown in time. This work collects many documents and laws and regulations issued over the previous centuries with the relevant jurisprudence and is a very interesting and useful sourcebook. - Very good copy. EUR 900
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(OUDERMEULEN, C. VAN DER.) Recherches sur le Commerce, ou Idées rélatives aux intérêts des différens Peuples de l'Europe. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc-Michel Rey (vol. 4: Chez S.N. van Vlissingue), 1778 (vols. 1-2)-1779 (vol. 3)-1784 (vol. 4). With 5 engraved plates and 10 engraved folding tables and maps. 4 volumes. xvi, 234 pp.; (8), 200 pp.; (4), 250 pp.; vi, 268 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf with gilt ornamental border on sides, spines gilt with raised bands, all edges gilt (very slightly rubbed). Kress B.137; Goldsmiths 11748; INED 3424; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition. - INED erroneously lists as dates 1778-1779; a title-edition appeared in 1791 at D.J. Changuion. Somewhat browned throughout, but a fine copy of a rare work. 'Histoire financière: monnaies, prix et salaires, banques, circulation monétaire, usure, monts-de-piété, cours de l'intérêt, etc., principalement en France, Angleterre et Hollande' (INED). Cornelis van der Oudermeulen was administrator of the Dutch East India Company from 1769-1788, served at the board of Directors of the West Indian Colonies in 1792 and was Director of the colony of Surinam.'Les deux ouvrages suivants (among which the present one), ..... , sont très estimés (Coquelin et Guillaumin, vol. ii, p. 300). EUR 1500
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(PETITAIN, L.G.) Lettre de Polichinelle à ses compères du comité des finances, offrant un moyen sûr de rembourser les assignats et de libérer l'Etat, sans bourse délier. (Drop-head title). Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, (1795) - (Bound with:) (PETITAIN, L.G.) Lettre de Polichinelle à ses compères des deux conseils composant la commission des finances, contenant envoi de sa première lettre, écrite au ci-devant Comité des finances, et un nouveau projet pour libérer l'Etat, sans bourse délier. (Drop-head title). Paris, Desenne, (1795). Together 2 pieces in 1 volume. 15, (1) pp.; 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. First work: Einaudi 4412; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; Stourm, p. 240; Martin & Walter 27101. Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 313; Martin & Walter 27100. First editions. Precursor of modern political methods, the author proposes the State to spend without counting, and to bring back from time to time 100 francs notes to one sou, those of 1000 francs to 10 sous, etc., and thus lowering the public debt. EUR 350
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(PIERRE DE SAINT-JOSEPH.) Catéchisme des partisans, ou résolution théologiques touchant l'imposition, levée & employ des finances. Dressé par demandes et responces, pour plus grande facilité. Par R.P.D.P.D.S.J. Paris, Cardin Besogne, 1649. - (Bound with:) SUITTE du Catéchisme des partisans, ou des Résolutions théologiques, touchant l'imposition, levées & employ des finances. Par M.I.B.D.E.T.E.R.O.D.P.M. Paris, 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. EUR 350
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(PINTEVILLE)-DE CERNON, (J.B.) Plan de libération générale des finances. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. (2), 38 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 14230 (without the first 2 pp.); not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 27470. Includes a 'projet de décret'. EUR 75
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(POTERAT, MARQUIS DE.) Observations politiques et morales de finance et de commerce. Ou examen approfondi d'un ouvrage de M. R***, de Geneve, sur l'emprunt et l'impot. A Lausanne, 1780. 235, (misnumbered 135), (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with red label and gilt lettering, red edges. Kress B.308; Goldsmiths 12044; Einaudi 4508; INED 3645; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 424; not in Mattioli. First and only edition, a reply to Rillet de Saussure's Lettres sur l'imprunt et l'impot, 1779. 'Bonnes doctrines. L'auteur y attaque les emprunts avec une chaleur philosophique; mais il n'en appreciait pas les effets utiles dans des circonstances données' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). 'Economique et financier. Passages sur le luxe et son imposition; sur la nécessité de reculer l'âge minimum de la prononciation de voeux religieux; sur les successions collatérales' (INED). - A very good large paper copy. EUR 1250
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(POTERAT, MARQUIS DE.) Observations politiques et morales de finance et de commerce. Ou examen approfondi d'un ouvrage de M. R***, de Geneve, sur l'emprunt et l'impot. A Lausanne, 1780. 235, (misnumbered 135), (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary polished calf, gilt triple fillet on sides, gilt inside dentelles, spine gilt with red label and gilt lettering. Kress B.308; Goldsmiths 12044; Einaudi 4508; INED 3645; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 424. First and only edition, a reply to Rillet de Saussure's Lettres sur l'imprunt et l'impot, 1779. 'Bonnes doctrines. L'auteur y attaque les emprunts avec une chaleur philosophique; mais il n'en appreciait pas les effets utiles dans des circonstances données.' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). 'Economique et financier. Passages sur le luxe et son imposition; sur la nécessité de reculer l'âge minimum de la prononciation de voeux religieux; sur les successions collatérales.' (INED). EUR 1500
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(POTTIN DE VAUVINEUX, L.PH.) Adresse aux quarante-huit sections de la capitale, pour parvenir à établir dans Paris l'équilibre entre les assignats & l'argent. (Drop-head title). (Paris), (At end:) De l'Imprimerie du Journal de Paris, (1791). 4 pp. 4to. Disbound. Martin & Walter, 27959; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Black; not in Masui; not in Menger. - Lower outer corner damp stained. At the end: Tableau du moyen de parvenir à faire baisser le prix de l'argent. EUR 150
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(PRADES, P.) Réponse à des Réflexions imprimées en Hollande, sur l'emprunt du Canal Royal de Murcie. A Madrid, De l'Imprimerie de Pierre Marin, (1776). (2), 16, 4 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Conlon 76:1411. First edition. EUR 175
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(PROST DE ROYER, A.F.) Lettre à Monseigneur l'Archevêque de Lyon, dans laquelle on traite du prêt à intérêt à Lyon, appellé dépôt de l'argent, suivant ses rapports: 1. Le droit naturel. 2. L'État des choses & les conséquences. 3. Le droit divin. 4. Les opinions humaines & la doctrine de l'Église. 5. Le droit civil. 6. Le droit civil particulier au commerce de Lyon. Avignon, 1763. (2), 93, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands. Kress 6131; Goldsmiths 9895; Higgs 2911; Conlon 63:1220; cf.: INED 3669; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'Prost dénonce l'usure mais justifie l'intérêt par le droit naturel, la raison et la nécessité des choses, l'Écriture Sainte, le droit canonique, le droit civil' (INED). - Name of author in ink on title. EUR 200
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(PROST DE ROYER, A.F.) Lettre à Monseigneur l'Archevêque de Lyon, dans laquelle on traite du prêt à intérêt à Lyon, appellé dépôt de l'argent, suivant ses rapports: 1. Le droit naturel. 2. L'État des choses & les conséquences. 3. Le droit divin. 4. Les opinions humaines & la doctrine de l'Église. 5. Le droit civil. 6. Le droit civil particulier au commerce de Lyon. A Avignon, 1763. (2), 93 pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering. Kress 6131; Goldsmiths 9895; Higgs 2911; Conlon 63:1220; cf.: INED 3669; not in Einaudi. First edition, rare. 'Prost dénonce l'usure mais justifie l'intérêt par le droit naturel, la raison et la nécessité des choses, l'Écriture Sainte, le droit canonique, le droit civil' (INED). EUR 200
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(RAUP DE BAPTESTIN DE MOULIERES, A.J.) Mémoire sur un moyen facile et infaillible de fair renaître le patriotisme en France, dans toutes les classes des citoyens, comme dans les deux sexes; et d'assurer le remboursement des dettes de l'Etat, sans nouveaux impôts, sans emprunt, et sans faire éprouver aucune réduction; Présenté au Roi, Par M.R.D.B. ..... A Amsterdam et se trouve à Paris, Chez Desenne, Gattey, Bailly, et ches les autres libraires qui vendent les Nouveautés, 1789. (2), viii, 103, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Martin & Walter 28790; Kress B.1705; INED 3739; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition. 'Établir une Caisse patriotique (où seraient versées les sommes librement accordées par les bons patriotes, afin d'y être successivement et invariablement employées au remboursement des dettes de l'État), et instituer un Ordre du Mérite patriotique, qui serait attribué à tout citoyen ayant offert ses dons à cette Caisse' (INED).The author was royal censor before the revolution and later civil servant at the Ministry of Interior and member of several learned societies. EUR 350
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(RULIE, P., TURGOT, A.R.J., AND GOUTTES, J.-L.) Théorie de l'intérêt de l'argent, tirée des vrais principes du droit naturel, de la théologie & de la politique. Contre l'abus de l'imputation d'usure. Nouvelle édition, revue & augmentée, avec une Défense & des observations sur plusieurs critiques. A Paris, Chez Barrois l'aîné, 1782. (4), xvii-xxxii, (33)-96, 376, (4) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, red edges (a bit worn and rubbed, rear cover with small loss of calf). Kress B.507; Goldsmiths 12336; INED 4000; not in Einaudi (see nr 2667 where the 1780 edition is mentioned under Gouttes); not in NEHA. Second edition, first published in 1780. This second edition is augmented with replies to critics. - Handwritten number on title. The Aristotelian position, which equated interest with usury and thus condemned it, was still prevalent in the eighteenth century. After the initial historical chapters, the argument runs clearly along the lines of Turgot's Sur les Prêts d'Argents, in defence of interest, which Schumpeter had classified as 'by far the greatest performance in the field of interest theory the eighteenth century produced' (Schumpeter, p. 332). Turgot established the necessity of interest for commercial and industrial purposes, and persuasively argued that the taking of interest should be legalised, and the rate left to be settled between borrower and lender. He also stated that interest was an indispensable prerequisite of production, a point which is argued in great detail in chapter XI. Turgot had written Sur Les Prêts d'Argent because of a commercial crisis in Angoulême in 1769 (see Palgrave vol. 2, p. 433 for further details), and the legislation regarding Angoulême is reprinted at the end of the volume. - This is the work of three authors, originally composed by Pierre Rulié, this treatise was substantially rewritten by Jean Louis Gouttes, and is actually attributed to him in Einaudi, he in turn drew heavily on the assistance of Turgot and quotes extensively from his work, in particular from Sur les Prêts d'Argent and Reflexions sur la Formation et la Distribution des Richesses and also from an unpublished manuscript. EUR 600
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(RULIE, P., TURGOT, A.R.J., AND GOUTTES, J.-L.) Théorie de l'intérêt de l'argent, tirée des principes du droit naturel, de la théologie et de la politique, contre l'abus de l'imputation d'usure. A Paris, Chez Barrois l'aîné, 1780. xxiii, 306, (4) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine giltin compartments, label with gilt lettering, red edges, two corners lightly bumped, rear joint starting to split (nearly visible). Kress B.319; Goldsmiths 12046; Einaudi 2667 (under Gouttes); INED 2104 (Gouttes) and 4000 (Rulié); Barbier, iv, 702b; Quérard, iii, 436. First edition of this interesting and unusual work offering a detailed history of the debate about the legality of charging and paying interest. The Aristotelian position, which equated interest with usury and thus condemned it, was still prevalent in the eighteenth century. After the initial historical chapters, the argument runs clearly along the lines of Turgot's Sur les Prêts d'Argents, in defence of interest, which Schumpeter had classified as 'by far the greatest performance in the field of interest theory the eighteenth century produced' (Schumpeter, p. 332). Turgot established the necessity of interest for commercial and industrial purposes, and persuasively argued that the taking of interest should be legalised, and the rate left to be settled between borrower and lender. He also stated that interest was an indispensable prerequisite of production, a point which is argued in great detail in chapter XI. Turgot had written Sur Les Prêts d'Argent because of a commercial crisis in Angoulême in 1769 (see Palgrave vol. 2, p. 433 for further details), and the legislation regarding Angoulême is reprinted at the end of the volume. - This is the work of three authors, originally composed by Pierre Rulié, this treatise was substantially rewritten by Jean Louis Gouttes, and is actually attributed to him in Einaudi, he in turn drew heavily on the assistance of Turgot and quotes extensively from his work, in particular from Sur les Prêts d'Argent and Reflexions sur la Formation et la Distribution des Richesses and also from an unpublished manuscript. EUR 750
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(RULIE, P., TURGOT, A.R.J., AND GOUTTES, J.-L.) Théorie de l'intérêt de l'argent, tirée des vrais principes du droit naturel, de la théologie & de la politique. Contre l'abus de l'imputation d'usure. Nouvelle édition, revue & augmentée, avec une Défense & des observations sur plusieurs critiques. A Paris, Chez Barrois l'aîné, 1782. (4), xvii-xxxii, (33)-96, 376, (4) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges, corners a bit bumped. Kress B.507; Goldsmiths 12336 (both incomplete copies); not in INED; not in Einaudi (see nr 2667 where the 1780 edition is mentioned under Gouttes). Second edition, first published in 1780. This second edition is augmented with replies to critics. - Title-page and 'Avis' a bit spotted. The Aristotelian position, which equated interest with usury and thus condemned it, was still prevalent in the eighteenth century. After the initial historical chapters, the argument runs clearly along the lines of Turgot's Sur les Prêts d'Argents, in defence of interest, which Schumpeter had classified as 'by far the greatest performance in the field of interest theory the eighteenth century produced' (Schumpeter, p. 332). Turgot established the necessity of interest for commercial and industrial purposes, and persuasively argued that the taking of interest should be legalised, and the rate left to be settled between borrower and lender. He also stated that interest was an indispensable prerequisite of production, a point which is argued in great detail in chapter XI. Turgot had written Sur Les Prêts d'Argent because of a commercial crisis in Angoulême in 1769 (see Palgrave vol. 2, p. 433 for further details), and the legislation regarding Angoulême is reprinted at the end of the volume. - This is the work of three authors, originally composed by Pierre Rulié, this treatise was substantially rewritten by Jean Louis Gouttes, and is actually attributed to him in Einaudi, he in turn drew heavily on the assistance of Turgot and quotes extensively from his work, in particular from Sur les Prêts d'Argent and Reflexions sur la Formation et la Distribution des Richesses and also from an unpublished manuscript. EUR 600
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(RULIE, P., TURGOT, A.R.J., AND GOUTTES, J.-L.) Théorie de l'intérêt de l'argent, tirée des principes du droit naturel, de la théologie et de la politique, contre l'abus de l'imputation d'usure. A Paris, Chez Barrois l'aîné, 1780. xxiii, 306, (4) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress B.319; Goldsmiths 12046; Einaudi 2667 (under Gouttes); INED 2104 (Gouttes) and 4000 (Rulié); Barbier, iv, 702b; Quérard, iii, 436. First edition of this interesting and unusual work offering a detailed history of the debate about the legality of charging and paying interest. The Aristotelian position, which equated interest with usury and thus condemned it, was still prevalent in the eighteenth century. After the initial historical chapters, the argument runs clearly along the lines of Turgot's Sur les Prêts d'Argents, in defence of interest, which Schumpeter had classified as 'by far the greatest performance in the field of interest theory the eighteenth century produced' (Schumpeter, p. 332). Turgot established the necessity of interest for commercial and industrial purposes, and persuasively argued that the taking of interest should be legalised, and the rate left to be settled between borrower and lender. He also stated that interest was an indispensable prerequisite of production, a point which is argued in great detail in chapter XI. Turgot had written Sur Les Prêts d'Argent because of a commercial crisis in Angoulême in 1769 (see Palgrave vol. 2, p. 433 for further details), and the legislation regarding Angoulême is reprinted at the end of the volume. - This is the work of three authors, originally composed by Pierre Rulié, this treatise was substantially rewritten by Jean Louis Gouttes, and is actually attributed to him in Einaudi, he in turn drew heavily on the assistance of Turgot and quotes extensively from his work, in particular from Sur les Prêts d'Argent and Reflexions sur la Formation et la Distribution des Richesses and also from an unpublished manuscript. EUR 750
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(SAGE, B.G.) Extrait d'un mémoire sur le département des mines, remis en 1789 au Comité des finances de l'Assemblée nationale. (Drop-head title). (Paris), P.F. Didot jeune, (1789). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 30555; Tourneux, iii, 17458. First edition. The creation of the Paris École des Mines is Sage's major claim to distinction. He was a member of the Académie des Sciences and was in opposition to the new chemistry as was put forward by the famous Nomenclature chimique, published in 1787, with the sanction of the Academy of Sciences by Guyton de Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthollet, and Fourcroy. He was considered by contemporaries as a successful teacher, but recent chemical mineralogy has little to say on Sage's behalf (See Dictionary of Scientific Biography, xii, pp. 63-68). EUR 150
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(SAINT-AUBIN, C.) Des assignats, par l'auteur de l'écrit intitulé: 'Donnons notre bilan'. Le 4 brumaire an IV (26 novembre 1795). Imprimé par ordre du Comité de Salut public, pour être distribué au Corps législatif. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, brumaire an IV (1795). 91 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.3031; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 30587; Tourneux III, 13126. First edition. 'Les assignats qui ont remplacé le numéraire d'autrefois, se sont aucunement répartis dans la même proportion. Jadis les riches avoient presqu'exclusivement toutes les espèces, aujourd'hui les assignats sont répartis principalement parmi la classe la moins aisé'. Camille Saint-Aubin (1758-1820), born in the duchy of Deux Ponts, died in Paris. A German by birth, he was attracted by the revolution, and threw in his lot with France. He was a prolific writer, and nicknamed by J.B. Say the bouffon (clown) of political economy because his many pamphlets were often paradoxical. 'Saint-Aubin était un homme de beaucoup d'ésprit, mais systématique; personne ne savait mieux réprandre de l'intérêt dans des discussions naturellement arides. Il possédait à fond les divers systêmes de finances et les langues des principaux Etats de l'Europe. D'un caractère loyal et franc, il a fait preuve, dans plusieurs occasions, de courage, de probité politique et de désintéressement' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). EUR 375
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(SAINT-AUBIN, C.) Donnons notre bilan. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Pougin, l'an III (1795). (2), 37, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.3032; INED 4035; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 30591; Tourneux, i, 4508. First edition. Before planning any financial operation France should first draw up the balance-sheet. Camille Saint-Aubin (1758-1820), born in the duchy of Deux Ponts, died in Paris. A German by birth, he was attracted by the revolution, and threw in his lot with France. He was a prolific writer, and nicknamed by J.B. Say the 'bouffon of political economy' because his many pamphlets were often paradoxical. 'Saint-Aubin était un homme de beaucoup d'ésprit, mais systématique; personne ne savait mieux réprendre de l'intérêt dans des discussions naturellement arides. Il possédait à fond les divers systêmes de finances et les langues des principaux Etats de l'Europe. D'un caractère loyal et franc, il a fait preuve, dans plusieurs occasions, de courage, de probité politique et de désintéressement' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). EUR 175
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(TOLOZE.) Aux représentans du peuple français. Moyens tendans à l'extinction des assignats, et d'une grande partie de la dette nationale. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1795). 6 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; notin INED; Stourm, p. 239; Martin & Walter 32696. EUR 125
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(VIEILH.) Le secret des finances divulgué. (Drop-head title). No place, (1764). 27 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. INED 4452; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Higgs; not in Stourm. First edition. Severely criticizing the fiscal system and the abuses of the tax collectors. The author was archivist of the Compagnie des Indes. The publication of this pamphlet caused his imprisonment in the Bastille in June 1764. - Pages 15-18 with a small spot. EUR 225
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AGOULT, (C.C.L.J.M.) D'. Des impôts indirects et des droits de consommation, ou Essai sur l'origine et le système des impositions françaises, comparé avec celui de l'Angleterre. Suivi d'un examen de deux projets de finance attribués à des membres de la commission du budget de 1816. Par M. d'Agoult, ancien évêque de Pamiers. Paris, H. Nicolle, A. Egron, Janvier 1817. xii, 263, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary paper covers, paper label to spine, a bit dog-eared, a nice uncut copy Kress B.6847; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; Coquelin & Guillaumin, i, p. 31. First edition. "Livre intéressant à consulter, à cause des particularités qu'il renferme sur les finances de l'empire et celles de l'Angleterre" (Coquelin & Guillaumin).The work is divided into five sections: the first gives an overview of the origins and nature of the taxes in France, the second treats the tax system in England, the third part deals with indirect taxes and consumer taxes, and the fourth part is an analysis of the current state of France's finances and offers possible solutions to remedy the deplorable state of the French finances. The work finishes with a "résumé général." EUR 500
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AGRICOLA, G. De mensuris & ponderibus romanorum atque graecorum lib. V. De externis mensuris & ponderibus lib. II. Ad ea, quae Andreas Alciatus denuo disputauit de mensuris & ponderibus, brevis defensio lib. I. De mensuris, quibus interualla metimur lib. I. De restituendis ponderibus atq. mensuris lib I. De precio metallorum & monetis lib. III. Basel, apud H. Frobenium et N. Episcopium, 1550. Two full-page illustrations in the text. (8), 179,(3), 181-192, one blank leaf, 193-340, (16) pp. Small folio. 17th-century calf, spine gilt with raised bands (excellent repaired binding). Adams A.344; BMSTC (German), p. 8; Kress S.123 (lacking the blank 251-252); Smith, Rara Arithmetica, pp. 171-173. Final and enlarged edition of this work, first published in 1533. The last three texts are published here for the first time. The first work is one of Agricola's most important and became a standard work on ancient weights and measures. It is 'a valuable book of reference on the history of ancient measures ... The book is also valuable to the student of Roman and Greek numerals, and of various symbols of measures. Such works explain the origin of certain systems of measures employed before the metric system was developed, and of such symbols as are still used by apothecaries' (Smith). - Title-page browned and with faint stains, pages 198-230 with a small wormtrack in lower blank margin, internally a very good copy with good margins. Both blanks, q8 and x6, are present. EUR 2250
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ALLARDE, (P.G. LE ROI) D'. Rapport sur la caisse d'escompte, fait au nom du Comité des finances. Paris, Baudouin, 1790. - (Followed by:) (ANSON, P.H.) Rapport du Comité des finances sur le compte de lacaisse d'escompte avec le Trésor public. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. - (Followed by:) (ANSON, P.H.) Rapport et décret concernant la caisse d'escompte. Paris, Baudouin, 1790. 3 pieces bound in 1 volume. 16 pp.; 16 pp.; 12 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Firstwork: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 172.First edition. Pierre-Gilbert Leroy, baron d'Allarde, member of several comities, among which the one on finances, about which he speaks often, almost exclusively. He voted against the assignats and his name is to be found on the list of the left as well as on the list of the members of the Amis de la Liste civile. (Dictionnaire des Constituants, vol. i, pp.11-3). Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaud; not in INED; Stourm 173; Martin & Walter 341.First edition. Pierre Hubert Anson, representative of the Third Estate, entered the Comité des Finances on 11 July 1789. Anson's interventions and speeches in the Convention all dealt with finances, he was in favor of Necker and the assignats, his name appeared on the list of the left as an active member. (Dictionnaire des Constituants, vol. i, pp. 22-3). Includes a long letter by the administration of the caisse, very likely done by Lavoisier Third work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1925.First edition. EUR 600
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ANSON, (P.H.) Discours prononcé dans l'Assemblée nationale le 4 décembre 1789. (Drop-head title). Paris, Baudouin, 1789. 26 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1604; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p.175; Martin & Walter I, 338. On paper money; the project of Necker's National Bank, the 'caisse d'escompte'.Pierre-Hubert Anson, representative of the Third Estate, was active in the department of finances since 1782: 'premier commis, dirige le départment des impositions, nommé receveur général des finances du Dauphinée à Grenoble, puis membre du comité central des receveurs généraux'. He remains bestknown for his participation in the comité des Finances which he entered in july 1789. All his interventions in the Constituante were related to financial matters. EUR 175
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ANSON, (P.H.) Rapport sur les assignats-monnois, fait à l'Assemblée nationale, au nom du Comité des finances ..... le 9 Avril 1790. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Baudouin, (1790). 44 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1864; Goldsmiths 14303; Stourm,p. 171; Martin & Walter 343; not in Einaudi; not in Tourneux; Dictionnaire des Constituants, i, p. 22-3. - Tiny burn hole in title. 'Le 23 mars 1790 il parle de la caisse d'escompte et le 9 avril il fait un long rapport sur les assignats monnaie. Necker et les députés du commerce sont en faveur des assignats, dont dépend le sort de l'année 1790, et à plusieurs reprises Anson les défendra, en particulier lors d'une discussion sur la dette publique, qu'une nation pour être respectée, doit rembourser' (Dictionnaire des Constituants). Pierre-Hubert Anson, representative of the Third Estate, was active in the department of finances since 1782: 'premier commis, dirige le départment des impositions, nommé receveur général des finances du Dauphinée à Grenoble, puis membre du comité central des receveurs généraux'. He remains bestknown for his participation in the comité des Finances which he entered in july 1789. All his interventions in the Constituante were related to financial matters. EUR 225
