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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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AMI DES PATRIOTES, L', ou le Défenseur de la Constitution. A Paris, Chez Demonville, novembre 1790 - 9 juin 1792. 84 numbers forming 6 volumes, here bound in 4 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Hatin 157; Martin & Walter, Journaux, 51. Original edition. The last number published was that of August 10, 1792. Royalist political periodical, edited by A.C. Dusquesnoy, and later by Saint-Jean d'Angely.Nr. 27 was replaced at the time by a pamphlet of 57 pages, printed by the same publisher and entitled: 'Simple extrait du livre de M. Necker sur son administration' (Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 16637). The first series contained 48 numbers, the second series contained 44 numbers of which there are 8 lacking here. EUR 2250
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ARREST du Parlement de Rouen, rendu toutes les Chambres assemblées. Du Vendredi 12 février 1762. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Rouen, J.J. Le Boullenger, 1762. 16 pp. Small 4to. Disbound. Frère, Manuel du bibliographe normand, i, p. 33. Original edition. Listing books written by Jesuits which are condemned to be burnt. The list of titles is given by Frère. EUR 300
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ARRET de la Cour de Parlement, qui fait défenses à toutes personnes, de quelque qualité & condition qu'elles puissent être, de faire aucuns attroupemens dans la ville, fauxbourgs & banlieue de Paris, d'exciter ni favoriser les attroupemens, d'entrer de force dans les maisons, d'y commettre aucuns excès, d'insulter ni maltraiter aucuns Citoyens, ni de rien faire qui puisse troubler la tranquillité publique, sous peine d'être poursuivies extraordeniairement comme perturbateurs du repos public, & punies suivant la rigueur des ordonnances. Du 28 Avril 1789. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, N.H. Nyon, 1789. 3, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Disbound. - Faint waterstain in lower outerblank corner. EUR 75
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ARRET de la Cour de Parlement, qui ordonne l'exécution d'une Sentence rendue par les Officiers du Châtelet de Paris, pour maintenir l'ordre & la tranquilité publics, relativement aux Assemblées qui doivent se tenir dans Paris, concernant la convocation des Etats-Généraux. Du 20 Avril 1789. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, N.H. Nyon, 1789. 4 pp. 4to. Disbound. Preparing security for the representatives during the meetings. EUR 75
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AU ROI et à nosseigneurs de son conseil. (Drop-head title). No place, (1788). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. Request by the representatives of Chaalons-sur-Marne asking that commercial representatives be represented in the forthcoming Etats-Généraux, in order to deal with questions pertaining to trade and commerce. EUR 140
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AUX TRAVAILLEURS de France. Le conseil national du Parti Ouvrier Français (1889-1900). Paris, Libr. G. Jacques et Cie, 1901. (4), 91, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine, original covers preserved. First collective edition in bookform. Collection of manifests and proclamations by the Parti Ouvrier Français, mainly edited by Jules Guesde and Paul Lafargue. At head of title: Onze ans d'histoire socialiste. EUR 250
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COMMENTAIRE. Revue trimestrielle. 1978-1984. Paris, 1978-1984. Nrs 1-26. 26 nrs. 4to. Sewn. Famous journal, founded by Raymond Aron in 1978. Mainly devoted to politics, sociology, philosophy, etc. with contributions by: Henry Kissinger, R. Aron, G. de Ménil, Raymond Barre, E. Le Roy Ladurie, M. Drancourt, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Simon Leys, Joseph Schumpeter, Michel Foucault, Annie Kriegel, Alfred Sauvy, François Furet, and many others. EUR 600
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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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CONSULTATION dans l'affaire de la régie du poids public. Bordeaux, Imprimerie de P. Coudert, 1828. Title within a nice printed ornamental border. (2), 28 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Authorised by an arrêt of Brumaire year IX (1800) 'poid public' was optional. The 'Régie' wished to make it compulsory and to have the right to establish the tarif. EUR 150
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DECLARATION du congrès officiellement adressée à M. le Préfet de Strasbourg; et officiellement transmise à M. le Préfet du Doubs. No place, (1815). 4to leaflet of 2 pp. Informing the public of the return of Napoleon and declaring that Napoleon Bonaparte 's'est placé hors des relations civiles et sociales .....' Declaration issued after the allied countries learned that Napoléon had returned to France. EUR 75
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DECLARATION du Roi, concernant le cadastre général, et la liquidation et remboursement des dettes de l'État, enregistrée au Parlement séant à Rouen. Donnée à Versailles, le 21 Novembre 1763. (Rouen, J.J. Le Boullenger, 1764). 23 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. EUR 150
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DECRETS de la Convention nationale, des 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15 Décembre 1792 ..... relatifs aux procès & jugement de Louis Capet. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Chaalons, Chez Collignon, imprimeur , (1793). 16 pp. 4to. Disbound. Not in Martin & Walter. Louis XVI was condemned to death on January 23, 1793. EUR 100
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DISCOURS sur la députation du Parlement à Mr. le Prince de Condé. No place, no date (1649). 11 pp. 4to. Modern marbled boards, gilt leather label. Moreau 1147. Original edition. 'Un des pamphlets les plus hardis et les plus insolents de toute la Fronde' (Moreau), of which it is difficult to say if it is against the Parliament or against Condé. The latter, however, is called: ' ..... monstre né pour la ruine et la désolation de son pays'. Ex-libris Bruno Monnier, Chateau de Mantry, Jura. EUR 200
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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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FILS, LE, du Père duchêne illustré paraissant deux fois par semaine. Paris, Imprimerie Serrière et Co., 1er florial-4 prairial an 79 (20 April-24 May 1871). Each numbercarries a coloured caricature on the title-page. 10 numbers of 8 pages each. Large 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Lemonnyer, Les Journaux de Paris, p. 29; Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, p. 31; Berleux, La Caricature Politique en France, p. 42; Le Quillec, 946; Schulkind Commune Collection, p. 30. Original edition, all published. The journal was edited by A. Spoll, directors were Monreal and Blondeau.'Favorable naturellement à la Commune, ce qui n'empêche pas les critiques .....' (Le Quillec). EUR 750
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INSTRUCTION de l'Argent national près le District de Beziers, sur le table ci-après du Maximum des Denrées et Marchandises. (Et Tableau du Maximum). (A Beziers, de l'Imprimerie de J.J. Fugier, an II-1794). 7 leaves folio-plano, folded to large 4to.Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Original edition, very rare. The Law of the Maximum, legislation that established a partially controlled economy during the year II. It was the second of three primary maximum degrees. It aimed at fixing the prices of wheat and flour (maximum of 4 May 1793), the maximum of 29 September 1794 fixed both prices and wages over a wide spectrum of primary commodities and production, the third, the maximum of 24 February 1794, replaced the local prices of the second maximum with a schedule of national prices. On 24 December 1794 the Thermidorians disestablished this system of price and wage controls. These were the basic laws of a complex of degress and a torrent of administrative reporting that included not just fixed prices but administratively controlled distribution as well, all of it directed theoretically from Paris by the Commission of Subsistence and Provisions and backed by the authority of the Committee of Public Safety. The folding sheets are subdivided into columns: Dénomination des Denrées et Marchandises; Indication des Lieux de Production ou de Fabrication; Distance des Lieux de départ aux Lieux de Consommation; Prix en 1790 augmentés du Tiers; Frais de Transport, par terre ou par eau en raison des distances; Prix que doit vendre le Marchand en gros,d'après l'achat principal, les frais de transport et les bénéfices de cinq pour cent calculés sur le total de ces deux bases réunis; Prix que doit vendre le Détaillant aux Consommateurs, y compris les bénéfices de dix pour cent en sus, seulement sur les prix en 1790, augmenté d'un tiers & des frais de transport; Réduction des prix ci-contre à la pinte, à la livre, à l'aune, à la toile, au pied, & à tout autre poids & mesure. EUR 1000
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JESUITES, LES, Marchands, Usuriers, Usurpateurs, & leurs cruautés dans l'ancien & le nouveau continent. Pour servir de suite au Livre intitulé: Les Jesuites criminels de LezeMajesté. A La Haye, Chez les Freres Vaillant, 1759. - (Followed by:) LES JESUITES criminels de Leze majesté dans la Théorie et dans la Pratique. A La Haye, Chez les freres Vaillant, 1759. Two works in one volume. (i-ii), iii-viii, 388 pp.; (i-ii), iii-xxi, (3, blanks), 332 (misnumbered 226) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt and with raised bands and gilt lettering, minor repair to rear cover. First work: Conlon 59:241; Kress S.4160; Goldsmiths 9443; Higgs 2055; Sabin 36085; Borba de Moraes, vol. i, p. 427.First edition. Second work: Conlon 58:213 (first edition); Borba de Moraes, vol. i, p. 427.Second edition, first published in 1758. NUC gives only two copies of this edition. This is a precious collection of two rare works published in the year the order was suppressed in Portugal. The first work provides a wealth of information on the commercial activities of the Society in South America and in Asia, maritime commerce and trade, sugar-refineries, trade in grain to Malta, on the missions in Asia (Manilla, Indies, China, Japan), the ill-luck in the ventures of the cardinal de Tournon, the destruction of missions in China of which the Jesuits are accused by the anonymous author, missions in Paraguay, the persecution of Palafox, the missions in a.o. Quito, the relations with the indians and their indoctrination, etc. etc. The work ends with an elaborate index which makes the use and perusal of this violent work very easy.The second work is a history of the political scheming of the Society since its foundation in 1540 upto the end of the sixteenth century.- Small repairs to the margin of 6 leaves. Both titles have an old ownership entry in the blank margins. EUR 2800
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LES ALARMES. (Drop-head title). No place, (1615). 21 pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Lindsay & Neu 3203; not in Bourgeois & André. Defending the royal authority and the rights of the Gallican Church, and warning the queen regent and the king against the influence of the Jesuits. - Old scribbling in upper margin of first text-page. EUR 150
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LETTER, A, from a member of Parliament for a Borough in the West, to a noble Lord in his neighbourhood there, concerning the Excise-Bill, and the manner and causes of losing it. London, J. Roberts, 1733. 32 pp. 8vo. Sewn, modern blind wrappers. Kress 4105; Goldsmiths 7122; Hanson 4563. EUR 175
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LOI relative au moyen d'établir une uniformité de poids & mesures. Donnée à Paris, le 30 Mars 1791. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1791. 2, (2 blank) pp. 4to. Disbound. The King starts already by stating: The National Assemblee has ordered, & we wish and order what follows ..... EUR 75
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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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MOTION des harangeres de la Halle. No place, (1789). 2 engraved pages. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Martin & Walter. Curious pamphlet in vulgar style, entirely engraved. 'C'n'est pas dans les plus petites gens/ Qu'est la plus grande canaille/ C'est dans ces chiens d'Parlemens/ Dans c'te noblesse et c'te mitraille/.... Et puisqu'ils aiment tant l'or/ que dans leur gueule on en fonde ...' EUR 200
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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 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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OBSERVATEUR, L'. Paris, Volland (later: Garney), août 1789. 91 + 40 numbers bound in 2 volumes. 8vo. Modern half redmorocco, spine with gilt lettering and decorated with the 'bonnet de la liberté', marbled sides, top edge gilt. Martin & Walter 957; Tourneux 10303; Hatin 141-142; Rétat 136. Collection with all the supplements, but lacking the numbers 4,8,10,11,16,18,22 and 23 of the second series. 'Orientation idéologique: l'observateur est 'patriote', il se veut défenseur du peuple, 'moniteur incorruptible', et les auteurs des lettres qu'il publie le considérent comme tel. Il se spécialise dans la dénonciation précise, personelle, des 'aristocrates', des ennemis de la nation, des 'mauvais citoyens', il assure la publicité de toutes les lettres accusatrices. Mais il tient aussi à préserver l'ordre et la paix, et réfutant les calomnies, en avouant ses erreurs, et en rejetant les lettres 'dangereuses'' (Rétat). EUR 1750
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OBSERVATIONS sommaires relatives au projet de décret du Comité militaire, portant suppression de l'Hôtel Royal des Invalides. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Impr. du Patriote françois, (1790). 8 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 11110; Tourneux 14412. Exceptional copy to which have been added 2 folding tables, one printed and completed by hand giving the Revue du 5 octobre 1790 and one, entirely in contemporary manuscript, giving the Revue du 18 avril 1791. EUR 150
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OBSERVATIONS sur les prétendues immunités du clergé, relativement à l'impôt; suivies de l'état général des biens du clergé de France, avec un plan de réforme soumis à la délibération des Etats-Généraux. Par un citoyen impartial. No place, 1789. 78 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 11347. Project of appropriation of ecclesiastical properties, which together with the royal properties will bring in, according to the author, an annual benefit of 500 million. EUR 225
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OBSERVATIONS sur un projet, de Vente Nationale du Sel, présenté au Comité des Finances. (Drop-head title). No place, (ab. 1790). 15 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 11375. Pp. 5 - end contain pricelists of various kinds of salt, divided into different goups according to the region of origin. EUR 80
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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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OUVERTURE des Etats-Généraux, faits à Versailles le 5 Mai 1789. Discours du Roi; Discours de M. le Garde des sceaux; Rapport de M. le Directeur général des finances, fait parordre du Roi. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1789. 103, (1), (10) pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards.Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 6407; not in Tourneux; not in Kress; Goldsmiths 13899 (8vo issue only). First edition. - This 4to issue is of great rarity. The first Estates General since 1614, this assembly was summoned to meet at Versailles on 27 April, although the date was later changed to 5 May, in order to propose solutions to financial problems, to reduce the treasury's deficit, and to relieve the public debt, problems that the two Assembly's of Notables in 1787 and 1788 had failed to resolve. The opening session was preceded, on 4 May, by a slow, very formal, anachronistic procession. In the presence of the king and court, the members of the three orders heard Mass. Then, on 5 May, they 'submitted' to speeches by the keeper of the seals, C.-L.-F. Barentin, and J. Necker, which contained neither program nor promises. The dissapointment of the Third Estate was intense and was manifested from the beginning by the verification of credentials, which was done by separate orders and not in common. Of capital importance for the history of financial situation of France at the eve of the Revolution. Necker's report to the King covers the pp. 21-103 and is followed by the tables giving the details of the financial situation, with separate titlepage État Général des Revenus et des Dépenses fixes. EUR 600
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POLITIQUE, LE, du temps. Touchant tout ce qui s'est passé depuis le 26 aoust 1648 jusques à l'heureux retour du Roy en sa ville de Paris. Discours qui peut servir de mémoire à l'histoire. Dedié Aux Curieux. No place, 1648. 22 pp. 4to. Modern half red morocco, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Moreau 2812; not in Lindsay & Neu; not in Welsh. Original edition. 'Très rare. On voit par ce pamphlet ce que les partisans du Prince de Condé qu'en pensaient du rôle qu'il était appelé à jouer pendant la régence, ce qu'en pensait peut-être le prince lui-même' (Moreau). - Verso page 21 is blank, the next leaf, mounted, is numbered, verso, page 22, recto blank. EUR 250
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PROCES-VERBAL des conférences sur la vérification des pouvoirs, tenues par MM. les Commissaires du Clergé, de la Noblesse & des Communes, tant en la Salle du Comité des Etats-Généraux, qu'en présence de MM. les Commissaires du Roi, conformément au désir de Sa Majesté. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1789. (4), 216 pp. 8vo. Modern plain boards, title label to spine. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux; not in Monglond. - Uncut copy printed on heavy paper and with ample margins. Proceedings of the discussions on voting rights and division of power, which took place between May 7 and June 15, 1789. Secretary to the conference was Hébert.For the Third Order, Target, Mounier, Du Pont (de Nemours), Bergasse, Barnave, and others, were present. EUR 250
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PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée administrative du Département de l'Aube. Tenues à Troyes, dans les mois de Novembre et Décembre 1790 - [aux mois de Novembre & Décembre 1791. IIe Session.] A Troyes, Chez Sainton, André, 1791-1792. Two volumes. (4), 518, (12) pp.; 429, (13) pp. 4to. Contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green labels and gilt lettering, gilt fillets on sides, gilt inside dentelles, all edges gilt, some minor imperfections. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond; Lecestre, p. 18 & p. 19. First edition. The first volume deals with the session from 3 November upto 15 December 1790 and dealt with a great variety of subjects: population du département, sur l'agriculture, sur l'industrie, sur le commerce, sur les arts, sur les grands communications, sur les rivières, sur les routs, travaux publics, ateliers de charité, encouragemens et secours de bienfaisance, biens nationaux, contribution patriotique, etc., etc. Henri Picot Dampierre was the president of the Assembly.The second volume covers the session that was held from 15 November upto 14 December 1791: this session covered a great variety of subjects: Frais d'administration, dépense de l'ordre judiciaire de l'année 1791, frais du culte, pensions et secours accordés aux ecclésiastiques et communautés religieuses, dépenses relatives aux travaux des routes, aux travaux de charité, au bien public, à la mendicité, population du département, sur l'agriculture, sur l'industrie, sur le commerce, sur les arts, sur les grands communications, sur les rivières, sur les routs, travaux publics, ateliers de charité, encouragemens et secours de bienfaisance, biens nationaux, contribution patriotique, etc., etc.The first volume has the gilt stamped name of H.P. Dampierre in the center of both sides with above a gilt stamped fleuron with the text "La Nation, la Loi et le Roi", the second volume has the gilt stamped name of T. Cobin, Pr. Général in center of both sides with above the gilt stamped fleuron 'Droits de l'Homme'. H.P Dampierre was the President of the Assembly. EUR 2500
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PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée provinciale de la Moyenne Normandie et du Perche, généralité d'Alençon. (Tenue à Lisieux, novembre et décembre 1787). (Lisieux, 1788). With 5 folding tables. Irregular pagination: (2), xx, 37-52 pp.; 55, 331 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, paper covered boards (upper joint slightly split at top). De Lavergne 258 and ff. Original edition. Includes the 'Réglement', the 'Déclaration de Roi', and the proceedings. EUR 400
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PROCEZ-VERBAL de tout ce qui s'est passé en la Chambre du Tiers Estat. Touchant le premier article de leur Cahyer presenté au Roy. No place, 1615. (2), 174 (misnumbered 156) pp. 8vo. Modern half calf, raised bands, spine gilt withgilt lettering, marbled boards. Lindsay & Neu 3369. This work deals with Article I of the "Procez Verbal" of the Third Estate meeting in 1614-1615. This Article pertains to the sovereignty of the King. References are also made to Ravaillac, assassin of Henry IV, Robert Estienne's Greek Testament, and lists of names of the deputies. - Somewhat stained in places. EUR 275
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PROJET d'encouragement de l'agriculture, du commerce et des arts, par la suppression de la milice, ou tirage au sort; avec la manière économique de suppléer aux troupes provinciales, par la création d'une école martiale, & l'établissement de manufactures & d'ateliers relatifs à leur service. Par M. l'abbé de M ..... l'aîné. No place, 1789. xiii, 56 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 14644; Kress S.5260; not in Goldsmiths. Includes a chapter 'Moyens supplétifs de ressources pécuniaires en faveur de ces asyles de charité.' EUR 100
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PROJET de loi sur le clergé et utilité du mariage des prêtres. Paris, Garnery & Volland, novembre 1789. Charming vignette of a rooster eating grapes on title. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 14699. 'Le Mariage des ecclésiastiques sera permis .... Les enfans des curés seront préférés à tous autres pour leur succéder ....' EUR 150
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RECIT du sanglant et terrible massacre, arrivé dans la ville de Moscou, ainsi que de la fin effrayante et tragique du dernier Duc Démétrius 1606. Traduit pour la première fois en François par le prince Augustin Galitzin. Paris, 1859. 6, 45, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Sewn, uncut, in original printed covers. Catalogue Russica, R-277. First French edition. The Regent, Boris Godunov had the heir to the throne, Demetrius, murdered to become tsar himself. In the ensuing struggle in which the populace rose and exterminated the Polish garrison, all of Moscow outside the Kremlin was burned and plundered. EUR 150
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RECUEIL General des Estats tenus en France, sous les Rois, Charles VI. Charles VIII. Charles IX. Henry III. & Loüis XIII. Dedié A Monseigneur le Premier President. A Paris, Au Palais, 1651. Two parts in one volume. (6), 357 (misnumbered 265), (1) pp.; 294 (misnumbered 290), (12) pp. 4to. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt double fillets on sides (corners somewhat worn, head and foot of spine chipped, joints starting to split). Not in BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700. First edition. The work has been compiled by Toussaint Quinet and is dedicated to Mathieu Mole, 'Chevalier, Premier President'. Contains, among others: Les trois estats tenus à Tours - La harangue de par la noblesse de toute la France - L'ordre des estats tenus à Bloys - Noms, surnoms et qualitez des députez des trois ordres des Estats Généraux de France, 1614 - etc. - Lightly browned throughout, a few pages with a small dampstain. Handwritten ex-libris on title. EUR 750
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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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REPONSE du Roi aux Remonstrances du 4 Septembre 1759. No place, (1759). 19, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Defendingthe new taxes and explaining the necessity of more income for the State. EUR 125
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REQUETE aux Deux Chambres. (Drop-head title). Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Lachevardiere, (1828). With one table. 4 pp. 4to. Modern boards. The table is entitled 'Tableau de trente Écoles élémentaires gratuites de Paris, dressé d'après les états trimestriels et mensuels, adressés à la Préfecture du département, pour avril et mai 1828'. Deals with "Société pour l'Instruction élémentaire and the laws of 13 & 14 September 1791 and the law of 1 Mai 1802 concerning public education and the fact that not much has come of it. The text is signed by 'Un membre de la société pour l'Instruction publique'. The Dictionnaire de Pédagogie contains a long article on this society (pp. 2792-2796). EUR 150
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REVUE retrospective ou Archives secrètes du dernier gouvernement (1830-1848). Edited by H. Taschereau. Paris, 1848. 33 nrs bound in 1 volume. 4to. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards. Hatin 494. All published. - Rare in complete state with the number 32/33, although these two numbers have been supplied in xerox. Contains a.o. under the heading Affaires du 12 Mai 1839 a document suggesting that Louis-Auguste Blanqui was paid by the police. He published some depositions made by Blanqui at the Ministry of the Interior. Maurice Dommanget, who devoted many years of study to Blanqui, was reluctantly convinced at the time he began his studies, that Tachereau had been telling the truth, but changed his opinion later. At any rate, the publication provoked Blanqui's famous reply: "Rédacteurs, vous êtes des lâches."Jules Antoine Tachereau was a journalist, member of the moderate liberal opposition during the July Monarchy and set on the right of the Constituent Assembly in 1848. The present work is a collection of secret pieces, private correspondances, police reports and similar material, found after the 1848 revolution in the Tuileries and the ministries: correspondance of Louis-Philippe with his family and his agents, ministers with Louis-Philippe, texts dealing with secret funds, the Spanish mariages, Mazzini, Don Carlos, Descazes, Guizot, etc. etc. EUR 500
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REVUE rétrospective ou Archives secrètes du dernier gouvernement (1830-1848). Edited by H. Taschereau. Paris, 1848. 33 nrs bound in 1 volume. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, marbled boards (spine lightly discoloured). Hatin 494. All published. - Rare with the final numbers 32/33 although in photostat and thus loosely inserted. Contains a.o. under the heading Affaires du 12 Mai 1839 a document suggesting that Louis-Auguste Blanqui was paid by the police. He published some depositions made by Blanqui at the Ministry of the Interior. Maurice Dommanget, who devoted many years of study to Blanqui, was reluctantly convinced at the time he began his studies, that Tachereau had been telling the truth, but changed his opinion later. At any rate, the publication provoked Blanqui's famous reply: "Rédacteurs, vous êtes des lâches."Jules Antoine Tachereau was a journalist, member of the moderate liberal opposition during the July Monarchy and set on the right of the Constituent Assembly in 1848. The present work is a collection of secret pieces, private correspondances, police reports and similar material, found after the 1848 revolution in the Tuileries and the ministries: correspondance of Louis-Philippe with his family and his agents, ministers with Louis-Philippe, texts dealing with secret funds, the Spanish mariages, Mazzini, Don Carlos, Descazes, Guizot, etc. etc. EUR 500
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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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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 des massacres commis dans le palais d'Avignon, sous les ordres des principaux Chefs de l'Armée de Monteux. (Drop-head title). No place, (1815). Large woodcut, covering one-third of the leaf, depicting the cruelties. 1 leaf (verso blank). Folio. Folded and mounted in a 4to modern half morocco binding, gilt lettering to spine. Very interesting broadside showing in the illustration the cruelties and atrocities commited during the days of 16 and 17 October 1791, showing a number of victimes and murderers, with explanatory text. It also gives, at the bottom of the sheet, the names of a number of those involved in the massacre who are still alive. The whole is a call to murder these 'hommes de sang' ! The broadside deals with the notorious massacre of La Glacière: when an antirevolutionary mob murdered a prominent municipal official, the Revolutionaries took revenge. On the night of 16-17 October 1791, they murdered more than sixty papists in the prisons of the Palace of the Popes and threw their bodies to the bottom of La Glacière, one of the towers of the palace. The broadside has been produced because of the return of a number of these murderers to Avignon during the Hundred Days. EUR 900
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TABLEAU général des biens nationaux et particuliers, qui sont à vendre dans les quatre-vingt-trois départemens de la France. (Paris), Imprimerie du Patriote François, (1790). Nrs 1-4 (octobre 1790). 16 pp. 4to. Old boards. Martin & Walter, Journaux, 1354a. Four numbers from this journal of which forty-two numbers in all were published. EUR 125