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ARNOULD, (A.M.) Histoire générale des Finances de la France, depuis le commencement de la Monarchie; pour servir d'introduction à la loi naturelle ou Budget de l'Empire français. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie ordinaire du corps législatif, et se vend chez Rondonneau, mars 1806. xii,224, iv, 164, (4, advertisments) pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards, corners, very lightly rubbed. Kress B.5003; Goldsmiths 19258; Einaudi 162; INED 94 (only the last iv, 164 pp.); Martin & Walter, 545. First edition. 'Ambroise-Marie Arnould (1750-1812), a French economist, was director of the board of commerce under the Revolution. His works contain valuable information upon the theory of trade, the state of the balance of trade in Europe during the 18th century, French finances, etc. He advocated the division of France into departments according to their homogeneous economical nature; and appealed to all maritime nations to confederate against the menacing power of England' (Palgrave, i, p. 58). The last 164 pages contain the 'pièces justificatives', with tables throughout the text. EUR 900
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ASSEMBLEE DE NOTABLES DE 1787 - PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée de notables, tenue à Versailles, en l'année 1787. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1788. Royal coat of arms on title, and 4 unnumbered leaves containing2 plans and explanation. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au Roi, au mois de janvier 1781. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1781. With 1 folding table and 2 coloured folding maps. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Mémoire au Roi, sur l'établissement des administrations provinciales. No place 1781. - (Bound with:) (MATHON DE LA COUR, C.J.) Collection de comptes-rendus, pièces authentiques, états et tableaux, concernant les finances de France, depuis 1758 jusqu'n 1787. Lausanne, et se trouve à Paris, Cuchet & Gattey, 1788. - (Bound with:) (LOMENIE DE BRIENNE, E.C.) Compte rendu au Roi, au mois de mars 1788, et publié par ses ordres. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1788. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Sur le compte rendu au Roi en 1781. Nouveaux éclaircissemens. Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1788. 6 works bound in 1 stout volume. (4), 326 pp., 4 (unnumbered) lvs.; (4), 116 pp.; 32 pp.; xii, 231, (1) pp.; (2), xiv, (2), 183 pp.; viii, 284 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands. All first editions. Firt work: Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, p. x.P.S. Dupont de Nemours, who was secretary of the Assembly, was not only the editor of these proceedings, but also of the Mémoire presented to the Assembly by Calonne concerning the reforms proposed in the field of administration and financial as well as economical adminsitration. Second work: Cf.: Kress B.360; Stourm 124; Einaudi 4094; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED. Third work:, Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, p. 59; cf.: Kress B.389; INED 3365; Goldsmiths 12232; cf.: INED 3366; not in Einaudi.Fourth work: Kress B.1446; Goldsmiths 13646; Einaudi 1179; Stourm 27; not in INED. Highly important financial reports, which played an important role in the discussions of the Assemblée de Notables, and which certainly would have remained unknown, if it was not for the unflagging courage of Mathon de la Cour. It includes reports by Boullogne (1758), De Silhouette (1759), Terray (1770, 1772, 1773 and 1774), Turgot (1775), Cluny (1776), Necker (1781), etc. Fifth work: Cf.: Kress S.5177; not in Einaudi; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; Stourm, pp. 143-145. Of interest especially because of the accompanying notes. Sixth work: Kress B.1452; Goldsmiths 13648 (without the preliminaries); INED 3373; not in Einaudi (other edition). Violent refutation of De Calonne's ideas. EUR 1500
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BARBE-MARBOIS, (F. DE.) Rapport sur la situation des finances de l'an IV, présentée par le Directoire exécutif au Conseil des Anciens. Séances du 28 Ventôse et jours suivans. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, Germinal an V (1797). With 2 large folding tables. 113, (1), xvi pp. 4to. Modern half morocco. Einaudi 286; INED 213; Martin & Walter 1478; Stourm, p. 270; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Monglond. First edition 'Remarquable par sa clarté, sa sincéreté et son étendue. Il analyse et discute les budgets de chaque ministère ..... et ne craint pas d'énoncer les faits que son contrôle lui a fait découvrir.' (Stourm) 'Oeuvre qualifée: un trésor de lumière en même temps qu'un modèle de sagesse. En annexe: rapport sur la situation des finances pour l'exercise de l'an IV, fait au Directoire exécutif par le Ministre des finances (D.V. Ramel)' (INED). Under the heading Ministère de la Marine the French colonies in America are extensiveley dealt with.Barbé-Marbois was minister of the treasury and later president of the Court of Accounts, and known to Americans for negociating the sale of Louisiana for Napoleon. He was appointed in 1785 intendant of San Domingo, the richest island of the French Antilles and he restored order to its fiscal affairs by incorruptible administration. He was elected into the Council of Ancients of the Directory and eventually chosen its president but was deported to Guiana after the coup d'état of 18 Fructidor (1797). He returned to France after Napoleon came to power and was appointed first director and then (1801) minister of the treasury, responsible for paying the bills of the new government. EUR 450
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BAS-RHIN - PROCES-VERBAL des séances du Conseil général du département du Bas-Rhin. Année 1791. Strasbourg, Imprimerie de Levrault, 1792. (4), 209, (2), ciii pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf. Lecestre 142; not in Martin & Walter. Original edition. The sessions were held 15 November - 14 December. The last pages numbered ciii contain the pièces justificatives, including many tables and financial details. EUR 600
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BELLE-ISLE, (C.L.A. FOUQUET, DE.) Testament politique du Maréchal Duc de Belle-Isle. A Amsterdam, Aux dépens des Libraires Associés, 1761. 12mo. - (Bound with:) (TIXEDOR, F.X.) Nouvelle France, ou France commerçante. Par Mr. F. X. T. (Tixedor) Juge de C. (Conflans). A Londres, 1765. 2 works in 1 volume. 216 pp.; (4), viii, 264 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges, very lightly rubbed. First work: Goldsmiths 9713 (listing it under Chevrier); INED 379; Higgs 2627; Einaudi 1076 (listing an edition from 1762, also under Chevrier); Conlon 61:576 (Chevrier); not in Kress. First edition. First work: 'Politique et social. Réflexions sur l'intolérance, qui est parfois nécessaire (mais dommages causés par l'émigration des protestants); les impôts, qui sont moins lourds que mal répartis; la néfaste célibat des prêtres; la nécessité des lois somptuaires, bien que `le luxe qui perd un petit état en enrichit un grand'; le duel, qui peut mener à la destruction de l'espèce humaine; l'exemption d'impôts des pères de famille qui favoriserait la population; .....' (INED). According to Querard, the work is by Chevrier where indeed several reference works list it.Second work: Kress 6305; Goldsmiths 10097; INED 4337; Higgs 3430; Leblanc 384; Conlon 65:1299; not in Einaudi.First edition. Kress states the work was published first in 1755, for which statement no evidence could be found, nor does Kress have this 1755 edition, nor does Goldsmiths and Conlon lists it under 1765 thereby indicating that there is no 1755 edition.'Cet ouvrage comporte quatre parties: Du commerce en général; Des avantages qui reviendront à la France par l'établissement d'un solide commerce; De la facilité des établissements de commerce et marine dans la France; Des obstacles qui peuvent s'opposer à un solide établissement de commerce dans la France. Cette dernière rubrique se termine par des considérations sur l'établissement du commerce propre à la monarchie française. (Leblanc). 'Economique. Réflexions sur le commerce en général et sur ces avantages. Intérêt de la France à posséder un 'solide commerce', d'autant plus que notre pays offre des conditions particulièrement favorables à son développement et à celui de la marine. Défense du systême des douanes intérieures' (INED). - With the engraved bookplate of Alexis de Lamothe, Avocat. EUR 750
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BERGASSE, (N.) Cahier du Tiers-Etat à l'Assemblée des Etats-Généraux de l'année 1789; ou Instructions importantes aux députés sur la réforme des abus dont on doit faire la demande. En Janvier 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Lettre de M. Bergasse sur les Etats-Généraux. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Mémoire de M. Bergasse sur les Etats-Généraux, fixés au 27 Avril 1789, précédé de son désaveu de cayer du tiers-état, qui avoit paru sous son nom, & du dépôt qu'il a fait de ce mémoire en main de notaire, pour prévenir de pareils abus. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Discours de M. Bergasse sur la motion faite par M. l'abbé Sieyès, le 15 Juin 1789, portant que l'Assemblée des Députés des Communes se constitueroit en Assemblée des Représentans connus & vérifiés de la Nation. No place, (1789). - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Discours de M. Bergasse sur la manière dont il convient de limiter le pouvoir législatif & le pouvoir exécutif dans une monarchie. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Rapport du Comité de constitution sur l'organisation du pouvoir judiciaire, présenté à l'Assemblée Nationale. Par M. Bergasse. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Protestation de M. Bergasse contre les assignats-monnoie. No place, (1789). - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Lettre de M. Bergasse, Député de la Sénéchaussée de Lyon, à ses commettans, au sujet de sa protestation contre les assignats-monnoie, accompagnée d'un tableau comparatif du système de Law, avec le système de la caisse à escompte & des assignats-monnoie, et suivie de quelques réflexions sur un article du Patriote Français rédigé par M. Brissot de Warville. No place, (1790). - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Réponse au Mémoire de M. Montesquiou sur les assignats. Ecrits où l'on traite la question des assignats sous de nouveaux points de vue, et où l'on examine ce qu'il faut penser de l'établissement d'une Banque publique dans les circonstances présentes. A Paris, Chez Lallement 1791. 9 pieces bound in 1 volume. 52, (misnumbered 43) pp.; 53 pp.; 47 pp.;(2), 25 pp.; 90 pp.; 64 pp.; 44 pp.; 56 pp.; (2), 67 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. First work: Martin & Walter 2643; INED 404.Second work: Martin & Walter 2651; INED 407 (variant edition). Third work: Not in Martin & Walter. Fourth work: Martin & Walter 2664.Fifth work: Martin & Walter 2666.Sixth work: Martin & Walter 2656 (variant edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths.Seventh work: Martin & Walter 2667.Eighth work: Martin & Walter 2648; not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14214.Martin & Walter both have 14 pages after the 56 of the main text, possibly a supplement not present here.Ninth work: Martin & Walter 2662; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 188.Nicolas Bergasse, lawyer, politician, and writer, representative of the Third Estate, one of the founders of the Société Mesmer (société de l'Harmonie Universelle), one of the founders of the société Gallo-Américaine and member of the Société des Amis des Noirs. Born in Lyon to a bourgeois family, Bergasse became a lawyer and in 1775 began pleading cases before the Parlement of Paris. At first he mixed in the circles of the philosophes, but he increasingly came to emphasize the religious bases of society. EUR 1250
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BERGASSE, (N.) Protestation de M. Bergasse, contre les assignats-monnoie. Seconde édition, augmentée des lettres écrites à M. le Président de l'Assemblée nationale à M. le Garde-des-Sceaux & à M. Necker. No place, (1790). 48 pp. 8vo. 19th-century half calf. Goldsmiths 14217; Einaudi 444; Martin & Walter 2656; Monglond, i, p. 945; Dictionnaire des Constituants, i, pp. 82-4; not in Kress; not in INED. Second edition. Nicolas Bergasse, lawyer, politician, and writer, representative of the Third Estate, one of the founders of the Société Mesmer (société de l'Harmonie Universelle), one of the founders of the société Gallo-Américaine and member of the Société des Amis des Noirs. Born in Lyon to a bourgeois family, Bergasse became a lawyer and in 1775 began pleading cases before the Parlement of Paris. He mixed in the circles of the philosophes, and started as a revolutionary radical. The course of the revolution increasingly worried him and he slowly moved to the more prudent and conservative side. The present pamphlet is one of a number Bergasse wrote against the assignats. EUR 200
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BERNIGAUD DE GRANGE, J.L. De l'état des finances, au 1er Mars 1789, et au 1er Octobre 1791; avec des observations sur le mémoire de M. de Montesquiou, du 9 Septembre de ladite année. Et compte à ses commettans de ses opinions sur les principaux décrets de l'Assemblée nationale. Paris, Le Vigeur, 16 Octobre 1791. (2), 74 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths;not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 201; Martin & Walter 2879; Monglond II, p. 159. First edition. - Inner margin of last leaf strengthened and browned. Jean-Louis Bernigaud de Grange, representative of the Third Estate, member of the 'Comité des Assignats'. The present work is an extensive survey of the financial situation. EUR 225
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BERRYER, (P.A.) Discours de M. Berryer Fils, Député de Marseille, dans la discussion du projet de loi pour l'allocation d'un crédit de 25 millions en exécution du traité passé le 4 juillet 1831, entre la France et les Etats-Unis. Session de 1833. (Recueilli par sténographe, et revu d'après le Moniteur). Paris, Imprimerie-Librairie de G.-A. Dentu, 1835. (2), 70 pp. 8vo. Modern boards with leather label. Not in Sabin; not in Howes; not in Leclerc; not in Muller; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. Deals with the consequences of a treaty between the USA and Napoleon Bonparte in 1800 to settle the undeclared corsair war: the practice to persue warfare against vessels of a declared enemy: commercial raiding. During the French-British struggle there were many problems concerning obligations and duties of neutrals and what was, and what was not, considered to be contraband. Berryer here disputes the consequences the French governement draws from this treaty and the various claims from the USA. Deals also with the Anglo-American treaty of 1794 (the Jay treaty), the sale of Lousiana, etc. EUR 250
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BIGWOOD, G. Le régime juridique et économique du commerce de l'argent dans la Belgique du Moyen Age. (Bruxelles, Lamertin & Hayez, 1921-1922). With many tables, of which 2 folding. 2 volumes. (6), 683pp.; (6), 496, (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, raised bands, gilt lettering, original covers preserved (Académie Royale de Belgique. Classe des Lettres et des Sciences morales et politiques. Mémoires. Deuxième série, vol. XIV). Pirenne 1907. Includes many details on legal procedures and legal aspects of money lending and trade. This is the trade-edition of the work. EUR 400
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BISHOPP, W. Autograph Letter Signed to the Duc de Lauzun, dated London, 10th August, 1779. 3 pp. Small 4to. Folded. Informing the Duc de Lauzun (very likely Armand-Louis Gontaut duc de Lauzun, 1747-1793) dealing with several debtors among whom admiral Harsfield in Senegal, amounting to 10.976 livres, and a bill to be paid by company Maze & Le Chevallier, amounting to 238 pounds, which they refuse to pay untill they have received a confirmation form the Duc de Lauzun. Further-on in the letter Bishopp writes, after he has already signed: 'Since writing the foregoing I have the mortification to find that the bills on Maze and Chevalier are this day protested for non payment but that your reputation should not suffer on this account .......' EUR 100
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BOISSY D'ANGLAS, (F.A. DE.) Observations sur l'ouvrage de M. de Calonne, intitulé: 'De l'état de la France présent et à venir'; et à son occasion sur les principaux actes de l'Assemblée nationale; avec un postcrit sur les derniers écrits de MM. Mounier et Lally. A Paris, Chez Le Boucher, 1791. 358 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, marbled boards, somewhat rubbed and small defect to lower front joint. INED 585; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; Martin & Walter 3894. Original edition. 'Réfutation des assertions de Calonne sur divers articles de la Constitution, sur la nouvelle division du royaume, l'expropriation du clergé, l'émission des assignats, l'état des finances, etc.' (INED). EUR 500
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BOUCHE, C.F. Des libéralités des particuliers envers la patrie, et de l'organisation d'une caisse patriotique: plan proposé à l'Assemblée nationale. Versailles, Baudouin, 1789. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 13862; not inStourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter 4412. Original edition. EUR 125
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BOUCHE, C.F. Des libéralités des particuliers envers la patrie, et de l'organisation d'une caisse patriotique: plan proposé à l'Assemblée Nationale. A Versailles, Chez Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Assemblée Nationale, 1789. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 4412; Goldsmith 13862; not in Kress; not in INED. EUR 125
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BOURGOIN, J. La chasse aux larrons, ou avant-coureur de l'histoire de la Chambre de Justice. Des livres du bien public, et autres oeuvres faits pour la recherche des financiers, & de leurs fauteurs. No place, 1618. (8), 85, (1) pp. Small 8vo. 19th-century half calf, marbled boards, vellum corners,gilt lettering to spine. Lindsay & Neu 4039; Welsh, Second Checklist, 609; cf.: Goldsmiths 470; Bourgeois & André 2440; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. Two editions were published, one in 4to and this edition. The author wrote several works of a vehement nature, against the financiers and provoked lively polemics. He demands the re-establishment of the Chambre de Justice which had been created under Henry IV. The Chambres de Justice were 'Commissions extraordinaires établies dans des circonstances spéciales pour juger de cas particuliers: notamment commissions destinées, après de temps de désordres et de malversations graves, à punir et à dépouiller les financiers enrichis par ces malversations' (Marion, Dictionnaire des Institutions). Three years earlier Jean de Beaufort had already insisted on investigations against financial malversations in his Trésor des trésors. The 'Dédicace au Roy' starts: 'Sire, De tous tems ceux qui manient les fiances n'ont pas esté seulement soupconnez d'y mal verser, mais convancus de les voller ouvertement, artistement. Dont est venu ce vieil proverbe qui roulle encor entre le vulgaire: l'Argent du Roy est sujet à la pince.'- Old ink annotation on title, margins cut short touching a few letters of the side-notes and the running title. EUR 750
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BOUROTTE. Discours sur les moyens à prendre pour ruiner l'agiotage, rétablir le crédit national, et faire rentrer dans les caisses de la République assez de fonds pour continuer la guerre plus de trois ans contre tous nos ennemis, prononcé à la séance des amis de la liberté et de l'égalité, le 8 Septembre l'an 2e (Drop-head title). (Besançon), Imprimerie de la veuve Simard, 1793. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter I, 4826. First edition. At head of the first page the device of the Société des amis de la liberté de Besançon. EUR 150
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BOUROTTE. Discours sur les moyens à prendre pour ruiner l'agiotage, rétablir le crédit national, et faire rentrer dans les caisses de la République assez de fonds pour continuer la guerre plus de trois ans contre tous nos ennemis, prononcé à la séance des amis de la liberté et de l'égalité, le 8 Septembre l'an 2e (Drop-head title). (Besançon), Imprimerie de la veuve Simard, 1793. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; notin Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, i, 4826. First edition. At head of the first page the device of the Société des amis de la liberté de Besançon. EUR 150
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BRISTED, J. Les Etats-Unis d'Amérique, ou Tableau de l'agriculture, du commerce, des manufactures, des finances, de la politique, de la littérature, des arts, et du caractère moral et religieux du peuple anglo-américain. Paris, chez Alexis Eymery, 1826. 2 volumes. 380 pp.; 320 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, spines gilt in compartments, rear cover of volume one loose, joints weak, somewhat damaged at head of spines. Sabin 8084; Leclerc 216; Howes B.785; not in Muller; Kress C.1610; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First and only French translation. The first English edition was published in 181 in New York. Bristed was born in England (1778) and died in the US in 1855. He held ideas that were considered radical at the time. He arrived in New York City in 1806 and practised law, lectured and wrote. His writings show diligent and exhaustive study: interest in history, economic questions and religion (see: Dictionary of American Biography.) EUR 300
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CAHAINE, M. Lettre touchant la liquidation de la dette nationale, adressée de Pacy-sur-Eure à Monseigneur l'évêque de Langres, président de l'Assemblée nationale, en date du 5 septembre 1789. No place, (1789). 26 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress S.5212; Goldsmiths 13864; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, 5715. EUR 150
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CAILHASSON, F.M. Opinion sur les causes du discrédit des assignats, et sur les moyens d'y rémédier. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1792. (2), 58 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 211; Martin & Walter I, 5730 (here the author's name spelled: Cailhassou); not in Monglond. First edition. 'François-Marie Cailhassou, président de l'administration départementale de la Haute-Caronne, il fut élu, le 4 septembre 1791, député à l'Assemblée Législative, fit partie de la commission des finances et parla souvent à la tribune sur les questions monétaires' (Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, 7, p. 842). EUR 150
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CALONNE, (C.A. DE.) Requête au Roi, adressée à sa Majesté, par M. de Calonne, ministre d'état, avec des pièces justificatives. No place, 1787. - (Bound with:) CALONNE, (C.A. De). Lettre adresséeau Roi, par M. de Calonne, le 9 février 1789. Londres, de l'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury, no date (1789). 2 works in 1 volume. (3), 4-134, (1, blank) pp.; (2), 296 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, green and red labels with gilt lettering, top of spine repaired, a bit worn. First work: Not in Kress (compare B.1174-1177); not in Goldsmiths (compare 13433-13434); not in Einaudi (compare 801); not in INED; Stourm, p. 134. One of several editions from the year of the first publication, no priority established, of his defence of his conduct as minister of state. 'Sa fameuse Requête au Roi, si souvant invoquée, dans laquelle figurent en relief, sous un jour évidemment partial, mais avec des détails très instructifs, les actes incriminés de son administration' (Stourm). The last 87 pages contain the Eclaircissements et pièces justificatives. Second work: Kress B.1555; Goldsmiths 13867; Einaudi 799; Stourm, p. 150 & 153; not in INED. One of several editions from the year of the first publication, no priority established.'Plutôt politique que financière' (Stourm). 'Calonne, après avoir rappelé les actes de son administration, s'attache surtout à critiquer ses successeurs; il trace au Roi un plan politique pour l'établissement des lois constitutionelles, l'organisation du royaume aux points de vue judiciaire et civil, la reconstruction de la caisse d'escompte, etc., enfin pour l'extinction du déficit' (Stourm, p. 150, note 4). According to Martin & Walter (5822) the 4to edition of this work was the first edition, according to Einaudi, this is the first edition. However that may be, in 1789 there were a number of different editions published, all with differing pagination. EUR 750
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CALONNE, (C.A.) Lettre adressée au Roi, le 9 Février 1789. Londres, Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury, (1789). (2), 296 pp. 8vo. Boards. Kress B.1555; Goldsmiths 13867; Einaudi 799; Mattioli 532; Martin & Walter 5822; Monglond, i, 7; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, ii, p. 505. One of several different editions published in 1789, without priority. 'Plustôt politique que financière' (Stourm). 'Calonne, après avoir rappelé les actes de son administration, s'attache surtout à critiquer ses successeurs; il trace au Roi un plan politique pour l'établissement des lois constitutionelles, l'organisation du royaume aux points de vue judiciaire et civil, la reconstruction de la caisse d'escompte, etc., enfin pour l'extinction du déficit' (Stourm, p. 150, note 4). According to Martin & Walter (5822) the 4to edition of this work was the first edition, according to Einaudi, this is the first edition. However that may be, in 1789 there were a number of different editions issued, all with differing pagination. EUR 600
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CALONNE, (C.A.) Lettre adressée au Roi, le 9 Février 1789. Londres, Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury, (1789). (4), 140 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides (the marbled paper somewhat damaged). Kress B.1555; Goldsmiths 13867; Einaudi 799; Martin & Walter 5822; Monglond I, 7; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, ii, p. 505. First edition. 'Plustôt politique que financière'. (Stourm). 'Calonne, après avoir rappelé les actes de son administration, s'attache surtout à critiquer ses successeurs; il trace au Roi un plan politique pour l'établissement des lois constitutionelles, l'organisation du royaume aux points de vue judiciaire et civil, la reconstruction de la caisse d'escompte, etc., enfin pour l'extinction du déficit'. (Stourm, p. 150, note 4). According to Martin & Walter (5822) the 4to edition of this work was the first edition, according to Einaudi, this is the first edition. However that may be, in 1789 there were a number of different editions issued, all with differing pagination. EUR 1250
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CALONNE, (C.A.) Réponse de M. de Calonne à l'écrit de M. Necker, publié en avril 1787; contenant l'examen des comptes de la situation des finances rendus en 1774, 1776, 1781, 1783 & 1787. Avec des observations sur les résultats de l'Assemblée des Notables. Londres, de l'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury, Janvier 1788. With 4 folding tables. viii, 204, 89 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled boards, a bit rubbed. Kress B.1375; Goldsmiths 13617; Einaudi 800; not in INED; Martin & Walter 5814. The rare original edition in 4to which invited numerous counterfeited editions. Stourm (p. 126): 'Ce volume, qui récapitule toute l'administration de Calonne ..... et fournit des situations financières rétrospectives inédites ..... mérite d'être lu en entier.' - Large paper copy with the gilt stamped arms of the Duc La Rochefoucauld d'Enville in upper compartment of spine and discrete stamp on title. EUR 2000
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CALONNE, (C.A.) DE. Requête au Roi. Adressée à Sa Majesté. No place, 1787. (2), 212, (2), 98 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1177; Stourm, p. 134; cf.: Einaudi 801; this edition not in Goldsmiths (cf: 13433-4); not in INED. One of several editions from the year of the first publication, no priority established, of his defence of his conduct and actions as minister of state. 'Sa fameuse Requête au Roi, si souvant invoquée, dans laquelle figurent en relief, sous un jour évidemment partial, mais avec des détails très instructifs, les actes incriminés de son administration' (Stourm). The last 87 pages contain the Eclaircissements et pièces justificatives. EUR 300
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CARRA, (J.L.) M. de Calonne tout entier, tel qu'il s'est comporté dans l'administration des finances, dans son commissariat en Bretagne, &c., &c. Avec une analyse de sa 'Requête au Roi' etde sa 'Réponse à l'écrit de M. Necker'. Ouvrage critique, politique & moral. Bruxelles, avril 1788. viii, 370, 36 pp. 8vo. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt in compartments, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, some scratches to boards. Kress B.1377; INED 957; Stourm, p. 137; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli; cf. Einaudi 913. One of several editions published in 1788, year of first edition, no priority established. The author violently criticizes minister Calonne. The last 36 pages contain 'pièces justificatives'. Jean-Louis Carra (1742-1793), editor and conventionnel. With the advent of the Revolution, he flung himself into Parisian politics. In 1787-1788, he dashed off works vilifying the finance minister, C.A. de Calonne, and the former police-lieutenant, J.B. Lenoir. He was founder of the Society of the Friends of the Blacks, an abolitionist organization. His meteoric rise to national prominence commenced with the foundation of the Annales Patriotiques et Littéraires. As the principal editor of this daily newspaper and a highly visible member of the Paris Jacobins, he had an incalculable impact on the departemental Jacobin clubs (Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, i, pp. 156-157). EUR 300
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CHAMBORRE, (J.B.) Opinion sur les finances. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, floréal an III (1795). 32 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 234; Martin & Walter 6662. In favour of 'démonétisation définitive des métaux précieux'. EUR 150
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CHARENTE - PROCES-VERBAL des séances du Conseil général d'administration du département de la Charente Inférieure. Réuni à Saintes le 16 novembre 1791 & jours suivans; l'an troisième dela liberté française. A Saintes, de l'Imprimerie de Pierre Toussaints, 1792. - (Bound with:) COMPTE-RENDU par le directoire du département de la Charente inférieure, au Conseil général d'administration, réuni en session les 16 novembre 1791 & jours suivans. A Saintes, de l'Imprimerie de Pierre Toussaints, 1792. - (Bound with:) PROCES-VERBAL des séances du Conseil général d'administration du département de la Charente inférieure, réuni à Saintes, le 10 novembre 1792, et jours suivans, l'an 1er de la République Française. A Saintes, Chez Vincent Cappon et Michel Marechal, imprimeurs, 1793. All three title-pages with engraved revolutionary symbols as vignettes. Together 3 works in 1 volume. 46 pp.; 168 pp.; 483 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled half calf, marbled paper over boards, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, red edges, small damage to head of spine. Lecestre p. 35 (first two works) and p. 36 (last work). Lecestre has the third work in an edition of 202 pages only. First editions. Rich source containing a wealth of financial and economical information. EUR 900
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CHARMAT, (P.A.M.) Moyens de déduire la rareté actuelle du numéraire, de ramener la circulation générale, de libérer sur-le-champ l'ètat sans surcharge, et projet d'une danse vraiement patriotique, pour favoriser uniquement l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts utiles, dont le bénéfice net serviroit annuellement à diminuer le fardeau des impositions, au prorata de la cote de chaque municipalité du Royaume. Paris, chez l'auteur, ou chez Valleyre, 27 février 1790. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 6878. 'Gardez-vous de comparer le système de Law, dans le tems & sous l'autorité de laquelle il s'établit avec toute opération de ce genre, dans les circonstances où vous êtes arrivés.' EUR 175
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CHARPENTIER JEUNE, (P.H.) Discours sur la rareté des espèces à Paris, prononcé dans l'Assemblée générale des représentans de la Commune de Paris, le mercredi 17 février 1790. (Paris, L. Potier de Lille, 1790). 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14233;Martin & Walter 6886. EUR 150
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CHASSET, (C.A.) Rapport fait à l'Assemblée nationale, au nom du Comité des dixmes. Le 9 avril 1790. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. - (Followed by:) CHASSET, (C.A.) Rapport fait au nom duComité des dixmes, à la séance du 17 juin 1790. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1790). 2 pieces bound in 1 volume. (2), 30 pp.; 15 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. First work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 6960; not in Monglond. Second work: Kress B.1858; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Martin & Walter 6961; not in Monglond; cf.: Stourm 172.First editions. 'Chausset donne des renseignements assez complets sur le point obscur du produit brut et du produit net des dîmes ecclésiastiques.' (Stourm). Charles-Antoine Chasset, representative of the Third Estate. `Le 5 février 1790, au nom du comité Ecclésiastique, il fait un long rapport sur le remplacementr des dîmes `un des fléaux les plus accablants' de l'agriculture. Cependant, comme elles ne pouvent être supprimées sans nuire aux finances et sans déranger l'équilibre des impositions, le plan du comité satisfait toutes les exigences en pourvoyant aux frais du culte (9 avril 1790). Il revient sur cette question deux mois plus tard en rendant hommage à Benjamin Franklin, ce grand homme dont l'Assemblée possède le portrait.' (Dictionnaire des Constituants, i, pp. 197-8). EUR 225
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CLAVIERE, E. Pour l'Assemblée nationale. Sur les remboursemens &c. (Paris), Imprimerie du Patriote François, (1791). (2), 18 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 7631; not in Monglond. First edition. Concerning reembursements by the 'Caisse de l'extraordinaire', and speculation aiming at a devaluation of the currency. Etienne Clavière (1735-1793), financier and cabinet minister. He was active as a banker in Geneva and moved to Paris after having been expelled from Geneva. In Paris he continued his career in banking, using funds he had carried out of geneva. Parisian bankers viewed him as something of a genius and learned much from him about the workings of the stock market; stock-jobbing and speculation on public funds had been practiced in Paris with little succes or assurance before Clavière's tutelage. Two men, J.P. Brissot and H.-G.R. Mirabeau, became closely associated with Clavière after he settled in Paris. He and Mirabeau formed a close alliance since Mirabeau needed a circumspect adviser, especially someone financially adroit. He welcomed Clavière as a collaborator on various projects, found him useful in attacking J. Necker, and paid hommage to him in the National Assembly. Mirabeau was a useful front for Clavière's ideas, and one important result of their collaboration may have been the idea of the assignats. E. Dumont, Clavière's friend and fellow Genevan, in his Souvenirs asigns to Clavière the role of instigator of the assignats. (See: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, I, pp. 192-4). EUR 150
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CLAVIERE, E. & J.P. BRISSOT DE WARVILLE. De la France et des États-Unis, ou De l'importance de la Révolution de l'Amérique pour le bonheur de la France, des rapports de ce royaume et des États-Unis, des avantages réciproques qu'ils peuvent retirer de leurs liaisons de commerce, et enfin de la situation actuelle des États-Unis. Londres, 1787. - (Followed by:) CLAVIERE, (E.) Opinions d'un créancier de l'Etat, sur quelques matières de finance importantes dans le moment actuel. A Londres et se trouve à Paris, Chez Buisson, juin 1789. 2 works bound in 1 volume. xxiv, xlviii, 344 pp.; (4), 69, (1), (8), 151 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, green paper covered boards, a bit shaved. First work: Sabin 13516; Fay 23; JFBL B542 (under Brissot); Echeverria & Wilkie 787/3; Monaghan, 303; not in Muller; not in Leclerc; Kress B.1169; Goldsmiths 13307; Einaudi 1121; INED 809 & 1123. First edition, quite scarce. Probably printed in Paris. In January 1787 Brissot, St. Jean de Crèvecoeur, Clavière and Bergasse founded in Paris the Société Gallo-Américaine with the purpose of advancing mutual understanding and trade between France and the U.S. This survey of the actual situation in the United States deals with: De la guerre contre les sauvages. - Des troubles de l'État de Massasuchets. - etc. At the end: 'pièces justificatives'.'Économique et démographique. Principes généraux qui doivent diriger le commerce extérieur des nations, et des rapports commerciaux pouvant unir la France et les États-Unis .... (INED).Dedicated to the American Congress, this work is a systematical treatise on the mutual advantages that the new American republic and France will gain from their commercial relations. It further contains an argument in favour of the American political system where there is anarchy nor slavery.Second work: Stourm 183; Kress B.1564; Goldsmiths 13874; Einaudi 1119; INED 1126.In this work Clavière refutes the opinions of the day concerning the French finances and suggests measures to improve the situation. The first 69 pages contain 'réflexions préliminaires'. EUR 1500
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CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE STOCKMARKET - (LOUIS XVI.) Règlement que Sa Majesté veut & entend être gardé & observé par les agens de change de la ville de Paris, & par les courtiers qui sont ou seront admis à suivre la bourse. Du 5 septembre 1784. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1784. 4 pp. 4to. Disbound. Not in Catalogue Général Bibliothèque Nationale, Actes Royaux. Regulations concerning the exercise of the profession at the stockmarket. In eleven articles the organization of the work as agents, what is allowed and what is not allowed, how to become an agent, requirements, etc. is given. An interesting code of conduct. EUR 250
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COLMAR. Analyse des recettes et dépenses faites par le premier ministre des finances, pendant l'année 1789, précédée de quelques observations sur son discours, et son compte général rendu le 21 juillet 1790. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, Septembre 1790. 15, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, 7988. First edition. EUR 150
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COULMIERS, (F.S. D'ESCOLMIERS) DE. Ni banqueroute, ni papier-monnoie. No place, (1790). 28 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi;not in Stourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter, 8496; not in Monglond. First edition. François Simonnet de Coulmiers, abbé d'Escolmiers. He voted against the assignats, and in favor of the 'biens ecclésiastiques mis à la disposition de la nation'. EUR 225
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COUTURIER, (J.P.) Moyens de déjouer ceux des contre-révolutionnaires modernes dans leur dernière organisation, de ramener les assignats au pair, et d'opérer la baisse des denrées et des subsistances à la même proportion. Du 10 vendémiaire, l'an IV (2 Octobre 1795). (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1795). 11, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress;not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Stourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter, 8713; not in Monglond. First edition. The actual monetary system is called 'cambonnages' and return to more sound money is requested. EUR 150
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CRETET, (E.) Rapport fait au nom d'une commission spéciale sur une résolution du Conseil des Cinq-Cents, du 18 floréal, relative au règlement des transactions entre les particuliers pendant la dépréciation du papier-monnoie. 29 messidor an V. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1797). 34 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, 8834. First edition. - Important, but extremely rare report. Emmanuel Cretet, comte de Champmol, director of the administration of bridges and highways (1799-1806), governor of the Bank of France (1806), and minister of the interior (1807-1809). In 1795 the propertied voters of his neighborhood eleected him member of the Council of Ancients, where he specialized in tax legislation, and specifically in pushing the enactment of a tax for the improvement of roads. P.S. Dupont de Nemours was a member of the Commission in question. EUR 300
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CUSTINE, (A.P.) DE. Réflexions du Comte de Custine, Député à l'Assemblée nationale, Sur la proposition du Premier Ministre des Finances, de sanctionner, comme Caisse Nationale la Caisse d'Escompte appartenant à des Capitalistes. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1789. 35, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards. Goldsmiths 13877; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, 9054; Tourneux, iii, 12680; not in Monglond. First edition. Adam-Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740-1793). In 1789 Custine went to the Estates General as representative for the nobility of the Metz region. Although he voted with the right on certain issues, he attached his star to the Revolution. He finally became general and was appointed to command the all-important Army of the North after the defection of Dumouriez to the enemy. His political ineptness was what eventually brought about his downfall. He was tried and wen to the scaffold on 28 August 1793. EUR 200
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D'ALLEMAGNE, H.R. Prosper Enfantin et les grandes entreprises du XIXe siècle. La colonisation de l'Algérie. La création du réseau P.L.M. Le percement de l'Isthme de Suez. Le crédit intellectuel. Le crédit foncier. Enfantin homme politique. Préface de M. Malapert. Paris, Librairie Gründ, 1935. With 48 plates of which 12 coloured. (4), 222, (2) pp. Large 4to. Original boards. Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 3; Iggers, The Cult of Authority, p. 196. First and only edition limited to 500 copies only. Exceptional documented history of the great industrial and economical innovations of the 19th century and for understanding the fundamental role of saint-simonism in this process. EUR 500
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DAMOREAU, E. Traité des négociations de Banque, et des monnoyes étrangeres; contenant L'Analyse du titre de fin, poids, & valeurs des Especes d'Or & d'Argent, tant anciennes que courantes, dans les Etats des Princes & Republiques de l'Europe; avec une Explication historique de celles des Princes, Comtes, Barons, Villes libres du Saint Empire, & d'Italie. L'Eplication des Changes Etrangers par le titre de fin, poids, & valeur des Especes réelles, & des noms de celles de Change en termes François. Les valeurs relatives des Especes de Change entre elles. La methode facile d'operer les conversions des Especes d'un Royaume en celles d'un autre, suivant le cours des Changes. L'Eplication analytique des negociations de Banque qui se sont journellement sur les Places de commerce de l'Europe, avec la methode facile d'en faire les operations, & d'en concevoir l'intrigue, sans le secours des Maîtres. Ouvrage enrichie des representations des dudites Monnoyes, gravées en Taille-douce. A Paris, Chez Guillaume Cavelier et Pissot, 1727. With engraved title and 31 plates. Engraved title, vii, (1), 303, (1) pp. 4to. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, somewhat rubbed and worn. Kress 3686; Goldsmiths 6537; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. - Somewhat browned throughout, scribbling onto title-page and page 1. The Kress entry gives 33 plates, this copy has 31 plates depicting the various coins in use in Europe. Good example of early eighteenth century French work on exchange and also dealing with the common European banking systems. EUR 500
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DARIER, H. Tableau du titre, Poids et Valeur, des différentes Monnaies d'or et d'argent, qui circulent dans le Commerce. Avec Empreintes auquel on a joint diverses tables, tarifs et règles utiles à ceux qui travaillent ou font le commerce des matières d'or et d'argent, ainsi que la loi du 19 Brumaire an 6, relative à la surveillance du titre et aux droits de garantie, avec les loix, arrêtes et décrets qui y ont rapports. Par Hugues Darier père Essayeur du commerce. Genève, chez l'auteur et chez Pre. Escuyer, 1807. With engraved titlepage. (10), 86, (6, blank), 4 (supplément au tableau des monnaies) pp.; 52 leaves. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, paper covered boards, corners. Goldsmiths 19426; Kress C.1870 (second edition (1827) only); Masui p. 467; Quérard, ii, p. 392 (the second edition); NEHA 292; not in Einaudi. Original edition. The last 52 leaves depict coins from many European states, 4 to 8 coins shown per leaf, in many instances both sides of the coin (titre - poids). - Fully interleaved copy. EUR 900
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DES GLANNIERES, R. Plan d'imposition économique et d'administration des finances, présenté à Monseigneur Turgot, Ministre & Contrôleur général des finances. A Paris, Chez Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1774. With 3 folding tables. - (Preceded by:) PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée de Notables, tenue à Versailles, en l'année 1787. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1788. Royal coat of arms on title, and 4 unnumbered leaves containing 2 plans with explanation. - (And followed by:) L'IMPOT Abonné, ou Moyens de faire servir une simple évaluation en masse des paroisses du Royaume, à rendre nulles les fraudes et contraventions des peuples en matière de subsides, et à les faire tourner, ainsi que les frais inutiles de perception, au profit de l'Etat. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Belin, Petit, Ve. Lambert, 1789. With engraved folding coloured plan. 3 works in 1 volume. 27, (1) pp.; (4), 326 pp.; (4), viii, 71, (1) pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, joints shaved and lightly rubbed. First work: Cf.: Kress 7006, Goldsmiths 11169; Einaudi 1540; Mattioli 997; Higgs 6079; INED 1376, all listing another issue from the same year, no priority established.At the end a letter by Turgot approving the publication. The abbé Baudeau, however, criticized it (see: Stourm, p. 121). Of interest for the physiocratic ideas.'Plan fiscal: division de la population française active en huit classes; impôts remplacés par 'la taille nette' asisse sur le capital, le droit et le revenu. Les citoyens seront ainsi délivrés du quart de leurs impôts, et les revenus de l'État accrus de moitié' (INED).The pages 25/26 have apparently never been bound in but are supplied as a xerox on old paper: they have been taken from another quarto issue (of 38 pages) and number therefore 34 and 35. Second work: Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, p. x.Dupont de Nemours, who was secretary of the Assembly, was not only the editor of these proceedings, but also of the Mémoires presented the the Assemblée by Calonne concerning the reforms proposed in the field of administration and financial as well as economic government. Third work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 7651. EUR 900
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DONATO, N. L'homme d'État, par Nicolo Donato; Ouvrage traduit de l'Italien en François, Avec un grand nombre d'Additions considérables, extraites des Auteurs les plus célebres qui ont écrit sur les matières politiques. A Liege, Chez Clement Plomteux, 1767. 2 volumes in 1. viii, 450 pp.; (4), 258 pp. 4to. Contemporarymarbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, corners lightly bumped, top of spine slightly damaged. Higgs 4246 and Conlon 67:792 both listing the 3 volumes edition in 12mo; Camus 221; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First French edition, originally published in Italian as L'uomo di governo, 1753. Nicolo Donato, elected 93rd doge of Venice in 1618, and auhor of this book which contains a treatise on public finance: a classification under seven headings, and a statement giving details of public expenditure relating more particularly to the Venetian state. The translation was done by J.B.R. Robinet. - Somewhat browned throughout. EUR 900
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DU PONT (DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Troisième rapport fait au nom du Comité des finances, sur le remplacement de la gabelle et des droits sur les cuirs, les fers, les huiles, les savons et les amidons. Paris, Baudouin, 1790. 23, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Schelle 41q; Einaudi 1684; Goldsmiths 14300;Martin & Walter 12192; Stourm, p. 167; not in Kress. First edition. 'It was not so much his physiocratic doctrine as his general grasp of macroeconomics that led Du Pont to take a strong stand against the Revolutionary government's growing resort to the issuance of paper money. In March 1790 he prepared a report for the Committee on Finance, which warned against the Assembly's resort to financing revolution through the use of paper money. As an alternative to printing money Du Pont recommended that the government reduce a proportion of its increases in spending on new programs and that it temporarily retain, though at a reduced rate, the taxes on salt, bouillon, and furs, which it was about to abolish. If any deficit remained in the government's budget after these actions, it was to be made up by a surcharge on all other remaining taxes. The following month he restated his case, citing the dangers of inflation, but by then the paper money, or assignats, had already been printed' (James J. McLain, The Economic Writings of Du Pont de Nemours, p. 148). EUR 450
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DUCLOZ-DUFRESNOY, (C.N.) Origine de la caisse d'escompte; ses progrès, ses révolutions, les changemens survenus dans le régime de son administration: ses statuts: son organisation: ses droits à la confiance publique, ou Lettre à M. le Comte de Mirabeau, sur sa motion concernant la Caisse d'escompte. No place, (At end: A Paris, Chez Clousier), 1789. (2), 95, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1579; Goldsmiths 13880; Stourm 193; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter, 11475; Monglond, i, p. 245; Tourneux, iii, 13708. First edition. - Copy with wide margins. The author was one of the 'commissaires des actionnaires' of the caisse. Charles-Nicolas Ducloz-Dufresnoy, writer of a number of works on the finances of France, in favor of the creation of 'papier-monnoie' which he promoted through a number of tracts and pamphlets. EUR 250
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DULION, (R.) Grand tarif des réductions de la monnoie de France, courant de Brabant, et argent des Pays-Bas, et vice versa; ainsi que des espèces d'or et d'argent contenues dans les décrets de 1810. Suivi du tarif de l'évaluation des espèces, fixée par arrêté royal du 8 décembre 1824, en argent de France, courant de Brabant et des Pays-Bas. Nouvelle édition. On y joint le tarif des couronnes de France calculées à 64 sols argent courant de Brabant. Anvers, A. Grangé, (1825). 95, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half vellum, extra. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; NEHA 293 (Dutch edition). First published in 1810, with 63 pages. Gives, in tables, the exchange rates of the currencies of France, Brabant and the Netherlands. With printed tabs for each section. EUR 225
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DUPONT DE NEMOURS - RAPPORT fait au nom de Comité des contributions publiques, sur le taux de la retenue que les débiteurs de rentes ou autres prestations seront autorisés à faire à raison de lacontribution foncière, en acquittant ces rentes ou prestations. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. 11, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Schelle; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Kress B.2090; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1956. First edition. Dated June 1, 1791 and sigend at end by: La Rochefoucauld, Roederer, Defermon, d'Allarde, Dupont de Nemours. EUR 200
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DUPONT DE NEMOURS, (P.S.) Rapport fait au nom du comité des finances, à l'Assemblée nationale, Par M. Du Pont, Député de Nemours. Le 14 août 1790. Sur la répartition de la contribution en remplacementdes grandes gabelles, des petites gabelles, des gabelles locales et des droits de marque des cuirs, de marque des fers, de fabrication sur les amidons, de fabrication et de transport dans l'intérieur du Royaume sur les huiles & savons. (Drop-head title). (Paris, Baudouin, 1790). With tables in the text. 80 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Schelle 41l; Kress B.1832; Goldsmiths 14299; Einaudi 1678; Stourm, p. 167; Martin & Walter 12191; not in INED First edition. 'It was not so much his physiocratic doctrine as his general grasp of macroeconomics that led Du Pont to take a strong stand against the Revolutionary government's growing resort to the issuance of paper money. In March 1790 he prepared a report for the Committee on Finance, whihc warned against the Assembly's resort to financing revolution through the use of paper money. As an alternative to printing money Du Pont recommended that the government reduce a proportion of its increases in spending on new programs and that it temporarily retain, though at a reduced rate, the taxes on salt, bouillon, and furs, which it was about to abolish. If any deficit remained in the government's budget after these actions, it was to be made up by a surcharge on all other remaining taxes. The following month he restated his case, citing the dangers of inflation, but by then the paper money, or assignats, had already been printed' (James J. McLain, The Economic Writings of Du Pont de Nemours, p. 148). EUR 350
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FROUMENTEAU, N. Le secret des finances de France, descouvert, et départi en trois livres ..... & maintenant publié, pour ouvrir les moyens légitimes & nécessaires de payer les dettes du Roy,décharger ses sujets des subsides imposez depuis trente un ans, & recouvrer tous les deniers (sic) prins à sa Majesté. No place, 1581. 3 parts in 1 volume. (56), 152 pp.; (2), 3-472 pp.; (8), 435 (misnumbered 439) pp. 8vo. 18th-century calf, spine gilt with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillets on both sides, very lightly rubbed, joints tender. Kress 146; INED 1932; Einaudi 5204; Mattioli 1340; not in Goldsmiths; Haag, La France protestante (2e éd.) vi, pp. 747 ff.; BM STC French 189; Adams F-1084. Augmented edition of Le secret des thrésors de France, also published in 1581, and hence the best edition of this valuable statistical analysis of public finances of the years 1550-1580. There are at least three different issues of the book: there are copies with 'Le' from the title printed in Italics and with an 'Epitre' at the beginning of the second book of either 16 or 30 pages, which copies are ordinarely found, and their are copies with 'Le' printed in Roman type and with the 'Epitre' in 16 pages, the scarcer copies. In all copies the 'Epitre' contains the same text, the difference being whether or not the text is printed in larger or smaller type. The present copy is with 'Le' printed in Roman type. Includes a statistical analysis of public finances of the years 1550-1580 and criticizes the 'régime fiscal' of the period. The author herewith anticipates writers as Boisguilbert, Vauban and Boulainvilliers, as well as the physiocrats. Froumenteau, the pseudonym of a protestant, gives also statistics on population and the damage caused by the wars of religion. Sometimes attributed to Barnaud. This version is an augmented edition of the Secret des thrésors de France, also published in 1581, and hence this is the best edition of this valuable source.- The preface of part 2 is here printed in a small type, hence the preface has fewer pages than in other issues: to keep pace with the pagination of the rest of the volume, the numbering jumps from 16 to 33. EUR 1600