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TABLEAU général du maximum de la République Françoise, décrété par la Convention Nationale le 6 ventôse (24 Février). A Paris, Chez Belin, Volland, Gueffier, Prault, Rondonneau & compagnie, L'An II de la République (1794). 3 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with red and green labels with gilt lettering, lightly rubbed and some small imperfections. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 16029; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 17454. Complete set. Volume I: Alimens, boissons, épiceries, et drogueries. (2), 12 pp. No 1: viande fraîche et salée, poisson sec et salé, avec les prix en 1790, augmentés du tiers. 119 pp. - No 2: légumes sec, etc. 83 pp. - No 3: productions d'animaux vivans. 85 pp. - No 4: boissons, etc. 74 pp. - No 5: épiceries et drogueries. 107 pp. and folding table. Volume II: No 6: laines et draperies. 115 pp. - No 7: chanvres et corderies. 36 pp. - No 8: fils et rubans de fil. 21 pp. - No 9: toiles. 55 pp. - No 10: cotons, fils de coton et cotonades. 19 pp. - No 11: bonneterie. 46 pp. - No 12: soies et soieries. 19 pp. - No 13: cuirs et peaux. 79 pp. Volume III: No 14: peaux, poils, chapellerie fine et commune. 23 pp. - No 15: papiers. 42 pp. - No 16: fers et fontes. 4 pp. Folio (folded). - No 17: quincaillerie. 114 pp. - No 18: bois de travail, merrains et boisellerie. 99 pp. - No 19: bois à brûler. 67 pp. - No 20: charbons de bois. 56 pp. Provides a wealth of information.The Law of the Maximum, legislation that established a partially controlled economy during the year II. It was the second of three primary maximum degrees. It aimed at fixing the prices of wheat and flour (maximum of 4 May 1793), the maximum of 29 September 1794 fixed both prices and wages over a wide spectrum of primary commodities and production, the third, the maximum of 24 February 1794, replaced the local prices of the second maximum with a schedule of national prices. On 24 December 1794 the Thermidorians disestablished this system of price and wage controls. These were the basic laws of a complex of degrees and a torrent of administrative reporting that included not just fixed prices but administratively controlled distribution as well, all of it directed theoretically from Paris by the Commission of Subsistence and Provisions and backed by the authority of the Committee of Public Safety. EUR 2000
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TRES-HUMBLE remonstrance du Parlement au Roy, et à la Reyne regente. A Paris, Par les Imprimeurs & Libraires ordinaires du Roy, 1649. 16 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Moreau 3814; not in Welsh. First edition. 'La loi fondamentale de la monarchie veut qu'il n'y ait qu'un maître en titre et en fonction; de sorte qu'il est toujours honteux au prince, et dommageable aux sujets, qu'un particulier prenne trop de part à son affection ou à son autorité, celle-là devant être communiquée à tous, et celle-ci n'appartenant qu'a lui seul.' Signed Janvier 21, 1649. Attributed to Président Le Coigneux. EUR 250
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VERITABLES INTERETS, LES, des trois ordres qui composent la Nation rapprochés. No place, 1789. Coat of arms on title. 12 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Martin & Walter. Appeal to the three orders to unite and to reach agreement on indispensable reforms. EUR 75
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VICES DECOUVERTS, LES, ou Avis à mes concitoyens, sur quelques objets importans, relatifs à l'état présent des affaires. En France, 1789. 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 17989. Denunciation of the oppressive burdens that overwhelm the people, of the wealth of the clergy, and of the privileges of the nobility. EUR 100
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ACCUSATEUR PUBLIC, L'. (par J.Th.E. Richer de Serizy). Paris, Migneret, (later:) Imprimerie du journal, (september 1794) - 1799. With 6 engravings. 35 numbers and 2nd series, number 1, bound in 2 volumes. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, marbled boards, corners, spines gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, gilt stamped fasces in compartments, top edge gilt. Hatin 243-4; Tourneux, ii, 10955-6; Martin & Walter, Jounaux, 6 & 6a. All published. One of the most remarkable and influential counter-revolutionary journals. It suggests a.o. that Great Britain secretly supported the Revolution in order to weaken France, as a revenge of the French support to the Americans during their War of Independence. Nr 13 has never been published. Nr. 35 is followed by an apocryphal number dated 6 Thermidor an 7, which as a matter of fact was done by General Danican. Separately added, sewn: the first number of a second series (the only one published) which is also an apocryphal number and also attributed to Danican. - The last page of this separate number a little damaged with loss of a few letters. EUR 1500
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ALMANACH, L', des douze ministres. No place, (1790). With engraved frontispiece. 120 pp. 12mo. Old blind cover, uncut. Martin & Walter, Journaux et Almanachs, 1457. Richelieu - Mazarin - Louvois - De Bois - Fleury - Saint Florentin - Terray - Meaupou - Saint Germain - Calonne - Brienne - Lamoignon. EUR 200
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ARREST de la Cour de Parlement, qui homologue une ordonnance rendue par les officiers de police de la ville de Saumur, concernant la police et le maintien de l'ordre public. Du 30 juin 1785. (Drop-head title). A Paris, Chez P.G. Simon & N.H. Nyon, 1785. 47, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Disbound. Important ordinance (containing 16 articles) dealing with public order: with religion, public security, fire, circulation of traffic, pharmacy and physicians, bakers, butchers, fairs and markets, innkeepers, household servants, etc., etc. EUR 150
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ARREST du Conseil d'État du Roi, qui prescrit les règles et les formalités à observer, tant par les parties prenantes que par les payeurs des États du Roi. Du 30 Octobre 1767. Grenoble, Ve A. Faure, 1767. Large 4to poster on white paper. Concerning the pensions and gratifications paid out of the Trésor Royal. EUR 75
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BANQUET patriotique departemental offert à M. Grenier. Clermont-Ferrand, Impr. A. Veysset, (about 1832). Leaflet of 2 pp. 4to. - Margins frayed, small tear. Grenier, avocat général, was fired because of his liberal opinions. The leaflet contains toasts by Grenier and by the organizers of the banquet, among whom Trélat of the 'Société des Amis du Peuple.' EUR 75
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CAHIER de plaintes, représentations & demandes, que l'Assemblée de l'Ordre de la noblesse du bailliage de Clermont-en-Beauvoisis, a remis à M. le Duc de Liancourt, son députéaux Etats-Généraux. No place, 1789. (2), 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 3496. First edition. One of the very few cahier de doléances in which the treatment of negroes is dealt with 'avec toute l'attention qu'exige l'humanité appliquée à un aussi important objet'. EUR 300
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CAVE TIBE, POPULE! Ou instruction au Tiers-Etat sur le danger de sa position actuelle. Par un noble de fraîche date. No place, 1788. (2), 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 3103 (with date 1789). The caption title of the first page reads: 'Mémoire sur la nécessité, la justice et les moyens de donner la prépondérance au Tiers-Etat dans l'Assemblée prochaine des Etats-Généraux, which explains clearly the vein of this publication. EUR 175
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COLLECTION of 4 pamphlets dealing with the discussions raised by Roussel de la Tour's 'Richesses de l'Etat'. No place, (about 1763). 4 pieces, bound in 1 volume. 16 pp.; 16 pp.; 8 pp.; 16 pp. Small 8vo. Modern supple boards. CF.: INED 3967. Separate editions, three of them later collected as additions to a re-edition of the Richesses in 1764. Contains: 1. TOUT est dit. - 2. TOUT n'est pas dit. Réponse de Candide au docteur Pangloss sur son optimisme des finances. - 3. LE BOUTTE-SELLE. - 4. (DARIGRAND). La Patrie vengée, ou La juste balance. Conclusions des Richesses de l'Etat.The first text is a criticism on the Richesses, the second work defends the Richesses, the third piece discusses the Richesses, and the fourth work considers the positive elements of the Richesses of sufficient value to accept some of the weaker points. EUR 450
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CONSTITUTION FRANCAISE, présentée au Roi par l'Assemblée Nationale, le 3 septembre 1791. Dijon, Impr. P. Causse, 1791. (2), 83 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Cf.: Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 4106. The Constitution of 1791 was the first written constitution in France and one of the earliest in the world. Drawn up by the national Assembly between 6 July 1789 and 3 September 1791 and accepted by Louis XVI on 13 September 1791. It defined the citizenry and its rights, organized the different branches of government, and imposed general limits on certain kinds of governmental action. (.....) The Constitution of 1791 is an interpretation of the political past of France and a diagnosis of its misfortunes as well as a prescription. The constitution also preserves in many details the reflection of conditions and events during the period when it was being written. In both these ways it grew out of the political history of France. (P. Dawson in: Historical Dictionary of the French revolution, 1789-1799). - Copy without one leaf of printer's publicity preceding the titlepage. EUR 500
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CORPS d'observation des pyrénées occidentales. Ordre du jour. Bordeaux, 14 juillet 1815. Bordeaux, chez Racle, (1815). Folio poster on white paper. Order to follow only the instructions of Davout, Prince d'Eckmuhl. EUR 75
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CRI, LE, du Coeur, dialogue sur l'édit du Roi du 30 Mai 1774, entre Jacques l'Essaouflé, colporteur et Claude Francoeur, compagnon charbonnier. A Paris, Chez Cailleau, 1774. 26 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Curious piece on the occasion of the accession to the throne of Louis XVI, and the edict suppressing the gift that was a rule on each accession and which was the symbolic confirmation of privileges, concessions, etc. The amount raised by such gifts was quite substantial. See for the so-called 'don de joyeux avénement', Marion, p. 310. EUR 200
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DOCUMENTS relatifs à l'histoire de l'industrie et du commerce en France publiés avec une introduction par Gustave Fagniez. Paris, A. Picard & Fils, 1898-1900. 2 volumes. (4), lxiv, 349, (1) pp.; (4), lxxix, (1, blank), 345, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, raised bands, original covers preserved (Collection de textes pour servir à l'étude et à l'enseignement de l'histoire). Einaudi 1598; Paetow p. 285; John Crerar Library, p. 27. First edition. 1. Depuis le Ier siècle avant J.-C. jusqu'à la fin du XIIIe siècle. - 2. XIVe et XVe siècle. EUR 300
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DROIT, LE. Journal quotidien, qui paraîtra régulièrement à partir du 15 novembre 1835, dans le format des grands journaux. Prospectus. Paris, Impr. Bethune et Plone, (1835). Folio leaflet of 2 pp. Hatin 552. Prospectus dated 24 october 1835. After 2 years this journal absorbed the Journal général des tribunaux, with Ledru-Rollin as chief-editor. EUR 75
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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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EXTRAIT du Bail des Fermes Royales-unis, fait à Maistre François le Gendre, bourgeois de Paris, pour six années, commancées au premier octobre 1668, moyennant la somme de trente neuf millions cent mil livres, pour la première, & pour chacune des suivantes, quarante millions cent mil livres. A Paris, Chez Frederic Leonard, 1670. (20), 302 pp. 12mo. Contemporary supple vellum, with handwritten paper label on spine and paper shelfmark. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in BMSTC, French books 1601-1700. Original edition 'Etat des droits contenus en cet Extrait: Les Entrées de Paris & Rouen; Le Passage de Joigny; Consommation du Faux-bourgs de la Conference; Aydes de France; Octrois de Rouen; Moitié des Octrois; Tiers retranché; Fer & Acier; Neuf livres dix-huit sols, & sol pour pot de Picardie; Controlle & Marque des Papiers; Poissons de mer & Bieres; Controlle des Toilles de Paris; Marc d'or; Cent mil livres des Postes; Subventions & Subsistances; Droits des Vendeurs de Vins & Boissons de Rouen; Charges localles; Impots & Billots de Bretagne; Controle des Bieres de Paris; Fret, Pied Fourché du Cotanin, & Tarif d'Alençon.' - Small stamp on title, Ex Libris Joannis-Baptiste Marduel on front paste-down EUR 350
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HANDWORTERBUCH der Staatswissenschaften. Vierte, gänzlich umgearbeitete Auflage. Edited by L. Elster, A. Weber & F. Wieser. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1923-1929. 9 volumes. xvi, 1068 pp.; viii, 1094 pp.; viii, 1044 pp.; viii, (2), 1281, (1) pp.; viii, 1022 pp.; x, 1244, (2, advertisements) pp.; viii, 1240 pp.; viii, 1368 pp.; viii, 1199, (1) pp. Large 8vo. Original morocco-backed cloth, gilt lettering on spines, corners. Fourth, best and -under this title- last edition of this monumental encyclopaedia of political economy, still an indispensable reference work due to the quality of the contributors: Max Weber, Weinberger, Böhm-Bawerk, Ehrenberg, von Mises, Mayer, Röpke, Spann, Ritter, Zahn, Grünberg, Stammler, etc. etc. "The most comprehensive German work, and in some respects the finest encyclopaedia of political science in any language" (Winchell CI 27). EUR 600
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HISTOIRE générale de l'Afrique noire de Madagascar et des Archipels. Publiée sous la direction d'Hubert Descamps. Paris, PUF, Bordas, 1973. With many (colored) illustrations. 4 volumes. Large 8vo. Original decorated publisher's imitation leather. Vol. 1 & 2: Des origines à 1800. Vol. 3 & 4: De 1800 à nos jours. EUR 200
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HOMME, L'. Journal de la démocratie universelle. Jersey, London, 1853-1856 (Paris, EDHIS, 1977). 132 nrs and 2 supplements, in 1 volume. Large folio. Imitation leather. Numbers 1-53 (30 novembre 1853-29 novembre 1854); numbers 1-53 (6 decembre 1854-28 decembre 1855); numbers 107-132 (1 mars 1856-28 aout 1856). The two supplements are to be found after number 45 of the first series and is entitled 'Discours de Victor Hugo prononcé le 27 septembre 1854 sur la tombe du Citoyen Felix Bony, proscrit français, mort a Jersey', the second is to be found after number one of the second series and is entitled 'Discours de Louis Kossuth.' Very well executed reproduction on good paper of the complete text of this famous international journal in a limited edition of 150 copies. The journal was severely prosecuted at the time throughout Europe. The editors were Victor Hugo, Louis Blanc, Felix Pyat, Pierre Leroux, Ledru-Rollin, Victor Schoelcher for the French, Alexander Herzen for the Russians, Dombrowski, Oborski, Zeno Swietoslawski and Worcel for the Polish. Louis Kossuth and Sandor Teleki for the Hungarians, Mazzini, Mazzolini, Aurelio Saffi for the Italians, W.W. Linton and G. Julian Harney for the English, Geurz for the Germans, and other famous collaborators such as Barbès, Jeanne Deroin, Constantin Pecqueur, etc.L'Homme was the first international journal and prosecuted in all European countries, it was created at the moment that almost all democratic and socialist journals had dissappeared in continental Europe. It is an indispensable source for the revolutionary and socialist movements in the 19th century, linking the 1848 revolution to the birth of the Workers' International in 1864, the revolution of September 1870, and the Commune of Paris. EUR 600
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HOMMES ET CHOSES du temps de la Commune. Récits et Portraits pour servir à l'Histoire de la Première Révolution Sociale. Paris, Genève, Bruxelles, Londres, 1871 (Paris, EDHIS, 1968). (6), 226 pp. 12mo. Original printed covers. Del Bo, La Comune di Parigi, p. 67. Reprint of this extremely rare work, published in a limited and numbered editon and since long out of print. EUR 125
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IMPOT, DE L', territorial en nature chez les Romains. A Paris, Chez Froullé, 1787. 43, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering on spine, marbledboards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. 'Je n'entends pas assurer que dans une nation aussi policée & aussi éclairée que la nation françoise, l'on verroit reparoître tous les abus que l'impôt en nature à produits chez les Romains; j'indique ce qui est arrivé, sans prétendre prévoir ce qui arriveroit' (Préface). EUR 150
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JOURNAL GENERAL de France, paraissant tous les jours dans le format des autres journaux à 80 francs, au prix de 48 frs par an, et de 24 francs pour six mois. Extrait du Journal général de France du 31 décembre 1836. Paris, Impr. Brun, (1837). 4to leaflet of 2 pp. Hatin 395. Prospectus published at the end of the first year of this daily of conservative vein, of which the editor in chief was Léonce de Lavergne. EUR 80
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L'ATELIER. Organe spécial de la classe ouvrière rédigé par des ouvriers exclusivement. Paris, 1840-1850 (Paris, EDHIS, 1978). Three volumes. 4to. Cloth. Important workers' newspaper appearing monthly from September 1840 to July 1850. It was edited by about seventy-five skilled workers, including twenty-six printing workers, and its articles were written by a collective of printers, hat makers, jewelers, and other skilled workers. L'Atelier is of central importance as a mouthpiece of workers' demands for state-financed producers' cooperatives and associations and for its class analysis of relations of production and surplus labour. However, it stressed its hostility to violence, expropriation, and collectivist or "communist" solutions. It was consistently democratic and called for political solutions to workers' grievances. The editors were in contact with English workers and Italian refugees in London and corresponded with the Chartists. The editor of this reprint, Maurice Agulhon, considers the 1840's as a turningpoint in the revolutionary movement. 'The prestige of streetbattles and secret societies has dropped. The workman is now reading, writing and starts to organize himself. They are now becoming selfconfident autonomic power.' Since then this attitude is specifically called 'Socialism'. L'Atelier wished to be a leading cultural and political journal. It was edited and written by men who lived at the heart of militant Paris. The journal reflects all aspects of this life, and offers the scholar opinions and information of a remarkable objective nature and sometimes of a thrilling subjective nature. Complete copies of the original imprint hardly exist anymore. They have rarely been on the market and have always been offered in incomplete state. The Union List of Serials lists 3 sets only, two of which appear to be complete. This reprint was done in a limited number of copies, on fine quality paper and well bound. EUR 400
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LETTRE aux académiciens du royaume et à tous les Français sensés. A Paris, Chez Le Jay, 1769. (2), 66 pp. 8vo. 19th-century boards. Conlon 69:282. First edition. Criticizing the habits of the time, the lust for luxury, the decline of morals, the formalities in social contacts. - Title on stub, outer upper corner stained in blank margin. EUR 175
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LETTRE d'avis à Messieurs du Parlement de Paris, escrite par un Provincial. Paris, 1649. 34 pp. 4to. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Moreau 1837; not in Welsh. Based on theories of François Hotman as exposed in his Franco-Gallia and on ideas expressed by Du Plessis Mornay in his Vindiciae contra tyrannos, this piece provoked quite some polemical replies. It is considered to be one of the most important pieces of the Mazarinades. EUR 350
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LETTRE d'avis à Messieurs du Parlement de Paris, escrite par un Provincial. Paris, 1649. 34 pp. 4to. Modern half vellum. Moreau 1837; not in Welsh. Based on theories of François Hotman as exposed in his Franco-Gallia and on ideas expressed by Du Plessis Mornay in his Vindiciae contra tyrannos, this piece provoked quite some polemical replies. It is considered to be one of the most important pieces of the Mazarinades. EUR 350
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LETTRE d'avis à Messieurs du Parlement de Paris, escrite par un Provincial. Paris, 1649. 34 pp. 4to. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, label with gilt lettering. Moreau 1837; not in Welsh. Original edition. - Slightly spotted. Based on theories of François Hotman as exposed in his Franco-Gallia and on ideas expressed by Du Plessis Mornay in his Vindiciae contra tyrannos, this piece provoked quite some polemical replies. It is considered to be one of the most important pieces of the Mazarinades. EUR 300
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LETTRE de M***, conseiller au Parlement, à M. le Comte de *** (Drop-head title). No place, (1771). 43 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Conlon 71:325 First edition. Criticizing the reforms of the parlements as initiated by the Edict of December 1770. Dated at end: 11 December 1771. EUR 150
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LETTRE sur la paix, à Mr. le Comte de *** (24 décembre 1762). A Lyon, 1763. 45 pp. 12mo in 8s. Modern marbled boards. Conlon 63:1331 (listed under Thomas, A.L.);Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, ii, p. 418, nr. 890. Edition from the first year of publication (there was also a Paris imprint). This letter was attributed to both J.N. Moreau (Barbier & Quérard) and A.-L. Thomas (Conlon) and thus accordingly was later collected in the Varietés morales of Moreau (1785) and in the Oeuvres of Thomas (1822).Both an analysis of the current situation of France and a program for its recovery. The author laments the weakend position and morals of the French nation and people after the Seven Years War which had just ended in the last months of 1762. He then proceeds to compare the situation in France to that of Great Britain which had laid the foundations of its empire during the war. He goes on to discuss the rulers of France and he expresses his high hopes for a long peace in which the losses of war can be repaired and relieved. Although the author understands and shares the criticism on the authorities and the monarchy he does point to past misfortunes and reminds the reader that the monarchy has always regained its former strength and glory with the institutions renewed and improved. His prograsm consists of an appeal to the nobility to serve the nation well and use its riches for virtue, the intellectuals are urged to re-educate the people.'A dieu ne plaise, que je veuille dégrader ma patrie: mais dans l'image de ce qu'elle a été, j'aime à lui faire appercevoir ce qu'elle peut être encore' (p. 17). EUR 250
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LETTRE à un ami de province. (Drop-head title). No place, (1757). 32 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Conlon 57:230. First edition. Published at the time of the attempt on Louis XV's life by Damiens, this pamphlet relates the circumstances of the attempt on Henry IV by Ravaillac in 1610. EUR 150
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LETTRE à un ami, sur ce qui s'est passé à la dernière séance des Notables. (Drop-head title). No place, (at end:) 29 Mai 1787. 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED. First edition. Deals with the meeting of the Assemblée des Notables and the plans to put the national finances in order.Recapitulates the measures to be taken ('en abolissant les privilèges du Clergé, qui jusqu'ici, par une magie inconcevable, avoit trouvé le secret de posseder les bénéfices, les places, les récompenses & les dignités de toute espece, de jouir de tous les avantages de la Société, sans presque contribuer en rien aux charges de l'Etat'), but most importantly deals with the question of 'la liberté absolue accordée au commerce des grains.' EUR 150
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LITERATURA sotsial' no-revolyutsionnoi partii 'Narodnoi Voli'. (Paris), 1905. (2), ii, 978 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine in compartments andwith gilt lettering, original covers preserved. Zaleski 1772. Reprint of the complete sets of the journals 'Narodnaya Volja' (1879-1885), 'Listok Narodnoi Voli' (1880-1881) and 'Rabochaya Gazeta' (1880-1881), edited by V. Bazilevsky. Includes documents (programs), proclamations and other material published by these journals. The journal of the radical political group 'Narodnaya Volya' (People's Will), a group of radical revolutionaries which broke away from the 'Zemlya i Volya' (Land and Liberty) at a famous meeting. The Narodnaya repesented those who were convinced that efforts to promote an economic revolution, which had formed the basis of the 'to the people' movement, were useless unless political liberty was first attained; hence, they addressed themselves directly to the task of wringing from the government by force and threats concessions which would allow the people of Russia to participate in the work of the government. This program made a wide appeal, outside the ranks of the revolutionaries themselves, to a large body of the public.The Rabochaya Gazeta (Workers' Gazette) was produced by a group of about thirty students capable of spreading propaganda through speeches and leaflets among the working classes. It was written in a deliberately simple and popular style and contained stories with a social background, descriptions of the difficulties of the working class life, vivid accounts of the unemployment, dismissals, fines and reduced wages in various factories in St Petersburg.See: F. Venturi, Roots of Revolution, with an elaborate chapter on the Narodnaya Volja and their journal as well as the Rabochaya Gazeta.Copy which belonged to Vera Gotz. EUR 750
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MEMOIRE au Roi, pour le commerce de la ville de Paris. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie Royale, (1789). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1661; not in Goldsmiths; notin Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux. Argues for a representation in the Etats-Généraux of deputies of the trade. EUR 250
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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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MEMOIRE pour les Curés de France, Relativement à la Convocation prochaine des Etats-Généraux. A Paris, Chez les libraires associés, 1788. 94 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux; not in Monglond. Insisting on the right to be represented in the Etats-Généraux, explaining the low level of the income of the parish priests and the contribution to the state by the parish priests. Their fear is that the clergy as such will be represented, but not the numerous parish priests, or at least not in a proportional number: 'Les abbés, prieurs, chanoines & autres bénéficiers décimateurs se trouvent aujourd'hui, & depuis près d'un siècle, dans une sorte de possession de représenter presque exclusivement , le second ordre du clergé, dans toutes les parties de son administration économique, ....' EUR 200
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MEMOIRE sur les États-Généraux; Où l'on a réuni tous les détails relatifs à la convocation aux Assemblées de Bailliages, de Villes & de Paroisses, au nombre & à la qualité des Députés, enfin à la confection des cahiers & à la forme de délibération que l'on suit dans les États. On y a joint des Fragmens considérables du Procès-Verbal des États de 1356, et plusieurs autres Pièces originales. A Lausanne, Et se trouve à Paris, 1788. (4), vi, 188, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, gilt back, marbled boards. First edition. The 'pièces justificatives' give full texts of valuable documents: 'la première sur-tout est importante, parce qu'elle est infiniment rare, et que c'est le plus ancien procès-verbal d'États-Généraux que nous connoissions. Les autres, moins précieuses, sont peut-être plus rare encore: on ne les trouve dans aucun Dépôt public.' Significant for the discussions preceding the Revolution. EUR 175
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NIEUW Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Onder redactie van Dr. P.C. Molhuysen, Prof. Dr. P.J. Blok, Dr. Fr.K.H. Kossmann. Leiden, A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1911 (Reprint: Amsterdam, N. Israel, 1974). 10 volumes + register. 4to. Blue cloth, red label with gilt lettering. Winchell AJ205 This is the reprint of the original work, also out-of-print. 'Each volume is arranged alphabetically .... Adequate signed articles, bibliographies' (Winchell). EUR 450
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NOUVELLES recherches sur la France, ou recueil de mémoires historiques sur quelques provinces, villes et bourgs du royaume. Ouvrage qui peut servir de supplément à l'Etat de France de M. de Boulainvilliers, & à la description du Royaume, par M. Piganiol. A Paris, Chez Hérissant fils, 1766. 2 volumes. xii, (4, approbation, privilège du Roi), 528, (3, corrections et additions pour le premier volume) pp.; (8), 530, (2, corrections et additions pour le second volume) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red morocco labels with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillet on sides. Conlon 66:949 (listed under Hérissant); Kress S.4454; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Higgs. First edition. Edited by Louis Théodore Hérissant. Interesting collection dealing with cities such as Annonay, Avalon, Avesnes, Bourg de Charenton, Mantes, Milly-en-Gatinois, Montargis, etc., etc., their history, culture, natural history, wine and so forth. According to the 'Avertissement', the work is based on material not used in the 1768-1778 edition of Lelong's Bibliothèque Historique, also published by Hérissant. Much material for that work was obtained through correspondance with 'des sociétés savantes' but Lelong did not use all of it. Quérard lists the work under Frevet de Fontette. EUR 750
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NOUVELLES recherches sur la France, ou Recueil des mémoires historiques sur quelques provinces, villes et bourgs du Royaume. Ouvrage qui peut servir de supplément à l'État dela France de M. de Boulainvilliers, & à la description du Royaume par M. Piganiol. A Paris, Chez Herissant fils, 1766. 2 volumes. xii, (4), 528 pp.; (8), 530, (2, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine with raised bands, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, marbled boards, corners, red edges, slightly worn. Conlon 66:949 (under Hérissant); Kress S.4454; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Higgs. First edition. Interesting collection dealing principally with numerous cities and villages and important persons in the kingdom of France. According to the 'Avertissement', the work is based on material not used in the 1768-1778 edition of Lelong's Bibliothèque Historique, also published by Hérissant. Much material for that work was obtained through correspondance with 'des sociétés savantes' but Lelong did not use all of it. Quérard lists the work under Fevret de Fontette. EUR 750