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G(UDIN) J(EU)NE. De la possibilité d'améliorer les transactions immobilières et commerciales; par l'introduction dans les contrats de l'ordre et de la garantie et par l'économie des ressources. Précédé d'observations sur l'état actuel des affaires et sur l'insuffisance des moyens pratiques jusqu'à ce jour. Divers propositions organiques applicables à des cas particuliers. Lyon, Lithographie Lepagnez, 1855. Lithographed manuscript of 86 pp. 4to. Modern boards. The author has written his name in full himself on the title of this copy, which has on verso of the title also an autograph dedication from the author to Victor Schoelcher. The text is entirely lithographed, apparently in a small number of copies and not put into the trade, as is stated in the first lines: 'Ce travail n'est point destiné à la publicité, il est adressé à quelques amis intimes .....' It contains a project for the organisation of general credit facilities. EUR 250
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GAETE, (M.M.CH. DE GAUDIN), DUC DE. Mémoire sur le Cadastre, et détails statistiques Sur le nombre et la division des taxes de la contribution foncière; sur le reveunue commun des propriètaires de bien-fonds enFrance, etc. A Paris, Chez Delauney, 1818. (4), 108 pp. 8vo. Modern green boards, gilt lettering on spine. KressC.64; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. - Large stain in all margins throughout, not affecting legibility. Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaëte (1756-1841), was placed at the age of seventeen in the office of the ministry of finance. In 1791 he was appointed one of the commissioners of the national treasury. He resigned office at the breaking out of the Terror and refused the portfolio of finance under the Directory contenting himself with being the general commissioner of the post office, but accepted it after the 18th brumaire from the hands of the First Consul. He continued to hold his office up to the fall of the empire, and during the Hundred Days. He assisted in the reorganisation of the administration of the system of finance. In the present work, published to defend his financial administration against attacks from the more ardent among the Legitimists, the Duc de Gaëte states that, when he first entered the ministry, the treasury only possessed in cash the miserable sum of 177,000 francs. He adds that on principle and from the first day he assumed office he pursued two main objects: first, to improve and consolidate (the national) credit by looking carefully after the interests of the creditors of the state; and second, to bring the ordinary revenue to the necessary level by taxes on consumption. He also successfully organised the system of collecting the taxes and the execution of the general land survey (Cadastre) by the law of the 15th of September 1807. Gaudin ranks as the author of the modern system of French financial administration, acting on the opinion he had expressed in his Notice Historique, that at the time of the outbreak of the revolution, the national assembly 'might easily have ameliorated the older system instead of destroying it' (Palgrave, ii, pp. 176-7). Gaudin is always described as honest, methodical and intelligent and proved to be one of the most capable financial ministers in French history, being responsible for all those Napoleonic measures which so splendidly restored the nation's shattered finances. EUR 300
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GAETE, (M.M.CH. DE GAUDIN), DUC DE. Notice historique sur les finances de France, (de l'an 8-1800-au 1er avril 1814). A Paris, de l'Imprimerie d'Ange Clo, 1818. 8, 240 pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards, leather label with gilt lettering, corners very lightly bumped. Kress C.65; Einaudi 2416; Mattioli 1404; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaëte (1756-1841), was placed at the age of seventeen in the office of the ministry of finance. In 1791 he was appointed one of the commissioners of the national treasury. He resigned office at the breaking out of the Terror and refused the portfolio of finance under the Directory contenting himself with being the general commissioner of the post office, but accepted it after the 18th brumaire from the hands of the First Consul. He continued to hold his office up to the fall of the empire, and during the Hundred Days. He assisted in the reorganisation of the administration of the system of finance. In the present work, published to defend his financial administration against attacks from the more ardent among the Legitimists, the Duc de Gaëte states that, when he first entered the ministry, the treasury only possessed in cash the miserable sum of 177,000 francs. He adds that on principle and from the first day he assumed office he pursued two main objects: first, to improve and consolidate (the national) credit by looking carefully after the interests of the creditors of the state; and second, to bring the ordinary revenue to the necessary level by taxes on consumption. He also successfully organised the system of collecting the taxes and the execution of the general land survey (Cadastre) by the law of the 15th of September 1807. Gaudin ranks as the author of the modern system of French financial administration, acting on the opinion he had expressed in his Notice Historique, that at the time of the outbreak of the revolution, the national assembly 'might easily have ameliorated the older system instead of destroying it'. (Palgrave II, pp. 176/7). Gaudin is always described as honest, methodical and intelligent and proved to be one of the most capable financial ministers in French history, being responsible for all those Napoleonic measures which so splendidly restored the nation's shattered finances. The present work is of great importance for the financial history of his time. - The present work contains a handwritten and signed letter by the Duc de Gaëte which is bound in between the half-title and the title. Copy with wide margins, uncut. EUR 750
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GAETE, M.M. CH. GAUDIN, DUC DE. Mémoires, souvenirs, opinions et écrits de Duc de Gaëte, ancien ministre des finances, ex-député, gouverneur de la Banque de France. Paris, Baudouin frères, 1826 (for the third volume: Paris, Impr. de Goetsy, 1834.) 3 volumes. - (Followed by:) RAPPORT de la Commission libre nommée par les manufacturiers et négocians de Paris, sur l'enquête relative à l'état actuel de l'industrie du coton en France. Paris, Impr. de Sellingue, 1829. Two works in 4 volumes, bound in 3. (4), 336 pp.; (4), 599, (1) pp.; 317 pp.; ix, (1), 238, (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spines gilt with gilt lettering, volume 3 not uniform, numbering on spines interchanged. First work: Kress C.1664 & 3727; Goldsmiths 24970 & 28570; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, iii, p. 242 (269-70); not in Einaudi. First edition of all volumes. The third volume containing the 'Supplément' was published 8 years later and is almost always lacking. These memoirs deal almost exclusively with finance. Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaëte (1756-1841), was placed at the age of seventeen in the office of the ministry of finance. In 1791 he was appointed one of the commissioners of the national treasury. He resigned office at the breaking out of the Terror and refused the portfolio of finance under the Directory contenting himself with being the general commissioner of the post office, but accepted it after the 18th brumaire from the hands of the First Consul. He continued to hold his office up to the fall of the empire, and during the Hundred Days. He assisted in the reorganisation of the administration of the system of finance. In the present work, published to defend his financial administration against attacks from the more ardent among the Legitimists, the Duc de Gaëte states that, when he first entered the ministry, the treasury only possessed in cash the miserable sum of 177,000 francs. He adds that on principle and from the first day he assumed office he pursued two main objects: first, to improve and consolidate (the national) credit by looking carefully after the interests of the creditors of the state; and second, to bring the ordinary revenue to the necessary level by taxes on consumption. He also successfully organised the system of collecting the taxes and the execution of the general land survey (Cadastre) by the law of the 15th of September 1807. Gaudin ranks as the author of the modern system of French financial administration, acting on the opinion he had expressed in his Notice Historique, that at the time of the outbreak of the revolution, the national assembly 'might easily have ameliorated the older system instead of destroying it' (Palgrave, ii, pp. 176/7). Gaudin is always described as honest, methodical and intelligent and proved to be one of the most capable financial ministers in French history, being responsible for all those Napoleonic measures which so splendidly restored the nation's shattered finances.Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. The results of an inquiry held from December 1, 1828 till February 15, 1829, about the cotton business and industry. EUR 600
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GAETE, M.M. CH. GAUDIN, DUC DE. Mémoires, souvenirs, opinions et écrits. Paris, Baudouin frères, Bruxelles, même Maison, 1826-1926 With 1 facsimile. 3 volumes. (4), 336 pp.; (4), 599, (1) pp.; 331, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt fillet on sides, red labels with gilt lettering, volume 3 in modern half calf, marbled boards, red labels withh gilt lettering in the same style (first two volumes lightly rubbed at joints, first volume with light damage to head of spine, extremities and corners lightly shaved). Cf.: Kress C.1664 & 3727; Goldsmiths 24970 & 28570; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, iii, p. 242 (269-70); not in Einaudi. First edition of vols 1-2, vol. 3 in the 1926 reprint. Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaëte (1756-1841), was placed at the age of seventeen in the office of the ministry of finance. In 1791 he was appointed one of the commissioners of the national treasury. He resigned office at the breaking out of the Terror and refused the portfolio of finance under the Directory contenting himself with being the general commissioner of the post office, but accepted it after the 18th brumaire from the hands of the First Consul. He continued to hold his office up to the fall of the empire, and during the Hundred Days. He assisted in the reorganisation of the administration of the system of finance. In the present work, published to defend his financial administration against attacks from the more ardent among the Legitimists, the Duc de Gaëte states that, when he first entered the ministry, the treasury only possessed in cash the miserable sum of 177,000 francs. He adds that on principle and from the first day he assumed office he pursued two main objects: first, to improve and consolidate (the national) credit by looking carefully after the interests of the creditors of the state; and second, to bring the ordinary revenue to the necessary level by taxes on consumption. He also successfully organised the system of collecting the taxes and the execution of the general land survey (Cadastre) by the law of the 15th of September 1807. Gaudin ranks as the author of the modern system of French financial administration, acting on the opinion he had expressed in his Notice Historique, that at the time of the outbreak of the revolution, the national assembly 'might easily have ameliorated the older system instead of destroying it'. (Palgrave II, pp. 176/7). Gaudin is always described as honest, methodical and intelligent and proved to be one of the most capable financial ministers in French history, being responsible for all those Napoleonic measures which so splendidly restored the nation's shattered finances. EUR 600
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GANILH, CH. Essai politique sur le revenu public des peuples de l'Antiquité, du Moyen Age, des siècles modernes, et spécialement de la France et de l'Angleterre, depuis le milieu du 15e siècle jusqu'au 19e. A Paris, chez Giguet et Michaud, 1806. 2 volumes. 420 pp.; (4), 503, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary halfcalf, spines gilt in compartments, marbled boards, green corners, some offsetting to boards, sprinkled edges. Kress B.5046; Goldsmiths 19270; INED 1953; Humpert 12952; not in Einaudi; Mattioli 1391. First edition. Important work 'sur les recettes publiques' which contains a financial history and a theory of tax. 'En faveur de l'industrie et du bien-être, et contre le populationisme agricole et l'impôt direct' (INED). EUR 750
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GARNIER, G. Mémoire sur la valeur des monnaies de compte chez les peuples de l'Antiquité. Lu à l'académie, dans les séances des 21, 28 février et 7 mars 1817. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Mme. Ve. Agasse, 1817. (4), 91, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards, spine direct lettered gilt. Kress B.6930; Goldsmiths 21822; Einaudi 2385. First edition. Read at the Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. During the years 1817 and 1818 Garnier presented several memoirs which formed the basis for his famous Histoire de la monnaie which was published in 1819. - Some unobtrusive scattered spotting. EUR 225
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GARNIER, G. Mémoire sur la valeur des monnaies de compte chez les peuples de l'Antiquité. Lu à l'académie, dans les séances des 21, 28 février et 7 mars 1817. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Mme. Ve. Agasse, 1817. (4), 91, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards, spine direct lettered gilt. Kress B.6930; Goldsmiths 21822; Einaudi 2385. First edition. Read at the Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. During the years 1817 and 1818 Garnier presented several memoirs which formed the basis for his famous Histoire de la monnaie which was published in 1819. - Waterstain throughout in upper blank margin or inner margin, only occasionally touching the text. EUR 175
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GIBERT-DESMOULIERES, (J.L.) Rapport fait au nom de la Commission des Finances, composée des représentans Dauchy (de l'Oise), de La Hante, Duchatel (de la Gironde), Ozun, Lemarcis, Huchet-Dreux et Gibert-Desmolières; sur la situation des finances. Séance du 26 prairial, an V. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, Messidor an V (1797). (2), 34 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED: Stourm, p. 273; Martin & Walter 14805; not in Monglond. First edition. 'Nécessité de faire rentrer les impôts, de cesser toute déliverance d'ordonnances d'urgence, d'arrêter les anticipations, de renoncer à toute faveur dans l'ordre des payements, etc. Etat approximatif du revenu et des dépenses ordinaires de l'an VI.' (Stourm). Jean-Louis Gibert-Desmoulières (1746-1799), born into a family of lawyers and historians originating from Aix-en-Provence. Was elected into the Conseil des Cinq-Cents and became one of its secretaries. He was a prolific speaker on financial and economical questions. He belonged to the 'Clichyens' a group opposing the Directoire and Bonaparte, was arrested and deported to Guyenne where he died. EUR 125
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GIRONCOURT, (H.A. REGNARD DE.) Traité historique de l'État des trésoriers de France et généraux des finances, avec les preuves de la supériorité de ces offices. Le tout enrichie de notes. Divisé en deux parties. Premiere (-Seconde) Partie. A Nancy, Chez la veuve Leclerc, 1776. 2 volumes in 1. (16), 349, (1) pp.; (2), 358, (16) pp. 4to. Modern vellum, red label with gilt lettering. Kress S.4854; Masui, i, p. 404; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Franklin, Les Sources de l'histoire de France; not in Catalogue de l'Histoire de France; Conlon 76:1033. First edition. - Very good copy and rare. Henri Antoine Regnard de Gironcourt (1719-1786), became a lawyer at Epinal in 1746 and published several Mémoires dealing with taxes on merchandise to be levied on behalf of religious orders, a practice which existed since the tenth century. He also wrote a number of works and articles on the history of the Lorraine. The present work was his most important and is an esteemed historical treatise on French finances and the responsible officers. EUR 900
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GOMEL, CH. Les causes financières de la Révolution française. Paris, Guillaumin et Cie., 1892-1893. 2 volumes. - (Followed by:) GOMEL, Ch. Histoire financière de l'Assemblée Constituante. Paris, Guillaumin et Cie., 1896-1897. 2 volumes. (Followed by:) GOMEL, Ch. Histoire financière de la Législative et de la Convention. Paris, Guillaumin et Cie., 1902-1905. 2 volumes. Together 6 volumes. xxxi, 548 pp.; xix, 645 pp.; xxxv, 565 pp.; 586 pp.; xxiv, 517 pp.; xx, 576 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spines with gilt lettering and with raised bands. Guide to Historical Literature, (8th. ed.), VC 634-636. Original edition. Indispensible standard work. Deals with: Les Ministères de Turgot et Necker; Les derniers Controleurs Généraux; L'Assemblée Constituante 1789; L'Assemblée Constituante 1790-1791; La Législative et la Convention, 1792-1793; La Législative et la Convention 1793-1795.Marcel Marion, in the ESS, volume vi, p. 696, writes: 'Of no less significance are his writings on the financial causes of the French revolution; they deal in a most elucidating manner with the administrations of Turgot and Necker and the last of the controllers general and with the financial history of the Constituent Assembly, the Legislative Assembly and the Convention.' - Very fine copy. EUR 1250
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GOUY D'ARCY, (L.M.) DE. Opinion sur le projet de M. Necker; prononcée dans la séance du 21 novembre 1789, matin. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1789. 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 13909; Stourm, p. 175; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 15488. First edition. On the creation of national notes and a special bank, and patriotic contributions. EUR 200
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HOPE. Lettre de M. Hope, négociant d'Amsterdam, à M. le Couteulx de Canteleu, membre du Comité des finances de l'Assemblée Nationale, & par lui donnée en communication audit Comité. Pour la circulation des assignats-monnois dans la Hollande. No place, no date. (2), 38 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 16745. EUR 225
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JEAN-BON SAINT-ANDRE, (A.) Opinion sur les bases de l'économie politique. Séance du 26 floréal an III (15 Mai 1795). (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1795). 34 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 4030; Martin & Walter 17272; Stourm, p. 234. First edition. - Very rare. 'Démonétisation des assignats; le quintal de froment seule unité monétaire; l'or et l'argent ne seront plus employés comme monnaie'. 'Faire du blé un étalon monétaire, sont l'assignat serait le seul gage légal' (INED).Andre-Jeanbon Saint Andre, organizer of the Revolutionary navy and member of the Committee of Public Safety. He was an early supporter of the revolution and joined the Jacobins, was elected a deputy of the Lot to the National Convention in September 1792. He performed several functions and was sent on several missions, but his most significant role in the Revolution was to reform the navy. He found a weak and dispirited navy that was no match for the British and he left a formidable fleet that could at least challange the enemy's control of the seas and proved to be one of the most capable administrators of the Revolution. (see: R.J. Caldwell in: Historical Dictionary of the French revolution, 1789-1799, vol. ii, pp. 859 ff.) EUR 200
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JOHANNOT, (J.J.) Rapport et projet de décret ..... sur les moyens de rétablir les finances, et le crédit public. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, nivôse an III (1795). - (Followed by:) JOHANNOT, (J.J.) Rapport fait au nom des Comités de salut public, de législation et des finances, réunis (sur les moyens d'améliorer les finances publiques.) (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie national, germinal l'an III (1795). - (Followed by:) JOHANNOT, (J.J.) Supplément au rapport fait au nom des Comités de salut public, de législation et des finances, réunis. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1795). 3 pieces bound in 1 volume. 23, (1) pp.; 52 pp.; 16 pp. 8vo.Modern half morocco. None in Kress; none in Goldsmiths; none in Einaudi; none in INED; Martin & Walter 17334-6; Stourm, pp. 226-7. First editions. First work: Evaluation des biens nationaux à 15 millards.Second work: Classification des dépenses et moyens d'y pourvoir. Estimation des biens nationaux. Valeur portée à 15 millards passés, sans compter 3 millards en Belgique. Hypothèque des assignats garantie par une caisse spéciale. Includes 16 pages of decrees.Third work: Création de cédules qui ouvriront à l'agriculture, au commerce et aux manufactures de nouvelles sources de régénérations. Includes 16 pages of proposed decrees. EUR 450
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LA BLACHE, (L.A.F.J. FALCOZ) DE. Opinion contre l'émission des assignats. Du 5 septembre 1790. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1790. 19, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 14280; not in Kress;not in Einaudi; not in Stourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter 17846; not in Monglond. First edition. Born in 1739 at the Chateau d'Anjou (Isère), he was raised by his grand-uncle from his mother's side, Paris-Duverney, who made him his heir. The heritage of Paris-Duverney gave him a considerable fortune and he left the army. Liberal, he was elected for the nobility to the Estates-General and was one of the first to associate with the Third Estate. In the National Assembly he dealt only with financial matters. (see: Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii. pp. 486-7). EUR 125
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LA COSTE, J.A. DE. Rapport fait au nom de la commission nommée pour l'examen de la résolution du 30 Germinal dernier (19 avril 1797) sur les transactions entre particuliers, relative à la confection des tablaux de dépréciation du papier-monnaie. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1797). 15, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 18064. First edition. P.S. Dupont de Nemours was member of the commission and participated in the drawing of the present text. EUR 150
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LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (D'ENVILLE, L.A.) Discours au nom du Comité de l'imposition sur la contribution foncière. Le 11 Octobre 1790. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1790). - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Opinion sur la proposition d'une émission nouvelle d'assignats-monnoie. Le 27 Septembre 1790. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1790). - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Rapport fait au nom du Comité d'aliénation sur le mode de paiement des domaines nationaux. Le 10 Septembre 1790. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Rapport fait à l'Assemblée Nationale au nom du Comité chargé de l'aliénation des domaines nationaux, sur les ventes aux municipalités. 16 Juillet 1790. Et décret du même jour, sanctionné par le Roi le 26. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Décret rendu les 25, 26 & 29 juin 1790, sanctionné par le roi, le 7 Juillet suivant, sur la vente des domaines nationaux aux particuliers; précédé du Rapport fait à l'Assemblée nationale. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Rapport fait au nom des Comités réunis des finances et d'aliénation, sur les ventes des domaines nationaux. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 2 parts. - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Rapport fait au nom du Comité chargé de l'aliénation des domaines nationaux. Paris, Baudouin, 1790. - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Opinion sur les assignats-monnoie. Le 15 Avril 1790. Paris, Baudouin, 1790. - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Opinions sur le projet de finances présenté par le Comité des Dix, le 18 Novembre 1789; et sur les banques publiques, le 9 Décembre 1789. (Drop-head title). Paris, Baudouin, (1789). 9 pieces bound in 1 volume. 8 pp.; 12 pp.; 15, (1) pp.; 7, (1) pp.; 30 pp.; 8pp. and 8-16 pp.; (2), 17, (1) pp.; 14 pp.; 34 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. First work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; cf.: Stourm, p. 176; Martin & Walter 19353. Second work: Goldsmiths 14358; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 19361. - A highly interesting collection. Third work: Goldsmiths 14293; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 165; Martin & Walter 19365.Fourth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; cf.: Stourm, p. 165; Martin & Walter 19364.Fifth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 19363.Sixth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; cf.: Stourm, p. 165; Martin & Walter 19366.Seventh work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Martin & Walter. Eighth work: Goldsmiths 14357; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 176; Martin & Walter 19360.Ninth work: Goldsmiths 13919; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; cf.: Stourm, p. 175; Martin & Walter 19359.'La Rochefoucauld, député de la noblesse de Paris, fut le rapporteur attiré, non plus des budgets, mais des réformes fiscales. Parmi les importants travaux sortis de sa plume, ceux qui concernent la contribution foncière et la répartition des impôts directs demeurent les plus célèbres' (Stourm). EUR 1500
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LABORDE DE MEREVILLE, (F.L.J. DE.) Discours sur l'établissement d'une banque publique prononcé à l'Assemblée Nationale, le 5 décembre 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1789. 43, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1641; Goldsmiths 13917; INED 2417; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 17881; not in Monglond. First edition. 'Avantages économiques qui résulteraient de la création d'une banque publique. Laborde soumet ses arguments et les moyens propres à réaliser ce projet.' (INED). François-Louis-Jean-Joseph de Laborde de Méréville, representative for the Third Estate, participated in the American war, member of the Order of Cincinnatus, his name is on the list of the Club de Valois, together with among others Sieyès and Target. This is his most famous speech, against Necker and paper money. 'Toute circulation forcée de papier-monnaie est néfaste pour le pays'. (See: Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii, pp. 488-9). EUR 250
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LABORDE DE MEREVILLE, (F.L.J. DE.) Discours de M. Laborde de Mereville, sur l'établissement d'une banque publique, prononcé à l'Assemblée Nationale, le 5 décembre 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1789. 43, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1641; Goldsmiths 13917; INED 2417; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 17881; not in Monglond. First edition. 'Avantages économiques qui résulteraient de la création d'une banque publique. Laborde soumet ses arguments et les moyens propres à réaliser ce projet' (INED). François-Louis-Jean-Joseph de Laborde de Méréville, representative for the Third Estate, participated in the American war, member of the Order of Cincinnatus, his name is on the list of the Club de Valois, together with among others Sieyès and Target. This is his most famous speech, against Necker and paper money. 'Toute circulation forcée de papier-monnaie est néfaste pour le pays' (See: Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii, pp. 488-9). EUR 250
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LABORDE DE MEREVILLE, (F.L.J. DE.) Discours sur l'établissement d'une banque publique prononcé à l'Assemblée Nationale, le 5 décembre 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1789. 43, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1641; Goldsmiths 13917; INED 2417; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 17881; not in Monglond. First edition. 'Avantages économiques qui résulteraient de la création d'une banque publique. Laborde soumet ses arguments et les moyens propres à réaliser ce projet.' (INED). François-Louis-Jean-Joseph de Laborde de Méréville, representative for the Third Estate, participated in the American war, member of the Order of Cincinnatus, his name is on the list of the Club de Valois, together with among others Sieyès and Target. This is his most famous speech, against Necker and paper money. 'Toute circulation forcée de papier-monnaie est néfaste pour le pays'. (See: Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii, pp. 488-9). EUR 250