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OBJETS des remonstrances du Parlement, au sujet des sept édits qui lui ont été envoyés pour être enregistrés. 3 Septembre 1759. (Paris, 1759). 16 pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. Against new taxes and in favour of limiting the expenses of the State. EUR 75
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PIECES intéressantes. No place, no date. - (Bound with:) NOUVELLES pieces intéressantes. No place, no date. - (Bound with:) SUITE des Nouvelles pieces intéressantes. No place, no date. - (Bound with:) SECONDE Suite des Nouvelles pieces intéressantes. No place, no date. - (Bound with:) PIECES très-intéressantes et peu connues sur les États Généraux. No place, 1788. - (Bound with:) NOUVEAU recueil de pieces intéressantes et peu connues, sur les affaires du temps. No place, no date. 6 pieces bound in 1 volume. (2), 34 pp.; (2), 68 pp.; (2), 29, (1) pp.; (2), 22 pp.; (2), 27, (1) pp.; (2), 16 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards, red label with gilt lettering. - Last piece with a waterstain in upper outer corner, lightly touching the text. Contains, among others: Discours prononcés par M. Séguier, Au Lit de Justice du 8 mai 1788. Sur l'Ordonnance concernant l'administration de la Justice; Discours prononcé par M. d'Aligre, Au lit de Justice du 8 Mai 1788; Lettre du Cardinal de Fleury au Conseil de Louis XVI; Apologie de la Cour Pléniere, Par M. l'Abbé Vélin, de l'Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres, de la Société des Antiquaires de Londres, etc.; Réponse aux Questions d'un Citoyen. Par un Militaire; Protestations que la Noblesse de Toulouse a remises à M. le Comte de Perigord, le 10 Juillet 1788; Réflexions sur l'Ordre du Tiers-Etat. EUR 350
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PRIVILEGES accordés à la Couronne de France par le Saint-Siège, publiés d'après les originaux conservés aux archives de l'Empire et à la Bibliothèque Impériale. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1855. xxiii, 411 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering. (Collection de documents inédits sur l'histoire de France). Franklin 144. Edited by A. Tardif. EUR 125
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PROCES-VERBAL de ce qui s'est passé à l'Assemblée des Notables, tenue au Palais des Tuileries, en l'année 1626, sous le règne de Louis XIII. Extrait du Mercure François de lamême année. Suivi de la Harangue du roi Henri IV, à l'Assemblée qu'il convoqua à Rouen en l'année 1596. Paris, Imprimerie polytype, 1787. (2), 92 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Significant as an exampleof the interest excited by the coming Estates General. EUR 100
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PROCES-VERBAL des séances de la Chambre de l'ordre de la Noblesse, aux Etats-Généraux, tenues à Versailles en mil sept cent quatre-vingt-neuf. Versailles, Ph.D. Pierres, 1789. (2), 349, (1) pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf (slightly rubbed). Not in Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux; not in Monglond. First edition. - Paperspotted throughout. The Assembly of Notables was an advisory body of the Old Regime, including nearly 150 of the most prestigious nobles and public officials of France. The first Assembly of Notables, convened by Louis XIV to approve the last great reform program of the Bourbon Monarchy, rejected unexpectedly the most important reforms, initiating the crisis leading to revolution in 1789. The government's program, conceived by the controller general, C.-A. de Calonne, intended to eliminate the mounting deficit through a combination of financial and institutional reform. EUR 750
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PROCES-VERBAUX des États-Généraux de 1593. Recueillis et publiés par M. Auguste Bernard (de Montbrison). Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1842. lxxi, (1), 831, (1) pp. 4to. Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled boards, corners (Collection de documents inédits sur l'histoire de France). Deals with the Estats-Général summoned by Mayenne in January 1593 in Paris. Mayenne was the leader of the League and the League attempted to persuade France that Henry of Navarre, who would become Henry IV slightly later, had forfeited his claims to the throne of France. Henry blocked the city of Paris and only 128 deputies found their way to these meetings. Although several of the cahiers dealt with other matters, such as reducing the tailles and the number of royal offices, the main matter was the election of a Catholic monarch. The meeting of the Leaguers became a failure when some of them supported the candidacy of Isabella, the daughter of Philip II, the Spanish king, which made others declare, such as Guillaume du Vair, that the Salic law was fundamental law. EUR 250
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PROCES-VERBAUX et Ordonnances de Messieurs les Prévôt des Marchands et Echevins de la ville de Lyon, Pour le rétablissement des Mesures à Grains de ladite Ville. A Lyon, Aimé de la Roche, 1773. Large vignette on title. 87, (1) pp. Folio. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Musset-Pathay; Conlon 73:410. First edition. Deals with weight and mesures of corn and food and other (among which water, ice) products, mainly asking for the re-establishment of defined weights and mesures. Contains also schedules and tables with these weights and mesures, many in nice printed borders.Small repair to lower outer corner of title and same to upper outer margin of last leaf, some pages with a small marginal stain not touching text. EUR 175
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RECUEIL de pièces curieuses et intéressantes, recouvrées. Imprimées à Paris, 1775. 90, (2) pp. 16mo. Modern boards. Conlon 75:527. First edition. Small collection of clandestinely printed pieces published at the occasion: dealing with the bishop of Rennes, the expulsion of the Jesuits and the sale of their property in the period 1771-1774. EUR 175
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RECUEIL des lettres missives de Henri IV. Publié par Berger de Xivrey. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1843-1858. With folding facsimiles. Volumes 1-7 (of 8). 4to. Contemporaryhalf calf, spines gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled boards. (Collection de documents inédits sur l'histoire de France). Franklin 163-164. Covers the period 1562-1610. - Lacks volume 8 (supplement). EUR 600
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RECUEIL des Pieces les plus Curieuses qui ont esté faites pendant le regne du Connestable M. de Luyne. Comme se voit par la Table suivante. Troisieme edition, Revueuë, corrigée & augmentée. No place, 1625. (40), 534 (misnumbered 536) pp. Small 8vo. Early 20th century vellum, handwritten title on spine. Bourgeois & André 2376; not in Lindsay & Neu; not in Welsh; not in BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700. Third edition, revised, corrected and augmented. Collection of 65 pieces, some in verse, published in the period 1619-1621, the year in which Luynes died. The Duc de Luynes was allowed all real power after Louis XIII had forced the Queen-Mother into exile in 1617. The next four years, which ended with the death of de Luynes, saw the unedifying spectacle of two revolts made by the Queen-Mother, supported by various great noblemen, against her own son, and an armed rising of the Huguenots. Only with the rise to power of Richelieu in 1624 did the monarchy become master of the situation at home. - Equally browned throughout, copy with generous margins. EUR 900
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RELATION d'un évenement extraordinaire arrivé au sujet d'un religieux bénédictin qui a été perdu cent trente sept jours dans les pois, après s'être échapé des mains des voleurs, & ce qui s'est ensuivi. (Drop-head title). (Paris), chez la veuve Valleyre, (1748). 8vo leaflet of 2 pp. (lower margin short, without touching the text). Leaflet providing the public with an imaginary adventure. EUR 75
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REQUETE des Etats-Généraux de France au Roi. A Londres, 1772. (2), 92 pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Conlon. First edition. - Title slightly spotted. Defends the rights of the Parlements and contains strong criticism of the financial situation of the country. EUR 125
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REVUE RETROSPECTIVE, ou Bibliothèque historique, contenant des mémoires et des documens authentiques, inédits et originaux, pour servir à l'histoire proprement dite, à la biographie, à l'histoire de la littérature et des arts. Paris, Fournier aîné, 1833-1838. 3 series of 5, 12 and 3 volumes respectively. Together 20 volumes.8vo. Contemporary half morocco, corners, marbled boards, spine with gilt lettering and raised bands, top edge gilt. Franklin, Sources de l'histoire de France, pp. 384-98 (giving a full exposé of the contents); Hatin, 390. Original edition, all published. Editor was J. Taschereau.Complete collection, including a.o.: Chronique secrète de Paris sous le règne de Louis XVI par Baudeau (inédit). - Relation de la détention du général La Fayette (inédit). - Capitain Gourgues, La reprise de la Floride. - Vicq d'Azyr, Eloge de Franklin. - Carrier, Correspondance. - La Fayette, Plan d'un seconde campagne d'Amérique (inédit). - etc.The idea for this journal came from England where Southern and Harris produced something similar. The expressed aim of this journal was not to discuss the trends and topics of the day but to go back into history and present the reader with forgotten texts rightly or wrongly ignored texts, texts incompletely handed down to us, to present historical details and facts that have been overlooked or forgotten or incompletely handed down to the present generations or which have been judged irrelevant or unimportant through means of presentation of full texts through the original authors: not critical discussion of (parts of) texts or historical reflection but "the facts (texts) and nothing but the facts (texts)". EUR 1500
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SALUT, Le, de la Pologne. Paris, Garnier frères, 1864. 72 pp. Small 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, spine repaired, small spot on front cover. Lorentowicz, La Pologne en France, vol. ii, 4812. First edition. Letters by Charles Rózycki and André Towianski, translated by Jacques Malvesin. EUR 175
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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 with raised bands, label with gilt lettering (somewhat rubbed). Kress 7170; Goldsmiths 11330; Einaudi 5517; INED 4798; Higgs 6403; Peignot, Livres Condamnés, i, p. 141. First edition. - Two tables and the map loosely inserted, bookblock broken but cords intact and not loosening, good margins. 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 500
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TAILLE REELLE, LA. (Drop-head title of page 1 reads:) Lettre d'un avocat de Paris à un de ses Confrères en Province, contenant des Réflexions sur l'escrit qui a pour titre, Richesses de l'Etat. (Anvers & Paris, Vallat, 1763). 38 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress S.4323; Goldsmiths 9907; INED 4802; Einaudi 5528; Higgs 3008. First edition. Roussel de La Tour had suggested to tax all the subjects of the kingdom, the author of this work suggests to tax only the capitalists ('n'assujettir à l'impôt que les seuls capitalistes'). Suggests which taxes to abolish (ferme générale, aide, gabelle, etc.) and which to maintain (douanes extérieures, paulette, etc.) in order to fix a 'taille réelle sur tous les immeubles, contrats de rentes et pensions royales.' Only 'les négociants, classe la plus utile à l'état' will be exempted from any taxation.The place of printing and printer are given by INED. EUR 175
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VOEU sur la dernière classe du peuple à l'Assemblé des Notables. No place, (1787) (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 31, (1) pp. 8vo. Boards. Not in INED; not in Goldsmiths; notin Kress; Conlon 87:1288. Reprint of this very rare and important little work, editon limited to 150 numbered copies and 30 not destined for the trade, and since long out-of-print. The unknown author of this tract brings up the question of the defense of the interests of the lower classes of the population, those who have no property nor any other wealth, no status, no rights and who ask only this: to have work to do, the certainty that this work will enable them to live and not to be robbed by the taxes. EUR 125
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VOIX, La, de Varsovie. Revue bi-mensuelle de la vie polonaise. Paris, 1939-1940. With plates. Year 1, 14 numbers bound in 2 volumes. 8vo. Half morocco, spine withraised bands, gilt lettering, corners, marbled boards, top edges gilt, original covers partly preserved. All published. Contributions by: H. Hanoteaux, Paul Hazard, S. Kaczynski, H. de Korab, A.D. Toledano, a.o. EUR 300
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VOYAGE de Robertson aux Terres Australes, traduit sur le manuscrit anglois. Amsterdam (France), 1767. (4), 474 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, green label with gilt lettering. Hartig 59; Trousson pp. 161-162; Gove p. 356; INED 3858; cf.: Negley 979. The first edition appeared in 1766. Utopian account of which it is suggested that it is a translation from the English. The work is evidently inspired by the Physiocratic ideas and draws also inspiration from Rousseau's Contrat Social. Contains also political, economical and moral ideas, points to the importance of agriculture and population, and pleads for the nationalization of the trade. The Encyclopedists appear as the 'Pansophistes' and are criticized (pp. 146 and ff.) The main story is that the hero has sailed with Sir Francis Drake to South America and, by his narrative, to have inspired William Penn to found an ideal city in North America. EUR 800
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(ACCARIAS DE SERIONNE, J.) Hollands Rijkdom, Behelzende Den Oorsprong van den Koophandel, en van de Magt van dezen Staat; de toeneemende vermeerdering van deszelfs Koophandel en Scheepvaart; de oorzaken, welke tot derzelver aanwas medegewerkt hebben; die, welke tegenwoordig tot derzelver verval strekken; mitsgaders de middelen, welke dezelven wederom zouden kunnen opbeuren, en tot hunnen voorigen bloei brengen. Uit het Fransch vertaald. Vervolgens overgezien, merkeleijk veranderd, vermeerderd, en van verscheiden misslagen gezuiverd, door Mr. Elias Luzac, Advocaat voor den Hove van Holland, Zeeland, en Westfriesland. Eerste deel (- Vierde deel). Te Leyden, Bij Luzac en van Damme, 1780-1783. 4 volumes. xxii, (2), 370, 144, (38) pp.; xiv, (4), 338, 268, (14) pp.; (10), 416, 128, (16) pp.; (4), 4, 540, 60, (18) pp. 8vo. Near-contemporary boards, spines gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering. EHB 1246; Kress B.252; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First Dutch translation. - Some worming in a few quires of volume 4, in two cases touching text, I2and I3 in the same volume with repair to paper in blank upper margin. 'Considérations économiques et historiques sur les ressources hollandaises. C'est en examinant successivement les sources et les modifications, dues aux siècles, des causes physiques, morales (à savoir: politiques, fiscales et juridiques), et extérieures (progrès de l'agriculture, du commerce et de la navigation), que Luzac conclut à la décadence de ce commerce; moyens de le relever. Nécessité d'une forte population. La révocation de l'Edit de Nantes aurait fait passer en Hollande nombre de familles françaises et aurait été un facteur de son essor démographique' (INED).This first Dutch edition is much more extensive than the original French edition as Luzac added large numbers of documents to the text to support the thesis developped therein. According to the NNBW, volume 1, p. 1289, this is the first complete commercial history of the Netherlands. EUR 900
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(ANBUREY, TH.) Journal d'un voyage fait dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique septentrionale. Ouvrage dans lequel on donne des détails précieux sur l'insurrection des Anglo-Américains, et sur la chute désastreuse de leur papier-monnoie. Traduit de l'Anglois et enrichi de notes par M. Noël. A Paris, Chez La Villette, 1793. With folding map and 3 plates (two folding). 2 volumes. (4), 336 pp.; (4), 453, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt in compartements, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, yellow sprinkled edges. Sabin 1369; Leclerc 802; Howes A.226; JFBL A191; Echeverria & Wilkie 793/1; not in Streeter; Kress B.2444; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi Improved second French edition, published in 1789 in English. A series of 79 letters by an English officer, who observed many aspects of commercial life in America from Quebec to Virginia and details the history of the War of Independence between the years 1776-1781. This work is somewhat anti-U.S., and contains among others significant discussions of Massachusetts, Virginia, Maryland and Connecticut, and of Anburey's experiences in those states. EUR 1000
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(ARNAUD, E.F.A. DE VITROLLES.) Note secrette exposant les prétextes et le but de la dernière conspiration. A Paris, Chez Foulon et Cie, Delaunay et Pélicier & Eymery, 1818. 58, (2 blank) pp. 8vo. Sewn, contemporary blind covers, uncut. First edition. The author was an ultraroyalist politician. When Napoléon returned to France in March 1815, he was placed in charge of the movement to organize royalist resistance in the south of France.See at length (under Vitrolles): Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire, ii, pp. 1101-02. EUR 150
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(BARBE-MARBOIS, F. DE.) Complot d'Arnold et de Sir Henry Clinton contre les Etats-Unis d'Amérique et contre le général Washington. Paris, P. Didot l'aîné, 1816. With engraved map and 2 engraved portraits. (4), xliv, 184 pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards. Sabin 3302; Muller 1583; Howes B.114; not in Streeter; not in Leclerc; not in Monaghan. First edition. - Clean copy, inscribed on the title: 'par M. le Mis de Marbois ex dono authoris'. Account of Benedict Arnold's plan of betraying some important post to the British. He offered his services to Sir Henry Clinton, but the action was discovered, Arnold managed to escape to the British side and accepted a post as brigadier-general in the British army. The lengthy preface Discours sur les Etats-Unis d'Amérique gives the first complete and organized statement of Barbé-Marbois' Americanism. Barbe-Marbois had figured in French-American relations since his appointment as La Luzerne's secretary in 1779. Placed by Napoleon in charge of the Louisiane Purchase negotiations, he maintained most cordial relations with the American agents, his old friends James Monroe and Robert Livingston, and was an important factor in the succes of their mission. His thesis was that the experience of the United States demontrated to France the value and practicability of a liberal and representative government (Echeverria, Mirage in the West, p. 265).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 800
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(BARNAUD, D.N.) Le Reveille-Matin des François et de leurs voisins. Composé par Eusèbe Philadelphe, cosmopolite, en forme de Dialogues. A Edimbourg, De l'Imprimerie de Jaques James, 1574. - (Followed by:) (BARNAUD, D.N.) Dialogue second du Reveille-Matin des François, et de leurs voisins. Composé par Eusebe Philadelphe Cosmopolite, & mis de nouveau en lumiere. A Edimbourg, De l'Imprimerie de Jaques James, 1574. 2 volumes in 1. (38), (2 blank), 159, (1) pp.; 192 pp. Small 8vo. 18th century polished calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red and green labels with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillet on sides, inside dentelles, all edges gilt, binding Belz. succ. Niedrée, small dampstain along upper margin of front cover. Hauser 2150; Haag, La France protestante, i, pp. 251-256; Méaly, Publicistes de la Réforme, pp. 143-51; Pollard & Redgrave, STC, 1464; not in Adams; not in BMSTC (French). The rare first French edition, first issue (see Pollard & Redgrave). Famous pamphlet, published in exile, after the massacre of St. Bartholomew. The first dialogue between Alithie (the Truth), Philadelpe, the Historian (l'Historiographe), Politician (le Politique), the Church and Daniel is an account of the civil wars and the massacre of St. Bartholomew, and ends with an appeal for tyrannicide and a plan for rebellion. The 2nd part shows the relation between the sieges of La Rochelle and Sancerre and the intervention of the Polish. It is to be found between two theoretical passages: one giving a theory of the 'contrat social' and the right of resistance as founded in the work of Th. de Bèze Du droit des magistrats sur leurs sujets and a second giving a description of tyranny, based on ideas of La Boetie as exposed in his Contr'un. This second part is not merely a historical account, but a real political treatise, in which the principle of the heriditary monarchy is condemned. It is written in an outspoken democratic vein. Sometimes also attributed to Th. de Bèze or Fr. Hotman (see: Elkan, Die Publizistik der Batholomäusnacht).'After St. Bartholomew's Day they (the political works) were directed against the king instead of using the fiction of the evil advisers. The right of the people to resist an evil ruler who harmed the true religion was openly expressed. Many of the authors, however, sought revenge, more on the queen mother than her son, as she was widely blamed for the massacre. Even the best of the Huguenot works expressed a desire for revenge, but they subordinated it to significant discussions of political theory. The anonymous Reveille-Matin des François ..... may have been the collaborative work of several authors, as was true of many anonymous works of the religious wars. It presented more fully -if not more precisely- a thesis that had already appeared in some pre-1572 Huguenot writing. The people conferred power on the king but did not give over the whole of sovereign authority; some remained in the hands of the lesser magistrates who had the duty to resist an evil ruler. Their identity, however, was left vague. The Reveille-matin proposed that this authority was granted in the ancient constitution of France, which had been subverted by the recent kings. When a king injures his people as cruelly as Charles IX had, who was alleged to have fired at the Huguenots himself and was responsible for the death of 10.000 of his loyal subjects in Paris alone, he can and must be disposed' (Frederic J. Baumgartner, France in the Sixteenth Century, p. 301). - Title-page and 1 leaf with a faint dampstain in the upper blank margin, page 23/24 in the second part with a small hole affecting two letters. A lovely copy of an important book. EUR 3750
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(BAUDEAU, N.) Résultats de la liberté et de l'immunité du commerce des grains, de la farine et du pain. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint, Lacombe, Lemoine, 1768. 48 pp. 12mo. Modern marbled boards, red leather label on spine with gilt lettering. Weulersse p. xxv; Kress 6521; INED 296; Higgs 4376; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. Very rare first separate edition, first published in the Ephémérides, September 1768, volume IX, entitled 'Résultats de la liberté parfaite et de l'immunité absolue du commerce des grains, de la farine et du pain; et conséquences pratiques de ses résultats'. 'Afin d'établir que la liberté parfaite et l'immunité totale du commerce des grains 'sont l'objet le plus essentiel à la prospérité de l'État', Baudeau considère les résultats de l'octroi de cette liberté sur le prix des grains, des terres, etc., et s'élève contre les 'exacteurs' et les 'monopoleurs'' (INED). One of several pamphlets and polemical writings of the period dealing with physiocratic solutions and explanations for the harrowing scarcity of grain and bread and the ensuing riots. - Name in an old hand written at top of title-page, sligthly touched by the binder's knife. The woodcut title-vignette has in the center a printed monogram 'NB'. EUR 2250
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(BAZIN, J.R.) Seide. (Le Mans, 1816). 24 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Jacques Rigomer Bazin was born in Le Mans and played an important role in the French Revolution. He was engaged in the conflict between the Dantonist Philippeaux and the Robespierrist Levasseur. He was trialed and acquitted. He was very active in the Sarthe and founded the Chronique de la Sarthe. He retired to Le Mans later in his life, where he wrote several political pamphlets of which the above is one of the better known. EUR 175
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(BEAUMARCHAIS, P.A. CARON DE.) Le voeu de toutes les nations et l'intérêt de toutes les puissances, dans l'abaissement et l'humiliation de la Grande Bretagne. Seconde édition, corrigée par l'auteur. No place, 1778. 74 pp. 8vo. Sewn, old blind covers with stamp of the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek, Schloß Eferding. Not in Cordier, Bibliographie des Oeuvres de Beaumarchais; Sabin 4178; Fay 11 (listing the first edition only); Echeverria & Wilkie 778/7; Muller 1585; Howes B.290; Tchemerzine-Scheler, i, 511 (without collation); Echeverria, p. 68; not in JFBL; not in Leclerc. Second edition, very rare. One of the rarest anti-british publications of the period. The aim was to present Britain as having imperialistic plans and to support the independence of the Americans. Includes (pp. 3-6): Envoi au très honorable M.M. Benjamin Franklin, ministre plénipotentiare des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique, à la Cour de France. EUR 1000
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(BEAURIEU, G.G. DE.) L'élève de la nature. Nouvelle édition avec figures. A Paris, Chez J.G. Mérigot jeune, 1793. With 3 engraved frontispieces. 3 volumes. 195 pp.; 196 pp.;204 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Gove, pp. 350-352; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme Utopique, chapitre IV; cf.: Hartig & Soboul, p. 58; Valette 16; Kress 6522; cf.: INED 348; not in Negley; not in Versins. Integral re-edition published during the Revolution, of this utopian account of physiocratic inspiration. Including also the 'Lettres à l'auteur des Ephémérides du Citoyen (P.S. Dupont de Nemours) sur un pays très florissant où il n'y a point de villes', dealing with 'Nouvelle Yorck', 'La Virginie' and 'Williams-Burg'. The work was first published in 1763 and was clearly inspired by Rousseau's Emile.'(Beaurieu) avait la passion des enfants et s'occupait sans cesse de leur éducation (.....). Il conçut l'idée d'exécuter pratiquement 'L'Elève de la Nature' en faisant des expériences sur deux couples séparés (.....). C'est comme un exemple singulier de ces illusions morales, pédagogiques et humanitaires, dont le rôle effectif fut considérable, que j'ai cru pouvoir rappeler le nom oublié du pauvre Beaurieu' (Lichtenberger). EUR 500
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(BELLOY, P. DE.) Moyen d'abus, entreprises et nullitez du rescrit et bulle du Pape Sixte V du nom, en date du mois de septembre 1585. Contre le Serenissime Prince Henry de Bourbon, roy de Navarre, Seigneur souverain de Béarn, premier prince du sang de France, & premier pair de la couronne. Et Henri de Bourbon, aussi prince du sang, pair de France, Prince de Condé, Duc d'Anguien. Par un Catholique, Apostolique Romain: mais bon François, et très fidèle subiet de la Couronne de France. A Cologne, De l'Imprimerie d'Herman Iobin, 1586. (16), 28, (4, blank), 313, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary overlapping vellum, ties gone, top of spine and lower side damaged. Cf.: Hauser 2405; not in BMSTC (French); not in Adams. First edition, with errata. After the preliminaries follow 28 pp. of Déclaration de nostre Sainctiss. Pape de Rome Sixte V. A bold protest against the excommunication of Henry III and the Prince of Condé by Pope Sixtus V. For the important role the author played as an adversary of the 'Ligue', see: Weill, Les théories sur le pouvoir royal en France, pp. 210-215. - Small stamp on title. EUR 450
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(BERTRAND DE MOLLEVILLE, A.F.) Observations adressées à l'Assemblée des notables. Sur la composition des Etats-Généraux, et sur la forme la plus régulière de les convoquer. No place, 1788. With folding table. (2), 66 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 3058. EUR 110
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(BERTRAND DE MOLLEVILLE, A.F.) Discours prononcé par le Ministre de la Marine à l'Assemblée nationale, le 19 Janvier 1792. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1792. 11, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Disbound. Martin & Walter, 3066. Several officers have enjoyed prolonged holidays since they had to go to Saint Domingue, nothing irregular has been allowed by the government. EUR 125
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(BOISGELIN DE CUCE, JEAN DE DIEU-RAYMOND.) Précis des Conférences des Commissaires du Clergé, avec les Commissaires du Conseil, Concernant la demande faite aux Bénéficiers, de la prestation des Foi & Hommages, Aveux &Dénombrements, pour les Fiefs, dépendants des Bénéfices dans la mouvance du Roi. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Guillaume Desprez, 1786. 186, (4, errata) pp. 4to. Contemporary blue paper over boards (slightly rubbed). Martin & Walter 3778; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, v, p. 440; Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique, ii, p. 942-943; Lemay, Dictionnaire des Constituants, p. 105. First edition. 'Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin, cardinal, l'un des prélats de France les plus connus de la fin du XVIIIe siècle et l'un des principaux défenseurs de l'Eglise dans la crise révolutionnaire. On le voit figurer aux assemblées du clergé et à l'Assemblée des Notables' (Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique). 'Elu aux États généraux en 1789, il s'opposa, en juin, à la réunion des trois ordres, se prononça contre l'abandon des biens du clergé et contre la suppression de la dîme, mais offrit au nom du clergé une somme de 400 millions. Élu président pour quinze jours, le 25 novembre 1789, il essaya en 1790 de s'opposer à la Constitution civile du clergé, en proposant de réunir un concile national pour réorganiser l'Église en France' (Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, vi, p. 818).Bound before this text is the following: INSTRUCTION dressée par la Commission du Clergé, par la demande faite aux Bénificiers, des Foi & Hommage, Aveux & Dénombrements. (Drop-head title). Paris, de l'Imprimerie de G. Desprez, 1785. 60 pp. 4to. EUR 900
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(BOLINGBROKE, H.P.) Lettres Sur l'Esprit de Patriotisme, sur l'Idée d'un roy patriote, et sur l'Etat des Partis, qui divisoient l'Angleterre, lors de l'Avènement de Georges I. Ouvrage traduit del'Anglois (par de Bissy). A Londres, (Paris), 1750. (4), vii, (1), 255, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, small damage to head of spine and to lower compartment. Conlon 50:376. First French edition. The original work was published in 1749. Bolingbroke, as a speaker, had never been equalled. Pitt is reported to have said that he would rather have recovered one of those speeches than the best compositions of antiquity. It has often been remarked that his writings are substantially orations. Their style has been greatly admired. Chesterfield calls the style 'infinitely superior to any one's' (DNB, xvii, 618 ff.) Henry Bolingbroke must certainly be considered one of the builders of the English party system. His philosophical method is to his detractors a rather barren kind of rationalism, to his admirers an appeal to earthy common sense against theology and metaphysics. At any rate the young Voltaire found in Bolingbroke's work -and conversation- an attack on revealed religion and a defense of a natural order obvious to philosophers if not to the unenlightened. - Part of half-title cut out, probably not taking away text, and on the title-page the word 'roy' in 'roy patriote' has been cut away. Apart from this an good copy with generous margins. EUR 350
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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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(BOSSE, R.H.B. VON.) Essai sur l'Histoire de l'Économie Politique des Peuples modernes jusqu'au commencement de l'année 1817. Première [-Deuxième] Partie. Paris et Londres, 1818. With one folding table. Two parts in one volume. xii, (4), 263, (1) pp.; (8), 224 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, corners, label with gilt lettering, joints lightly rubbed. Kress C.16; Goldsmiths 2207; INED 669; not in Einaudi; Holzmann & Bohatta, ii, 2186. First edition. Economic history of Asia, Africa, America and Europe. States that there are only three 'systems' in economics which are being applied among the different populations: the Chinese, the 'mahométan', and the European system. All three find their basis in the 'vertus doméstiques', but they differ in the way these are applied to make these 'systems' function. The first part deals with the development of these upto the moment where the European system becomes dominant, the second part collects the data indicating the establishment of this system in the next phase and presents an overall view of the current situation in political economy at the present date, 1817. - Somewhat browned throughout. EUR 450
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(BOULLEMER DE LA MARTINIERE, J.B.) Compte rendu à l' Assemblée des Représentans de la Commune, le 11 Mai 1790. Par le Procureur-Syndic de la Commune, des Travaux du Parquet, depuis le mois d' Octobre 1789. (Drop-head title). (Paris), (At end:) Imprimerie de Lottin l'aîné, & Lottin, 1790. 16 pp. 4to. Disbound. Martin & Walter, i, 4653. Annual report about the activities during the year: contains among others the denounciation of the marquis de Favras, M. de la Grey and Marat about which the report states: M. Marat a pris la fuite. Le procès doit se faire par contumace. - Loose, dampstain in blank outer margin. EUR 100
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(BOURRU, E.C.) L'Art de se traiter soi-même dans les maladies vénériennes, et de se guérir de leurs différens symptômes. Ouvrage fondé sur une nouvelle théorie de ces maladies, & dans lequel on explique, d'une maniere plus vraisemblable, l'opération des remedes employés à leur traitement. Par M.***, Docteur-Régent de la Faculté de Médecine en l'Université de Paris. A Paris, Chez J.P. Costard, 1770. With head and tail pieces. xxxvi, 487, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red morocco label with gilt lettering, red edges, joints a bit rubbed. Blake, p. 61; Wellcome, ii, p. 215. First edition. Bourru was librarian of the faculty of medicine in Paris. He published mostly on venereal diseases and this is one of his popular treatises. EUR 300
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(BUTEL-DUMONT, G.M.) Histoire et commerce des colonies angloises, dans l'Amérique septentrionale, Où l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur population, & des détails curieux sur la constitution de leur gouvernement, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, de la Pensilvanie, de la Caroline & de la Géorgie. A Londres, et se vend à Paris, Chez Le Breton, Desaint, Pissot, Lambert, 1755. xxiv, 336 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt triple fillets on covers, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering. Kress 5421; Higgs 1030; INED 884; Goldsmiths 9028 (without the preliminaries); not in Einaudi; Conlon 55:545; Sabin 9602; JFBL B635; Howes B.1049; Leclerc 241; Echeverria, pp. 15n and 19; not in Muller. First edition, first issue ('Roman type' issue as identified by Echeverria & Wilkie) and with the errata on page xxiv Butel-Dumont argues that Great-Britain owes her power and wealth to the colonies. He analyses the commerce and trade as well as the population of the British colonies at the time of the Guerre du Canada. With the outbreak of the Seven Years War, many of whose battles were to be fought in the New World, considerable curiosity about the British colonies was excited. This was one of the books profiting from this curiosity. It emphasized the phenomenal growth and prosperity of the colonies. 'This is the first extensive French text on the British North American colonies and was occasioned by the heightened tensions preceding the Seven Years War. It gives accounts of the geography, history, religion, government, economics, trade, and products of the several colonies' (Echeverria & Wilkie). According to INED this work was also attributed to Véron de Forbonnais. EUR 1250
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(BUTEL-DUMONT, G.M.) Histoire et commerce des colonies angloises, dans l'Amérique septentrionale, où l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur population, & des détails curieux sur la constitution de leur gouvernement, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, de la Pensilvanie, de la Caroline, & de la Georgie. A Londres, et se vend à Paris, Chez Le Breton, Desaint, Pissot, Lambert, 1755. xxiv, 336 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, somewhat rubbed and shaved. Sabin 9602; JFBL B635; Leclerc 241; Howes B.1049; Echeverria, Mirage in the West, p. 15n and p. 19; Kress 5421; Goldsmiths 9028 (without the preliminaries); INED 884; not in Einaudi; Conlon 55:545. First edition, second issue ('Italic type' as identified by Echeverria & Wilkie) and without errata on page xxiv, all the errata being corrected. Butel-Dumont argues that Great Britain owes her power and wealth to the colonies. He analyses the commerce and trade as well as the population of the British colonies at the time of the Guerre du Canada. With the outbreak of the Seven Years War, many of whose battles were to be fought in the New World, considerable curiosity about the British colonies was excited. This was one of the books profiting from this curiosity, It emphasized the phenomenal growth and prosperity of the colonies. 'This is the first extensive French text on the British North American colonies and was occasioned by the heightened tensions preceding the Seven Years War. It gives accounts of the geography, history, religion, government, economics, trade, and products of the several colonies' (Echeverria & Wilkie). According to INED this work was also attributed to Véron de Forbonnais. - Very rare. EUR 750
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(BUTEL-DUMONT, G.M.) Histoire et commerce des colonies angloises, dans l'Amérique septentrionale, Où l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur population, & des détails curieux sur la constitution de leur gouvernement, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, de la Pensilvanie, de la Caroline & de la Géorgie. A Londres, et se vend à Paris, Chez Le Breton, Desaint, Pissot, Lambert, 1755. xxiv, 336 pp. 12mo. Modern marbled boards, red leather label with gilt lettering. Kress 5421; Higgs 1030; INED 884; Goldsmiths 9028 (without the preliminaries); not in Einaudi; Conlon 55:545; Sabin 9602; JFBL B635; Howes B.1049; Leclerc 241; Echeverria, pp. 15n and 19; not in Muller. First edition, second issue ('Italic type' as identified by Echeverria & Wilkie) and without the errata on page xxiv and with the errata corrected. Butel-Dumont argues that Great-Britain owes her power and wealth to the colonies. He analyses the commerce and trade as well as the population of the British colonies at the time of the Guerre du Canada. With the outbreak of the Seven Years War, many of whose battles were to be fought in the New World, considerable curiosity about the British colonies was excited. This was one of the books profiting from this curiosity. It emphasized the phenomenal growth and prosperity of the colonies. 'This is the first extensive French text on the British North American colonies and was occasioned by the heightened tensions preceding the Seven Years War. It gives accounts of the geography, history, religion, government, economics, trade, and products of the several colonies' (Echeverria & Wilkie). According to INED this work was also attributed to Véron de Forbonnais. - Tiny hole in half-title and title, modern ex-libris on the front paste-down. EUR 900
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(BUTEL-DUMONT, G.M.) Histoire et commerce des colonies angloises, dans l'Amérique septentrionale, Où l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur population, & des détails curieux sur la constitution de leur gouvernement, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, de la Pensilvanie, de la Caroline & de la Géorgie. Nouvelle édition. A La Haye, aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1755. xvi, 246 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 5420; Higgs 1029; cf.: INED 884; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Conlon; Sabin 9602; Howes B.1049; cf.: Leclerc 241; Echeverria & Wilkie 755/5. Edition published in the same year as the first edition. Butel-Dumont argues that Great-Britain owes her power and wealth to the colonies. He analyses the commerce and trade as well as the population of the British colonies at the time of the Guerre du Canada. With the outbreak of the Seven Years War, many of whose battles were to be fought in the New World, considerable curiosity about the British colonies was excited. This was one of the books profiting from this curiosity. It emphasized the phenomenal growth and prosperity of the colonies. 'This is the first extensive French text on the British North American colonies and was occasioned by the heightened tensions preceding the Seven Years War. It gives accounts of the geography, history, religion, government, economics, trade, and products of the several colonies' (Echeverria & Wilkie). According to INED this work was also attributed to Véron de Forbonnais. EUR 600
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(CALLAND, V.) Suppression des loyers par l'élévation de tous les locataires au droit de propriété. Paris, Ledoyen, 1857. 64 pp. 12mo. Modern half morocco. Project for 'Palais de familles' where the tenants become proprietor after having paid their rent during 20 years. It is signed also by Albert Lenoir, official architect of the government and by Louis de Noiron, economist.Victor Calland was a sociologist, influenced by Proudhon, Saint-Simon and Fourier, critical of the social state, and turned later to catholicism where he became an important figure in the social movement of catholicism. He did much to promote social responsibility among the catholics and stressed the importance of social work and social welfare. EUR 125
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(CAPMARTIN DE CHAUPY, B.) Philosophie des lettres qui auroit pu tout sauver. Misosophie voltairienne qui n'a pu que tout perdre. Ouvrage inutile à la présente tenue des Etats, pour laquelle il avoit été entrepris, mais qui pourra servir à celle qui pourra lui succéder, si la mode s'en continue. A Paris, En la double année des Evénemens que nos glorieux pères n'auroient jamais pu prévoir, & que nos neveux, s'ils redeviennent de bons François, ne pourront point croire, C'est-à-dire, en 1789 & 1790. 2 volumes. xxx, 368 pp.; (4), pp. 369-700. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Martin & Walter; Monglond, i, 5; Barbier, iii, 877. Only edition, very rare. - A faint waterstain at the beginning of the first volume, a few leaves repaired at outer blank margin, otherwise clean and well preserved. A very small number of copies were printed and the work was not put in the trade, hence its rarity. Also the new Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, vol vii, (p. 1070) states 'très rare'. The vein of this work will be obvious from the wording of the title and 'printers'. The author was in favour of the most absolute authority. EUR 1250
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(CARLI, G.R.) L'Uomo Libero ossia Ragionamenti sulla Libertà naturale e civile dell'Uomo. Edizione Seconda Riscontrata, corretta, ed accresciuta sull'Originale dell'Autore. In Milano, Nell' Imperial Monistero di S. Ambrogio Magg. Per Antonio Agnelli, 1779. Engraved title vignette, title-page laid down. 196 pp. 12mo. Contemporary full vellum, labels with gilt lettering, foot of spine chipped. Feltrinelli, 99. Second enlarged edition of this quite rare work directed against the principles championed by Hobbes and Rousseau concerning human liberty. It was considered of exceptional importance to the Italian Enlightenment. Carli, one of the main figures of the Italian Enlightenment, was together with Beccaria and Verri the leading intellectual of the 'École de Milan.'In this stringent criticism of Rousseau's Contrat Social he formulates his picture of an anti-egalitarian society in strict opposition to Rousseau. 'Men are condemned by nature to a state of permanent inequality, physical, moral and economic. It is not an accident that society is divided into two classes, rich and poor. Unlike Verri, for whom economic development had in itself the power to improve the conditions of the poorer classes by allowing them to participate in consumption, and unlike Beccaria who continued to see inequality as the chief problem to be solved, Carli was convinced that development would increase not only inequality but also class conflict. The only remedy was the power of the sovereign, of a monarch who could guard against despotism but at the same time defend civil society against anarchy' (Carpanetto and Ricuperati, Italy in the Age of Reason, 1685-1789, p. 270). Carli exposes the myth of a power, which by limiting ownership and liberty, ensured -through strong centralization - the safety and happiness of his subjects and he remained convinced that politics consisted of adjustments and cautious provisions rather than of radical reform. - With contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, earlier inscription crossed out. A very nice copy. EUR 2000
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(CERUTTI, J.A.J.) Etrennes au public. No place, (1789). 56 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 6472. Original edition. Contains: Consultation sur les privilèges, adressée à Messieurs de la Société patriotique du Palais-Royal. - Dénonciation envoyée à tous les chapitres de noblesse de France & d'Allemagne, contre un noble prévaricateur. - Prospectus d'un Dictionnaire d'exagération, destiné à Messieurs les rédacteurs de Journal de Paris. EUR 100
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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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(CHASTELLUX, F.J. DE.) De la félicité publique, ou considérations sur le sort des hommes dans les différentes époques de l'histoire. Nouvelle édition, augmentée de notes inédites de Voltaire. Paris, A.A. Renouard, 1822. 2 volumes. (4), 350 pp.; (4), 332 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, paper covered boards, corners. Not in Kress (cf.: 7197); not in INED (cf.: 1075); Goldsmiths 23385; Einaudi 1038. 'Chastellux's analysis of American society was both more searching and influential. A member of the French Academy, one of the founders of the social sciences, and major general on Rochambeau's staff, he was easily the foremost intellectual in the French forces in America. In ..... De la Félicité, he had sought to determine whether "society is susceptible, if not of perfection, at least amelioration," that is, of an increase in human felicity. (.....) The only possible answer was in social reform. The function of government, he posited, was to achieve "the greatest hapiness of the greatest number." Man must create through the free and enlightened use of his reason a liberal government midway between the extremes of of pure democracy and pure absolutism, based upon a true understanding of economic principles (Physiocracy), which would guarantee a high standard of living, adequate leisure, and the right to private property. In this work Chastellux had cited America as an example of man's ability to progress through liberty, reason, equality and agriculturism" (See at length: D. Echeverria, Mirage in the West, p. 110-14). - Very lightly paperspotted. EUR 450
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(CHASTELLUX, F.J. DE.) De la félicité publique, ou considérations sur le sort des hommes dans les différentes époques de l'histoire. A Amsterdam, Chez M.-M. Rey, 1776. 2 volumes in 1. (4), xxii, 272, (2) pp.; (2), 247, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands. Cf.: Kress 7197; Goldsmiths 11375; INED 1075; Echeverria & Wilkie 776/6; not in Sabin; not in JFBL. Second edition, the work had been first launched in Amsterdam in 1772 before a French publisher dared to bring it on the market in France. That French publication was simultaneously with the present publication. 'Chastellux's analysis of American society was both more searching and influential. A member of the French Academy, one of the founders of the social sciences, and major general on Rochambeau's staff, he was easily the foremost intellectual in the French forces in America. In an earlier work, De la Félicité, he had sought to determine whether "society is susceptible, if not of perfection, at least amelioration," that is, of an increase in human felicity. (.....) The only possible answer was in social reform. The function of government, he posited, was to achieve "the greatest hapiness of the greatest number." Man must create through the free and enlightened use of his reason a liberal government midway between the extremes of of pure democracy and pure absolutism, based upon a true understanding of economic principles (Physiocracy), which would guarantee a high standard of living, adequate leisure, and the right to private property. In this earlier work Chastellux had cited America as an example of man's ability to progress through liberty, reason, equality and agriculturism" (See at length: D. Echeverria, Mirage in the West, p. 110-14). EUR 750
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(CHEVALIER, M.) Religion saint-simonienne. Politique européenne. Articles extraits du Globe. Paris, Au Bureau du Globe, 1831. (4), 127 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, uncut. Fournel 80,2; not in Walch; Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 115; Kress C.2756; Goldsmiths 27181; Einaudi 1070. First edition. Collection of articles published earlier in the Saint-Simonian journal Le Globe and dealing with European politics. EUR 125
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(CLEMENT DE BOISSY, A.A.) Le maire du palais. No place, 1771. 124 pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Conlon 71:798. First edition. 'Athanase AlexandreClément de Boissy (1716-1793), conseiller à la Chambre des comptes, érudit, théologien' (Lalanne, Dictionnaire historique de la France, i, p. 540). Discusses political power in relation to the contemporary discussions concerning the parlements and the influence of royal advisers. EUR 200
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(CLICQUOT DE BLERVACHE, S.) Le Réformateur. A Amsterdam, Chez Arkstée & Merkus (Paris), 1756. With 1 folding table. 2 volumes in 1. xxxiii, (4), 240 pp.; vii, 268 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt double fillets on sides with gilt flower designs in the corners, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, marbled edges. INED 1141; Higgs 1476; Einaudi 1137; Weulersse, Mouvement physiocratique, i, xxv; not in Kress. First edition. 'Cliquot de Blervache, s'inspirant de quelques-unes des considérations qui avaient dicté à Vauban son projet de Dîme Royale, et à Boulainvilliers son plan de réforme financière, pose en principe 'que ce qui est le plus simple approche le plus de la perfection', et prétend réduire tous les impôts à deux au plus' (Weulersse, ii, p. 348). The attribution is still uncertain. See: J. de Vroil, Étude sur Cliquot de Bervache, p. xxxiii. EUR 750
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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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(COURNAND, A. DE.) Le mariage des prêtres, ou Récit de ce qui s'est passé à trois séances des assemblées générales du district de Saint Etienne-du-Mont, ou l'on a agité la question du mariage des prêtres, avec la motion principale, et les opinions des honorables membres qui ont appuyé la motion. Publié au profit des pauvres ménages du district de Saint Etienne-du-Mont. No place, 1790. 96 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 8583; INED 1215; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. In favour of mariage of priests and the abolishment of celibacy of priests which is considered to be in conformity with divine law. 'Mais Cournand se garde d'entrer dans les calculs politiques de l'augmentation des citoyens que ces nouveaux liens procureront à l'état.' (INED). EUR 100
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(COURTILZ DE SANDRAS, G. DE.) Nouveaux intérêts des princes de l'Europe, revûs, corrigés & augmentés par l'auteur, selon l'état où les affaires s'y trouvent aujourd'hui. Seconde édition. Cologne, Pierre Marteau (La Haye, van Bulderen), 1686. Sphere on title. (20), 519, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt with raised bands, somewhat worn and rubbed, short split at foot and top of front cover. Bourgeois & André 3027; Sauvy, Livres saisis à Paris, 218. Second edition. 'L'auteur a pris pour modèle l'ouvrage du duc de Rohan, Les intérêts et maximes des princes et états de l'Europe, dont il donne des extraits dans la seconde partie de son livre et auquel il ajoute ses remarques personnelles. Il se montre l'adversaire de l'empereur Léopold Ier et du duc Charles de Lorraine. Sans doute il y a beaucoup de verbiage dans cet ouvrage: toutefois, celui qui l'a écrit ne mérite pas d'être rangé (.....) 'parmi les auteurs de troisième ordre, nés pour être les singes des grands écrivains'' (Bourgeois & André). The Habsburg King Leopold had given refuge to Charles de Lorraine whose territory (Lorraine) was occupied by the French. At the court of Leopold he distinguished himself in various military campaigns, notably against the Turkish armies.'Parfois élogieux pour Louis XIV, l'auteur prend fermement position contre la révocation de l'Edit de Nantes' (Sauvy). - Name and scribbling on title. EUR 350
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(CREQUY, C.M. DE.) Résultat des Assemblées Provinciales, à l'usage des Etats d'une Province. Bruxelles (Chartres), 1788. (8), 174, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, 235; Goldsmiths 13526; not in INED; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; not in Granier; not in Dada. First edition, very rare. 'Le seul résumé commode que les contemporains aient pu avoir entre les mains' (Renouvin). Survey of reports and results of the provincial assemblees in various provinces during the years 1778-1788, divided into the various subjects dealt with, such as: impositions - cadastre - grandes routes - commerce & manufactures - agriculture - mendicité - projets de bien public - etc.The author deals with economics and administration in a reforming spirit, close to the physiocratic ideas. Deals also with taxes, commerce, manufactures, agriculture, mendicity and public assistance.According to Goldsmiths the 'province' is Artois. EUR 750
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(CRUCE, E.P. OU EMERI DE LACROIX.) Le nouveau Cynée. öu discours des occasions et moyens d'establir une paix générale et la liberté du commerce par tout le monde. A Paris, Chez J. Villery, 1623 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). (12), 226, (16) pp. 8vo. Imitation leather. Goldsmiths' 529. The work is very rare: Van den Dungen counts fewer than a dozen copies known worldwide. Reprint of this extremely rare and important work, published in a limited editon of 150 numbered copies and 30 copies not destined for the trade and since long out-of-print. Le Nouveau Cynée 'is, in essence, an early plea for the settlement of international disputes by means of arbitration. It is also a condemnation of war on rational rather than religious grounds. 'Mit seinem Nouveau Cynée begründete Emeric Crucé den modernen Pazifismus ... So war Crucé der erste, der ein wirklich universelles Friedenssystem verfasste' (almost 100 years before the Abbé de Saint-Pierre's Projet pour rendre la Paix perpetuelle en Europe) writes Ter Meulen in his famous work; his colleague Christian Lange confirms this in his equally well-known study where he calls Crucé 'le prémier internationaliste véritable'. More recently, Hinsley had written that Crucé's book was, 'in the records of modern history, the first proposal for an international organization that was also a proposal for maintaining peace'.'This little work, in short, is of major significance in the history of peace writings, particularly as regards the idea of international organization. There is thus little cause for surprise to find that the two most famous collections of peace literature that exist possess a copy of it. Neither should it cause surprise to learn that a further two copies ... are to be found in two equally famous collections, this time of economic literature (the Seligman Collection at Columbia and the Goldsmiths' Collection at London). For Crucé is not only considered an early advocate of international arbitration, but equally the founder of the free trade doctrine in France ... To facilitate and increase international commerce he proposes the introduction of one currency in Europe, and one system of weights and measures, and the joining together of seas and waterways. Crucé insisted that the economic interests of nations were in peace, rather than war, but this would only become the accepted dogma of political economy one hundred and fifty years later, when Adam Smith published the Wealth of Nations ... One of the reasons commonly suggested of the long obscurity which befell this book is precisely its striking originality. Contemporaries hardly took note of the book, as its thesis appeared too unconventional, and the author's proposal unrealistic and utopian ... His patience bore fruit, (however,) and he is now regarded as the 'véritable précurseur du libéralisme moderne, ... sans doute le premier écrivain qui ait entrevu le rapport intime entre le commerce et la paix'. This estimate indicates that the absence of Crucé's work in the major collections on the history of economic literature might constitute a serious gap' (Peter van den Dungen, The Hidden History of a Peace "Classic": Emeric Crucé's Le Nouveau Cynée, p. 27ff). EUR 225
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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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(DAVENNE, FR.) Factum de la sapience éternelle, & requeste remonstrative présentée au Parlement, &c. (Drop-head title). No place, (1652). 11, (1 blank) pp. Small 4to. Disbound. Moreau, Bibliographie des Mazarinades, 1361; not in Welsh. - A little browned. EUR 180
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(DECKER, M.) Essai sur les causes du déclin du commerce étranger de la Grande Bretagne. No place, 1757. 2 volumes. (2), 302 pp.; (2), 392 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering, marbled edges, small loss of calf to front cover of volume 2, very lightly rubbed. McCulloch 46; Kress 5600; Goldsmiths 9242; Higgs 1465; not in Einaudi; Conlon 57:669; not in Mattioli. First French edition, first published in 1744. Sir Matthew Decker, director of the East India Company, merchant and pamphleteer, was born in Amsterdam. In the present work he urges the replacement of all customs and excise duties by a single tax on the consumption of luxury goods - a kind of income tax with the merits, as it was conceived in the eighteenth century, that the taxpayer voluntarily assesses himself by choosing to consume such articles and to such an extent as he wishes. Decker argues strongly against restrictions on trade, emphasizing the significance of industry and trade to the welfare of the country. He would exempt the houses inhabited by the poor from all duties - not on grounds of social sympathy but because it would necessarily lower their wages and consequently increase the competitive strength of British exports; he advocates the luxury tax because it would check luxury, the bane of virtue and industry. He was opposed to monopolies and bounties and was skeptical as to whether trade can ultimately be forced into 'an unnatural channel,' thus anticipating the discussion on the operation of natural laws in the economic world. In some respects he is considered an important precursor of Adam Smith. 'The first part of the work is devoted to a detailed criticism of the fiscal difficulties under which England is labouring; the second part to showing the intricate connection between the trade of a country and the value of the land; while in the third part Decker displays the great sources of wealth and prosperity possessed by England, and shows how the references he suggests would permit her to avail herself of these, her natural strength' (Palgrave, i, p. 519).The French translator, J.P. de Gua de Malves, added extensive comments and therefore this French version is sought after. EUR 800