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LABORDE DE MEREVILLE, (F.L.J.J. DE.) Discours sur l'établissement d'une banque publique prononcé à l'Assemblée Nationale, le 5 décembre 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1789. 43, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1641; Goldsmiths 13917; INED 2417; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 17881; not in Monglond. First edition. 'Avantages économiques qui résulteraient de la création d'une banque publique. Laborde soumet ses arguments et les moyens propres à réaliser ce projet.' (INED). François-Louis-Jean-Joseph de Laborde de Méréville, representative for the Third Estate, participated in the American war, member of the Order of Cincinnatus, his name is on the list of the Club de Valois, together with among others Sieyès and Target. This is his most famous speech, against Necker and paper money. 'Toute circulation forcée de papier-monnaie est néfaste pour le pays' (Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii, pp. 488-9). EUR 175
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LACOSTE, E. Rapport fait au nom des Comités réunis de Salut public et de sûreté générale, sur la conspiration de Batz ou de l'étranger. 26 Prairial an II (14 Juin 1794). (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1794). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 18045.First edition. Batz, a notorious right wing conspirator, was already a financial speculator before 1789. He is alledged to have drawn up a plan for financing the government debt without the consent of the Estates as part of a plot that led to the dismissal of Necker on 11 July 1789. He plotted with the Spanish ambassador to bribe Convention deputies to vote for acquittal during the trial of Louis XVI. When that failed, he planned to rescue the king on his way to the scaffold and later conspired to liberate Marie-Antoinette from the Temple prison. He is primarily associated, however, with the complex scandal over the Compagnies des Indes, in which a number of Convention deputies, notably F. Chabot, C. Bazire, J. Delaunay, J.Julien de Toulouse, and P.-F. Fabre d'Eglantine were also involved.Batz managed to escape from trial after being suspected as the mastermind behind these complex manipulations with the Compagnies des Indes's stock, bu those who were supposed to have been his collaborators, were tried and executed on June 17, 1794. Robespierre believed that Batz had masterminded these manipulations with the aim of discrediting the Convention and dividing its members. Batz survived the revolution an lived quietly under Napoleon and the Restoration. EUR 150
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LAMERVILLE, (J.L.TH. HEURTAULT DE.) De l'impôt territorial, combiné avec les principes de l'administration de Sully et Colbert, adaptés à la situation actuelle de la France. A Strasbourg, De l'imprimerie de Rolland et Jacob, 1788. With 15 folding tables. - (Bound with:) ALLEMAND. Mémoire sur la navigation intérieure; Observations sur l'opération particulière ordonnée par le gouvernement pour préparer l'opération générale présentée ici sous tous ses rapports. Suite de l'ouvrage préliminaire au Traité général. A Paris, Chez Prault, 1785. 2 works bound in 1 volume. (2), xx, 211, (misnumbered 215) (1) pp.; 80 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, raised bands, contrasting lables with gilt lettering, marbled boards, somewhat rubbed and worn. First work: Kress B.1437; Goldsmiths 13642; Einaudi 3185; INED 2556; Leblanc 356. First edition. 'Plan d'administration des finances basé sur la justice et la simplicité, pour abolir le déplorable systême actuellement en vigeur. Lamerville se fait fort de couvrir le déficit sans augmentation d'impôts, et de délivrer le peuple des gabelles. aides, etc. L'exécution de ce projet développera les ressources de l'impôt territorial, et rétablira l'equilibre recettes-dépenses' (INED). 'Plan de restauration générale des finances, avec un discours préliminaire sur la nécessité d'un changement dans les principes de l'administration financière. Il comporte trois parties: 1. Précis des principes constitutifs de ce plan de l'administration. 2. Discussion des principes. 3. De la libération des dettes de l'Etat. Adaption et combinaison des systèmes de Sully et Colbert, critique des impôts directs et indirects qui seraient remplacés par un impôt territorial, une taille réelle, une subvention générale. Ces projets de réforme sont basés sur l'existence d'Assemblées provinciales qui assurent la perception et la répartition de l'impôt. Mirabeau, Turgot, Le Trosne, Condorcet ont les mêmes objectifs concernant les Assemblées provinciales' (Leblanc, op.cit). - The half-title reads: 'Plan d'une restauration générale dans les finances'. Good copy with very generous margins.Second work: Kress B.813; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 37.Plans for improvement of communication and transport over water. The communication and transport system through rivers and canals is considered as a major factor in public wealth. EUR 1500
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LAVOISIER - ARRET du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, portant homologation des délibérations des actionnaires de la Caisse d'Escompte, des 8 & 15 janvier 1789. Du 17 Janvier 1789. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1789. 10, (2 blank) pp. 4to. Sewn. Duveen, p. 286; see also: Poirier, Lavoisier, pp. 234 and 261. 'Lavoisier was in 1789 the most active administrator of the important banking concern known as the Caisse d'Escompte. He was one of the board who, on july 20 of that year, presented loyal greetings from the bank to the Constituent Assembly' (Duveen). The name of Lavoisier does appear in this Arrêt. EUR 300
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LAVOISIER, (A.L.) Discours prononcé à l'Assemblée générale des actionnaires de la Caisse d'Escompte, le 17 novembre 1789, par M. Lavoisier, président de l'administration. Publié par ordre & avec l'approbation de l'Assemblée. (A Paris, Chez Clousier, 1789.) (2), 18 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Duveen & Klickstein 249; Kress B.1646; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 19840. Original edition. Lavoisier was in 1789 the most active administrator of the important banking concern known as the Caisse d'Escompte. He was one of the board who, on July 20 of that year, presented loyal greetings from the bank to the Constituent Assembly. Later that year Lavoisier presented a report to the stockholders of the bank, (the present work), in which he points out that 60,000,000 livres were owed or guaranteed by the government to the bank and secured on the taxes to be collected, the 'contribution patriotique', which was a capital levy. The Discours shows considerable understanding of the economic and financial problems involved. It is particularly clear and lucid in style. Lavoisier notes with regret and alarm that inflation had already set in, and he is well aware that, unless prompt steps were taken, it would continue to grow worse at an alarming rate. Some of the unsound financial practices of the government are criticized; the conservative and sound suggestions which the administrators of the Caisse d'Escompte had unsuccesfully tried to get the authorities to adopt are stressed. EUR 1250
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LAVOISIER, (A.L.) Discours prononcé à l'Assemblée générale des actionnaires de la Caisse d'Escompte, le 17 novembre 1789, par M. Lavoisier, président de l'administration. Publié par ordre & avec l'approbation de l'Assemblée. (A Paris, Chez Clousier, 1789.) (2), 18 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Duveen & Klickstein 249; Kress B.1646; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 19840. Original edition. Lavoisier was in 1789 the most active administrator of the important banking concern known as the Caisse d'Escompte. He was one of the board who, on July 20 of that year, presented loyal greetings from the bank to the Constituent Assembly. Later that year Lavoisier presented a report to the stockholders of the bank, (the present work), in which he points out that 60,000,000 livres were owed or guaranteed by the government to the bank and secured on the taxes to be collected, the 'contribution patriotique', which was a capital levy. The Discours shows considerable understanding of the economic and financial problems involved. It is particularly clear and lucid in style. Lavoisier notes with regret and alarm that inflation had already set in, and he is well aware that, unless prompt steps were taken, it would continue to grow worse at an alarming rate. Some of the unsound financial practices of the government are criticized; the conservative and sound suggestions which the administrators of the Caisse d'Escompte had unsuccesfully tried to get the authorities to adopt are stressed. EUR 1250
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LE COUTEULX (DE CANTELEU, J.B.) Pétition du commerce de Paris. Adhésion à cette pétition, des députés extraordinaires du commerce de France, présentée à l'Assemblée nationale, à la séance du 10 février 1790au soir. Par M. Le Couteulx, député de Rouen. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1790). 7, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Disbound. Martin & Walter, iii, 20389; Tourneux, iv, 26514. - Slightly damp-stained, wormhole in blank inner margin. Deals with the question whether or not 'les porteurs des billets à ordre doivent s'assujétir à les faire enregistrer, qu'ils doivent payer le droit progressif d'enregistrement.' EUR 125
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LE COUTEULX (DE CANTELEU, J.B.) Rapport du Comité des finances, sur l'échange des assignats, contre les billets de la caisse d'escompte, ou promesse d'assignats. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 14295; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 20385. First edition. Includes a 'projet de décret'. 'Jean-Barthélemy Lecouteulx de Canteleu, homme politique, né en 1749, mort à Paris le 18 septembre 1818. Premier échevin de Rouen (1789), il fut envoyé aux États généraux, où il s'occupa presque uniquement de finances. Membre du Conseil des Anciens, il devint sous l'Empire sénateur et comte, puis pair de France sous la Restauration (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1109). EUR 175
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LE COUTEULX DE CANTELEU, (J.B.) A ses Compatriotes les Négocians, Manufacturiers, Fabricans, du département de la Seine-Inférieure. (Paris), De l'Imprimerie J.G. Guyot an IV (1796). 35, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Kress S.5515; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 20374. Original edition. Pp. 1-16 contain an expose on the utility of a bank which is followed by Procès-verbaux de l'Assemblée des citoyens réunis pour l'établissement de la banque of 6 and 8 february 1796 (pp. 16-35). 'Jean-Barthélemy Lecouteulx de Canteleu, homme politique, né en 1749, mort à Paris le 18 septembre 1818. Premier échevin de Rouen (1789), il fut envoyé aux États généraux, où il s'occupa presque uniquement de finances. Membre du Conseil des Anciens, il devint sous l'Empire sénateur et comte, puis pair de France sous la Restauration (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1109). EUR 300
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LE COUTEULX DE CANTELEU, (J.B.) Discours et motion sur le plan de banque nationale du premier ministre des finances. Prononcé à l'Assemblée nationale le 6 décembre 1789. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1789. 18 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1647; Goldsmiths 13920; INED2747; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 20378. First edition. The author is in agreement with Necker's ideas.'Jean-Barthélemy Lecouteulx de Canteleu, homme politique, né en 1749, mort à Paris le 18 septembre 1818. Premier échevin de Rouen (1789), il fut envoyé aux États généraux, où il s'occupa presque uniquement de finances. Membre du Conseil des Anciens, il devint sous l'Empire sénateur et comte, puis pair de France sous la Restauration. (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1109 and Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii, pp. 566-8). EUR 175
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LE COUTEULX DE CANTELEU, (J.B.) Lettre à M***, un de ses commettans, sur le rapport du Comité des finances. 26 février (1790). (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1790). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 20376. First edition. What to do when we have no money, no credit, and no other means to raise money? 'Jean-Barthélemy Lecouteulx de Canteleu, homme politique, né en 1749, mort à Paris le 18 septembre 1818. Premier échevin de Rouen (1789), il fut envoyé aux États généraux, où il s'occupa presque uniquement de finances. Membre du Conseil des Anciens, il devint sous l'Empire sénateur et comte, puis pair de France sous la Restauration. (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1109). EUR 225
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LE COUTEULX DE CANTELEU, (J.B.) Rapport des commissaires nommés pour l'examen des projets de banque, et conférer, à leur sujet, avec le Premier ministre des finances, et les Administrateurs de la Caisse d'Escompte. Suivi des décrets de l'Assemblée Nationale, rendus le 19 décembre 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1789. 36 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1648; Goldsmiths 13921; INED 2747; Stourm, p. 172; Martin & Walter 20379. First edition. The projects under discussion emanated from Mirabeau, Talleyrand, La Borde and Dupont de Nemours. 'Jean-Barthélemy Lecouteulx de Canteleu, homme politique, né en 1749, mort à Paris le 18 septembre 1818. Premier échevin de Rouen (1789), il fut envoyé aux États généraux, où il s'occupa presque uniquement de finances. Membre du Conseil des Anciens, il devint sous l'Empire sénateur et comte, puis pair de France sous la Restauration' (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1109). EUR 150
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LE COUTEULX DE CANTELEU, (J.B.) Rapport des commissaires nommés pour l'examen des projets de banque, et conférer, à leur sujet, avec le Premier ministre des finances, et les Administrateurs de la Caisse d'Escompte. Suivi des décrets de l'Assemblée Nationale, rendus le 19 décembre 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1789. 36 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1648; Goldsmiths 13921; INED 2747; Stourm, p. 172; Martin & Walter 20379. First edition. The projects under discussion emanated from Mirabeau, Talleyrand, La Borde and Dupont de Nemours. 'Jean-Barthélemy Lecouteulx de Canteleu, homme politique, né en 1749, mort à Paris le 18 septembre 1818. Premier échevin de Rouen (1789), il fut envoyé aux États généraux, où il s'occupa presque uniquement de finances. Membre du Conseil des Anciens, il devint sous l'Empire sénateur et comte, puis pair de France sous la Restauration. (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1109). EUR 200
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LE COUTEULX DE CANTELEU, (J.B.) Rapport des commissaires nommés pour l'examen des projets de banque, et conférer, à leur sujet, avec le Premier ministre des finances, et les Administrateurs de la Caisse d'Escompte. Suivi des décrets de l'Assemblée Nationale, rendus le 19 décembre 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1789. 36 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1648; Goldsmiths 13921; INED 2747; Stourm, p. 172; Martin & Walter 20379. First edition. The projects under discussion emanated from Mirabeau, Talleyrand, La Borde and Dupont de Nemours. 'Jean-Barthélemy Lecouteulx de Canteleu, homme politique, né en 1749, mort à Paris le 18 septembre 1818. Premier échevin de Rouen (1789), il fut envoyé aux États généraux, où il s'occupa presque uniquement de finances. Membre du Conseil des Anciens, il devint sous l'Empire sénateur et comte, puis pair de France sous la Restauration. (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1109). EUR 225
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LEBER, (J.M.) C. Essai sur l'appréciation de la fortune privée au moyen age, relativement aux variations des valeurs monétaires et du pouvoir commercial de l'argent: suivi d'un examen critique des tables de prix du marc d'argent, depuis l'époque de Saint-Louis. Seconde édition, revue et augmentée de nouvelles recherches. Paris, Guillaumin, 1847. vii, (1), 340 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Kress C.7129; Goldsmiths 35162; Einaudi 3279. The second, and best, edition. First published in the Mémoires des Savants Étrangers, printed by authority of the French Academy of Inscriptions. - Name on title. Original covers preserved. This 'essay' was long considered as an authority on the subject of prices in France during the middle ages, and comprises sundry tables of prices, offical salaries, etc., with the corresponding modern figures (Palgrave, ii, p. 588). EUR 375
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LEBER, (J.M.) C. Essai sur l'appréciation de la fortune privée au moyen age, relativement aux variations des valeurs monétaires et du pouvoir commercial de l'argent: suivi d'un examen critique des tables de prix du marc d'argent, depuis l'époque de Saint-Louis. Seconde édition, revue et augmentée de nouvelles recherches. Paris, Guillaumin, 1847. vii, (1), 340 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Kress C.7129; Goldsmiths 35162; Einaudi 3279; not in Mattioli. The second, and best, edition. First published in the Mémoires des Savants Étrangers, printed by authority of the French Academy of Inscriptions. This 'essay' was long considered as an authority on the subject of prices in France during the middle ages, and comprises sundry tables of prices, offical salaries, etc., with the corresponding modern figures (Palgrave, ii, p. 588). EUR 325
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LEBER, (J.M.) C. Mémoires sur l'appréciation de la fortune privée au moyen age, relativement aux variations des valeurs monétaires et du pouvoir commercial de l'argent. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1842. (4), 109 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, original blind covers bound in, offprint from: Mémoires présentées par divers savants à l'Académie Royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres, 1. Goldsmiths 32243; not in Kress; not in Einaudi. First edition. This 'essay' was long considered as an authority on the subject of prices in France during the middle ages, and comprises sundry tables of prices, offical salaries, etc., with the corresponding modern figures (Palgrave, ii, p. 588). - With modern ex-libris. EUR 225
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LECOINTE-PUYRAVEAU, (M.M.) Rapport sur les projets de banques. 12 germinal an 7 (1er Avril 1799). (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie Nationale, (1799). 50 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 20286. First edition. The author is in favour of the creation of private banks. In collaboration with P.S. Dupont de Nemours he founded a mortgagebank. 'Michel Matthieu Lecointe (1750-1825), homme politique. Député des Deux-Sèvres à l'Assemblée législative, puis à la Convention, il vota la mort du roi avec appel au peuple, fit partie du Conseil des Cinq Cents et s'y montra un violent adversaire du parti royaliste.' (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1109).At head of title: Corps Législatif. Conseil des Cinq-Cents. EUR 300
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LEMONTEY, P.E. Oeuvres. Édition revue et préparée par l'auteur. Paris, A. Sautelet, Brissot-Thivars & A. Mesnier, 1829. 5 volumes. - (Bound with:) LEMONTEY, P.E. Histoire de la Régence et de la minorité de Louis XV, jusqu'au ministère du Cardinal de Fleury. Paris, Paulin, 1832. 2 volumes - Together 7 volumes. xxiv, (2), 423 pp.; (4), 431 pp.; (4), 398 pp.; (4), 364 pp.; (4), 448 pp.; (4), 464 pp.; (4), 486 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards with red labels. Goldsmiths 27717 (last 2 vols only); not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition. Complete set. The Histoire de la Régence was not included in the 'Oeuvres'. These 2 volumes contain interesting 'pièces justificatives' and form an essential source for the history of John Law and his system, since they include texts by John Law of which the original documents were lost since.The minority of Louis XV was one of the most scandalous and corrupt periods in French history. Among the ruinous errors of the regent's administration, discussed here at some length, was his adoption of the financial system of the banker John Law, whose bankruptcy led to a disastrous crisis in the public and private affairs of France. Also included are chapters on the slave trade and the plague in Marseilles and Provence in 1720-21.Pierre-Edouard Lemontey was a man of letters and historian. He revealed his liberal opinions by defending in a 1787 essay the right of Protestants to full political rights, in the days immediately preceding the revolution, he helped draft the cahier of the Third Estate and served in the new municipal government of Lyon. He fled Lyon in the year 1792 during the course of the insurrection and went to Switzerland. In 1818 he published a history on the reign of Louis XIV which proved to be a great and controversial success and has been praised as one of the first good histories written during the nineteenth century. In it, he traced the origins of the Revolution back to the absolutism of Louis XIV and thereby opened a new path for the study of the French monarchy. Because Lemontey emphasized the continuity between the monarchy of the Old Regime and the institutions created by the revolution, his book stands as a worthy predecessor of de Tocqueville's L'Ancien régime et la Révolution (Robert Brown in: Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire, vol. i, pp. 621 ff.) - Fine set. EUR 1750
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LEROY-BEAULIEU, P. Traité de la science des finances. Cinquième édition, revue et corrigée. Paris, Guillaumin, 1891-1892. 2 volumes. (4), xxviii, 793, (1) pp.; (4), 742 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine with raised bands. Not in Einaudi. First published in 1877. Pierre-Paul Leroy-Beaulieu (1843-1916) was a French economist and journalist. He accepted the chair of public finance in 1872 at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, founded by Emile Boutmy and later succeeded his father-in-law, Michel Chevalier, in the chair of political economy at the Collège de France. He belonged to the French Liberal School of individualism and free trade.'Leroy-Beaulieu's most enduring work was his treatise on public finance, an effort that examines both public revenues and public credit. The second volume of this work rose somewhat above the first, remaining authoritative well into the present century' (New Palgrave). The work was updated and accounted fully for the new developments that had occurred since the publication of the fourth edition: paper-money, local taxation, etc. EUR 200
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LESSART, (C.A. VALDEC) DE. Rapport des commissaires nommés par délibérations des 20 novembre & 22 décembre dernier, fait à l'Asemblée générale des actionnaires de la Caisse d'Escompte, le 29 décembre 1789, et délibération prise en conséquence dans l'Assemblée du même jour. A Paris, Chez Clousier, (1790). 19, (5) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1798; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 21240. Original edition. Claude-Antoine Valdec de Lessart was foreign minister. He began his career as a protégé of Necker and was active in government financial circles. As Robespierre, he opposed foreign war and realized the danger of going to war before securing power at home. He therefore opposed the Brissotins and others who opted for war, but could not prevent the decision to go to war and in the proces was accused of treason and arrested. Before he could be tried he persihed in the September massacres. EUR 125
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LINGUET, (S.N.H.) La France plus qu'anglaise, ou Comparaison entre la procédure entamée à Paris le 25 Septembre 1788, contre les ministres du Roi de France; et Le procès intenté à Londres en 1640, au Comte de Strafford, principal Ministre de Charles premier, Roi d'Angleterre: avec des Réflexions sur le danger imminent dont les entreprises de la Robe menacent la nation & les particuliers. Seconde édition. Bruxelles, 1788. (4), 175, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Cioranescu 40562; not in INED; not in Kress;not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. Second edition, first published in October 1788. Linguet had printed, in the 116th number of his Annales, a proposal for fiscal reform which he had first publicized in his Annales in 1778 and 1779, an exepient for terminating once and for all the chronic state of financial crisis that had precipitated Louis's capitulation to the aristocrats. The king ignored Linguet's lesson in political and economic pragmatism. Financiers and capitalists were up in arms against it, as was the Paris parlement. This body condamned the 116th number of the Annales to be lacerated and burned at the foot of the grand staircase in the courtyard of the Palais de Justice. Linguet, in rage, published his La France plus qu'angloise in October 1788 and included in it a thinly veiled warning to the king that his next blunder, a fatal one, would be to retreat headlong into the arms of aristocratic reactionairies more English in their pretensions to exercising legislative supremacy than Commons or Lords. This move would signal disaster for the monarchy, as it would alienate the Third Estate from the throne as well as from the aristocratic party, driving it into isolation, and from there into independence and the revolution. At the same time, Linguet was educating the Third Estate in this work: how to recognize their rights and act in their own best interest (For an extensive analysis of this work see: D. Gay Levy, The ideas and Careers of Simon-Nicolas-Henry Linguet, pp. 243-4). EUR 450
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LOCKE, J. Ragionamenti sopra la Moneta l'interesse del Danaro le finanze et il commercio scritti e pubblicati in diverse occasioni ..... Tradotti la prima volta dall'Inglese con varie annotazioni. In Firenze, Appresso Andrea Bonducci, 1751. Titles printed in red and black, large folding table, engraved vignette on title of first volume. Two volumes in one. xxxiii, (1, blank), 191 (misnumbered 189) pp.; xxiii, (1, blank), 316, (2), 116 pp. 4to. Contemporary Italian vellum boards, label with gilt lettering to spine. Einaudi 3476; Goldsmiths 8635; Higgs 115; Yolton 164; Attig 507; Kress, Italian Economic Literature, i, 275. First Italian edition, rare. A very good copy of this handsomely printed book translating John Locke's Several Papers relating to Money, Interest, and Trade. The translators, Giovani Francesco Pagnini and Angelo Tavanti, take their text from the 1740 folio Works of John Locke (the fourth collected edition). At the end of the second volume is a 116 pages essay by Pagnini on the correct price and value of money entitled Essay on the just price of things, the correct value of money and on the trade of the Romans. Pagnini was destined to become one of the major economic historians in the eighteenth century with the publication of his History of the tithe in 1765-66.The year of publication of this translation, and the translation itself, represent an interesting moment in time: 1751 is also the year Galiani's famous and important Della Moneta was published. Galiani's roots were firmly planted in the southern culture which had been rekindled by the work of Locke and Newton. One of Galiani's first intellectual undertakings had been the translation of Locke's essay on financial problems, which he dropped when he heard that in Florence another version was being produced, edited by Pagnini and Tavanti (the present work) (Carpanetto and Ricuperati, Italy in the Age of Reason 1685-1789, p. 250). - Front paste-down with a few wormtracks, an old bookplate verso of the front blank, a very fine large paper copy, printed on heavy paper. EUR 7000