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(DELISLE) DE SALES, (J.B.C. IZOUARD, PSEUD.:) De la Paix de l'Europe et de ses bases. Par J. Delisle de Sales. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Crapelet, chez Maradan, An IX - 1800. (4), 383, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt. INED 1329. First edition. 'Philosophique et historique. Quelques-uns des événements politiques européens des dernières années, suggèrent à Delisle des réflexions de droit international et de science politique' (INED).Jean Baptiste Claude Isouard, writing as Delisle de Sales, published in 1766 his De la Philosophie de la Nature which caused a scandal for professing atheism and nihilism. The work was condamned to be burned, the author imprisoned and the censor exiled. Delisle filed for appeal and was supported by the whole circle of the philosophes who saw in him the champion of the liberty of thought and expression. The work is apparently very scarce. Isouard spent the rest of his life trying to earn himself a reputation as a writer and philosopher and his production of works dealing with a variety of subjects is impressive. EUR 600
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(DEVERITE, L.A.) La vie et les doléances d'un pauvre diable, pour servir de ce qu'on voudra aux prochains Etats-Généraux. Seconde édition augmentée. (Abbeville), 1789 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 140 pp. 8vo. Modern leather. Martin & Walter 10677; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 430-431; Weller II, 244. Reprint of this important and rare work, limited to an edition of 150 numbered copies and 30 copies not destined for the trade. When France was floaded with pamphlets to discuss the question of how to vote and who should vote, only a few authors devoted attention to the working class, those who had to bring up the major part of the taxes. Devérité is one of the rare authors who devoted his pen to the poor; 'Il y aura, dit-il, des gens pour défendre les cités, le droit de propriété, l'agriculture, les arts et métiers, les fabriques, etc., parce que ces grands objets touchent quelques personnes de l'Assemblée; mais qui y prendra la défense des intérêts de la dernière classe du peuple? Des ces sujets qui n'ont ni propriété, ni richesse, d'aucune sorte, ni état, ni droits, autres que ceux de la nature, si restreints, soit par la constitution de l'État, soit par la droit positif, ou par divers règlements qui en empêchent ou gênent l'exercise, ....' (Lichtenberger).Sometimes attributed to L.A. de Wicquet d'Ordre. EUR 125
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(DITTMER, A.D.A. & H.A. CAVE. PSEUD:) FONGERAY, M. DE. Les soirées de Neuilly, esquisses dramatiques et historiques. Ornées du portrait de l'éditeur et d'un fac similé de son écriture. Paris, Moutardier, 1827. With portrait (an overdrawn portrait of Stendhal) and 1 facsimile. 362, (1) pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, discoloured, uncut, internally clean and with large margins. Escoffier 652. First edition. The authors, working under the assumed collective name of Jacques Grivet de Fongeray, were collaborators of the Saint simonian Globe. Contains: Les alliés, ou l'invasion. - Une conspiration de province. - Les conversions. - Les Français en Espagne. The book is complete and ends with "Fin". But a year later a second volume was published, not anticipated when this volume was published: hence this volume does not carry a volume indication (the later published volume does). EUR 125
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(DU PLESSIS-MORNAY DE MARLI, P.) De la puissance légitime du prince sur le peuple, et du peuple sur le prince. Traité très-utile et digne de lecture en ce temps, escrit en Latin par Estienne Junius Brutus etnouvellement traduit en François. No place, 1581. 264 pp. 8vo. 19th-century Russian morocco, gilt ornamental border, gilt edges, top of sides a bit discoloured (Thouvenin). PMM 94; Adams L.151 (under Languet); Hauser 2220; Labitte, De la Démocratie chez les Prédicateurs de la Ligue, pp. 60-64; Weill, Les Théories sur le Pouvoir Royal en France pendant les Guerres de Religion, pp. 109-121; Méaly, Les Publicistes de la Réforme sous François II et Charles IX, pp. 221-247; not in BMSTC (French). First French edition, earlier published, in 1579, in Latin. The most influential and most radical of the Huguenot political works 'was the Vindiciae contra Tyrannos, which was published under a pseudonym in 1579. It may have been a collaborative work, but there is little doubt that Philippe Duplessis de Mornay was a major contributor, if not the sole author. He was a nobleman with a good education, who fought with Henry of Navarra and by 1576 was a major advisor to him. After 1594 he emerged as the elder statesman for the Huguenots. The Vindiciae consists of four questions and their answers. Are subjects bound to obey a prince if their orders contradict the law of God? The answer is, of course, no. Who may resist such a prince? The people as a whole, the officers of the people, but also a private person who has received a special call from God to save the people from a tyrant. The author then turns from religion to ask whether a prince who devastates the commonwealth can be resisted. His answer demonstrates that the people created the French monarchy and the officers of the kingdom, and the Estates general elect the king. There is a covenant between king and people in which the king pledges to rule justly. If he violates that pledge by bad law or overtaxation, the people or their officers can resist and depose him. The final question establishes that neighboring princes are obliged to aid the subjects of a prince who is a tyrant. There is in the Vindiciae a sense that France was a federation of communities, in which communities such as La Rochelle and Montauban were sovereign in their own right and contracted with the king to rule them. One of the most common accusations hurled at the Huguenots was that they intended to 'cantonnize' France in imitation of the Swiss Confederation; the Vindiciae provides some justification for the charge' (Frederic J. Baumgartner, France in the Sixteenth Century, p. 302).Sometimes it has been attributed to Th. de Bèze or to H. Languet, but Duplessis Mornay is now generally recognized as at least the auctor intellectualis. This first French version is generally preferred to the Latin edition. Together with Fr. Hotman the author is the first to put forward the question of a social contract. The translation is by Fr. Estienne. EUR 6000
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(DUBOS, J.B.) Les intérêts de l'Angleterre mal-entendus dans la guerre présente. Traduits du livre anglois intitulé: 'Englands interests mistaken in the present war'. Sixième édition reveuë, corrigée & augmentée de notes historiques. A Amsterdam, Chez J.L. de Lorme, 1704. Title printed in red and black. With 1 folding table. (10), 317, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering. Cf.: Kress 2421; Goldsmiths 4038; Einaudi 1626,note; Sabin 98172n; Alden & Landis 704/56; Echeverria & Wilkie 704/7; not in Howes; not in Streeter; not in Leclerc; not in Muller; not in JFBL. The best edition, with extensive notes added. One of at least 7 editions published in 1704. Originally published in 1703. As a matter of fact there never was an English edition, but the author apparently preferred to pass it off as such to avoid problems with the authorities, since he represented the French court as an ambassador in The Hague. Anti-British work that surveys British trade and commerce in Europe and that with the American colonies and the Indies predicting that the Navigation Acts will result in revolt and independence for the British North American colonies. EUR 800
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(DUBOS, J.B.) Les intérêts de l'Angleterre mal-entendus dans la guerre présente. Traduits du livre anglois intitulé: 'Englands interests mistaken in the present war'. Nouvelle édition reveue et corrigée. A Amsterdam, Chez George Gallet, 1704. Sphere on title. (10), 1-6, 9-274, (2) pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands. Goldsmiths 4038; Einaudi 1626n; cf.: Kress 2421; Alden & Landis, 704/55; Echeverria & Wilkie 704/6; cf. Sabin 98172n; not in Howes; not in Streeter; not in Leclerc; not in Muller; not in JFBL. One of at least 7 editions from 1704, originally published in 1703. The pages 7 and 8 are omitted in the numbering. As a matter of fact there never was an English edition, but the author apparently preferred to pass it off as such to avoid problems with the authorities, since he represented the French court as an ambassador in The Hague. Anti-British work that surveys British trade and commerce in Europe and that with the American colonies and the Indies predicting that the Navigation Acts will result in revolt and independence for the British North American colonies. EUR 600
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(DUBREUIL, S.) Hommage à la vérité contre l'oppression, l'injustice, l'inhumanité et les rapines du Directoire et de ses représentans au Corps législatif; ou second et dernier appel à leur cruauté, pour en obtenir la mort. Par une famille de rentiers et créanciers de l'Etat, réduits à l'agonie du désespoir par l'extrême besoin. (Drop-head title). No place, (1798). 47, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter, 11270; Tourneux, iv, 22565. One of three different editions (according to Martin & Walter) all published in the same year. Of babouvist inspiration. The Dubreuil family had participated in the Babeuf conspiration. EUR 225
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(DUBUAT DE NANCAY, L.G.) Les origines, ou l'ancien gouvernement de la France, de l'Allemagne, et de l'Italie: ouvrage historique, où l'on voit, dans leur origine, la Roïauté & ses attributs, la Nation & ses différentes Classes, les Fiefs & le Vasselage, les Dignitez, la Hierarchie, les Immunités Ecclésiastiques, & les Domaines; la Milice, la Chevalerie; la Justice Distributive; la Compétence des Tribunaux, leur Forme; les Parlements, les autres Cours Souveraines, les Etats Généraux, la Pairie, la Législation, & les Coutumes. A La Haye, 1757. 4 volumes. (4), 48, 390 pp.; (4), 557, (1) pp.; (4), 451, (1) pp.; (4), 359, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering, red edges, small spot on front cover of volume 4. Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 1022; Conlon 57:701; not in INED. First edition, scarce. ' ..... il met à la base de l'histoire la distinction d'un peuple libre et d'un peuple sujet. Il affirme en effet, l'existence, à l'origine de la monarchie, d'un ordre essentiellement militaire qui constituait seul la nation' (Carcassonne, Montesquieu et le problème de la Constitution française). Pp. 358-359 of volume 4 contain the errata to all 4 volumes.Dubuat-Nançay (1732-1787), diplomat and historian is seen as one of Cantillon's disciples because of his emphasis upon the standard of living and his treatment of luxury. He differed from Cantillon, however, both in his general philosophy and in his analysis of social problems. Thus he believed that the ruin of France could be averted only through the restoration of a feudal regime. In his emphasis upon agriculture he resembled Sully and the agrarians; in his notion of a providential natural order and of the net productivity of agriculture, the physiocrats. Unlike Cantillon, Dubuat-Nançay was a populationist in that he explicitly favored, with some qualification, as large a population as could be supported in life and health on a given territory (see for an elaborate analysis of the work and ideas of Dubuat-Nançay: J.J. Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus, pp. 144-150). - Armorial bookplate in all volumes on front paste-down. EUR 1100
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(DULAURE, J.A.) Des Divinités Génératrices, ou du Culte du Phallus chez les Anciens et les Modernes; Des Cultes du Dieu de Lampsaque, de Pan, de Vénus, etc.; origine, motifs, conformités, variétés, progrès, altérations et abus de ces cultes chez différens peuples de la terre; de leur continuation chez les Indiens et les Chrétiens d'Europe; des moeurs des nations et des tems où ces cultes ont existé. Par J.A.D******. Paris, 1805. (4), xxiv, 427, (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, marbled boards, corners, label with gilt lettering. Caillet, i, 3345; Gay, i, 860; Pia, Dictionnaire des Oeuvres Erotiques, pp. 133-134. First edition of Dulaure's classic on phallic cults, largely concerned with the rituals of classical antiquity and -- especially -- their survivals in modern European folklore, a famous book in its field by one of the pioneers of the anthropological method of investigating human history. A very good copy of a uncommon book. EUR 350
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(DUMAS, J.F.) Adresse aux Etats-Généraux, aux Etats particuliers et Assemblées provinciales et municipales du Royaume; contenant des recherches et observations sur l'origine de l'impôt, sadivision en personnel et réel, les différentes formes de sa répartition depuis Saint-Louis jusqu'à nos jours, l'origine des abus qui, sous le nom de privilèges, ont introduit l'inégalité, et enfin le seul moyen propre à corriger tous les inconvéniens, à alléger le peuple, et à augmenter les revenus de l'Etat. Par M. D***. A Dublin, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Maradan, 1789. With 6 folding tables. (4), 381, 11 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, a few scretches, sprinkled edges. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Stourm; INED 1564; not in Martin & Walter; not in Horward. First edition. Project for a fair distribution of taxes in kind, an historical and administrative approach. - With the bookplate of Madame Justin Debonne. EUR 300
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(DUPONT DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Philosophie de l'univers. Troisième édition, augmentée de plusieurs notes, et d'une table des matières. A Paris, Chez Goujon fils, Fructidor an VII (1799). With a fine portrait engraved by Cathelin afterJ. Ducreux. 399, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards (uncut). Schelle 64; Einaudi 1673; Mattioli 1081 (2nd edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Third, enlarged edition. Because Dupont de Nemours sided with the King in 1792, he was imprisoned in the observatory of the Mazarin College, from which he succeeded in escaping to the country-side. During the time that elapsed before he was discovered and arrested again, he wrote the above work in the form of a letter to Lavoisier. This enlarged edition starts with 'Oromasis. Poëme'. The main text starts on page 37/38 with a separate titlepage reading 'Principes et recherches sur la philosophie de l'univers. Lettre à Mr. et Mme. Lavoisier.' The titlepage bears the date 1792. See: Schelle, Du Pont de Nemours, pp. 331 ff. EUR 1250
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(DUPONT DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Avant-dernier chapitre de l'histoire des Jacobins. (Paris), In fine: De l'Imprimerie de l'Auteur, seconde édition, (1792). 30 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Schelle 51; Martin & Walter 12137; not in Monglond; not in Tourneux. Second edition. Drop-head title on the first page reads: Lettre de M. Du Pont aux citoyens constitutionnaires, 14 mai de l'an IV. Fundamental criticism of Jacobine politics in which Du Pont discusses the circumstances through which the assembly has lost so much of its sovereignty, delivers an excellent analysis of constitutional politics and argues for the return to a constitutional and legitimate government of which he also recapitulates the fundamental principles. EUR 300
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(DUPONT DE NEMOURS, P.S.) - PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée des Trois Etats du baillage de Nemours, concernant la convocation des Etats Généraux. No place, no date. 150 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards. Not in Schelle; Martin & Walter 10540. First edition. Dupont de Nemours was representative for the Third Estate and was not only one of those who signed the 'Procès-verbal' but he also delivered a speech at the delibirations (pp. 95 ff.) EUR 450
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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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(DUTENS, L.) Recherches sur l'Origine des découvertes attribuées aux Modernes, Où l'on démontre que nos plus célèbres Philosophes ont puisé la plûpart de leurs connoissances dans les Ouvrages des Anciens: & que plusieurs vérités importantes sur la Religion ont été connues des Sages du Paganisme. A Paris, Chez la veuve Duchesne, 1766. Two volumes. xlviii, 228 pp.; (4), 257, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering, red edges, small accident to foot of spine, small spot to upper cover of volume two. Conlon 66:830; Caillet, i, 3472; Cioranescu 27175. First edition, reprinted with a slightly modifed title ten years later. The author discusses Descartes, Malebranche, Locke, Leibnitz, Buffon, and Newton and tackles fields from natural history to astronomy, from God and the soul, to medicine and mechanics. Dutens endeavors to show that the topics discussed in his (the 18th) century may seem a modern discussion but were in fact already known to the Ancients.'Dutens reprend ici une idée souvant exprimée par Bossuet, à savoir que tout oeuvre nouvelle a eu son précurseur, et il y ajoute la notion leibnizienne d'harmonie: les modernes harmonisent, assument sur nouveaux frais des idées qu'ils n'ont pas découvertes. (.....) Ecrivant en plein xviiie siècle, membre éminent de la république des lettres de son temps, Dutens apparaît cependant comme un héritier de l'humanisme florentin et concordiste. Les Anciens sont une source infinie de réflexion et de re-création pour la pensée moderne qui doit y trouver constamment des moyens de perfectionner ses connaissances' (P. Ranson in: Encyclopédie Philosophique Universelle, iii, 'Les Oeuvres Philosophiques').Louis Dutens lived for many years in England and became, in 1758, secretary to lord Mackensie, minister for England at the court in Sardinia. After his return to England he accompagnied several diplomats as secretary on missions to Italy and retired from public life in 1784 in London with the title of historiographer to the King of England. EUR 900
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(ENFANTIN, P.) Religion saint-simonienne. Lettre du Père Enfantin à Charles Duveyrier. Lettre du Père Enfantin à François et à Peifer, chefs de l'Église de Lyon. Le Prêtre. L'homme et la femme. (Extrait du Globe du 18 juin 1831). Paris, Everat, 1831. - (Bound with:) (BARRAULT, E.) Religion saint-simonienne. Prédication. L'art. Paris, au Bureau du Globe et de l'Organisateur, 1831. - (Bound with:) (TRANSON, A.) De la religion saint-simonienne. Aux élèves de l'école polytechnique. Paris, au Bureau de l'Organisateur, 1830. - (Bound with:) LECHEVALIER, J. Aux saint-simoniens. Lettre sur la division survenue dans l'association saint-simonienne. Paris, Everat, 1831. - (Bound with:) (BAZARD, S.A. & P. ENFANTIN.) Religion saint-simonienne. Lettre à M. le Président de la Chambre des Députés. (Paris, Everat, 1830). - (Bound with:) (CARNOT, H.) Doctrine saint-simonienne. Résumé général de l'exposition faite en 1829 et 1830. Extrait de la Revue Encyclopédique. Deuxième édition. Paris, au Bureau de l'Organisateur et du Globe, 1831. - (Bound with:) RELIGION SAINT-SIMONIENNE. Communion générale de la famille saint-simonienne. (Extrait de l'Organisateur). (Paris, Everat, 1831.) - (Bound with:) (LEMONNIER, C.) Religion saint-simonienne. Église de Toulouse. Enseignement de l'Athénée. Avenir de la femme. Toulouse, A. Henault, 1831. - (Bound with:) RELIGION SAINT-SIMONIENNE. Cérémonie du 27 novembre. Paris, au Bureau du Globe, 1831. Nine works bound in one volume. (2), 22 pp.; 25, (1) pp.; 70 pp.; 56 pp.; 8 pp.; (2), 45 pp.; 40 pp.; 18 pp.; 24 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. First work: Walch 319; Kress C.2795; Goldsmiths 27192; Einaudi 1745. Second work: Walch 389: cf.: Einaudi 4960; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Third work: Walch 811; Goldsmiths 26607; Einaudi 5723; not in Kress. Fourth work: Walch 586; Kress C.2862; Goldsmiths 27210; not in Einaudi. Signed and dated at end: Paris 20 décembre 1831. Jules. Fifth work: Walch 350; Kress C.2441; Einaudi 368; not in Goldsmiths. Signed at end: Bazard et Enfantin, chefs de la religion saint-simonienne. Sixth work: Walch 740; Kress C.2752 (3rd edition); Goldsmiths 27179; Einaudi 902. Seventh work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, p. 330; Goldsmiths 27217; Einaudi 4670; not in Kress.Eighth work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, p. 250; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. Ninth work: Not in Walch; not in Walch-Gerits, Supplement; Kress C.2928; Goldsmiths 27216; Einaudi 4669. EUR 1250
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(ESSUILE, J.F. DE BARANDIERY-MONTMAYEUR DE.) Traité des communes, ou Observations sur leur origine & état actuel, d'après les anciennes ordonnances de nos rois, les coutumes, édits, déclarations, arrêts & réglements intervenus sur cette matière; les droits qu'y ont les seigneurs, les communautés & chacun des habitans; ou joignant la politique à l'économie, on démontre leur inutilité, le préjudice qu'elles font à l'agriculture, & l'avantage que l'on retireroit de leur aliénation ou partage. A Paris, Chez Colombier, 1777. With two folding tables. 395, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering. Cf: Kress 6726 (listing the 1770 edition only); Einaudi 789 (listing the 1779 edition only); Goldsmiths 11547; INED 1752; not in Mattioli. Second edition, title-edition, brought on the market 7 years after the first edition by another publisher who only changed the title and apparently using the unsold copies of the first edition. 'Des biens communaux: origine historique, étendue, répartition géographique; l'on ne peut, dans l'état actuel de ces communes, en tirer aucun profit, notamment pour l'agriculture. Au contraire, leur stérilité nuit de 'la manière le plus dangereuse autant à la population et à la subsistance des hommes qu'à la multiplication et à la nourriture des bestiaux.' Essuile propose de les partager et d'en faire bénéficier les pauvres; ce partage avantageux est tout à fait confomre aux désirs des législateurs.' With the 'pièces justificatives' in both French and Latin.For the importance of this work and the development of physiocrat ideas see: Weulersse, i, pp. 411-12. EUR 1000
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(ETHIS DE CORNY, D.L.) Réquisitoire du procureur du Roi et de la ville de Paris, et arrêté de Messieurs les prévôt des marchands, échevins, conseillers et quartiniers de laditte ville. Paris, Imprimerie Lottin l'aîné & Lottin de S. Germain, 1789. - (Followed by:) SUPPLEMENT aux premiers observations publiées pour la ville de Paris, relativement au droit de la capitale ..... d'envoyer des députés particuliers aux Etats-Généraux, et à celui de faire convoquer à cet effet, par les officiers municipaux, tous les habitans de la ville et des faux-bourgs, sans exception ..... pour la nomination de ses représentans ou députés. 3 mars 1789. (Drop-head title of first textpages). (Paris), Imprimerie de Lottin l'aîné & Lottin de S. Germain, (1789). 2 volumes in 1. 44 pp.; 66 pp.8vo. Modern half morocco. First work: Not in Martin & Walter; Tourneux, i, 686a. Second work: Martin & Water, 12906; Tourneux, i, 696. Discussions relating the meeting of the three orders and the prerogatives of the city of Paris and the Châtelet. EUR 175
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(FRANCAIS DE NANTES, A.) Le manuscrit de feu M. Jérome, contenant son oeuvre inédite, une notice biographique sur sa personne, un facsimilé de son écriture, et le portrait de cet illustre écrivain. Paris, Bassange frères, 1825. With lithographed frontispiece and folding facsimiles. (4), 463, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled boards. Rochas, i, p. 398 ff. First edition, much sought after due also to the magnificent frontispiece designed by Eugene Delacroix and engraved by Hocquart. Antoine Français de Nantes had a career in the administration and was influential during the revolution, member of the 'Assemblée Législative' and later of the 'Conseil des Cinq Cents'. In this work, published like many other works he wrote under a supposed name, and written well before the famous work by Tocqueville, Français de Nantes showed a clear view of developments and the growing power and influence of America: he predicted ' .... qu'un jour arriverait où le Nouveau Monde aurait la prétention de régenter, et peut-être même de gouverner son frère aîné ....', and he suggests that it would be wise to anticipate on ' .... la crise dans laquelle on se trouverait engagé entre le joug des Tartares et les doctrines de Boston' (page 13).The work itself is the story of the author travelling by boat to Batavia, being shipwrecked and returning after 15 years. His account offers him the possibility to comment, analyse and reflect on the profound changes Europe underwent as a result of the French revolution and reign of Napoleon. EUR 600
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(FREMINVILLE, E. DE LA POIX DE.) Traité historique de l'origine et nature des Dixmes, Et des biens possedés par les Ecclésiastiques en franche Aumône, & de leurs charges. Par M. E.D.L.P.D.F. Bailly des Ville& Marquisat de la Palisse. A Paris, Chez Valleyre père, 1762. (2), x, (4), 468, (20) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red edges, corners very lightly bumped. Kress 6021; INED 2614; Higgs 2669; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Leblanc; not in Masui; not in Stammhammer, Bibliographie der Finanzwissenschaft; not in Camus; Conlon 62:879. First edition. Historical and juridical treatise which studies the dîmes in relation to religion, law and the origins of the monarchy and stating that the dîmes were not, at the outset, due to the church. Edme de la Poix de Fréminville studied law. His main interests were related to feudal questions and his works were of importance. - Occasional light browning. Rare. EUR 600
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(GABRIEL, J.E.) A Monseigneur le Premier Président et Intendant de cette province. (Drop-head title). No place, (1789). 94 pp. 8vo. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, a bit worn. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. - Copy with marginal annotations and a long note on verso of the first leaf, apparently by the author. The author, born in Aix, négociant in Marseille, vehemently criticizes lottery and other games of hazard, including the Royal Lottery. He also discusses the elections for the Etats-Généraux, the constitution and the equality of the three orders. EUR 450
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(GALIANI, F.) Dialogues sur le commerce des bleds. A Londres (Paris), 1770. (4), 314, pp + 1 errata leaf. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richlygilt with raised bands and red label with gilt lettering and red edges. Weulersse, i, p. xxvi; Kress 6730; Goldsmiths 10640; Einaudi 2334; INED 1948; Higgs 4941; Leblanc, 138. First edition of this epochal work. 'At the age of twenty-two, Galiani published anonymously the first of his two major works on political economy. This was his treatise, Della Moneta (1751), one of the outstanding works of economic theory of the eighteenth century. In 1759 he was sent to Paris as Secretary of the Neapolitan Embassy, where he stayed for ten years. His friends included many of the leading figures of Parisian intellectual society, most importantly Diderot, Grimm, and Mme d'Epinay. He won great renown as a wit and satirist, at a period when Parisian brilliance was at its most scintillating. Moreover, it was in the 1760s, the decade of Galiani's stay in Paris, that political economy became the great fashionable interest of the day, thanks, mainly, to the challenging, dogmatic crusade of the physiocratic school, led by Quesnay. Policy towards the grain trade, long the most vital branch of domestic economic affairs, became more than ever the dominant issue, with the lifting of the ban on exports in 1764. The debate came to a head just before Galiani was brusquely summoned back to Naples (1769). With the aid of his friends, however, he managed to complete his second major work on political economy, his Dialogues sur le commerce des bleds, a scathing attack on the physiocrats and their policies, and surely one of the most brilliant and profound policy tracts ever written ....... Ultimately, what was the most important in the Dialogues was their methodological significance, with regard to the complex relationships between economic theory and policy, and the importance of the historical-institutional dimension. Galiani provided the first profound criticism of deductive theorizing in economics from an historical standpoint' (T. Hutchinson, Before Adam Smith, pp. 255-256 and p. 269). - Very good copy, bookplate "Bibliothèque du Chateau de Chaltraih" (?) on front paste-down. EUR 2500
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(GERY, A.G. DE.) Discours prononcé par un de MM. les curés de la ville de Lyon, le dimanche 4 décembre 1768. A l'occasion de l'émeute populaire, arrivée dans cette ville, le dimanche précédent. A Lyon, De l'Imprimerie d'Aimé de la Roche, 1768. 30 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Charléty, i, 2665. First and only edition. The 'émeute populaire' about which is spoken, seems to have been provoked by the rumour that doctors were looking for children to dissect after killing them first. The sermon was preached the Sunday following the riots and the preacher rejects the notion that the hospital could indulge in such horrid practices and points to the fact that the poor, who were the rioters, are treated gratis by the hospital and the doctors. EUR 350
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(GILLOT, J.) Le caton français. Au Roy. No place, 1614. 64 pp. 8vo. Modern green half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Lelong 20235; Bourgeois & André 2124; Lindsay & Neu 3027; Welsh 500. Giving council on political and economic matters to Louis XIII, and also opposing the Spanish alliance and the Jesuits, and in favour of De Condé. Jacques Gillot was one of the authors of the famous 'Satyre Menipée.' EUR 300
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(GILLOT, J.) Le caton français. Au Roy. No place, 1614. 64 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Lelong 20235; Bourgeois & André 2124; Lindsay & Neu 3027; Welsh 500. Giving council on political and economic matters to Louis XIII, and also opposing the Spanish alliance and the Jesuits, and in favour of De Condé. Jacques Gillot was one of the authors of the famous 'Satyre Menipée.' EUR 175
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(GILLOT, J.) Le caton français. Au Roy. No place, 1614. 64 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Lelong 20235; Bourgeois & André 2124; Lindsay & Neu 3027; Welsh 500. Giving council on political and economic matters to Louis XIII, and also opposing the Spanish alliance and the Jesuits, and in favour of De Condé. Jacques Gillot was one of the authors of the famous 'Satyre Menipée.' EUR 275
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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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(GOUDAR, A.) Les intérêts de la France mal entendus, dans les branches de l'agriculture, de la population, des finances, du commerce, de la marine et de l'industrie. Par un citoyen. Amsterdam, Jacques Coeur, à la corne d'Abondance (Paris), 1756. 3 volumes. viii, 436 pp.; (2), vi, 434 pp.; (2), 392 (misnumbered 388) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering. Mars 26; Weulersse, i, p. xxvii; Kress 5524; Goldsmiths 9081 (two volumes only); Einaudi 2659 (other edition); INED 2079; Higgs 1145; Leblanc 52; Conlon 56:904. Counterfeit edition, probably from Paris, easy distinguishable by the crown ornament on all title-pages. Mars gives 388 pages for the third volume, which is the numbering of the last page, but at page 289 the numbering drops to 285 and continues then to 388. - Some light occasional browning, pp. 233-266 of volume one with a small spot in lower outer blank margin. This is the main work of Goudar. It was used by the demographer Süssmilch in his Die goetliche ordnung. Voltaire had a copy in his library and Diderot wrote about the book in a letter to Sophie Volland. Preceding Mirabeau's L'Ami des Hommes by a few months, it marks an important date in the history of political economy, and made Goudar one of the leading figures of the school of 'des agrariens et populationnistes', not to be mixed with the Physiocrats, which they preceded and with whom they disagreed on various points. 'Of the pre-physiocratic French writers who approached the population problem in terms of agricultural values and reforms, Ange Goudar (1720-1791) was the most important' (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, pp. 56-67.) Spengler's analysis is elaborate and shows the crucial importance of this work. 'Avec Herbert, il annonce directement les physiocrates. Il pose comme principe que tout ce qui vient de la terre constitue la seule puissance des Etats. Celle-ci ne réside plus dans l'industrie, l'abondance des ressources monétaires, comme le proclamaient les mercantilistes. Goudar est essentiellement libéral, agrarien, aussi dénonce-t-il la misère de la classe rurale et réclame-t-il des réformes à la fois fiscales et douanières' (Leblanc). EUR 900
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(GOUDAR, A.) Les intérêts de la France mal entendus, dans les branches de l'agriculture, de la population, des finances, du commerce, de la marine et de l'industrie. Par un citoyen. A Amsterdam, Chez Jacques Coeur, à la corne d'Abondance (Paris), 1756. 3 volumes. xii, 372 pp.; 406pp.; 350 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, labels with gilt lettering and numbering. Mars 27; Weulersse, i, p. xxvii; Kress 5526; Goldsmiths 9082; Einaudi 2659; Mattioli 1481; INED 2079; Higgs 1145. First edition, second issue. Einaudi's copy is identical with ours, about the Kress and Goldsmiths copies not much can be said, both collections contain more than one copy and they both indicate that there is one copy with a third volume with the indication 'Nouvelle édition', as does our third volume. According to Mars, Ange Goudar, cet inconnu, essai bio-bibliographique, the third volume came from the same press as the first two volumes but with a different ornamental typography. Between the first issue and this issue, there appeared, according to Mars, a parisian contrefaçon, all published in 1756. This is the main work of Goudar. It was used by the demographer Süssmilch in his Die goetliche ordnung. Voltaire had a copy in his library and Diderot wrote about the book in a letter to Sophie Volland. Preceding Mirabeau's l'Ami des Hommes by a few months, it marks an important date in the history of political economy, and made Goudar one of the leading figures of the school of 'des agrariens et populationnistes', not to be mixed with the Physiocrats, which they preceded and with whom they disagreed on various points. 'Of the pre-physiocratic French writers who approached the population problem in terms of agricultural values and reforms, Ange Goudar (1720-1791) was the most important' (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, pp. 56-67.) Spengler's analysis is elaborate and shows the crucial importance of this work. - Some corners somewhat damaged. EUR 1500
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(GOUDAR, A.) Testament politique de Louis Mandrin, généralissime des troupes des contrebandiers, écrit par lui-même dans sa prison. Genève, 1755 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 67 pp. 8vo. Imitation leather. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi, cf.: Mars, Ange Goudar, 14. Reprint of this very rare work, limited to an edition of 150 numbered copies and 30 copies not destined for the trade. This work, untraceable nowadays, has played an important role in the spread of the popular myth of Mandrin. It attacks the 'système des fermes, cet impôt déguisé empêche l'accroissement véritable de la richesse nationale, d'autant plus qu'il utilise 300.000 personnes 'improductives' puisqu'elles ne créent pas de la valeur, contrairement à l'agriculture.' EUR 125
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(GRAZIANI, A.M.) La vie du Cardinal Jean François Commendon. Où l'on voit ses voyages, ambassades, legations & negotiations, dans les plus considérables cours des Empereurs, rois, princes & républiques de l'Europe. Par M. (V.E.) Fléchier, évêques de Nîmes, de l'Académie Françoise. Paris, la Veuve Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1695. Title printed in red and black. With engraved frontispiece. (34), 492, (36) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands (somewhat rubbed and worn). Lorentowicz, La Pologne en France, ii, 1409; BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700, G-687. Third French edition. Graziani travelled extensively through Europe by order of the Popes of his days. Later he was sent to Poland as a nuntio and he stayed there for several years. He also accompanied the Pope to Germany and Poland. His work is an important source for the second half of the 16th century. The translation is by Valentin-Esprit Fléchier. EUR 375
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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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(GUDIN DE LA BRENELLERIE, P.P.) Essai sur l'histoire des comices de Rome, des Etats Généraux de la France et du Parlement de l'Angleterre par M+++. A Philadelphie, 1789. 3 volumes. (2), iv, 464, (2) pp.; (4), 303, (2) pp.; (4), 344 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, red edges. Martin & Walter 15890; Camus 444. First edition. - With the bookplate of the 'Seminarii Vivariensis' on front paste-down and stamp of the same institution on the title-page. One of the most esteemed comparative histories of the Etats-Généraux.The first two volumes contain a still valuable history of the French 'Etats-generaux', preceded by a concise history of representation in ancient Rome. The third volume is taken by a history of the English parliament. The publication of this work was 'hastened by the convocation of the 'Etats-generaux' in 1789', and it was awarded a prize by the French Academy. Paul Philippe Gudin de la Brenellerie (1738-1812) was educated in Geneva, acquainted with Voltaire and Beaumarchais and author of a great number of works of literary, historical and philosophical interest. EUR 450
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(GUDIN DE LA BRENELLERIE, P.P.) Essai sur l'histoire des comices de Rome, des Etats Généraux de la France et du Parlement de l'Angleterre par M+++. A Philadelphie, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Maradan, 1789. 3 volumes. (2), iv, 464, (2) pp.; (4), 303, (3) pp.; (4), 344 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Martin & Walter 15890; Camus 444. First edition. One of the most esteemed comparative histories of the Etats-Généraux.The first two volumes contain a still valuable history of the French 'Etats-generaux', preceded by a concise history of representation in ancient Rome. The third volume is taken by a history of the English parliament. The publication of this work was 'hastened by the convocation of the 'Etats-generaux' in 1789', and it was awarded a prize by the French Academy. Paul Philippe Gudin de la Brenellerie (1738-1812) was educated in Geneva, acquainted with Voltaire and Beaumarchais and author of a great number of works of literary, historical and philosophical interest.- Copy from the library of Michel Adanson, with numerous annotations in his hand and very interesting autograph letter from the author to Adanson, offering him his book. This letter has been bound in with volume 1. Adanson's bookplate loosely inserted. A desirable copy. EUR 1250
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(GUESDE, J. & P. LAFARGUE.) Aux travailleurs de France. Le Conseil National du Parti Ouvrier Français (1889-1900). Paris, Librairie Jacques & Cie., 1901. (4), 91, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, original covers preserved. First edition Contains manifests of the Parti Ouvrier Français, collected and introduced by Bracke. At head of title: Onze ans d'histoire socialiste. EUR 225
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(HAUTERIVE, A.M. BLANC DE LA NAUTTE, D'.) Elémens d'économie politique, suivis de quelques vues sur l'application des principes de cette science aux règles administratives. A Paris, Chez Fantin, 1817. (8), xxi, (3), 384 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, covers decorated with gilt ornamental border, spine richly gilt with red label with gilt lettering, marbled edges. Kress B.6941; Goldsmiths 21694; Einaudi 2860; INED 2231. First edition. ' ..... expose avec beaucoup de lucidité les graves inconvéniants d'une mauvaise répartition de l'impôt ..... Nous ne connaissons pas d'adversaires plus énergique des lois prohibitives, et son opposition est d'autant plus courageuse que l'auteur appartient à l'administration' (Blanqui).Alexandre-Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, Comte d'Hauterive, was diplomat and economist, born in Aspres (Hautes-Alpes) on 14 April 1754. He went with Choiseul-Gouffier to Constantinopel, spent some years in New York, and returned to France in 1798 and started working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From the 18th Brumaire to the fall of the Empire he was involved in all the major negociations of the period. EUR 350
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(HAWKESWORTH, J.) Almoran et Hamet, anecdote orientale, publié pour l'instruction d'un jeune monarque. Première et seconde partie. A Londres, 1763. (2), 302, (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments,red label with gilt lettering, paper covered boards. Cioranescu 51369; Conlon 63:918. First French edition, the translation done by the Abbé Prévost. Originally published in 1761. The work Almoran et Hamet attained considerable succes upon publication. Hawkesworth was gifted with much literary talent and was a great imitator of Johnson's style. - Copy from the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek, Schloß Eferding. EUR 250
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(HAY DU CHASTELET, P.) Traité de la politique de France. Reveü, corrigé, & augmenté d'une Seconde partie. Avec quelques réflexions sur ce Traité par le Sr. Ormegregny. Cologne (Amsterdam), P. du Marteau, 1680. 2 volumes in 1. (12), 13-296 pp.; 135, (1) pp. 12mo. Later morocco, gilt fillets on sides, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering (joints, bands and extremeties somewhat worn). Bourgeois & André 2969; Sauvy, Livres saisis à Paris, p. 5; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; cf.: INED 1073. Augmented edition. Upon its first publication in 1669, also anonymously and outside France, the identity of the author was discovered and he was put in the Bastille (for 15 days). The author may be considered as a precursor of Vauban and Castel de Saint Pierre for his revolutionary ideas of reforming the tax system, and for his ideas concerning the clergy, commerce and protestants, etc. 'In Colbert's time Paul Hay, marquis de Chatelet, and forerunner of Vauban, pointed out that extreme poverty conducted to death and disease and thus served to depeople rural regions; that tax reforms were necessary to improve economic conditions. Although he opposed the association of rural with urban workers, on the ground that the former would become insolent and acquire corrupt customs, he asserted, like Colbert, that man's happiness is the end of 'la politique'. He condemned the expulsion of the Huguenots as unchristian' (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, p. 12). Spengler also points to the fact that this work inspired some of Vauban's ideas on taxation (see also: Vignes, Origines de la dîme de Vauban). The Réflexions added under the pseudonym of Ormegregny are by Pierre Dumoulin. They deal only with the two chapters concerning the clergy and the protestants. EUR 600
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(HEBERT, J.R.) Petit carême de l'abbé Maury, ou sermons prêchés dans l'Assemblée des Enragés. Sermon pour le premier dimanche de carême de l'année 1790. Cours complet de morale aristocratique, à l'usage des jeunes gentilshommes de ce siècle. (Drop-head titles). (Paris, Imprimerie de J. Grand, 1790). 10 nrs - (Followed by:) (HEBERT, J.R.) Vie privée de l'Abbé Maury, écrite sur ces mémoires fournis par lui-même, pour joindre à son petit carême. (Paris, Imprimerie de J. Grand), 1790. - (Followed by:) (HEBERT, J.R.) Le Chien et le Chat, ou les deux Mirabeau. (Paris, Imprimerie de J. Grand), 1790. - (Followed by:) LA NOUVELLE lanterne magique, pièce curieuse. Dédiée aux Gens de Province, Par un Sous Lieutenant de Riquette Cravatte. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie des Savoyards, 1790. - (Followed by:) VIE PRIVEE et politique de J.-R. Hébert, auteur du Père Duchéne. Pour faire suite aux Vies de Manuel, Pétion, Brissot et d'Orléans. A Paris, Se trouve à l'Imprimerie de Franklin, l'An II de la République (1794). 5 works in 1 volume. 80 pp.; (2), 28 pp.; 16 pp.; (2), 36 pp.; 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards. First work: Not in Martin & Walter; Tourneux 23995; Hatin, p. 167. All published of the first series. Second work: Martin & Walter 16432; Tourneux 23996. Third work: Martin & Walter, Journaux, 201; Tourneux 11357; Hatin p, 167. Periodical of which 3 numbers in all were published according to Tourneux and 4 according to Hatin, who however states never to have seen no. 3. Fourth work: Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 10814; not in Tourneux. Fifth work: Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 17996w; not in Tourneux. All original editions. - Rare and interesting 'receuil' by and on Hébert. Jacques-René Hébert (1757-1794), member of the Paris Commune, dechristianizer, leader of the Paris sans-culottes. He began to publish the Père Duchesne in 1790, which journal became by far the most popular of all revolutionary journals. Hébert did not aim at a bourgeois republic but at a democratic one, which was a disturbing prospect. Jean Siffrein Maury (1746-1817) was a cleric and counterrevolutionary. (For both see: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799. vol i, pp. 457 ff and vol. ii, pp. 645-646). EUR 1100
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(HEBERT, J.R.) Vie privée de l'abbée Maury, écrite sur ses mémoires fournis par lui-même, pour joindre à son petit carême. (Paris), Imprimerie de J. Grand, 1790. - (Followed by:) (HEBERT, J.R.) Suite de la vie de M. l'abbé Maury. A Paris, Chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1790. Together 2 volumes bound in 1. (2), 28 pp.; 24 pp.8vo. Modern half morocco. Hatin 167, note; Tourneux, iv, 23996-7; Martin & Walter, ii, 16432-3. All published. As all pamphlets by Hébert, of extreme rarity. EUR 300
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(HEBERT, J.R.) La nouvelle lanterne magique, pièce curieuse. Dédiée aux gens de province, par un sous-lieutenant de Riquette Cravatte. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie des Savoyards, 1790. (2), 36 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Tourneux, ii, 11392; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 10814. First edition. Barbier attributes this publication to the 'Père Duchêne', but Tourneux and Martin & Walter reject this attribution. EUR 225
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(HEBERT, J.R.) La nouvelle lanterne magique, pièce curieuse. Dédiée aux gens de province, par un sous-lieutenant de Riquette Cravatte. Deuxième édition, revue et corrigée, en attendant 'Taconnet ressuscité', du même auteur. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie des Savoyards, 1790. (2), 36 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Tourneux, ii, 11392; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 10814. Published in the same year as the first edition: comparison shows that a few corrections or alterations have been made, but no significant changes in the text occur. Barbier attributes this publication to the 'Père Duchêne', but Tourneux and Martin & Walter reject this attribution. EUR 225
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(HERZEN, A. PSEUD.:) ISKANDER. Kontsy i nachala. S predisloviem avtora. Norrkoeping, Eric Biornström, 1863. (2), iv, (2, blank), 96 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt, original covers preserved. Anderson 302; Kilgour 436; Zaleski 197. First separate edition: Herzen's letters to Turgenev, which first appeared in My Past and Thoughts, published here with a new introduction. 'Herzen's renewed interest in Russia's past and future was closely linked to his bitter disappointment in the "old world". He was a discerning critic of bourgeois society, even if his strictures were not always fair. The modern reader is struck especially by certain far-sighted observations, that seem to anticipate criticism of a complex phenomenon we have come to refer to as "mass culture". Herzen's most interesting comments in this respect are to be found in a series of articles entitled Ends and Beginnings, in which he conducted a polemic with Ivan Turgenev, who had become the moral authority for liberal Westernizers in Russia' (Andrzej Walicki, A History of Russian Thought, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1980, p. 170). Alexander Herzen (1812-70) was a prominent nineteenth-century Russian social thinker and is known as the 'father of Russian socialism.' Early in his intellectual development, Herzen was influenced by German idealist thinkers such as Schiller and Schelling. He believed in the autonomy and dignity of the individual and opposed forces, such as family and state, that oppressed the individual. Later, under the influence of French socialist thinkers such as Charles Fourier, Herzen's thought became more radical. Herzen projected his earlier concern for the oppressed individual onto society at large and he became a supporter of socialism. The socialism he envisioned was a loose federation of self-governing communes. Only in such a system could the ideal society be achieved- according to Herzen that society would be a free association of individuals which provided for the full flowering of each personality. Herzen initially placed his hopes for this future order in the European socialist movement. After the failure of the 1848 revolutions to achieve socialist principles, however, Herzen became disillusioned about European prospects and turned his attention to Russia. Herzen argued that socialist transformation would actually come first to Russia because communal institutions such as the peasant commune survived and bourgeois attitudes hadn't yet emerged. This sense of the advantages of Russian 'backwardness' was influential among the Populists in the 1870s. Herzen has been called a 'gentry revolutionary.' The illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner, Herzen viewed the gentry as a progressive class. The revolution he envisioned was for the people but not necessarily by them. Also, his socialism was a national destiny rather than a class one, and because he promoted the value of individualism in collectivist form--in other words, the full flowering of the individual could best be realized in a socialist order. Among Herzen's works are From the Other Shore (1848-50) and The Russian People and Socialism and his autobiography, My Past and Thoughts.He founded a periodical, the famous Kolokol, in whose pages the free word first appeared in the Russian language, unhampered by censor or police, exposing the government's secrets, criticizing bureaucratic abuses, approving the good intentions of the czar, the 'liberator', and trying to dictate to him a reform program. EUR 750
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(HERZEN, A. PSEUD.:) ISKANDER. Kontsy i nachala. S predisloviem avtora. Norrkoeping, Eric Biornström, 1863. (2), iv, (2, blank), 96 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, original coverspreserved. Anderson 302; Kilgour 436; Zaleski 197. First separate edition: Herzen's letters to Turgenev, which first appeared in My Past and Thoughts, published here with a new introduction. 'Herzen's renewed interest in Russia's past and future was closely linked to his bitter disappointment in the "old world". He was a discerning critic of bourgeois society, even if his strictures were not always fair. The modern reader is struck especially by certain far-sighted observations, that seem to anticipate criticism of a complex phenomenon we have come to refer to as "mass culture". Herzen's most interesting comments in this respect are to be found in a series of articles entitled Ends and Beginnings, in which he conducted a polemic with Ivan Turgenev, who had become the moral authority for liberal Westernizers in Russia' (Andrzej Walicki, A History of Russian Thought, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1980, p. 170). Alexander Herzen (1812-70) was a prominent nineteenth-century Russian social thinker and is known as the 'father of Russian socialism.' Early in his intellectual development, Herzen was influenced by German idealist thinkers such as Schiller and Schelling. He believed in the autonomy and dignity of the individual and opposed forces, such as family and state, that oppressed the individual. Later, under the influence of French socialist thinkers such as Charles Fourier, Herzen's thought became more radical. Herzen projected his earlier concern for the oppressed individual onto society at large and he became a supporter of socialism. The socialism he envisioned was a loose federation of self-governing communes. Only in such a system could the ideal society be achieved- according to Herzen that society would be a free association of individuals which provided for the full flowering of each personality. Herzen initially placed his hopes for this future order in the European socialist movement. After the failure of the 1848 revolutions to achieve socialist principles, however, Herzen became disillusioned about European prospects and turned his attention to Russia. Herzen argued that socialist transformation would actually come first to Russia because communal institutions such as the peasant commune survived and bourgeois attitudes hadn't yet emerged. This sense of the advantages of Russian 'backwardness' was influential among the Populists in the 1870s. Herzen has been called a 'gentry revolutionary.' The illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner, Herzen viewed the gentry as a progressive class. The revolution he envisioned was for the people but not necessarily by them. Also, his socialism was a national destiny rather than a class one, and because he promoted the value of individualism in collectivist form--in other words, the full flowering of the individual could best be realized in a socialist order. Among Herzen's works are From the Other Shore (1848-50) and The Russian People and Socialism and his autobiography, My Past and Thoughts.He founded a periodical, the famous Kolokol, in whose pages the free word first appeared in the Russian language, unhampered by censor or police, exposing the government's secrets, criticizing bureaucratic abuses, approving the good intentions of the czar, the 'liberator', and trying to dictate to him a reform program. EUR 750
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(HERZEN, A. PSEUD.:) ISKANDER. Kontsy i nachala. S predisloviem avtora. Norrkoeping, Eric Biornström, 1863. (2), iv, (2, blank), 96 pp. 8vo. Sewn in the original yellow printed covers. Anderson 302; Kilgour 436; Zaleski 197. First separate edition: Herzen's letters to Turgenev, which first appeared in My Past and Thoughts, published here with a new introduction. 'Herzen's renewed interest in Russia's past and future was closely linked to his bitter disappointment in the "old world". He was a discerning critic of bourgeois society, even if his strictures were not always fair. The modern reader is struck especially by certain far-sighted observations, that seem to anticipate criticism of a complex phenomenon we have come to refer to as "mass culture". Herzen's most interesting comments in this respect are to be found in a series of articles entitled Ends and Beginnings, in which he conducted a polemic with Ivan Turgenev, who had become the moral authority for liberal Westernizers in Russia' (Andrzej Walicki, A History of Russian Thought, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1980, p. 170). Alexander Herzen (1812-70) was a prominent nineteenth-century Russian social thinker and is known as the 'father of Russian socialism.' Early in his intellectual development, Herzen was influenced by German idealist thinkers such as Schiller and Schelling. He believed in the autonomy and dignity of the individual and opposed forces, such as family and state, that oppressed the individual. Later, under the influence of French socialist thinkers such as Charles Fourier, Herzen's thought became more radical. Herzen projected his earlier concern for the oppressed individual onto society at large and he became a supporter of socialism. The socialism he envisioned was a loose federation of self-governing communes. Only in such a system could the ideal society be achieved- according to Herzen that society would be a free association of individuals which provided for the full flowering of each personality. Herzen initially placed his hopes for this future order in the European socialist movement. After the failure of the 1848 revolutions to achieve socialist principles, however, Herzen became disillusioned about European prospects and turned his attention to Russia. Herzen argued that socialist transformation would actually come first to Russia because communal institutions such as the peasant commune survived and bourgeois attitudes hadn't yet emerged. This sense of the advantages of Russian 'backwardness' was influential among the Populists in the 1870s. Herzen has been called a 'gentry revolutionary.' The illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner, Herzen viewed the gentry as a progressive class. The revolution he envisioned was for the people but not necessarily by them. Also, his socialism was a national destiny rather than a class one, and because he promoted the value of individualism in collectivist form--in other words, the full flowering of the individual could best be realized in a socialist order. Among Herzen's works are From the Other Shore (1848-50) and The Russian People and Socialism and his autobiography, My Past and Thoughts.He founded a periodical, the famous Kolokol, in whose pages the free word first appeared in the Russian language, unhampered by censor or police, exposing the government's secrets, criticizing bureaucratic abuses, approving the good intentions of the czar, the 'liberator', and trying to dictate to him a reform program. EUR 750
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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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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D'.) Système social, ou principes naturels de la morale et de la politique. Avec un examen de l'influence du gouvernement sur les moeurs. Par l'auteur du 'Système de la nature'. Londres (Amsterdam, M.M. Rey), 1774. 3 volumes. (4), 210 pp.; 176 pp.; 167, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spines richly gilt with green leather labels and gilt lettering, gilt triple fillets on sides, some minor defects and imperfections, but a nice copy. Vercruysse 1774-A6; Naville 419; Thomas, Checklist, 78. The work was severely prosecuted by the authorities and as late as 1823 a bookseller was punished for having brought another edition on the market. Paul-Henri Dietrich Thiery d'Holbach (1723-1789), the formemost exponent of atheistic materialism and the most intransigent polemicist against religion in the Enlightenment. On settling in Paris, Holbach had associated with the younger philosophes who, with Diderot, d'Alembert and Rousseau, were grouping around the Encyclopédie, to which he also became a major contributor. His Salon soon became the main social center, and a sort of intellectual headquarters, for the Encyclopedist movement. Among those attending were Diderot, Grimm, Helvétius, d'Alembert, Rousseau, Boulanger, Condillac, Naigeon, Turgot, and Condorcet. The Baron also counted among his acquaintances many foreigners, notably Hume, Gibbon, Smith, Priestley, Walpole, Garrick, Sterne, Beccaria and Franklin. It is little surprizing that Holbach was also known as le premier maître d'hôtel de la philosophie. Almost everything he wrote -whether because it expounded atheism and materialism, attacked Christianity, or castigated absolute monarchy, the state church, and feudal privilege- was highly subversive under the Ancien régime and could have exposed him to the severst penalties. Consequently, his innumerable manuscripts were usually forwarded through secret channels to Holland for publication, after which the books were smuggled back into France. - Pages 123-160 (vol. 1) with a small wornhole in the outer blank margin. EUR 750
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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D'.) Système de la nature. Ou des loix du monde physique & du monde moral. Par M. Mirabaud. Sécretaire perpétuel, et l'un des quarante de l'Académie Françoise. Londres (Amsterdam, M.M. Rey), 1770. 2 volumes. (12), 366 pp.; (6), 408 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt triple fillet on sides, green labels with gilt lettering. Printing and the Mind of Man, 215; Vercruysse 1770-A7; Naville 417; Thomas, Checklist, 78; Kress 6737; Goldsmiths 10607; INED 2289; Higgs 5120; Peignot, ii, 181-184; not in Einaudi. Second issue of the first edition, with the errata corrected. This is Holbach's most famous work (and in which he was very likely assisted by Diderot) and expounds a complete theorie of materialism.Holbach contributed some four hundred articles to the Encyclopédie of his lifelong friend and colleague Denis Diderot. Diderot, d'Alembert, Helvetius, Voltaire and others of the philosophes met frequently for dinner and philosophical discussion at the Baron's house, which became known as 'the café of Europe' (among foreign visitors were Wilkes, Hume and Sterne). In the Système Holbach rejected the Cartesian mind-body dualism and attempted to explain all phenomena, physical and mental, in terms of matter in motion. Holbach rejected religion because he saw it as a wholly harmful influence, and he tried to supply a desirable alternative. In fact he outlined a whole ethical and political philosophy, which he expanded in his later works. Holbach may not have been a great original thinker (his important ideas can already be found in predecessors such as Hobbes, Locke and La Mettrie), but by combining various elements in their thought and pressing it to the logical conclusion he reached the most extreme position in eighteenth-century free-thought. In fact, the present book caused a rift in the ranks of the philosophes, dividing them between deists and atheists, and even provoked Voltaire to reply in defense of religion. EUR 1100