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MALOUET, (P.V.) Collection des Opinions. A Paris, Chez Valade, 1791-1792. With 2 folding tables. 3 volumes. viii, 274 pp.; 384 pp.; (4), 228, 26, vi pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, raised bands, marbled boards (volume 3 in modern half calf), slightly worn and rubbed. Martin & Walter, 22646 (without the 3rd vol); not in Tourneux; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition, very rare with the third volume. Two pamphlets relating to subjects dealt with by Malouet, have been bound with vol. 2: one by Clermont-Tonnere, one by Cazalès. Deals with human rights, the constitution, finance, the colonies, etc. At the end of vol. 3 a table of contents. Pierre-Victor Malouet (1740-1814), naval intendant, moderate monarchist, émigré. From 1758 he filled a variety of positions in the French government, including a brief and disillusioning stint in an administrative assignment with marshal de Broglie's army during the Seven Years War. From 1767 to 1773 he held administrative posts in Santo Domingo, where he married and acquired considerable property. As an experienced official of the Ancien Régime, Malouet recognized the need for reform but believed that it should issue from strong monarchial initiative. Along with J.J. Mounier and others, he championed a bicameral legislature somewhat on the English model, though his conception of the upper (more conservative) chamber was considerably different from theirs. Malouet was active in the Naval Committee of the Assembly and delivered several substantial reports on the funding and organization of the navy. On 10 August 1792 he left for England fearing for his life, and he did not return before 1801. On 3 October 1803 Napoleon brought him out of his obscurity by assigning him the post of commissioner general of the navy at Antwerp, a post he filled commendably until 1810, when Napoleon honoured him by appointment to the Council of State and the title of baron. The emperor's opinion of him changed abruptly in 1812 when Malouet opposed the Russian campaign and was forced to retire. The restauration of Louis XVIII brought Malouet an honor he had long before desired, that of appointment as minister of navy on 13 May 1814 (Historical Dictionary of the French revolution, 1789-1799, ii, pp. 626-627). - Very rare in this complete state. EUR 1250
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MAUPEOU - MAUPEOUANA, ou recueil complet des écrits patriotiques publiés pendant le règne du Chancelier Maupeou, pour démontrer l'absurdité du despotisme qu'il vouloit établir, & pour maintenir dans toute sa splendeur la Monarchie Française. Ouvrage qui peut servir à l'histoire du siècle de Louis XV, pendant les années 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, & 1774. A Paris, avec l'Approbation unanime des bons & fidèles Sujets de Sa Majesté Louis XVI, 1775. With 5engraved plates, of which 2 folding. 6 volumes bound in 3. xvi, 223 pp.; (4), 204 pp.; (4), 247 pp.; (4), 256 pp.; (4), 251, (32) pp.; (2), 350, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt triple fillets on sides, richly gilt spines with raised bands, red labels with gilt lettering, red edges (first two volumes), third volume contemporary marbled calf, gilt triple fillet on sides, spine gilt in compartments, red edges, joints of third volume a bit rubbed. Higgs 6532; Aude, Bibliographie des Ana, p. 66; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Conlon. First collected edition, containing "vingt-sept ouvrages ou pamphlets les plus curieux ..... (Aude). Interesting collection, including a.o.: Le Maire du Palais, Lettres d'un homme à un autre homme sur les affaires du temps. - La correspondance secrète et familière de M. de Maupeou avec M. de Sorhouet. - Lettre sur l'état actuel du crédit du gouvernement en France. - Lettre aux officiers de justice des provinces. - Lettre de M. Terray à M. Turgot. - Supplément à la Gazette de France. - Répertoire ou table alphabétique des matières et des anecdotes contenus dans les 5 volumes du Maupéouana. Volume six is entitled: 'Les efforts de la liberté et du patriotisme, contre le despotisme du Sr. de Maupeou, Chancelier de France, ou Recueil des écrits patriotiques publiés pour maintenir l'ancien gouvernement français, Londres 1775' and contains pieces not included in the first 5 volumes. The editor was Pidanzat de Mairobert. Higgs lists only the first 5 volumes. - Very rare in this complete state and a very nice copy. EUR 2500
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MENGIN, (M.P.) Réponse aux observations du citoyen Ducher, inséré (sic) dans le 'Moniteur' du 28 floréal (17 mai 1795), contre la banque ou caisse hypothécaire, présentée par Johannot au nom du comité des finances. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1795). 20 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 23804. First edition. Emphasis on the inconveniencies of the British banking system: 'La banque d'Angleterre est le plus ferme appui du despotisme'. EUR 150
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MENGIN, (M.P.) Plan nouveau sur les hypothèques, présenté à l'Assemblés nationale législative, le 18 décembre 1791, & renvoyé par elle à son comité de législation. (Paris), Imprimerie de Gueffier, (1791). (2), 56, 7, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Modern half morocco. INED 3129; Martin & Walter 23814; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. - First few pages very slightly spotted. 'Plan permettant de rétablir le crédit par le moyen de l'hypothèque immobilière.' (INED). The last 7 pages contain: Apperçu rapide des différens établissemens auxquels va donner ouverture la nouvelle loi sur les hypothèques. EUR 112
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MERCIER, (L.S.) Lettre au Roi, contenant un projet pour liquider en peu d'années toutes les dettes de l'Etat, en soulagement dès-à-présent le peuple du fardeau des impositions. Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1789. 125, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, contemporary blind covers preserved. Conlon 99:9942; Kress B.1666; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 23901. First edition. Bound in: a manuscript letter from the author, unsigned, to 'Messieurs les députés amis du bien général' concerning this work. 2 pp. - Small hole in last leaf affecting one letter. EUR 750
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MICHEL, J.E. Suite du meilleur mode de contribution. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Hy, An IX (1801). 88 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, red label with gilt lettering. Kress B.4234; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. Published to refute criticism on his Du meilleur mode de contribution, published the previous year. Among those who wrote critical about Michel's first work is a certain I.B.S. who wrote in the 'Décade Philosophique': it is likely that this is Jean-Baptiste Say who indeed published in the journal and Michel discusses his criticism at length. - With a small red stamp on title. EUR 225
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MIRABEAU, (H.G. RIQUETTI) DE. Dénonciation de l'agiotage au Roi et à l'Assemblée des Notables. No place, 1787. viii, 150 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1281 & B.1282 (other issues); not in Goldsmiths; Einaudi 3931 (other issue); INED 3185; Martin & Walter 24437. One of the issues of the first edition. 'La partie technique de cet écrit bâclé fut l'oeuvre de Clavière assisté par Panchaud. La partie politique est entièrement de Mirabeau: c'est une véritable déclaration de premier ministre proposant un programme de gouvernement' (Duc de Castries, Mirabeau, (1986), p. 251). EUR 300
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MIRABEAU, (H.G. RIQUETTI) DE. Lettres sur l'administration de M. Necker. No place, 1787. With floral vignet on title, and 3 tables. 63, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1284; Goldsmiths 13473; Einaudi 3935; INED 3189; Martin & Walter 24450; Stourm, pp. 128-129. First edition. 'Supprimé par arrêt du Roi du 6 juin. La première lettre est une réponse à M. de La Cretelle, au sujet de la dénonciation de l'agiotage. Attaques très vives contre Necker ..... Les emprunts qu'a faits Necker sont les plus chers, les plus mal organisés, les plus ruineux que la France ait été contrainte de payer' (Stourm). EUR 450
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MIRABEAU, (H.G. RIQUETTI) DE. Dénonciation de l'agiotage au Roi et à l'Assemblée des Notables. No place, 1787. viii, 144 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1281; not in Goldsmiths; Einaudi 3931 (lists another issue); INED 3185; Martin & Walter, 24437. One of the issues of the first edition with the notes at end, which are not printed in all editions of 1787. 'La partie technique de cet écrit bâclé fut l'oeuvre de Clavière assisté par Panchaud. La partie politique est entièrement de Mirabeau: c'est une véritable déclaration de premier ministre proposant un programme de gouvernement' (Duc de Castries, Mirabeau, (1986), p. 251). EUR 175
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MONIER AINE. Banque de crédit public et universel, propre à devenir la première banque de l'Europe, et à ce titre digne de la grande nation; ou Pétition présentée au Conseil des 500 et renvoyée à la Commission des banques, le 3 ventôse an VII (21 février 1799). Contenant les moyens infaillibles de faire cesser les causes rapides des banqueroutes, dans toute la République. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1799. 14 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 24435. First edition. The aim is to establish a national bank of such importance that it will become the leading European Bank. EUR 300
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MONTESQUIOU-(FEZENSAC, A.P.) DE. Opinion sur la liquidation de la dette publique. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1790). 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 14388; Stourm, p. 176; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 24963. Original edition. Anne-Pierre, Marquis de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1739-1798), writer and general. In April 1792 he was promoted to lieutenant-general and a month later was dispatched to the marquis de Lafayette's army. A year later Dumouriez selected him as commander for the Armée du Midi. With this army he crossed the Italian frontier to Savoy. A dispute with the Convention led to the accusation of compromising the Republic's dignity, and choosing not to face a trial, Montesquiou withdrew to the canton of Zürich where he remained until after 9 Thermidor. In 1797 he returned to France a became a member of the Constitutional Circle, which opposed the Clichyens, a right-wing political grouping (Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, vol. ii, pp. 676-677). EUR 225
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MONTESQUIOU-(FEZENSAC, A.P.) DE. Rapport fait à l'Assemblée nationale au nom du comité des finances. Le 18 novembre 1789. Paris, Baudouin, 1789. With 7 tables (nrs 5-7 on 8 separate pages) - (Bound with:) MONTESQUIOU-(FEZENSAC, A.P.) de. Rapport fait au nom du comité des finances, à la séance du 12 mars 1790, sur le Mémoire de M. le premier ministre des finances, du 6 du même mois. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1790). - (Bound with:) MONTESQUIOU-(FEZENSAC, A.P.) de. Rapport sur la dette publique, fait à l'Assemblée nationale au nom du comité des finances. Le 27 août 1790. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. Together 3 pieces bound in 1 volume. (2), 63, (1) pp.; 28 pp.; (2), 20 pp. 4to. Modern boards. First work: Not in Kress (cf.: B.1606); not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 24968; Stourm, p. 162: 'Grand rapport souvent cité. Exposé général de la situation. Enumération des dettes du pays, spécialement des dettes 'criarde'. Recettes et dépenses annuelles. Nouvelle contribution des privillégies évaluée à 30 millions. Gestion des biens du clergé. besoins extraordinaires'. Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 24971; Stourm, p. 163: 'Important étude de la situation financière'. Stourm knows an 8vo edition only. Third work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 24972; Stourm, p. 163: 'Les origines de la dette actuelle sont entachées de faillites. Tableaux des capitaux exigibles et de leurs intérêts'. All first editions. Anne-Pierre, Marquis de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1739-1798), writer and general. In April 1792 he was promoted to lieutenant-general and a month later was dispatched to the marquis de Lafayette's army. A year later Dumouriez selected him as commander for the Armée du Midi. With this army he crossed the Italian frontier to Savoy. A dispute with the Convention led to the accusation of compromising the Republic's dignity, and choosing not to face a trial, Montesquiou withdrew to the canton of Zürich where he remained until after 9 Thermidor. In 1797 he returned to France a became a member of the Constitutional Circle, which opposed the Clichyens, a right-wing political grouping (Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, ii, pp. 676-677.) EUR 750
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MONTESQUIOU-(FEZENSAC, A.P.) DE. Rapport fait à l'Assemblée nationale au nom du Comité des finances. Le 18 novembre 1789. Paris, Baudoin, (1789). (2), 25, (1) pp. + 36 pages containing 7 tables 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1606; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 24968; Stourm, p. 162. First edition. 'Grand rapport souvent cité. Exposé général de la situation. Enumération des dettes du pays, spécialement des dettes 'criardes'. Recettes et dépenses annuelles. Nouvelle contribution des privilégies évaluée à 30 millions. Gestions des biens du clergé. Besoins extraordinaires' (Stourm). Anne-Pierre, Marquis de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1739-1798), writer and general. In April 1792 he was promoted to lieutenant-general and a month later was dispatched to the marquis de Lafayette's army. A year later Dumouriez selected him as commander for the Armée du Midi. With this army he crossed the Italian frontier to Savoy. A dispute with the Convention led to the accusation of compromising the Republic's dignity, and choosing not to face a trial, Montesquiou withdrew to the canton of Zürich where he remained until after 9 Thermidor. In 1797 he returned to France a became a member of the Constitutional Circle, which opposed the Clichyens, a right-wing political grouping. (Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, ii, pp. 676-677). EUR 900
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NECKER - APPERÇU des dépenses extraordinaires de l'année 1790. (Drop-head title). No place, (At end: 15 Décembre 1789). 3, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Folded. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1224. Printed at end: 'Vu & approuvé comme un simple apperçu. Necker.' EUR 150
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NECKER, (J.) Sur le compte rendu au Roi en 1781. Nouveaux éclaircissemens. A Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1788. viii, 284 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, paper covered boards, spine green and gilt in departments, green corners INED 3373; Stourm 126; Kress B.1452; Goldsmiths 13648; Einaudi 4112 (Lyon edition). First edition. Critical work dealing with the Calonne administration of finances (1784-1787). Necker was in office from 1776 to 1781 and again in 1788. Calonne had published a memoir in 1787 which was directed against Necker and which dealt with his Compte-rendu of 1781. The present work is a rather violent defence and answer to Calonne and contains furthermore new justifications. EUR 400
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NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au roi, par M. Necker, Directeur général des finances. Au mois de janvier 1781. Imprimé par ordre de sa Majesté. Paris, de l'Imprimerie du Cabinet du Roi, 1781. With 1 folding table and 2 folding engraved coloured maps. - (Preceded by:) (NECKER, J.) Mémoire donné au Roi par M. Necker, en 1778. No place, no date. With engraved portrait as frontispiece by Le Brun. (4), 116 pp.; (2), ii, 27 pp. 4to. Contemporary boards (lower part of spine lacking). First work: Kress B.360; Goldsmiths 12183 & 12184; Einaudi 4094; not in INED. First edition, the scarce edition printed at the Cabinet du Roi, intended for Royal use only and not put in the trade. There were two further printings in the same year at the Imprimerie Royale.The publication had an astonishing succes with the public and did much to establish Necker's reputation. It is of great importance for being the first public report of government economic policy in France. - An allegorical engraving ment to serve as frontispiece has been bound after the table. - Stain in inner margin of the first few leaves. The Compte rendu was published in Monday, February 19 and fell on such fertile soil that even Necker must have been astonished at the eagerness with which the public seized upon the treatise, noting minutely every figure in the account, toting up the sums of revenue and expenditure, seeing how much the king spent on favors and pensions, and what the royal household cost, and exactly what tribute was levied upon the people. .... But there was much more than figures in the treatise. Necker surveyed for the king (and the public) everything he had accomplished during his ministry. He expressed his ideas on reform and summarized what had been accomplished, and what he hoped to accomplish when the war (the American War of Independence) ended. The principles of moderate reform generated strong public support.Second work: Einaudi 4106; INED 3365; Kress B.389 (other edition); not in Goldsmiths. 'Necker développe ses principes sur la constitution de la monarchie (sur l'administration provinciale, les abus qui y règnent, et la nécessité de la délivrer de toutes sortes d'entraves), et suggère au Roi d'y faire quelques changements' (INED). EUR 500
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NECKER, (J.) Sur le compte rendu au Roi en 1781. Nouveaux éclaircissemens. A Lyon, chez G. Regnault, 1788. (8), 455, (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, a bit rubbed. Kress B.1453; Einaudi 4112; Goldsmiths and INED cite the 4to editions from the same year only. First 8vo edition, published in the same year as the first 4to edition. Critical work dealing with the Calonne administration of finances (1784-1787). Necker was in office from 1776 to 1781 and again in 1788. Calonne had published a memoir in 1787 which was directed against Necker and which dealt with his Compte-rendu of 1781. The present work is a rather violent defence and answer to Calonne and contains furthermore new justifications. EUR 350
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NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au roi, par M. Necker, Directeur général des finances. Au mois de janvier 1781. Imprimé par ordre de sa Majesté. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie du Cabinet du Roi, 1781. With 1 folding table and 2 folding engraved coloured maps. (4), 116 pp. 4to. Modern boards, red label with gilt lettering. Kress B.360; Goldsmiths 12183 & 12184; Einaudi 4094; Mattioli 2549; not in INED. First edition, the scarce edition printed at the Cabinet du Roi, intended for Royal use only and not put in the trade. There were two further printings in the same year at the Imprimerie Royale.The publication had an astonishing succes with the public and did much to establish Necker's reputation. It is of great importance for being the first public report of government economic policy in France. - Small hole in title-page, not affecting text. The Compte rendu was published in Monday, February 19 and fell on such fertile soil that even Necker must have been astonished at the eagerness with which the public seized upon the treatise, noting minutely every figure in the account, toting up the sums of revenue and expenditure, seeing how much the king spent on favors and pensions, adn what the royal household cost, and exactly what tribute was levied upon the people. .... But there was much more than figures in the treatise. Necker surveyed for the king (and the public) everything he had accomplished during his ministry. He expressed his ideas on reform and summarized what had been accomplished, and what he hoped to accomplish when the war (the American War of Independence) ended. The principles of moderate reform generated strong public support. EUR 900
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NECKER, (J.) Mémoire donné au Roi en 1778. En France (Paris?), 1781. - (Preceded by:) NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au Roi. Au mois de janvier 1781. Paris, Imprimerie du Cabinet du Roi, 1781. With 1 large folding leaf of tables and 2 coloured folding maps. 2 works bound in 1 volume. 31 pp.; (4), 116 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt. First work: Stourm 124-126; Kress B.389; Goldsmiths 12233; Einaudi 4107; Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, p. xii; INED (other issue).First edition, one of several issues from the same year (see Einaudi 4105-4107). Of great interest with regard to the ideas Necker had in mind when creating the Assemblées provinciales. See at length: Renouvin, op. cit. pp. 46 and ff. Second work: Kress B.360; Goldsmiths 12183 & 12184; Einaudi 4094; not in INED.First edition, the scarce edition printed at the Cabinet du Roi, intended for Royal use only and not put in the trade. There were two further printings in the same year at the Imprimerie Royale.The publication had an astonishing succes with the public and did much to establish Necker's reputation. It is of great importance for being the first public report of government economic policy in France. The Compte rendu was published in Monday, February 19 and fell on such fertile soil that even Necker must have been astonished at the eagerness with which the public seized upon the treatise, noting minutely every figure in the account, toting up the sums of revenue and expenditure, seeing how much the king spent on favors and pensions, and what the royal household cost, and exactly what tribute was levied upon the people. .... But there was much more than figures in the treatise. Necker surveyed for the king (and the public) everything he had accomplished during his ministry. He expressed his ideas on reform and summarized what had been accomplished, and what he hoped to accomplish when the war (the American War of Independence) ended. The principles of moderate reform generated strong public support.The Compte rendu has a damaged frontispiece added. EUR 900
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NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au roi, par M. Necker, Directeur général des finances. Au mois de janvier 1781. Imprimé par ordre de sa Majesté. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie du Cabinet du Roi, 1781. With 1 folding table and 2 folding engraved coloured maps. (4), 116 pp. 4to. Later half vellum, marbled boards (somewhat discoloured). Kress B.360; Goldsmiths 12183 & 12184; Einaudi 4094; not in INED. First edition, the scarce edition printed at the Cabinet du Roi, intended for Royal use only and not put in the trade. There were two further printings in the same year at the Imprimerie Royale.The publication had an astonishing succes with the public and did much to establish Necker's reputation. It is of great importance for being the first public report of government economic policy in France. - The 'Carte des Gabelles' is slightly damaged, but present in a good state, loosly added. The Compte rendu was published in Monday, February 19 and fell on such fertile soil that even Necker must have been astonished at the eagerness with which the public seized upon the treatise, noting minutely every figure in the account, toting up the sums of revenue and expenditure, seeing how much the king spent on favors and pensions, adn what the royal household cost, and exactly what tribute was levied upon the people. .... But there was much more than figures in the treatise. Necker surveyed for the king (and the public) everything he had accomplished during his ministry. He expressed his ideas on reform and summarized what had been accomplished, and what he hoped to accomplish when the war (the American War of Independence) ended. The principles of moderate reform generated strong public support. EUR 750
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NECKER, (J.) Mémoire donné au Roi, par M. Necker, en 1778. No place, no date. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au Roi, par M. Necker, Directeur général des finances. Au mois de janvier 1781. Imprimé par ordre de sa Majesté. Paris, de l'Imprimerie du Cabinet du Roi, 1781. With 1 folding table and 2 folding engraved and coloured maps. - (Bound with:) LOMENIE DE BRIENNE, E. Ch. Compte rendu au Roi, au mois de Mars 1788, et publié par ses ordres. Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1788. 3 works in 1 volume. (4), 16 pp.; (4), 116 pp.; (2), xiv, (2),183 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled boards, green morocco label with gilt lettering. First work: Kress B. 389, Goldsmiths 12233 and Einaudi 4105 all list another issue of 31 pages; INED 3365.First edition, one of two editions published in the year of publication.Necker here develops his ideas concerning the constitution of the monarchy: on the provincial administration, the abuses that have developed and indicates changes that will improve the situation. Second work: Kress B.360; Goldsmiths 12183 & 12184; Einaudi 4094; not in INED.First edition, the scarce edition printed at the Cabinet du Roi, intended for Royal use only and not put in the trade. There were two further printings in the same year at the Imprimerie Royale.The publication had an astonishing succes with the public and did much to establish Necker's reputation. It is of great importance for being the first public report of government economic policy in France.The Compte rendu was published in Monday, February 19 and fell on such fertile soil that even Necker must have been astonished at the eagerness with which the public seized upon the treatise, noting minutely every figure in the account, toting up the sums of revenue and expenditure, seeing how much the king spent on favors and pensions, adn what the royal household cost, and exactly what tribute was levied upon the people. .... But there was much more than figures in the treatise. Necker surveyed for the king (and the public) everything he had accomplished during his ministry. He expressed his ideas on reform and summarized what had been accomplished, and what he hoped to accomplish when the war (the American War of Independence) ended. The principles of moderate reform generated strong public support. - Good and uncut copy. Third work: Kress S.5177; Goldsmiths 13636; not in Einaudi; not in INED.First edition.The text was drawn up by Soufflot de Mercy. EUR 1000
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NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au roi, par M. Necker, Directeur général des finances. Au mois de janvier 1781. Imprimé par ordre de sa Majesté. Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1781. With 1 folding table and 2 folding engraved coloured maps. (4), 116 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, monogram or coat of arms in lower compartment of spine made invisable; tiny wormhole in front cover. Not in Kress (cf.: B.360 & B.361).; Goldsmiths 12183 & 12184; not in Einaudi; not in INED. In 1781 there appeared at least three different issues of the work: two printed at the Imprimerie Royal in two different settings, and 1 printed at the Cabinet du Roi. The latter one was printed in a limited number of copies only intended for royal use and explanation, and was not ment for the trade. The Compte rendu was published in Monday, February 19 and fell on such fertile soil that even Necker must have been astonished at the eagerness with which the public seized upon the treatise, noting minutely every figure in the account, toting up the sums of revenue and expenditure, seeing how much the king spent on favors and pensions, adn what the royal household cost, and exactly what tribute was levied upon the people. .... But there was much more than figures in the treatise. Necker surveyed for the king (and the public) everything he had accomplished during his ministry. He expressed his ideas on reform and summarized what had been accomplished, and what he hoped to accomplish when the war (the American War of Independence) ended. The principles of moderate reform generated strong public support. EUR 500
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NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au roi, par M. Necker, Directeur général des Finances. Au mois de Janvier 1781. Imprimé par ordre de sa Majesté. Paris, De l'imprimerie royale, 1781. With 1 folding table and 2 folding engraved coloured maps. (4), 116 pp. 4to. Contemporary catspaw calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, corners and extremities a bit worn, spine with some light damage, rear cover with some scratches. Kress B.360; Goldsmiths 12183 & 12184; Mattioli 2550; not in Einaudi (listing an issue without a printer's name, and the issue printed at the 'Imprimerie du Cabinet du Roi'); not in INED. In 1781 there appeared at least three different issues of the work: two printed at the Imprimerie Royal in two different settings and one printed at the Cabinet du Roi. This one was meant for Royal use only and not put in the trade. The Compte rendu was published in Monday, February 19 and fell on such fertile soil that even Necker must have been astonished at the eagerness with which the public seized upon the treatise, noting minutely every figure in the account, toting up the sums of revenue and expenditure, seeing how much the king spent on favors and pensions, and what the royal household cost, and exactly what tribute was levied upon the people. .... But there was much more than figures in the treatise. Necker surveyed for the king (and the public) everything he had accomplished during his ministry. He expressed his ideas on reform and summarized what had been accomplished, and what he hoped to accomplish when the war (the American War of Independence) ended. The principles of moderate reform generated strong public support. - Small tear in folding table. EUR 600
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NECKER, (J.) Sur le compte rendu au Roi en 1781. Nouveaux éclaircissemens. A Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1788. viii, 284 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine richly gilt, front joint partially cracked, in general a bit rubbed and worn. INED 3373; Stourm 126; Kress B.1452; Goldsmiths 13648; cf.: Einaudi 4112 (edition published in Lyon in the same year). First edition. Critical work dealing with the Calonne administration of finances (1784-1787). Necker was in office from 1776 to 1781 and again in 1788. Calonne had published a memoir in 1787 which was directed against Necker and which dealt with his Compte-rendu of 1781. The present work is a rather violent defence and answer to Calonne and contains furthermore new justifications. - Copy from the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek Schloss Eferding. EUR 450
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PAETUS, L. De mensuris, et ponderibus Romanis, et Graecis, cum his quae hodie Romae sunt collatis libri quinque. Eiusdem variarum lectionum liber unus. Venetiis, (Aldine Press), 1573. (16), 4 pp., 4 numbered leaves, pp. 13-88, (89-96), 97-127, (128, blank). 4to. Contemporary vellum, spine partly repaired, remains of original handlettering, small repair to outer margin. Brunet, iv, col. 308; BMSTC (Italian), p. 484; Adams P.26; Renouard, Aldus, i, 385; Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine Collection, nr 609; Kress S.212; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. Second edition and published in the same year as the first edition; the first edition was printed in folio (see: Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine Collection, nr 608.) - Some scribbling onto title-page, contents-leaf with small hole in upper blank margin, first few leaves with light unobtrusive staining, a stain in the outer blank margin of a number of leaves. The pages (89-96) signed G and H contain the plates: G is a large double page with illustrations on recto and verso, H has two leaves with plates recto and verso; the four unnumbered leaves at the end, containing the index (3 leaves) and the errata (the last leaf with text recto, verso blank), have been bound after the preliminaries and contents-leaf.Rare work on the Greek and Roman standards of measurement (dry as well as wet), relevant to ancient mathematics, economy and trade, as well as architecture and numismatics. The work's purpose is to clarify the technically confusing systems of measurement appellation, and, as often with such antiquarian endeavors, to reform contemporary practice after the ancient model. The handsome woodcuts include amphora of different sizes, measuring rulers and standard weights. "Le traité De mensuris est rempli d'érudition" (Michaud). "Although not an arithmetic, this work is a scholarly and interesting contribution to the history of weights and measures of Greece and Rome, and the symbols inherited by the Middle Ages" (Smith, Rara Arithmetica, p. 346.) EUR 1800
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PAWLET, DE (PSEUD. OF FLEURY PAULET.) Projets de décrets sur les milices auxiliaires et les travaux publics, avec des observations sur la police générale du royaume, sur un plan d'impôt territorial, la capitation, le timbre et une banque de secours nationale, précédés d'une Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 80 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 3499; Martin & Walter 26627. First edition. Deals, among others, with: 'Projet de simplification des impôts, et de création d'une Banque nationale de secours qui soutiendrait l'activité économique. Sur une division des départements en communautés, qui permettrait de 'fixer .... le contigent que chacune .... devrait fournir pour les milices, les travaux publics ou l'impôt'' (INED). - Includes comparative tables of France and England entitled "Tableau de l'accroissement du revenu public, dans les royaumes d'Angleterre & de France", covering the 17th and 18th centuries and where various financial developments are shown and discussed, containing among others "Tableau de la balance du commerce de la nation Angloise, par M. Chalmers." EUR 175
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PAWLET, DE (PSEUD. OF FLEURY PAULET.) Projets de décrets sur les milices auxiliaires et les travaux publics, avec des observations sur la police générale du royaume, sur un plan d'impôt territorial, la capitation, le timbre et une banque de secours nationale, précédés d'une Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 80 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 3499; Martin & Walter 26627. First edition. - Includes a 'Tableau de l'accroissement du revenu public, dans les royaumes d'Angleterre & de France,' covering the 17th and 18th centuries. Deals, among others, with: Projet de simplification des impôts, et de création d'une Banque nationale de secours qui soutiendrait l'activité économique. Sur une division des départements en communautés, qui permettrait de fixer .... le contigent que chacune .... devrait fournir pour les milices, les travaux publics ou l'impôt.'' (INED). EUR 175
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PAWLET, DE (PSEUD. OF FLEURY PAULET.) Projets de décrets sur les milices auxiliaires et les travaux publics, avec des observations sur la police générale du royaume, sur un plan d'impôt territorial, la capitation, le timbre et une banque de secours nationale, précédés d'une Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 80 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 3499; Martin & Walter 26627. First edition. Deals, among others, with: Projet de simplification des impôts, et de création d'une Banque nationale de secours qui soutiendrait l'activité économique. Sur une division des départements en communautés, qui permettrait de fixer .... le contigent que chacune .... devrait fournir pour les milices, les travaux publics ou l'impôt'' (INED). - Includes a 'Tableau de l'accroissement du revenu public, dans les royaumes d'Angleterre & de France,' covering the 17th and 18th centuries. EUR 175
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PEREIRE, E. Considérations sur les finances de France et des Etats-Unis, à l'occasion de la discussion de messieurs Saulnier, Femmore Cooper et le Général Bernard, Par Emile Pereire. Extrait de la Revue Ecyclopédique. Paris, Au Bureau de la Revue Encyclopédique, Mars 1832. - (Followed by:) PEREIRE, J. Leçons sur l'Industrie et les Finances, prononcées à la salle de l'Athénée par J. Pereire, suivis d'un projet de banque. Paris, Au Bureau du Globe, 1832. - (Followed by:) PEREIRE, E. De l'Assiette de l'impot, examen critique du travail de la commission de la chambre des députés sur le budget des recettes. Extrait de la Revue encyclopédique. - Mars 1832. Paris, au Bureau de la Revue Encyclopédique, 1832. - (All preceded by:) BOURGOIN, I. Anti-peculat. Epistre préliminaire de l'histoire de la chambre de Justice, establie l'année 1607. Pour monstrer au Roy combien il est important et nécessaire pour le bien de son service, de pourvoir présentement à la recherche des malversations commises en ses Finances, Par I. Bourgoin. No place, 1620. (No place, no date, a 19th-century reprint). - (And by:) LAFFITTE, J. Réflexions sur la réduction de la rente, et sur l'état du crédit. Paris, Galerie de Bossange père, 1824. - (And by:) FENIMORE COOPER, J. Letter of J. Fenimore Cooper to Gen. Lafayette, on the expenditure of the United States of America. Paris, Baudry's Foreign Library, December 1831. Six works bound in one volume. (2), 35, (1) pp.; (4), 105, (1) pp.; 72 pp.; 28 pp.; 176 pp.; (2), 50 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half red calf, marbled baords, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, slight damage at foot of rear and front joint. First work: not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; Walch, Saint-Simonisme, 425.First separate edition.Emile Pereire here recapitulates first the discussion between Saulnier, Fennimore Cooper, General Bernard and also the input by Lafayette concerning the question of cost (-effectiviness) of the French republic compared with the United States, and continues to analyse the arguments put forth by the participants of the debate. Second work: Kress C.3262; Goldsmiths 27795; Einaudi 4389; not in Mattioli; Walch, Saint-Simonisme, 437.At head of title: Religion saint-simonienne.First separate edition, first published in the Saint-simonian journal Le Globe on 9, 10, 16 and 24 september and 17 october 1831.The "projet de banque" was by Jules and Emile Pereire. Third work: not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; Walch, Saint-Simonisme, 424.First separate edition.The Pareire brothers, Isaac and Jacob-Émile, were the principal figures in the development of French industry and commerce during the second third of the nineteenth century. They were both leading economic journalists in the 1830s writing on political economy and economic policy, both were associated with the Saint-Simonians and while not taken to the religious mysticism of Enfantin the brothers always remained faithful to the original social and economic doctrines of the group, particularly those which looked to the betterment of society through the development of industrial organization. In 1852 the brothers founded the Société Générale du Crédit Mobilier, which gave a wonderful impulse to great financial and industrial enterprises both in France and elsewhere. They were also both instrumental in the development of railroads, of which the line between Paris and Saint-Germain remains the most famous and which opened in 1837. They advocated low interest rates, cheap money, abundant credit, limited liability and reform of the Bank of France. Fourth work: not in Kress in any edition; not in Goldsmiths in any edition; not in Einaudi in any edition; not in Mattioli.This is a 19th-century reprint of this apparently very scarce work, orginally published in 1620. The author wrote several works of a vehement nature, against the financiers and provoked lively polemics. He demanded the re-establishment of the Chambre de Justice which had been created under Henry IV. The Chambres de Justice were 'Commissions extraordinaires établies dans des circonstances spéciales pour juger de cas particuliers: notamment commissions destinées, après de temps de désordres et de malversations graves, à punir et à dépouiller les financiers enrichis par ces malversations' (Marion, Dictionnaire des Institutions).Verso title contains the "Avis de l'Editeur" who writes: "Nous avons cru faire plaisir au Public, en lui ofrfrant aujourd'hui et pour la première fois, un ouvrage composé, il y a près de deux cents ans, contre la malversatiion des Financiers." It suggests that this is the first time this work is published, but Bourgeois & André (2440) do list the work as being published in 1620. It is however not listed in any of the consulted bibliographies nor is it listed in the BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700.Fifth work: Kress C.1270; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli.First edition.Palgrave writes, concerning the publications of Jacques Laffitte, "The most important is the one in which he courageously took up the question of the conversion of the public funds" (the present work). Laffitte was a banker, a political leader and minister. He came from humble origins, rose to a partnership in the leading Parisian banking house of Perrégaux, and two years later the bank became Perrégaux, Lafitte et Cie, with Laffitte as the managing partner. He was also named a regent of the Bank de France and president of the Chamber of Commerce of Paris. He was instrumental in raising money to pay the indemnity demanded by the victors of Waterloo and the reestablishment of the state's finances (see: Palgrave, ii, p. 533, and Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 restoration to the Second Republic, i, pp. 571-2.Sixth work: not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli.First edition ?Cooper argues for the cost effectiveness of the (American) republican form of government, while dealing with an article in which it was maintained that the United States was expensive in comparison with France. The article had been published in the Britannic Review and was forwarded to Fenimore Cooper by Lafayette with questions about its contents. EUR 1500
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PETION DE VILLENEUVE, (J.) Discours sur l'établissement de caisses territoriales en France, suivi d'un projet de décret. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 20 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 14419; not in Kress;not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 27019. First edition. Jerome Petion de Villeneuve, Jacobin, mayor of Paris, federalist. Pétion practiced law until his election to the Estates General, where he gained prominence by fighting for the Declaration of the Rights of Man and for increasing the powers of the National Assembly. As a member of the Constitutional Committee of 1790-91, he advocated abolition of religious orders, establishment of the assignats, and complete judicial reform. He also demanded that the legislature receive sole authority to declare war or negociate peace. Pétion was immensly popular and shared with Robespierre the epithet 'Incorruptible.'The Discours was held on 27 March, 1790. EUR 175
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PICARD, R. Les Cahiers de 1789 au point de vue industriel et commercial. Paris, M. Rivière et Cie, 1910. (4), 276 pp. 8vo. Modern cloth. Detailed study on industrial developments, wages paid, commerce, taxes, etc. EUR 100
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POULLAIN, H. Traités de monnoyes. A Paris, Chez Frederic Léonard, 1709. (22), 454, (48) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt triple fillets on both sides, all edges gilt, head and tail of spine somewhat damaged, corners bumped, a bit rubbed. Kress 2630; Goldsmiths 4575; Einaudi 4510; INED 3650bis; Stourm, p. 42; not in NEHA. Second edition, partly original, augmented by Le Verrier: 'La première édition de ce traité a parue en 1617. Celle de 1709, publiée par les soins de M. Le Verrier, est augmentée de diverses pièces qui lui donnent de l'intérêt' (Brunet, iv, 849). Originally published in 1617 'et qui dans la suite est devenu si rare, qu'il est tout presque impossible de le trouver.' The editor has added to this edition 'quelques autres traités du même auteur qui n'avaient pas encore parus' et 'qui étaient restés entre les mains de Monsieur Poullain de Beaumont, son arrière petit-fils.' Collection of reports on money presented to Sully by Poullain. ' ..... cet auteur est donc le seul qui ait entreprise de montrer tout ce qui qu'il faut observer en France pour y entretenir abondammant les monnayes du pays, pour y attirer celles des pays étranger .....' (INED). EUR 750
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POULLAIN, H. Traites de monnoyes. A Paris, chez Frédéric Léonard, 1709. (22), 454, (46) pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, extremities and joints rubbed, small damage to head and foot of spine, partially removed bookplate on front paste-down. Kress 2630; Goldsmiths 4575; Einaudi 4510; INED 3650bis; Stourm, p. 42. Edition augmented by Le Verrier, originally published in 1621. The editor has added to this edition 'quelques autres traités du même auteur qui n'avaient pas encore parus' et 'qui etaient restés entre les mains de Monsieur Poullain de Beaumont, son arrière petit-fils'. Collection of reports on money presented to Sully by Poullain. ' ..... cet auteur est donc le seul qui ait entreprise de montrer tout ce qui qu'il faut observer en France pour y entretenir abondamment les monnoyes du pays, pour y attirer celles des pays etranger .....' (INED). EUR 750
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PREVOST, (P.H.H.) Tarif de réduction en numéraire des arrérages de rentes dus pendant la dépréciation du papier-monnaie; Calculé sur les bases de l'échelle de dépréciation du département de laSeine. Seconde édition, augmentée du Tarif des retenues sur les rentes perpétuelles et viagères, depuis l'année 1791, jusques et compris l'an 8 de la République. A Paris, Chez Rondonneau et chez l'auteur, an IX de la République (1800). 12 pp. 4to. Not in Kress;not in Goldsmiths. Tables and instructions about usage and calculations. EUR 150
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PROUDHON, (P.J.) & (F.) BASTIAT. Intérêt et principal. Discussion entre M. Proudhon et M. Bastiat sur l'intérêt des capitaux. (Extrait de la Voix du Peuple). Paris, Garnier frères, 1850. - (Bound with:) THIERS, A. De la propriété. Nouvelle édition augmentée des discours sur le droit au travail et sur le crédit foncier. Bruxelles, 1849. 2 works bound in 1 volume. (4), 198 pp.; 290 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. First work: Hoffman, p. 365; Nettlau, p. 19; Goldsmiths 36966; Einaudi 4577; not in Mattioli (listing a few of the letters forming part of Bastiat's Mélanges d'économie politique....). First edition. - First work a bit spotted, second work browned and with a small stamp on the half-title. Earlier Bastiat and Proudhon had had a discussion in the columns of La Voix du Peuple by way of letters. This is the whole discussion made available to the reader for the first time in one volume, but it lacks the 14th letter by Bastiat, published in the work Gratuité du crédit which was published in the same year. Claude Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850), French economist and publicist. He later works show great familiarity with the works of French, American, Italian and Britsh authors, among them Say, Smith, Cournay, Turgot, Ricardo, Mill, Bentham, Senior, Franklin, Carey, Custodi, Donato and Scialoja. After learning of Cobden's Anti-Corn Law League he became an ardent free-trader..... 'Bastiat was one of several writers (Quesnay, Smith, Say and Carey were others) who formed the doctrines of Harmonism, or the optimistic idea that class interests naturally and inevitably coincide so as to promote economic development. The major challenge to this view came from Ricardo and Malthus, whose theories cast a sinister shadow over the prospect of economic progress' (New Palgrave, i, pp. 204-205). Bastiat was, as Schumpeter wrote, not a bad theorist, he was no theorist at all. But he was unrivalled at exposing economic fallacies wherever he found them, and he found them everywhere. He was quite simply a genius of wit and satire, frequently described as a combination of Voltaire and Franklin. In the late 20th century his ideas became more popular among libertarian economists dissatisfied with Keynesian orthodoxy and Marxist alternatives.Second work: The famous apology for property. It consists of 4 parts: Du droit de propriété; Du communisme; Du socialisme; De l'impôt, and is expanded with: Discours sur le droit au travail, prononcé par M. Thiers dans la séance de l'Assemblée Nationale du 13 septembre 1848, and with Disours sur le crédit foncier, prononcé par M. Thiers dans la séance de l'Assemblée Nationale du 10 octobre 1848.Interesting debate in which the two postions can be best shown by quoting the authors: ""La Proprieté, c'est le vol" (Proudhon, p. 56) and Thiers (p. 261): "Le Communisme fera une société esclave". EUR 400
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RAGUET, C. Traité des banques et de la circulation par M. Condy-Raguet, traduit par L. Lemaitre. Paris, Chez Renard, 1840. xxviii, 371, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt with gilt lettering (slightly damaged at head and foot of spine, worn along joints). Kress C.5288; Goldsmiths 31577; not in Einaudi; Schumpeter, p. 743, note. First French edition, a translation of 'A Treatise on currency and banking'. - With a handwritten and signed dedication by the translator. The author was an American economist, merchant, promoter, journalist and Federalist member of the state legislature. The present work contains interesting sections dealing with the position of the banks and the part they play in the USA and the way this affects or can affect the economic situation in Europe. EUR 175
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RAMON, G. Histoire de la Banque de France d'après les sources originales. Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1929. Title printed in red and black, with 9 plates and a portrait-frontispiece of Mollien. 501, (2) pp. 4to. Original printed covers, kept in the original publisher's marbled holder and box. Only edition. One of 84 copies printed on 'Grand Papier' of which this is one of 60 copies printed on 'Papier vélin pur fil' and with a handwritten and signed dedication on the half-title, an uncut and unopened copy in mint condition. EUR 750
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REGNAULD D'EPERCY, (P.I.) Rapport des Comités réunis de Constitution, d'Agriculture et de Commerce, des Finances, des Impositions et des Domaines. Paris, Impr. nationale, 1791. (2), 53 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress S. 5353 (lacks title); not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 28886. Important report concerning the mines, in which the foundation is laid for the actual legislation: mines are such a national interest that they should be explored by the state and not by private enterprise. Contains a reference to Turgot (p. 14). EUR 225
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REGNAULD D'EPERCY, (P.I.) Rapport des Comités réunis de Constitution, d'Agriculture et de Commerce, des Finances, des Impositions et des Domaines. Paris, Impr. nationale, 1791. (2), 53 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress S.5353 (lacks title); not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 28886. Important report concerning the mines, in which the foundation is laid for the actual legislation: mines are such a national interest that they should be explored by the state and not by private enterprise. Contains a reference to Turgot (p. 14). EUR 200
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REGNAULD D'EPERCY, (P.I.) Rapport des comités réunis de Constitution, d'Agriculture & de Commerce, des Finances, des Impositions & des Domaines. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. (2), 53, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 28886; Kress S.5353; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. Séance du 20 mars 1791. Important report concerning the mines, in which the foundation is laid for the actual legislation: mines are such a national interest that they should be explored by the state and not by private enterprise. Contains a reference to Turgot (p. 14).Pierre-Ignace Regnauld d'Epercy, representative of the Third Estate. 'Dans le débat sur la question des assignats, il informe l'Assemblée des noms des villes de commerce qui sont contre ce papier-monnaie: Lyon, Nantes, Le Havre, La Rochelle, Rouen, Dunkerque, Orléans, Montpellier et d'autres; et des villes qui sont en faveur: Bordeaux, Louviers, Saint-Malo, Lorient, Rennes, Tours, Auxerre' (Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii, p. 796).Regnauld d'Epercy was one of those who warned against the unhealthy issuing of 'assignats' which resulted in the rapid depreciation of the currency and the similarly rapid insurrection of the mob. As Alfred Cobban puts it, the flood of paper currency 'primed the pump of continued revolution. Inflation was to be the root cause which perpetuated economic distress and so provided the raw material for future further upheavals' (A. Cobban, A History of Modern France, i, p. 173). EUR 300
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REGNAULD D'EPERCY, P.I. Rapport fait au nom du Comité de commerce et d'agriculture, du voeu des places de commerce du Royaume, sur la nouvelle émission proposée de deux millards d'assignats-monnoie.24 Septembre 1790. Paris, Gattez, (1790). 74 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 14292; Stourm, p. 173; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Martin & Walter. First edition. Essential publication concerning the question of the assignats. The opinions of the commercial cities are given or discussed at length, city by city. The opposition appears strong and widely spread. Pierre-Ignace Regnauld d'Epercy, representative of the Third Estate. 'Dans le débat sur la question des assignats, il informe l'Assemblée des noms des villes de commerce qui sont contre ce papier-monnaie: Lyon, nantes, Le Havre, La Rochelle, Rouen, Dunkerque, Orléans, Montpellier et d'autres; et des villes qui sont en faveur: Bordeaux, Louviers, Saint-Malo, Lorient, Rennes, Tours, Auxerre.' (Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii, p. 796).Regnauld d'Epercy was one of those who warned against the unhealthy issuing of 'assignats' which resulted in the rapid depreciation of the currency and the similarly rapid insurrection of the mob. As Alfred Cobban puts it, the flood of paper currency 'primed the pump of continued revolution. Inflation was to be the root cause which perpetuated economic distress and so provided the raw material for future further upheavals' (A. Cobban, A History of Modern France, i, p. 173). EUR 300
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REGNAULD D'EPERCY, P.I. Rapport des comités réunis de Constitution, d'Agriculture & de Commerce, des Finances, des Impositions & des Domaines. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1791). 53, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Kress S.5353 (lacks the title); not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 28886. Important report concerning the mines, in which the foundation is laid for the actual legislation: mines are of such a national interest that its exploitation should be conducted by the state and not by private enterprise. Contains a reference to Turgot (p. 14). Pierre-Ignace Regnauld d'Epercy, representative of the Third Estate. 'Dans le débat sur la question des assignats, il informe l'Assemblée des noms des villes de commerce qui sont contre ce papier-monnaie: Lyon, Nantes, Le Havre, La Rochelle, Rouen, Dunkerque, Orléans, Montpellier et d'autres; et des villes qui sont en faveur: Bordeaux, Louviers, Saint-Malo, Lorient, Rennes, Tours, Auxerre' (Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii, p. 796).Regnauld d'Epercy was one of those who warned against the unhealthy issuing of 'assignats' which resulted in the rapid depreciation of the currency and the similarly rapid insurrection of the mob. As Alfred Cobban puts it, the flood of paper currency 'primed the pump of continued revolution. Inflation was to be the root cause which perpetuated economic distress and so provided the raw material for future further upheavals' (A. Cobban, A History of Modern France, i, p. 173). - Lacks the title. EUR 150