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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D'.) Système de la nature, ou des loix du monde physique et du monde moral. Par M. Mirabaud. Nouvelle édition, augmentée par l'auteur, & à laquelle on a joint plusieurs pièces desmeilleurs auteurs relatives aux mêmes objets. Londres, 1774. With engraved portrait as frontispiece. 2 volumes. (14), 397, (1) pp.; (4), 500, (4)pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments and with gilt lettering, marbled sides, top edge gilt. Vercruysse 1774-A5. - The portrait is added, not mentioned by Vercruysse. This is Holbach's most famous work (and in which he was very likely assisted by Diderot) and expounds a complete theorie of materialism.Holbach contributed some four hundred articles to the Encyclopédie of his lifelong friend and colleague Denis Diderot. Diderot, d'Alembert, Helvetius, Voltaire and others of the philosophes met frequently for dinner and philosophical discussion at the Baron's house, which became known as 'the café of Europe' (among foreign visitors were Wilkes, Hume and Sterne). In the Système Holbach rejected the Cartesian mind-body dualism and attempted to explain all phenomena, physical and mental, in terms of matter in motion. Holbach rejected religion because he saw it as a wholly harmful influence, and he tried to supply a desirable alternative. In fact he outlined a whole ethical and political philosophy, which he expanded in his later works.Holbach may not have been a great original thinker (his important ideas can already be found in predecessors such as Hobbes, Locke and La Mettrie), but by combining various elements in their thought and pressing it to the logical conclusion he reached the most extreme position in eighteenth-century free-thought. In fact, the present book caused a rift in the ranks of the philosophes, dividing them between deists and atheists, and even provoked Voltaire to reply in defense of religion.At the end of volume I has been bound: HELVETIUS, C.A. Le vrai sens du système de la Nature. Ouvrage posthume de M. Helvetius. Londres 1774. 84, (3) pp. EUR 900
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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D'.) Système social, ou Principes naturels de la morale et de la politique. Avec un examen de l'influence du gouvernement sur les moeurs. Londres (Amsterdam, M.M. Rey), 1773. 3 volumes in 1. viii, 218, (2) pp.; (4), 174, (2) pp.; (4), 166, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, label and gilt lettering, red edges, tiny defect to upper front joint and lower rear joint. Vercruysse 1773-A4; Naville 419; Thomas, Checklist, 78; Kress S.4739; Goldsmiths 10952; Einaudi 2911; Higgs 5873. First edition. Paul-Henri Dietrich Thiery d'Holbach (1723-1789), the formemost exponent of atheistic materialism and the most intransigent polemicist against religion in the Enlightenment. On settling in Paris, Holbach had associated with the younger philosophes who, with Diderot, d'Alembert and Rousseau, were grouping around the Encyclopédie, to which he also became a major contributor. His Salon soon became the main social center, and a sort of intellectual headquarters, for the Encyclopedist movement. Among those attending were Diderot, Grimm, Helvétius, d'Alembert, Rousseau, Boulanger, Condillac, Naigeon, Turgot, and Condorcet. The Baron also counted among his acquaintances many foreigners, notably Hume, Gibbon, Smith, Priestley, Walpole, Garrick, Sterne, Beccaria and Franklin. It is little surprizing that Holbach was also known as le premier maître d'hôtel de la philosophie. Almost everything he wrote -whether because it expounded atheism and materialism, attacked Christianity, or castigated absolute monarchy, the state church, and feudal privilege- was highly subversive under the Ancien régime and could have exposed him to the severst penalties. Consequently, his innumerable manuscripts were usually forwarded through secret channels to Holland for publication, after which the books were smuggled back into France. EUR 1200
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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D'.) La contagion Sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la superstition. Ouvrage traduit de l'Anglois. Londres (Amsterdam, M.M. Rey), 1768. 2 volumes in 1. x, (2), 169 pp.; (4), 184 pp. 12mo. Early 19th-century calf, gilt and blind stamped borders on sides, spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, somewhat rubbed and worn, damage to head of spine. Vercruysse, 1768-A2; Thomas, Checklist, p. 75; Naville, p. 414; Peignot i, p. 180. First edition. The work was presented as a translation of a text by John Trenchard. First noticed in the Correspondance littéraire of 15 August 1768, condamned 'à être lacérée et brûlée' on 18 August 1770 and actually done the 20th. The 15 chapters of the work underline the desastrous role of religion, especially if tied to civil power ('pouvoir civil'). The religious morality is rejected in favour of a natural morality, contains also a profound statement in favour of tolerance as well as in favor of a lay society. The work belongs, with a group of other works such as Le Christiansisme dévoilée, Théologie portative, Lettres à Eugénie and Histoire critique de Jésus-Christ to the works in which the recurring theme is a vehement restatement of almost all the arguments for unbelief current in eighteenth-century France. - The binding of this work suggests that one holds a 19th century churchbook although the spine reads 'La Contagion Sacrée'. EUR 600
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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D'.) Système de la nature, Ou des loix du monde physique & du monde moral. Par M. Mirabaud. Sécretaire perpétuel, & l'un des quarante de l'Académie Françoise. Nouvelle Édition. Premiere Partie [- Seconde Partie]. A Londres, 1781. 2 volumes. (12), 316, pp.; (4), 385, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, gilt triple fillet on sides, all edges gilt. Vercruysse 1781-A1. This is Holbach's most famous work (and in which he was very likely assisted by Diderot) and expounds a complete theorie of materialism.Holbach contributed some four hundred articles to the Encyclopédie of his lifelong friend and colleague Denis Diderot. Diderot, d'Alembert, Helvetius, Voltaire and others of the philosophes met frequently for dinner and philosophical discussion at the Baron's house, which became known as 'the café of Europe' (among foreign visitors were Wilkes, Hume and Sterne). In the Système Holbach rejected the Cartesian mind-body dualism and attempted to explain all phenomena, physical and mental, in terms of matter in motion. Holbach rejected religion because he saw it as a wholly harmful influence, and he tried to supply a desirable alternative. In fact he outlined a whole ethical and political philosophy, which he expanded in his later works.Holbach may not have been a great original thinker (his important ideas can already be found in predecessors such as Hobbes, Locke and La Mettrie), but by combining various elements in their thought and pressing it to the logical conclusion he reached the most extreme position in eighteenth-century free-thought. In fact, the present book caused a rift in the ranks of the philosophes, dividing them between deists and atheists, and even provoked Voltaire to reply in defense of religion.The pages 339-385 contain l'Abrégé du code de la nature and the Réquisitoire du 18 août 1770. - A very good copy. EUR 1000
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(HOLBERG, L. DE) Nicolai Klimii iter subterraneum novam telluris theoriam ac historiam quintae monarchiae adhuc nobis incognitae exhibens a bibliotheca B. Abelini. Copenhagen & Leipzig, J. Preuss, 1741. With engraved frontispiece and 3 plates (of which one folding). (2), 380 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt triple fillet on sides, spine gilt with raised bands, joints starting to split but still strong, corners a bit bumped. Hartig 49; Trousson 123; Negley 575; Gove 303; Versins 432. First edition. In this tale of adventure, with its mock of millenarian echoes, the hero happens upon a civilization of sensate mobile trees. In Holberg's fable a bizarre species that has many reasonable customs superior to the irrationalities of the European world is used primarily to satirize human frailties by contrast. The Manuel's in their Utopian Thought in the Western World define this and similar works as 'Darwinian' because the new society always represents a much later stage of biological development. It was therefore necessary to 'find' societies hundreds of thousands years ahead of us and encircling the globe was therefore no longer possible. Falling into a hole in the earth and landing upon a society underground was one of the solutions. - Browned and paperspotted throughout. EUR 750
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(HULLIN DE BOISCHEVALIER, L.J.) Répertoire, ou Almanach historique de la Révolution française. A Paris, Chez Lefort, Moutardier, an VI (1798) - an IX (1801). Volumes 1-4 (of 6). 12mo. Contemporary tree calf, spines gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, yellow edges. Martin & Walter, Journaux, 1692 (listing vols 1-3 only); Tourneux, i, 65-68. - The volumes 5-6, which are not present, cover the years of Napoleon Bonaparte. 1. Depuis l'ouverture de la première Assemblée des Notables, le 22 Février 1787 jusqu'au premier vendémiaire an V (22 Septembre 1797); ce qui fait une (sic) espace de 9 ans 7 mois. 7, (1), (16), 404, 2 (misnumbered 445/446) pp. 2. Contenant ce qui s'est passé pendant les années V et VI, et faissant suite àcelui qui a paru l;an dernier, avec une notice sur les revenus et charges publics. 4, (8), 480 pp. 3. Répertoire, ou série exacte et complète de tous les représentans du peuple, Conseils des Anciens et des Cinq-Cents. Par ordre de départemens, avec des notes historiques et une table alphabétqiue des noms de ces représentans. 8, (16), 405 pp. 4. Contenant ce qui s'est passée pendant les années VII et VIII, avec une suite de la notice sur les revenus et charges publics, qui a paru en l'an VII. 8, (16), 344, (2) pp. EUR 750
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(HULLIN DE BOISCHEVALIER, L.J.) Répertoire, ou Almanach historique de la Révolution française. A Paris, Chez Lefort, Moutardier, an VI (1798) - 1807. 6 volumes in 3. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards, yellow sprinkled edges, one spine slightly damaged. Martin & Walter, Journaux, 1692 (listing vols 1-3 only); Tourneux, i, 65-68. All published. - Inner hinges coming loose from bookblock in first two volumes, often cut short but not affecting text. 1. Depuis l'ouverture de la première Assemblée des Notables, le 22 Février 1787 jusqu'au premier vendémiaire an V (22 Septembre 1797); ce qui fait une (sic) espace de 9 ans 7 mois. 4, 412, (2) pp. 2. Contenant ce qui s'est passé pendant les annéees V et VI, et faissant suite àcelui qui a paru l;an dernier, avec une notice sur les revenus et charges publics. 4, (8), 480 pp.3. Répertoire, ou série exacte et complète de tous les représentans du peuple, Conseils des Anciens et des Cinq-Cents. Par ordre de départemens, avec des notes historiques et une table alphabétqiue des noms de ces représentans. 8, (16), 405, (3) pp. 4. Contenant ce qui s'est passée pendant les années VII et VIII, avec une suite de la notice sur les revenus et charges publics, qui a paru en l'an VII. 8, (16), 344, (4) pp. 5. Depuis le premier vendémiaire an IX, jusqu'à la paix générale et le rétablissement du culte, avec une notice sur les revenus et charges publics faisant suite à celles qui se trouvent à la fin des 2e et 4e volume. xii, 322, (1) pp. 6. Répertoire historique de l'Empire français depuis le rétablissement du culte et la paix d'Amiens, jusqu'aux traités signés à Tilsitt. (4), iv, 485, (3) pp. EUR 1250
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(HURAULT, M. DE BELESBAT ET DU FAY.) Le recueil des excellens et libres discours sur l'estat présent de la France. Imprimé nouvellement. No place, 1606. 11 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. 18th-century marbled calf, spine gilt (slightly worn, head and lower bands slightly damaged). Adams H.1196; not in BMSTC (French); cf.: Alden & Landis, 606/65 (listing 3 parts only); not in JFBL; not in Sabin; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. The separate pieces are listed as follows: 1-2: Hauser 3040; cf.: Lindsay & Neu 1321; 3-6: Hauser 3061, 2931; cf.: Lindsay & Neu 1835; 7: Not in Hauser; Lindsay & Neu 1330; 8: Cf.: Hauser 3031; Lindsay & Neu 2333; 9: Not in Hauser; Lindsay & Neu 2334; 10: Cf.: Hauser 3187; Lindsay & Neu 2332; 11: Not in Hauser; Lindsay & Neu 2314. Originally published in 1588, and called by Allen, in his Political thought in the Sixteenth Century, 'the most clear-sighted and fair-minded of all the writers of that troubled time. (....) It contains far the best contemporary appreciation of the situation ....' (p. 343). Contains: (HURAULT, M.) Discours sur l'estat présent de la France. - (Followed by:) (HURAULT, M.) Second discours sur l'estat présent de la France. 2 parts. (1592). Together 162, (2, blank) lvs. - (ARNAULD, A.) La Fleur de Lys. Qui est le discours d'un François retenu dans Paris, sur les impiétez & desguisemens contenus au manifeste d'Espagne publié au mois janivor (sic) dernier, 93. - (Followed by:) (ARNAULD, A.) L'anti-espagnol, et exhortation de ceux de Paris, qui le se veulent faire Espagnols: à tous les François de leur party, de se remettre en l'obeyssance du Roy Henry IIII. & se délivrer de la tyrannie de Castille. - (Followed by:) (ARNAULD, A.) Discours des grands effects qui ont suivy la conversion du Roy. - (Followed by:) (ARNAULD, A.) Libre discours sur la délivrance de la Bretagne. (1593-98). 4 parts. Together 64, (1) lvs. - (Followed by:) MAILLARD, A. Apologie de maistre André Maillart, conseiller du Roy & maistre des requestes ordinaires de sa Maiesté. No place 1588. 72 pp. - (Followed by:) (MAILLARD, A.) Le Francophile pour très-grand, très-chrestien, très-mananime et très belligieux Prince Henri Auguste IIII, Roy de France & de Navarre. Contre les conspirations du Roy d'Espagne, du Pape & des rebelles de France. No place 1606. 115 (misnumbered 113) pp. - (Followed by:) (MAILLARD, A.) La fulminante pour feu très-grand et très-chrestien Prince Henry III, Roy de France & de Pologne. Contre Sixte V soy disant Pape de Rome & les rebelles de la France. No place, 1606. 58 pp. - (Followed by:) (LESCHASSIER, J.) La maledie de la France. (ab. 1606). 45 pp. (Caption title). - (Followed by:) COPIE d'une lettre escrite au Roy par un gentil-homme François. Sur les bruits qui courent que sa Majesté veut aller assieger Sedan. No place 1606. 27 pp.These 11 parts are preceded by a general titlepage as given above, and by preliminaries containing an Avis de l'imprimeur and an index giving the titles of all 11 parts. The first two parts include references to Spanish control of Indian riches and to Spanish treasures of the Indies. The texts by Arnauld refer to Spanish cruelties and to Spanish expulsion of the French from Florida. Extremely rare and interesting 'recueil', which may also be considered as the first book in which having colonies is regarded as necessary for economic development. See at length: Noel, Histoire du commerce du monde, vol. 2, pp. 192ff. EUR 2500
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(HURAULT, M. DE BELESBAT ET DU FAY.) Le Recueil des excellens et libres discours sur l'estat prèsent de la France. Imprimé nouvellement. No place, 1598. 6 parts in 1 volume. (4), 162, 65 leaves. 12mo. Contemporary limp vellum (ties gone). Adams H.1196; not in BMSTC (French); European Americana 598/55; not in JFBL; not in Sabin. Originally published in 1588, and called by Allen, in his Political thought in the Sixteenth Century, 'the most clear-sighted and fair-minded of all the writers of that troubled time. (....) It contains far the best contemporary appreciation of the situation ....' (p. 343). - With a small wormtrack in the lower blank margin of the first 5 leaves, a few leaves with a small dampstain in the lower outer corner, name handwritten in blank portion of title-page. An interesting collection and extremely rare. Collection of 6 pieces re-issued under a general title, the separate works are listed as follows: 1-2. (HURAULT, M.) Discours sur l'estat présent de la France. - (Followed by:) (HURAULT, M.) Second discours sur l'estat présent de la France. 2 parts. (1592). Together 162, (2, blank) lvs. (Hauser 3040; Lindsay & Neu 1321).3. (ARNAULD, A.) La fleur de lys. Qui est le discours d'un François retenu dans Paris, sur les impiétez & desguisemens contenu au manifeste d'Espagne publié au mois de Janvier denier. (Drop-head title). No place, (1594). 19 leaves and recto of leaf 20. (Cf. Hauser 2931; cf: Lindsay & Neu 1835).4. (ARNAULD, A.) L'anti Espagnol, et exhortation de ceux de Paris, qui ne se veulent faire Espagnols: à tous les François de leur party, de se remettre en l'obeyssance du Roy Henry III & se délivrer de la tyrannie de Castille. (Drop-head title). No place, (1594). Leaf 20 verso-leaf 48 recto. (Cf. Hauser 3061; Lindsay & Neu 1834).5. DISCOURS des grands effects qui ont suivy la conversion du Roy. Tiré d'une Harangue faicte à .....sur la réduction de la ville de Lyon. Envoyée à Monsieur De Revol. (Drop-head title). No place, (1594). leaf 48 verso-leaf 58. (Not in Lindsay & Neu).6. LIBRE DISCOURS sur la délivrance de la Bretagne. (Drop-head title). No place, (1594). Leaf 59-(65). (Not in Lindsay & Neu).The first two parts include references to Spanish control of Indian riches and to Spanish treasures of the Indies. The texts by Arnauld refer to Spanish cruelties and to Spanish expulsion of the French from Florida. EUR 1750
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(ISNARD, A.N.) Cahier des délibérations proposées par les Trois Ordres réunis de la ville de Bayonne, Assemblés le 21 Mars 1789, pour procéder à l'élection de leurs Députés aux Etats-Généraux, Précédé d'un Discours de M. le Maire de la Ville de Bayonne, à l'ouverture de l'Assemblée. No place, (1789). (2), 52 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 2676. First edition. -Very rare. A 'cahier de remonstrances' of 113 articles many of which with notes.The identity of the author becomes clear, since he refers to Traité des richesses (1787), to Plan d'une banque nationale (1787), and to Cannevas des délibérations des Etats-Généraux (1788) as his works.Isnard (1749-1803) is the author of the important, and today very rare, work Traité des richesses (1781), and he was the first writer to attempt a mathematical definition and a mathematical proof of an economic equilibrium. The significance of Isnard's performance is that he discovered early on the truth that value is not an intrinsic thing but rather a magnitude which necessarily varies in relation to other goods, whose worth is also interdependent. (New Palgrave). EUR 300
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(ISNARD, A.N.) Cannevas des doléances des Etats-Généraux de l'année 1789, sur la Constitution françoise et sur l'impôt. No place, mars 1789. 52 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1635; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 2965; not in INED. First edition. Deals with the provincial administrations and the taxes. The text is practically identical with the text of the Cahier de doléances de Bayonne. (See: Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 2676.)Isnard (1749-1803) is the author of the important, and today very rare, work Traité des richesses (1781), and he was the first writer to attempt a mathematical definition and a mathematical proof of an economic equilibrium. The significance of Isnard's performance is that he discovered early on the truth that value is not an intrinsic thing but rather a magnitude which necessarily varies in relation to other goods, whose worth is also interdependent. (New Palgrave). EUR 375
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(ISNARD, A.N.) Cannevas des délibérations des Etats-Généraux de l'année 1789. No place, 1788. 124 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Kress B.1434; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Martin & Walter; not in INED. First edition. In nine chapters Isnard gives suggestions for the reform of taxes, the political and administrative structure, the division and limitation of power (puissance souveraine, puissance nationale, corps intermediare), provincial administration, the civil and criminal legislation, etc.Isnard (1749-1803) is the author of the important, and today very rare, work Traité des richesses (1781), and he was the first writer to attempt a mathematical definition and a mathematical proof of an economic equilibrium. The significance of Isnard's performance is that he discovered early on the truth that value is not an intrinsic thing but rather a magnitude which necessarily varies in relation to other goods, whose worth is also interdependent (New Palgrave).The anonymous author makes references to his Traité des Richesses and his Plan de Banque nationale, references through which the work is attributed toAchille-Nicolas Isnard. EUR 375
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(ISNARD, A.N.) Cahier des délibérations proposées par les Trois Ordres réunis de la ville de Bayonne, Assemblés le 21 Mars 1789, pour procéder à l'élection de leurs Députés aux Etats-Généraux, Précédé d'un Discours de M. le Maire de la Ville de Bayonne, à l'ouverture de l'Assemblée. No place, (1789). (2), 52 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 2676. First edition. -Very rare. A 'cahier de remonstrances' of 113 articles many of which with notes.The identity of the author becomes clear, since he refers to Traité des richesses (1787), to Plan d'une banque nationale (1787), and to Cannevas des délibérations des Etats-Généraux (1788) as his works.Isnard (1749-1803) is the author of the important, and today very rare, work Traité des richesses (1781), and he was the first writer to attempt a mathematical definition and a mathematical proof of an economic equilibrium. The significance of Isnard's performance is that he discovered early on the truth that value is not an intrinsic thing but rather a magnitude which necessarily varies in relation to other goods, whose worth is also interdependent (New Palgrave). EUR 300
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(JANSENIUS, C. PSEUD.:) ALEXANDER PATRICIUS ARMACANUS. Mars Gallicus, seu De Justitia armorum et foederum regis Galliae, libri duo. Edition novissima. No place, 1639. 442, (10) pp. 16mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, a bit worn. Cf.: Willaert, Bibliotheca Janseniana Belgica, 2011; Bourgeois & André 8466. The first edition appeared 1635. A violent attack on French ambitions generally, and on Richelieu's indifference to international Catholic interests in particular.The author is Cornelis Jansen, the Flemish bishop around whose theological writings and doctrines the movement of Jansenism developped in the seventeenth century. The movement was confined principally to France, where it had an important and many sided influence on social and political life in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. - Contemporary ownership's entry on title. EUR 450
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(JEAN BART.) Le coup de pied des chevaux de manège aux Parisiens, ou Les soixante districts anéantis. No place, (ab. 1790). 8 pp. 8vo. Disbound, kept in loose paper cover. Martin & Walter, Journaux, 571. Separate issue directed against the members of the Assemblée Nationale. EUR 75
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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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(JURIEU, P.) Les soupirs de la France esclave, qui aspire après la liberté. Amsterdam, septembre 1, 1689 - octobre 1, 1690 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 228 pp. 4to. Modern leather. Well executed reprint of this rare and important work. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies and 30 copies not destined for the trade. This reprint is since long out-of-print. Above anything else, the Soupirs de la France Esclave ..... is a vehement protest against the absolutism of Louis XIV and strongly pleads for the rights of the people: 'les peuples ont établi les Rois pour conserver les personnes, la vie, la liberté et les biens des particuliers'; but the French government has become so tyrannical that it now sees everything as its rightful property; properly speaking there is no State or government but only the conveniences of the King. It should be noted that the work is not an apology of egalitarianism: it blames Louis XIV for having abolished the privileges of the different classes by which it has also erased all distinctions between the classes.The first three memoirs describe the oppression and the tyranny under which the people suffer and the general misery. The next two memoirs reveals by which means the court has established it absolut power and its abuses, in the memoirs 6-8 the author maintains that the crown is elective and the Salic Law of no value, that power rests with the Estates general ('les dépositaires du pouvoir') and superior to the King and that the 'Parlement' has been created to represent these Estats general. The memoirs 9 and 10 deal with the 'Grand Conseil', the 'maires du palais', 'des pairs, des ducs, comtes, etc.' who once were independant but are today no more than slaves. The memoirs 11-15 deal with the earlier periods of France when there was no standing army and oppressing taxes and how the monarchy can be brought back to its former state.'Cette publication fut naturellement l'objet d'une surveillance spéciale de la police de Louis XIV. On détruisit avec le plus grand soin tous les exemplaires sur lesquels on put mettre la main; et elle devint si rare, qu'en 1772 le chancelier Maupeou en acheta un exemplaire dans une vente au prix de cinq cents livres sur l'enchère du Duc d'Orléans' (Brunet).The work is also often attributed to Michel Le Vassor and it has also been supposed that Jurieu is the author of the last 2 memoirs only. EUR 125
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(LA) REVELLIERE-LEPEAUX, L.M. (DE). Réponses aux dénonciations portées au Corps législatif contre lui et ses anciens collègues. 15 Thermidor an VII (1 août 1799). (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie de H.J. Jansen, (1799). 91, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 19304; Tourneux, i, 5065. First edition. Defending the measures taken by the Directoire exécutif of which the author had been the director up to June 18, 1799, when he had to give way to what he viewed as legislative pressure on executive power. EUR 300
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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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(LAFOY, G. DE.) Parallèle des assemblées provinciales établies en Normandie, avec l'assemblée des États de ce duché. No place, 1788. - (Bound with:) (LAFOY, G. DE.) Additions au parallèle. No place, 1788. 2 volumes in 1. 34 pp.; 42 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, corners, slightly worn. Quérard, iii, p. 779 (first part only); Renouvin, Les assemblées provinciales, xv; Frère ii, 132. First (and only?) edition. - With bookplate on front paste-down. Historical and comparative essay while the addition discusses the Procès-verbal de l'Assemblée Provinciale de la haute Normandie.The author was a lawyer at the Parlement de Rouen and recognized learned jurisconsult, born in St. Malo and died in Rouen. The preface to the additions suggest that they have been published by someone else after the author died. EUR 225
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(LAFOY, G. DE.) Parallèle des Assemblées provinciales établies en Normandie, avec l'Assemblée des Etats de ce duché. No place, 1788. - (Followed by:) ADDITION au Parallèle. No place 1788. 2 parts. 34 and 42 pp. 8vo. Sewn, disbound. Quérard, iii, p. 779 (first part only);Renouvin, Les assemblées provinciales, xv; Frère ii, 132. First (and only?) edition. Historical and comparative essay while the addition discusses the Procès-verbal de l'Assemblée Provinciale de la haute Normandie.The author was a lawyer at the Parlement de Rouen and recognized learned jurisconsult, born in St. Malo and died in Rouen. The preface to the additions suggest that they have been published by someone else after the author died. EUR 225
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(LALOURCE, J.C.) Mémoire à consulter, et consultation pour Jean Lioncy, créancier & syndic de la masse de la raison de commerce établie à Marseille sous le nom de Lioncy frères & Gouffre, contre le corps et Société des PP. Jésuites. (Marseille?), De l'Imprimerie de P. Allex, Le Prieur, 1761. (4), 531, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red label with gilt lettering, a bit worn. Gazin, p. 274; JFBL L64; not in Sabin; not in Echeverria & Wilkie; Higgs 2484; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Conlon. First editon. Le Père La Valette was sent to Martinique where he engaged in business transactions which were not authorized by his superiors nor by the ecclesiastical authorities. He went bankrupt for total of 3 millions and his bankruptcy caused that of the Marseille based tradinghouse of Lioncy frères et Gouffre. They filed a complaint not only against the Père La Valette and the Jesuits of Martinique, but also against the 'Province des jésuites de Paris' which, as they claimed, had shown solidarity, and were therefore also responsible for the claim. EUR 400
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(LAUZIERES DE THEMINES, A.A.J. DE.) Instructions et cahier du hameau de Madon. (Blois), 1789. 2 parts in 1 volume. 140 pp.; 60 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 154; Martin & Walter 19727 (other edition). One of two different editions from the year of the first publication. - Lower outer corner waterstained. The first part is entitled Instructions, the second part Observations sur le rapport fait au Roi dans son conseil par le ministre des finances, le 27 décembre 1788. Pp. 73-75 of the first part treat the abolition of slavery under certain conditions. EUR 300