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RICARD, S. Traité général du commerce, contenant des observations sur le commerce des principaux Etats de l'Europe; les productions naturelles, l'industrie de chaque païs ..... le frêt des navires, & les primes d'assurance ..... des détails sur les monnoies ..... le cours des changes ....., enfin les ordonnances et usages établis à Amsterdam touchant les assurances et le règlement des avaries. Edition entièrement refaite d'après un plan nouveau, rédigée et considérablement augmentée par Mr. de M** (T.A. de Marien). A Amsterdam, Chez E. van Harrevelt, 1781. 2 volumes. vii, (1), 619, (5) pp.; (4), xvi, 531, (4) pp.4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, a bit rubbed. Kress B.415; Einaudi 4732; Goldsmiths 12154; INED 3814; McCulloch 63; not in Mattioli. Last and best edition, first published in 1700. - Fine copy on heavy paper. This work has been reprinted through the whole of the 18th century. The author was a well-informed merchant of Amsterdam. During the 18th century the book was constantly revised and enlarged, so that by the end of the century little remained of the original work except the title. The 1781 edition was by far the best counting-house guide that had appeared, being, in this respect, infinitely superior to the dictionaries of Savary and Postlethwayt (McCulloch). EUR 1500
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RICORD, (J.F.) Opinion sur les finances, contenant des développemens à son projet de décret du 20 germinal (9 avril 1795), et des réflexions sur le plan de finance présenté par Johannot au nom des trois comités. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, floréal an III (1795). 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 230; Martin & Walter 29250. First edition. The idea was to withdraw the assignats from circulation by means of a tax on land property. EUR 225
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RILLIET DE SAUSSURE, (T.) Lettres sur l'emprunt et l'impôt. Adressées à Mr. *** (Necker). Par Mr. Rilliet de Saussure, citoyen de Genève, conseiller au Grand Conseil. No place, 1779. (4), 171, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half vellum, red title label with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Kress B.228; Stourm, p. 141; INED 3836; Mattioli 3041; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. The only edition, scarce. 'Considérations sur l'emprunt, l'impôt, le commerce, les riches métalliques, le papier-monnoie, 'source intarissable de richesse et de force'. Idée essentielle: les intérêts de chaque emprunt doivent être représentés par un impôt d'égale valeur, levé sur le luxe des riches. Cet impôt indispensable, et ses avantages sont bien supérieurs à ses inconvénients' (INED).There are a few copies (we have handled one only) in which there is an errata-leaf at the end of the book. From this one copy we xeroxed the errata and inserted it loosely into this copy. The book usually doesn't contain the errata, it may well be a late insertion when a few errors were discovered. EUR 1000
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RILLIET DE SAUSSURE, (T.) Lettres sur l'emprunt et l'impôt. Adressées à Mr. *** (Necker). Par Mr. Rilliet de Saussure, citoyen de Genève, conseiller au Grand Conseil. No place, 1779. (4), 171, (1) pp. + 1 errata-leaf. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, gilt triple fillet on sides, spine richly gilt with raised bands, all edges gilt. Kress B.228; Stourm, p. 141; INED 3836; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. The only edition, with the almost always lacking errata-leaf. Rare study of taxation and government loans in the form of letters addressed to Necker. 'Considérations sur l'emprunt, l'impôt, le commerce, les riches métalliques, le papier-monnoie, 'source intarissable de richesse et de force'. Idée essentielle: les intérêts de chaque emprunt doivent être représentés par un impôt d'égale valeur, levé sur le luxe des riches. Cet impôt indispensable, et ses avantages sont bien supérieurs à ses inconvénients.' (INED). EUR 2250
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ROCHON, (A.M. DE.) Aperçu présenté au comité des monnoies de l'Assemblée Nationale, des avantages qui peuvent résulter de la conversion du métal de cloches en monnoies moulée, pour faciliter l'échange des petits assignats. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1791. (2), 33 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Cf.: Kress B.2183; Goldsmiths14925; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 29596; Tourneux III, 13268. First edition. Alexis-Marie Rochon, astronomer, optician and traveller, librarian of the Royal academy of the royal navy, astronomer of the navy, 'inspecteur des monnaies, et membre de la commission des monnaies sous l'assemblée constituante', member of the Academnie of Sciences and the navy, and member of the Academy of Saint-Petersbourg. EUR 100
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ROLAND, C.N. Le financier patriote; ou la nation éclairée sur ses vrais intérêts. Aux Etats-Généraux de France, et au public. Londres, en avril 1789. 127, 27, (4) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1713; Goldsmiths 13948 (incomplete); Martin & Walter 29697; INED 3881; Stourm 149; not in Einaudi. First edition. Written as early as 1779 and completed under the Assemblée constituante, reviewing the various taxes and the many misuses, and suggesting a new approach. 'L'objet principal de cet ouvrage est de démontrer l'origine de la dette nationale, les abus et les causes qui l'ont accrue jusqu'à la somme énorme où elle monte aujourd'hui; de donner les moyens de la diminuer considérablement dans le moment, même de parvenir à l'éteindre; de mettre l'État dans une aisance à n'avoir besoin d'aucun secours des étrangers dans les circonstances les plus dispendieuses; .....' (INED). EUR 250
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ROLAND, C.N. Le financier patriote; ou la nation éclairée sur ses vrais intérêts. Aux Etats-Généraux de France, et au public. Londres, en avril 1789. 127, 27, (4) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1713; Goldsmiths 13948 (incomplete); Martin & Walter 29697; INED 3881; Stourm 149; not in Einaudi. First edition. Written as early as 1779 and completed under the Assemblée constituante, reviewing the various taxes and the many misuses, and suggesting a new approach. 'L'objet principal de cet ouvrage est de démontrer l'origine de la dette nationale, les abus et les causes qui l'ont accrue jusqu'à la somme énorme où elle monte aujourd'hui; de donner les moyens de la diminuer considérablement dans le moment, même de parvenir à l'éteindre; de mettre l'État dans une aisance à n'avoir besoin d'aucun secours des étrangers dans les circonstances les plus dispendieuses;....' (INED). EUR 250
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ROUSSEAU, (J.) Projet de finances, sur la nécessité de ne plus émettre d'assignats, et sur les moyens de pourvoir aux dépenses du gouvernement jusqu'à la paix, en retirant sur-le-champ les assignats de la circulation. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1795). 40 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 231; Martin & Walter, 30078. First edition. Jean Rousseau (1738-1813), professor of mathematics at the Collège des Oratoriens in Nantes, afterwards private tutor of the children of the duc d'Aiguillon, settled in Paris at the outbreak of the revolution. EUR 175
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ROUSSEAU, (J.-J.) Discours de M. Rousseau, prononcé le 12 Février à l'Assemblée de la Commune, sur les opinions de MM. Kormann et Brissot de Warville, relatives à la Caisse d'escompte. (Drop-head title). At end: A Paris, Chez Clouzier, (1790). 24 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1976; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, 30106. First edition. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, merchant in Paris, member of the Assemblée des représentants de la Commune. EUR 150
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ROUSSEL DE LA TOUR - (MOREAU, J.N.) Entendons-nous, ou le radotage du vieux notaire; Sur la Richesse de l'Etat. (Drop-head title). No place, no date (1763). 32 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Kress 6123; Einaudi 4011; Higgs 3006; INED 3276; Stourm, p. 106; Conlon 63:1147; not in Goldsmiths. One of two editions from the year of first publication, the other edition being entitled Entendons-nous, ou le radotage du vieux notaire in 67 pages. Criticizing Roussel de La Tour's Richesse de l'État. 'Les Français sont fous, mais ils ne sont pas ruinés. Plaidoyer spirituel en faveur du rétablissement de l'ordre financier.' (Stourm). EUR 175
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RUTLEDGE, J. Rappel des assignats à leur véritable origine, ou Démonstration d'un plagiat dangereux du premier ministre et Comité des finances. (Paris), (at end:) De l'Imprimerie Le Fort et Comp., (1790). (2), 32 pp. 4to. Disbound. Not in Menger; not in Masui; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Black. - Lower outer margins damp stained. EUR 150
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SAINT-ALBINE, (J.B.) DE. Projet d'une banque nationale à établir en France. No place, 1789. (2), 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not inGoldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 30643. First edition. J.B. Duplain de Saint-Albine, born in 1748, merchant in Lyon, came to Paris in 1784, one of the principal shareholders of the Caisse d'Escompte. The present work pleads in favour of freedom of trade and commerce. EUR 180
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SALMASIUS, C. (L.) De usuris liber. Leiden, Ex Officina Elseviriorum, 1638. Title printed in red and black, with printer's mark 'non Solus'. (56), 686, (72) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum. Willems 471; Einaudi 5085; Kress 536; Mattioli 3214; not in Goldsmiths; not in BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700. First edition. One of the best early works on the subject. Salmasius (or Claude de Saumaise, 1588-1653) spent the greater part of his life as a professor at the University of Leyden. In spite of many attractive offers from the French, he preferred to stay in Holland, because of "la liberté que j'ai chez les étrangers, de dire, d'escrire et de faire ce que je voudrai, le repos et la tranquilité de ma conscience." Salmasius defends here, as in other works, the taking of interest, not only by explaining the passages in the Bible that seemingly forbid it, but also as a matter of principle. Interest, he argues, being a remuneration for the use of money, is nothing else but an indemnity to the person who lends it out; for, when using it himself, he could get fruits from it; though this might not be directly, nevertheless it would be obtained by buying productive objects (Böhm-Bawerk, Geschichte und Kritik der Kapitalzinstheorieën, 1884, pp. 37, 40-45, quoted in Palgrave, iii, p. 348). EUR 800
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SAROT, (C.P.B.) Restauration subite du crédit des assignats, moyennant un intérêt combiné, à cinq pour cent, sans retenue, en faveur des porteurs; avec un projet de décret et lettre d'envoi,au président de la Convention. Notes postérieures à l'envoi, explicatives de chaque article. Paris, Imprimerie de Demoraine, (1795). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 31034. EUR 75
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SAY, J.B. De l'Angleterre et des Anglois. Troisième édition, revue et augmentée. Paris, Arthus Bertrand; Londres, Bertoud et Wheatley, 1816. (4), 63 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Teilhac, p. 376; Kress 6796; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. Say was sent to England after the fall of the Napoleontic empire to examen the economic state there. He met many leading economists among which Bentham and Ricardo. EUR 200
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SCHACHT - SCHACHT IN DER KARIKATUR. Im Auftrage des Reichsbankdirektoriums zusammengestellt in der Volkswirtschaftlichen und Statistischen Abteilung der Reichsbank. Zum 22. Januar 1937. Berlin, Druckerei der Reichsbank, 1937. With 91 illustrations. (208) pp. Large 8vo. Original publishers half cloth, textile boards, spine with gilt lettering. New Palgrave, iv, pp. 254-255. Privately printed, not in the trade. Hjalmar Schacht (1877-1970) was once a member of the liberal German Democratic Party but he became Reichsbank President and Minister of Economics under Hitler. Due to the rivalry between economists and politicians he lost his influence and was fired as Reichsbank President in 1939. In 1944 he was imprisoned for his involvement with the attempted assasination of Hitler in July 1944. After the war he was cleared of charges as a war criminal. This book was published to honour Dr. Schacht on his 60th birthday. EUR 125
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SCHNEIDER, E. Wirtschaftlichkeitsrechnung. Berne, A. Francke Verlag, Tübingen, J.C.B. Mohr, 1951. With 33 diagrams. viii, 156 pp. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth with dustwrapper (Hand- und Lehrbücher aus dem Gebiet der Sozialwissenschaften). New Palgrave, iv, pp. 258-259; not in Mattioli. First edition. In substance, this work is the German version of the work published in 1944 in Danish Investering og Rente. Erich Schneider's works were instrumental in narrowing the wide margin by which German economists had fallen below international standards during the Hitler era, but also even before that due to the dominance of the Historical School.Disappointed by the Historical School, he found encouragement with the important business economists in Frankfurt. To gain his own access to Walras and to modern economics, he subsequently studied mathematics. From 1925 until 1936 he made a living as a school teacher in mathematics, which enabled him to keep in close contact with Joseph Schumpeter in Bonn during economically hard times. He earned his habilitation in 1932, under Schumpeter's supervision, with work on monopolistic and oligopolistic competition. This continued to be his favourite area of research, ranking him among the important pioneers of the theory of imperfect competition.In 1936, Schneider was appointed professor of managerial economics at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, where he stayed untill 1945. It was in this period that he wrote his important contributions to the theory of production, investment and corporate planning which anticipated many later developments. With microeconomic problems as a point of departure, he found his way to J.M. Keynes who, together with Marshall, was to influence him much more than his mentor Schumpeter. Important work on fiscal theory was also completed in Denmark (the mentioned work Investering og Rente). EUR 150
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SENAC DE MEILHAN, (G.) Du gouvernement, des moeurs, et des conditions en France avant la Révolution, avec le caractère des principaux personnages du règne de Louis XVI. A Hambourg, Chez Benjamin Gottlob Hoffmann, 1795. vi, 216 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spinegilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering. INED 4142; Mattioli 3343; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths (cf.: 16217); not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter, 31376. First edition. Chapters on privileges, debts, taxes, etc. Deals with a.o. Machault, Terray, Turgot, Necker, Pesay, etc. The author states in this work that the growth of wealth in France under Louis XVI had dissolved the social barriers and contributed to the breakdown of the French class system (See at length: Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus). EUR 750
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SENAC DE MEILHAN, (G.) Du gouvernement, des moeurs, et des conditions en France avant la Révolution, avec le caractère des principaux personnages du règne de Louis XVI. A Hambourg, Chez B.G. Hoffmann, 1795. vi, 216 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. INED 4142; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths (cf.: 16217); not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 31376; Escoffier, 64. First edition and "très rare" according to Escoffier. Written during the author's exile, this work contains chapters on privileges, debts, taxes, etc., reflections of the Ancien Régime, on the philosophes, and deals furthermore with Machault, Terray, Turgot, Necker, Maurepas, Saint-Germain, Pesay, etc. The author states in this work that the growth of wealth in France under Louis XVI had dissolved the social barriers and contributed to the breakdown of the French class system (See at length: Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus). EUR 800
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SERE, L.H. Moyens présentés à la Convention nationale pour l'amélioration des finances. (Paris, Roblot, 1794). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 241; Tourneux III, 13104; not in Martin & Walter. First edition. According to Stourm one of the many pamphlets dealing with the taxes and the reform of the system. EUR 125
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TERRAI - (COQUEREAU, J.B.L.) Mémoires concernant l'administration des finances sous le ministère de M. l'abbé Terrai, controleur général. A Londres, Chez John Adamson, 1776. (2), (v)-viii, (9)-427 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt with raised bands, green label with gilt lettering, gilt fillet on sides. Kress 7202; Goldsmiths 11455; Stourm, p. 85; cf.: INED 1195; not in Einaudi. One of three editions published in the same year: there is copy published 'A la Chancellerie' (Goldsmiths 11453) and the copy listed by Einaudi 1290 and Kress 7204. Apocryph memoirs, aiming to demonstrate the bad management of Terrai. Divided into three parts, the second is entitled: 'Relation historique de l'émeute arrivée à Paris le 3 Mai 1775; et de ce qui l'a précédé et suivi.' The third part is entitled: 'Lettres d'un actionnaire à un autre actionnaire, contenant la Relation de ce qui s'est passé dans les dernières Assemblées de la Compagnie des Indes.' - Engraved armorial bookplate of Middleton Park on front paste-down. EUR 600
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THIERS, A. De la propriété. Paris, Paulin, Lheureux et Cie., 1848. (4), 439, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, marbled sides. Goldsmiths 36120; Einaudi 5585; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 734; not in Kress; Mattioli 3602. First edition. In August 1848, Thiers ardently defended the idea of private property against proposal made by the anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. To strengthen his position, he also published De la Propriété, a book written in the remarkably short span of three months. The book is in four parts: Du droit de propriété; Du communisme; Du socialisme; de l'impôt. Especially the part entitled De l'influence de l'hérédité sur le travail has been described as a little masterpiece. EUR 300
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TOUSARD. Mémoire et projet de décret sur le remboursement de la dette exigible de l'Etat. Paris, Imprimerie de Cussac, 1790. 39 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 14456; not in Kress;not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; not in Martin & Walter. Pleads for a limitation in the creation of assignats-monnaie. EUR 150
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USSON, (L.M.) D'. Précis d'un projet de caisse patriotique et militaire ..... prononcé à la séance du 16 février 1790. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 7 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths;not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 33016. EUR 100
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USURERS - ARREST NOTABLE de la cour de Parlement, du vingt-deuxième juillet 1713, rendu contre les usuriers. (Drop-head title). (At end:) No place, Imprimerie de la veuve Vaugon, (1713). 8 pp. 4to. Disbound. Usury does not prescribe itself and usurious interest voluntarily paid during forty years should be restored 'conditione indebiti', and ascribed to the principal. EUR 75
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USURY - ARREST de la cour de Parlement, qui condamne Jacques Boulleau, Claude Vidy, Nicolas Naudin & Jeanne Lepage, femme de Jacques Filion, au carcan et au bannissement pour neuf ans, pour usures. Condamne pareillement François-Jean-Laurent Bedanne, Marie Rousseau, Marie-Catherine Faucamberge, femme de Pierre Godefroy, Jean Bouin, Françoise Anseau, femme de François Foenix, à faire amende honorable, & au bannissement de neuf ans, aussi pour usures. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1777. 26 pp. 4to. Disbound. This arrest sums up all the ordinances condemming usury since the Capitulaire de Charlemagne of the year 789, and exposes in detail the facts which have motivated the comdemnations. EUR 150
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VERNIER, (T.) Le vrai bilan de la République Française, mis en évidence par tous les citoyens, en réfutation du faux bilan publié par un anonyme. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1793). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmith; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 33377. First edition. Théodore Vernier (1731-1818) studied in Besançon. He later became a barrister and was elected deputy for the third estate at the Estates General where he dealt mainly with financial questions. He was elected president of the Assemblée constituante on the 26th of August 1791. Vernier's writings, in which he showed himself to be an ardent and intelligent defender of a progressive tax, were certainly influential and among the best written on the subject in the period (see: A. Soboul, Dictionnaire Historique de la Révolution Française, pp. 1085-1086 and the entry Impot Progressif, p. 562.) The present work is a survey of the financial situation of France in refutation of a 'vrai bilan' produced by an unknown author predicting a deficit of 12 milliard at the end of 1793. EUR 150
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VERNIER, (T.) Rapport et projet de décret, au nom des Comités de Salut public & des finances. (Paris, Imprimerie nationale, messidor an III, 1795). 37 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 228; Martin & Walter 33397. First edition. Théodore Vernier (1731-1818) studied in Besançon. He later became a barrister and was elected deputy for the third estate at the Estates General where he dealt mainly with financial questions. He was elected president of the Assemblée constituante on the 26th of August 1791. Vernier was one of the most intelligent and ardent defenders of the principal of a progressive tax and his writings were both influential and among the best written on the subject in the period. (see: A. Soboul, Dictionnaire Historique de la Révolution Française, pp. 1085-1086 and the entry Impot Progressif, p. 562.)'Sur la contribution foncière et sur la nécessité d'en faire payer une moitié en nature et l'autre moitié en assignats, d'après l'échelle de proportion; 2. sur les poyens de vérifier les demandes en surtaxe et réduction; 3. sur la justice de faire payer en denrées ou en équivalent, aux propriétaires, une moitié du prix des baux stipulés en argent; 4. sur la nécessité de rétablir la contribution mobiliaire ou des taxes d'aisance et de luxe; 5. de rétablir les patentes pour les négocians seulement; de faire des lois de police sages et sévères, relativement au commerce, et principalement à celui des grains.' EUR 150
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VERNIER, (T.) Nouveau plan de finances et d'impositions, formé d'après les décrets de l'Assemblée nationale. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 46 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 189; Martin & Walter 33378. First edition. Théodore Vernier (1731-1818) studied in Besançon. He later became a barrister and was elected deputy for the third estate at the Estates General where he dealt mainly with financial questions. He was elected president of the Assemblée constituante on the 26th of August 1791. Vernier was one of the most intelligent and ardent defenders of the principal of a progressive tax and his writings were both influential and among the best written on the subject in the period. (see: A. Soboul, Dictionnaire Historique de la Révolution Française, pp. 1085-1086 and the entry Impot Progressif, p. 562.)'Grand travail .... passant en revue tout le système fiscal. Impôt territorial et subvention personnelle: leurs bases. Anciens impôts à conserver.' (Stourm). EUR 175
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VERNIER, (T.) Rapport et projet de décret sur les finances, présentés au nom des quatre Comités réunis, de Salut public, législation, commerce, finances et de la commission d'examen des plans, sur les moyens de relever le crédit des assignats, d'opérer leur remboursement successif, et de les remplacer graduellement par une monnoie métallique. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, an IV (1795). 18 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 228; Martin & Walter 33399. First edition. Théodore Vernier (1731-1818) studied in Besançon. He later became a barrister and was elected deputy for the third estate at the Estates General where he dealt mainly with financial questions. He was elected president of the Assemblée constituante on the 26th of August 1791. Vernier was one of the most intelligent and ardent defenders of the principal of a progressive tax and his writings were both influential and among the best written on the subject in the period (see: A. Soboul, Dictionnaire Historique de la Révolution Française, pp. 1085-1086 and the entry Impot Progressif, p. 562.) EUR 150
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VISSERING, G. On Chinese currency. Preliminary remarks about the monetary reform in China. With the co-operation of W.A. Roest. Amsterdam, J.H. de Bussy, (1912-1914). 2 volumes. ix, (1), 215 pp.; xvii, 299, (1) pp. 8vo. Original cloth. First edition. Vissering was a leading authority on the subject and his works are still much sought after. Vol. 2 deals especially with banking problems. Discusses currency reform, but also the organisation of a central bank. - Very rare. EUR 300
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VITAL-ROUX. Analyse historique de l'établissement du crédit public en France. Paris, Bossange père, 1824. With 6 folding tables. (4), 234 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Kress C.1330; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. - Also listed under Roux. This is a history of public finances during the Restoration and of the establishment of public credit in France. The author was born in Bellay, around 1760, and died in Strasbourg in 1846. He started his career with a trading company in Lyon, and after that went to work for the house of Delessert in Paris. He founded himself a trading company but with little success. He became regent of the Banque de France, member of the Chamber of Commerce of Paris and one of the editors of the Code de Commerce (Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 560). EUR 300
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VITAL-ROUX. De l'influence du gouvernement sur la prosperité du commerce, par Vital-Roux, de Lyon, Négociant. A Paris, Chez Fayolle, An 9-1800. 2 parts in 1 volume. (4), 286 pp.; (2), (287)-484, (4) pp. 8vo. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, morocco label with gilt lettering, corners INED 4463; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'Économique. Première partie: idées générales sur les principes du crédit et sur les questions qui intéressent le commerce dans ses rapports avec les opérations financières du gouvernement; influence du systême politique sur l'industrie; institutions qui doivent faciliter la connaissance de ses progrès ou de sa décadence, et rendre au commerce l'influence qu'il doit avoir. Seconde partie: des transactions commerciales et des moyens de leur donner une régularité plus uniforme; nécessité d'un code de lois qui défende l'indépendance du commerce; proposition d'une garantie publique contre les banqueroutes et la mauvaise foi des faillis; indication des moyens d'instruction les plus propres à ceux qui se destinent au commerce; projet d'écoles oú les principes et la comptablilité commerciale seraient mis à la portée de tout le monde. Voir surtout, dans la première partie, les chapitres sur l'impôt, le luxe, les privilèges, maîtrises et corporations. Vital-Roux précise qu'il n'a parlé de l'agriculture, dans le cours de son ouvrage, 'que par indication, et comme pour rappeler qu'elle doit être comprise dans toutes les institutions en faveur du commerce'. Vital-Roux s'est également interdit toute espèce de discussion sur les colonies' (INED). EUR 600
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WATER-SUPPLY - REMBOURSEMENT de capitaux, assurés (par La Compagnie des Eaux de Paris) à l'extinction des revenus viagers & autres usufruits. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1787). 8 pp. Small 4to. Disbound. EUR 80
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