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(LAUZIERES DE THEMINES, A.A.J. DE.) Instructions et cahier du hameau de Madon. A Blois, Chez J.P.J. Masson, 1789. With a charming title vignette depicting rural life. 2 parts in 1 volume. (4), 119 pp.; 60 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 154; Martin & Walter 19727. One of two different editions from the year of the first publication. The first part is entitled Instructions, the second part Cahier. Pp. 65-68 of the first part treat the abolition of slavery under certain conditions. EUR 400
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(LAUZIERES DE THEMINES, A.A.J. DE.) Instructions et cahier du hameau de Madon. (Blois), 1789. 2 parts in 1 volume. 140 pp.; 61 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 154; Martin & Walter 19727 (other edition). One of two different editions from the year of the first publication. The first part is entitled Instructions, the second part Observations sur le rapport fait au Roi dans son conseil par le ministre des finances, le 27 décembre 1788. Pp. 73-75 of the first part contains arguments in favour of the abolition of slavery under certain conditions. Discusses the various reforms deemed necessary for France: criminal justice, the parlements, the meeting of the estates general, the procedure for voting, the ancient constitution, legislation, financial matters, the various trading compagnies, royal power and authority, freedom of the press, etc. etc. all with remarkable short historical references. EUR 425
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(LAVAUX, C.) Mémoire à l'Assemblée nationale, pour les vingt salpêtriers du Roi, établis dans la ville, fauxbourgs & banlieue de Paris. (Drop-head title). (Paris), N.H.H. Nyon, (1790). 67, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 19769. Original edition. Includes detailed information on the costs of exploitation during the year 1786. EUR 225
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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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(LE LABOUREUR, J.) Histoire du gouvernement de la France; de l'origine et de l'autorité des Pairs du Royaume et du Parlement. On y a joint un Traité des Pairies d'Angeleterre; et un autre de laGrandesse d'Espagne. A La Haye & Francfort sur Meyn, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1743. With engraved frontispiece, titleprinted in red and black. (2), 378, (2, catalogue of Jean van Duren, La Haye) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands. Monod, Bibliographie de l'Histoire de France, 1015; De Réal, Science du gouvernement, viii, pp. 252 ff. First published in 1740 as Histoire de la Pairie de France ....... and reprinted in 1743 under the present title. 'Le Laboureur est l'un des écrivains qui ont le plus contribué à éclaircir l'histoire de France' (Michaud). 'L'auteur entreprend de prouver que ..... le Parlement de Paris représente les Etats du Royaume quand le Roy y va avec les Pairs' (De Réal). The work has sometimes been attributed to De Boulainvilliers. EUR 325
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(LE LABOUREUR, J.) Histoire de la pairie de France et du Parlement de Paris, Où l'on traite aussi des électeurs de l'Empire, & du Cardinalat. Par Monsieur D.B. On y a joint des Traitez touchantles Pairies d'Angleterre, mâles et femelles, & l'origine des Grands d'Espagne, par M. de G***. A Londres, Chez Samuel Harding, 1745. Titles printed in red and black. 2 volumes in 1. (6), 186 pp.; (2), 250, (2) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt unidentified monogram on sides, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, lower compartment of spine damaged. Monod, Bibliographie de l'Histoire de France, 1015; De Réal, Science du gouvernement, viii, 252. First published in 1740, and reprinted as Histoire du Gouvernement de la France ..... in 1743. 'Le Laboureur est l'un des écrivains qui ont le plus contribué à éclaircir l'histoire de France' (Michaud). 'L'auteur entreprend de prouver que le Parlement de Paris représente les États du Royaume quand le Roy y va avec les Pairs' (De Réal). This work has sometimes erroneously been attributed to De Boulainvilliers. EUR 400
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(LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIERE, P.P.F.J.H.) l'Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques. A Londres, Chez J. Nourse, & se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint, 1767. (2), vii, (1, Fautes à Corriger), 511, (1) pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, paper label in upper compartment of spine, marbled edges. Weulersse, i, p. xxviii; Kress 6475; Goldsmiths 10269; Higgs 3979; INED 2794; Einaudi 3307 (the 8vo edition in 2 volumes). First edition, the rare 4to edition. The rare 4to edition by 'the ablest expositor of this (the physiocratic) system' (McCulloch). Adam Smith and Diderot praised it among many others, Catherina II of Russia invited the author to her court, and according to Palgrave, the work was at the time considered more highly than l'Esprit des Loix by some contemporaries. It provoked Voltaire's l'Homme aux quarante écus and Mably's vehement criticism in his Doutes proposés aux Philosophes économistes. Schumpeter lists this work as the second text-book of physiocrat orthodoxy (the first being Mirabeau's Philosophie rurale). - Copy from the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek, Schloss Eferding, small stamp on title reading 'Aus Schloss Haus 1893.' EUR 4000
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(LEFEVRE DE BEAUVRAY, P.) Dictionnaire social et patriotique, ou Précis raisonné de connoissance relatives à l'économie morale, civile et politique. Par M.C.R.L.F.D.B.A.A.P.D.P. A Amsterdam, 1770. (12), 557, (5) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands.INED 2756; Einaudi 3297; Goldsmiths 10608; Higgs 5135; not in Kress. First edition. 'Chaque article est accompagné d'abondantes reférences bibliographiques' (INED). Includes long chapters on Holland, Great Britain, political economy, commerce, women, etc. The bibliography on political economy is found under the word 'connoissance' and deals mainly with the physiocratic school. EUR 450
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(LISOLA, F. DE.) Bouclier d'estat et de justice, contre le dessein manifestement découvert de la Monarchie Universelle, sous le vain prétexte de pretentions de la Reyne de France. No place (Brussels, Foppens ?), 1667. 358, (2) pp. 12mo. Contemporary vellum. Bourgeois & André 8149; Willems 2030. One of three editions published in the same year. One of the publications of the time that tried to disprove the claims of France to Spanish properties (Brabant) through the rights of the French queen Marie-Thérèse. It was therefore strongly forbidden to bring it into France. F.P. Baron de Lisola (1612-1675) was a succesfull diplomate and publicist, praised by Pierre Bayle for his magnificent style. He was charged with important diplomatic missions, notably for the Emperor of Austria. The work saw many editions and was translated in Spanish, Italian, German and English. This edition has the 6 lines of errata at the end as called for by Willems and was probably published in Brussels. - First blank partly loose. EUR 500
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(LONGCHAMPS, P. DE.) Histoire impartiale des événemens militaire et politique de la dernière guerre dans les quatre parties du monde. A Amsterdam et à Paris, Chez la veuve Duchesne, 1785. 3 volumes. 564 pp.; 531, (3) pp.; 618 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering, red edges. Sabin 41905; Echeverria & Wilkie 785/62; not in Leclerc; cf.: Fay 21 Second issue of the first edition, the errata being corrected. Emphasis on the military operations in North America, but also dealing with political issues and commerce. EUR 750
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(LOUIS XVI). Proclamation du Roi du 9 octobre 1789. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1789. 2 pp. 4to. Disbound. Explaining to the population in the provinces why the king has left Paris. EUR 75
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(LOUIS XVI.) Réglement fait par le Roi, sur la formation & la composition des Assemblées qui auront lieu dans la province des Trois-Evéchés, en vertu de l'Edit portant création des Assemblées Provinciales. Du 5 Juillet 1787. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Metz, la veuve Antoine & Fils, (1787). 11, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Disbound. Actes royaux (Bibl. Nationale), vi, 41872; see also: Lavergne, Les Assemblées provinciales sous Louis XVI, pp. 284-292. - On the blank leaf a handwritten name. EUR 150
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(LOUIS XVI.) Règlement fait par le Roi, pour l'administration de ses finances & du commerce. Du 5 juin 1787. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1787. 6 pp. 4to. Disbound. Catalogue générale de la Bibliothèque nationale. Actes royaux, vol. vi, 41852; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Conlon. Original edition. Reform in nine articles of the Conseil royal des Finances: the numerous offices are expensive and due to the fact that the "conjonctures présentes ne pouvoient plus comporter" the various services are reduced and simplified: four financial departments headed by an Intendant des Finances, and one for commerce, equally headed by a Intendant. EUR 125
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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.) Ordonnance du Roi, Pour régler les quantités de Sel & de Tabac de Cantine, qui doivent être fournies aux Troupes. Du 27 novembre 1778. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1778. 3, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Disbound. Actes royaux, vi, 40007bis. The supply of salt as ordered by Ordonnance of October 1, 1743, has proven to be insufficient, while the quantity of tobacco distributed in the army is too large: only part of it is being consumed. This ordonnance adresses both thewse problems: increasing the sell quantity and decreasing the tobacco supply. EUR 125
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(LUCHET, J.P.L. DE LA ROCHE DU MAINE DE.) Les contemporains de 1789 et 1790, ou Les opinions débatues pendant la première législature; avec les principaux événemens de la Révolution. Rédigé par l'auteur de la Galeriedes Etats-Généraux. A Paris, Chez Lejay, 1790. 3 volumes. xvi, 365 (misnumbered 363) pp.; (4), 440 pp.; (4), 372 pp. 8vo. 19th-century half cloth, marbled boards, labels with gilt lettering. Martin & Walter 22173; Tourneux 430; Monglond, i, 799. First edition. Alphabetical listing of persons, events and subjects (bourreau, brailler, boulanger) with short comments.The author had an impressive career as minor author and the list of his works is quite long. They have almost all been reprinted by Cazin but have faded into oblivion today. EUR 350
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(MAASKAMP, E.) Costumes populaires et villageois de la Hollande représentés par vingt figures coloriées. Amsterdam, Chez C.G. Sulpke, (1834?) Title, list of plates, 20 nicely coloured plates, separated bytissue paper, by Portman after Kuyper, verso blank. Small 8vo. Contemporary boards, gilt fillet, title in gilt on frontcover. Landwehr, Coloured Plates, 368; Colas 737; Lipperheide 956. Twenty very nicely engraved plates depicting various costumes and all finely hand-coloured. Bookplates: De la Bibliothèque Louis Becker, Paris (on front paste-down) and Lily Brockbank (recto first blank). This is a re-edition of the Costumes, Moeurs et Habillemens dans les Pays-Bas Unis. EUR 500
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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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(MARAT, J.P.) Dénonciation faite au tribunal du public, par M. Marat, l'ami du peuple, contre M. Necker, premier ministre des finances. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1790). (2), 69 pp. - (Bound with:) MARAT, J.P. Appel à la Nation, par J.P. Marat, l'Ami du peuple, citoyen du district des Cordeliers, et auteur de plusieurs ouvrages patriotiques. (Paris, 1790). 67 pp. - (Bound with:) MARAT, (J.P.) Discours de Marat, l'Ami du peuple. Sur la défense de Louis XVI, la conduite à tenir par la Convention, et la marche allarmante que la faction royaliste s'efforce de lui faire suivre dans les jugement du tyran détroné. (Imprimé par ordre de Convention.) (Drop-head title). (Paris), de l'imprimerie de Marat, (1793). 32 pp. - (Bound with:) MARAT, (J.P.) Lettre de Marat, Député du departement de Paris, à la Convention Nationale, lue à la séance du 13 Avril 1793, l'an deuxième de la République Française, imprimée & envoyée aux départemens & Armées, par ordre de la Convention nationale. (Drop-head title). (Paris), de l'imprimerie nationale, (1793). 6 pp. - (Bound with:) GUIRAUT, (F.E.) Oraison funebre de Marat, l'ami du peuple, prononcé par le citoyen Guiraut, membre de la Société des Jacobins, dans la Section du Contrat Social, devant la Convention Nationale .... les sociétés patriotiques, et un grand nombre de fédérés, le 8 août 1793 ..... (Drop-head title). (Paris), de l'imprimerie des 86 Départemens et de la Société des Jacobins, (1793). 15 pp. - (Bound with:) DELAUNEY, P.M. Rapport fait au nom du Comité de législation. Sur les délits imputés à Marat, Membre de la Convention Nationale et envoyé aux départemens & aux Armées. Paris, l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1793. 15 pp. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1793. 15 pp. Together 6 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 22875, 22867, 22896, 22880, 16185, 9853; Bougeart, pp. 367 (first and second work), 370 (third work), 368 (fourth work). Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), radical, editor, Montagnard deputy to the National Convention. He was one of the foremost radicals of the Revolution, notorious for his denunciations of conspirators, his calls for popular violence, and his advocacy of a dictatorship. EUR 800
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(MARECHAL, S.) Apologues modernes, à l'usage du dauphin, premières leçons du fils ainé d'un roi. Bruxelles, 1788 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 118 pp. 8vo. Modern imitation leather. Reprint of this extremely rare work, edition limited to 150 numbered copies and 30 not destined for the trade. One of the rarest works by the author of the Manifest des Egaux. 'Sylvain Maréchal nous donne l'une des premières visions de la révolution sociale, la grève générale y est déjà esquissée .... Maréchal a bien su donner un charactère communiste et internationaliste à la révolution qu'il prédit' (Dommanget, Sylvain Maréchal. ) Under the veil of teaching the son of the king, Maréchal offers an anti-monarchist view of rare vehemence. EUR 125
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(MARTIN DE MARIVEAUX, J.C.) Appel au Roi. No place, 1788. 35, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Cf.: Martin & Walter, 23291 (different edition). The author, Avocat at the Parlement de Paris, complains about prosecutions he has to suffer from his colleagues and reveals, with the names, cases of misuse or abuse of royal finances, loans, taxes, etc.The pages 21-end contain the 'pieces justificatives' with a Mémoire which has been sent to the Controllor-general in November 1787, and an Extrait des Services du Sieur de Mariveaux, & des promesses de l'Administration. EUR 225
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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, 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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(MATTHIEU, P.) Histoire des derniers troubles de France, Sous les regnes des Roys Tres-Chrestiens Henry III, Roy de France & de Pologne, & Henry IIII, Roy de France & de Navarre. Divisée enplusieurs livres. Et dédiée au Roy Tres-Chrestien. Iouxte la copie imprimée A Lyon, Par Estienne Bonaventure, 1597. 12 unnumbered leaves, 58, 111 numbered leaves, 9 unnumbered leaves, 8 unnumbered leaves (title-page and preface to 5th book), 364 numbered leaves. 8vo. Contemporary overlapping limp vellum, ties renewed in the 19th century, title handwritten on spine, and at foot of spine also handwritten: Ex Biblioth. Thuana. Hauser 1448; BMSTC (French) p. 185; Adams M-901 (edition 1594); Monod, Bibliographie de l'Histoire de France, 3513; Tchemerzine-Scheler iv, p. 627. Third edition. 'Pure compilation, mêlée de résumés de pièces et de digressions nombreuses, mais faite avec beaucoup d'intelligence par un catholique navarriste. Commence par un 'discours des grands effets qui ont suyvi la conversion du Roi. Tiré d'un harangue ..... sur la reduction de la ville de Lyon'. The four books contain: I: From the peace of 1576 to 1585; II: July 1585 - May 1588; III: to the Convocation of the Etats; IV: From the convocation to 1589. This particular copy contains a fifth book, to be found in some copies, which however is not by Matthieu, with a separate title-page reading: 'Le Cinqiesme Livre des derniers troubles de France, Contenant L'Histoire des Choses plus memorabels advenues depuis la mort de Roy Henri III. au mois d'Aoust 1589, jusques au siege de la Fere. Imprimé l'an de notre Salut, 1597.' Pierre Matthieu was one of the official historians of Henry IV.- The front pastedown contains a handwritten note in an old hand reading: 'La fin est une piece en vers latin inédite J.A. de Thou, et de son écriture', while the rear paste-down has the following manuscript note: Ces vers latins que je crois (these three words crossed out) inédite sont de la main de leur illustre auteur. Ce volume vient de sa bibliothèque. Voir Catal. Bibl. Thuana, 1679, t. 1, p. 362. It seems most lilely that this copy orginates from the library of Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617), councillor of Henry III and later Henry IV, author of the important 'Histoire de mon temps' and of Latin poetry, and celebrated bibliophile. The Latin verse is to be found on verso page 364, has 12 lines and is written on the occasion of the death of Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress of Henry IV. It is not a very flattering verse which partially reads (in translation): 'Locuste est morte. La courtisane ne souillera plus la couche royale, et ne salira plus de son nom l'honnête roi Henry.... ' EUR 1900
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(MATTHIEU, P.) Histoire des derniers troubles de France, Sous les regnes des Roys Tres-Chrestiens Henry III, Roy de France & de Pologne, & Henry IIII, Roy de France & de Navarre. Divisée enplusieurs livres. Et dédiée au Roy Tres-Chrestien. Iouxte la copie imprimée A Lyon, Par Estienne Bonaventure, 1597. 12 unnumbered leaves, 58, 111 numbered leaves, 9 unnumbered leaves. 8vo. Contemporary overlapping limp vellum (somewhat worn, ties gone). Hauser 1448; BMSTC (French) p. 185; Adams M-901 (edition 1594); Monod, Bibliographie de l'Histoire de France, 3513. Third edition, first published in 1584 and 1594. - First 12 leaves with a dampstain in the lower outer corner. 'Pure compilation, mêlée de résumés de pièces et de digressions nombreuses, mais faite avec beaucoup d'intelligence par un catholique navarriste. Commence par un 'discours des grands effets qui ont suivi la conversion du Roi. Tiré d'un harangue ..... sur la reduction de la ville de Lyon'. The four books contain: I: From the peace of 1576 to 1585; II: July 1585 - May 1588; III: to the Convocation of the Etats; IV: From the convocation to 1589. EUR 450
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(MATTHIEU, P.) Histoire des derniers troubles de France. Soubs les regnes des Roys Tres-Chrestiens Henry III, Roy de France & de Pologne, & Henry IIII, Roy de France & de Navarre. Divisée en Plusieurs Livres. Contenant tout ce qui s'est passé durant les derniers troubles iusques à la paix faite entre les Rois de France et d'Espagne. Avec un recueil des Edicts & Articles accordez par le Roy Henri IIII pour la ré-union de ses subiects. No place, Imprimé l'an de grace, 1599. 4 unnumbered leaves, 169 numbered leaves, 10 unnumbered leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf (title-page), 74 numbered leaves, 4 unnumbered leaves, 2 unnumbered leaf (title-page and table), 123 numbered leaves. 8vo. Contemporary overlapping limp vellum, handwritten title on spine. Hauser 1448; BMSTC (French) p. 185 (edition 1597); Adams M-901 (edition 1594); Monod, Bibliographie de l'Histoire de France, 3513 (other editions). First published in 1584, this is one of the more elaborate editions, very much updated. There are some copies of the 1597 edition already containing the 5th book (see below), and this 1599 edition is yet further augmented. 'Pure compilation, mêlée de résumés de pièces et de digressions nombreuses, mais faite avec beaucoup d'intelligence par un catholique navarriste. Commence par un 'discours des grands effets qui ont suivi la conversion du Roi. Tiré d'un harangue ..... sur la reduction de la ville de Lyon'. The four books contain: I: From the peace of 1576 to 1585; II: July 1585 - May 1588; III: to the Convocation of the Etats; IV: From the convocation to 1589. This particular copy contains a fifth book, to be found in some copies, which however is not by Matthieu, with a separate title-page reading: 'Le Cinqiesme Livre, ou Recueil contenant l'Histoire des choses plus memorables advenuës en France depuis la closture des Estats de Blois, jusques à la publication de la Paix faicte entre les Roys de France & d'Espagne, au mois de Juin, l'an mil cinq cents quatre vingts dix-huict. Imprimé l'An de Grace, 1599. This text is followed by: Recueil des Edicts et Articles accordez par le Roy Henri IIII pour la réunion de ses subiets. Imprimé l'An de Grace, 1599. EUR 900
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(MAZZEI, F.) Recherches historiques et politiques sur les États-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale, où l'on traite des établissements des treize colonies, de leurs rapports et de leurs dissentions avec la Grande-Bretagne, de leurs gouvernemens avant et après la révolution, etc. Avec quatre lettres d'un Bourgeois de New-Haven sur l'unité de la législation. A Colle, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Froullé, 1788. 4 volumes. (4), xvi, 383, (1) pp.; (4), 259 pp.;(4), 292 pp.; (4), 366 pp. 8vo. Contemporary catspaw calf, gilt triple fillets on sides, spines richly gilt in compartments, a very nice copy. Sabin 47206; Leclerc 957; Howes M.456; Monaghan 1052; Muller 1612; Fay 24; Echeverria & Wilkie 788/65; Echeverria, p. 124; Einaudi 3807; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in JFBL. First edition. 'This work was conceived as a corrective reply to Raynal's Histoire Philosophique et Politique and Mably's Observations. It was suggested by William Short, Jefferson's secretary, and was written with Jefferson's assistance and approval.' Contains among others: Reflexions rédigées à l'occasion du Mémoire sur la manière dont la France & l'Espagne doivent envisager les suites de la querelle entre la Grande-Bretagne & ses Colonies (volume 3, pages 217-282), by A.R.J. Turgot, dated April 6, 1776 and published here for the first time. On a memoir by Vergennes written at the request of Louis XVI to assist the Conseil d'État in formulating a policy for France and Spain in regard to the American Revolution. Turgot explored the various possible outcomes with their probable consequences for France and predicted that the eventual independence of the U.S. would lead to the independence of other European colonies in America. He recommanded arms sales to the U.S. but favored continued official neutrality and opposed direct military intervention' (Echeverria & Wilkie). Mazzei was an Italian physician who practised medicine in Smyrna and later, from 1755 to 1773, engaged in commerce in London. With several other Italians he came to the United States in December, 1773, to introduce the cultivation of the grape and the olive. He became a neighbor and friend of Thomas Jefferson. He actively supported the movement for independence and from 1779 to 1783 he was an agent for Virginia to obtain supplies in Italy. His Memorie della vita (Lugano, 2 volumes, 1845-1846) contains a lengthy account of his activities in Italy on behalf of Virginia (Monaghan, op.cit.) In the above work he was assisted by Condorcet who is the 'Bourgeois de New-Haven.' 'Compilation très exacte, qui réfute les théories de Mably et de Raynal et constitute un répertoire précieux de renseignements de tous ordres sur les États-Unis' (Fay). - Very good and attractive copy. EUR 1500
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(MIRABEAU, H.G. RIQUETTI DE.) Etats-Généraux. 2 mai - 5 mai 1789. 2 nrs. - (Followed by:) LETTRE (1-19) du Comte de Mirabeau à ses commettans. 10 mai - 24 juillet 1789. 19 nrs. No place, 1789. Together 21 nrs bound in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary half calf (lettering on spine reads: 'Lettres tom 1'). Martin & Walter, Journaux, 432 & 887; Rétat, Journaux de 1789, 064 & 115; Sgard, Dictionnaire des Journaux, i, 412 (listing a 4to edition); Tourneux ii, 10203 & 10207; Hatin 121-122. Suppressed and forbidden immediately upon its publication. First work: Octavo issue of the 'Etats-Généraux', of which Rétat lists a 4to edition of 8 pp. in total (here 20 pp.). 'Réflexions extrêmement vives et critiques sur la présentation des députés au roi le 2 mai, le sermon de l'Evêque de Nancy le 4 (mai), l'ouverture des Etats-Généraux et le discours de Necker le 5 (mai)' (Rétat). Forbidden and suppressed immediately upon its publication. The issue offered in this set apparently is a clandestine re-issue.The publication of this journal, although short-lived, was a sensation, although little noted in foreign newspapers. The subscription to it seems to have been enormous: the Gazette de Leyde reported that Le Jay had received 11,000 subscriptions in 5 days! The contents of the journal however provoked an immediate retaliation from the government by which it was suppressed. Mirabeau in fact used a vocabulary that was quite novel for a journal: 'cause populaire' 'assemblée nationale', called upon the 'représentants de la Nation à sentir leur dignité', and to show themselves as 'hommes d'élite d'une nation qui, pour être le premier du monde, n'a besoin que d'une constitution' (Retat).Second work: Continuation of the 'Etats-Généraux'. 'Ecrit et dirigé par une personalité exceptionnelle, le journal est consacré d'abord à répandre l'éclat de sa parole et à soutenir son action politique' (Rétat). Nr 19 was the last letter published. The journal was continued as Le Courrier de Provence. EUR 1500
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(MIRABEAU, H.G. RIQUETTI DE.) Essai sur le despotisme. Seconde édition, augmentée & corrigée par l'éditeur de cet ouvrage. Londres, 1776. (2), viii, 308 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments with label and gilt lettering, lightly shaved, corners somewhat bumped. Goldsmiths 11518; INED 3188 (1831 edition); Martin & Walter 24430; Higgs 6537 (for the first and second edition). Second, revised, enlarged and corrected edition. Philosophical and political study on despotism and its effects it pretents to refute the theories of Rousseau while the author in reality attacks straight forward the government. Still to the point remains his remark that: 'La nation finit toujours par être plus puissante que le tyran lorsque le pouvoir arbitraire parvenu à son dernier délire a dissous tous les liens de l'opinion et épuisé les ressources que la terre offre à ceux qui la cultivent en liberté. Ainsi les hommes se vengent tôt ou tard.' 'Dans cet insolent libelle, intitulé Essai sur le Despotisme, sous couleur de réfuter les théories de Jean-Jacques sur la bonté naturelle de l'homme, l'auteur s'attaquait de front aux pouvoirs.' (Duc de Castries, Mirabeau, p. 105). Important work proclaiming democratic ideas and openly attacking despotism: 'Après cette vue philosophique générale, l'ouvrage s'attaquait seulement au 'despotisme d'un seul.'' (Duc de Castries, op.cit.) - With the errata at the end of page 308. EUR 450
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(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE. & F. QUESNAY.) L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Cinquième édition. Together 8 parts bound in 6 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, marbled edges, the volume labels somewhat faded. Higgs 2160; cf.: INED 3194 & Kress 5882 (incomplete); not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. Improved edition. I-III: L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Cinquième édition. Hambourg, Chez Chr. Hérold, 1764. 3 volumes. (4), viii, 308, (2) pp.; (4), 423, (1) pp.; (4), 422, (2) pp.IV: Précis de l'organisation ou Mémoire sur les Etats provinciaux. Sixième édition. Hambourg, Chez Chr. Hérold, 1764. - (Includes): Dialogue entre le surintendant d'O et L.D.H. Utilité des Etats provinciaux. - and: Mémoire sur les Etats provinciaux. Réponse aux objections contre le Mémoire and Questions intéressantes sur la population, l'agriculture et le commerce. (par Quesnay). 3 parts in 1 volume. (4), 208, (4), 336 pp. V: L'ami des hommes. Nouvelle édition. Augmentée des Lettres sur les corvées et la milice. 1762. - Mémoire sur l'agriculture. Extrait des six premiers Livres d'un ouvrage anglais, intitulé: Corps complet d'Economie Rustique. (8), vi, 281 pp. - including: Réponse à l'essai sur les ponts et chaussées, la voirie et les corvées. (4), 206 pp. VI: Tableau économique avec ses explications. With 6 folding tables (erroneously bound in vol. 1). (8), 192 (misnumbered 162) pp. - (Followed by:) Lettres pour servir de suite à l'Ami des Hommes (sur les corvées et la milice).The main work of the Physiocratic school. - Fine complete set. EUR 1250
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(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE.) L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Together 8 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf, gilt triple fillets on sides, spines gilt with contrasting spine labels with gilt lettering, red edges, a few corners lightly bumped, front cover of volume 1 with a small damage to corners, rear cover of volume 8 with a few scratches. Higgs 2160; cf.: INED 3194 & Kress 5882 (incomplete); not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. I-III: L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. A Avignon, 1756. With engraved frontispiece and portrait of Mirabeau (added, lower edge shaved). 3 volumes. 431, (1) pp.; 578, (2) pp.; 577, (1) pp. IV: L'Ami des Hommes. Quatrième Partie. Précis de l'organisation ou Mémoire sur les Etats provinciaux. No place 1758. (8), 285, (1) pp. V: L'Ami des Hommes. Suite de la Quatrième Partie. No place, 1758. Réponse aux objections sur les Etats provinciaux. (2), 313, (1) pp. - (Followed by:) Questions intéressantes sur la population, l'agriculture et le commerce proposés aux Académies et autres Sociétés sçavantes des provinces (par Quesnay). 150 pp. - (Followed by:) (BOUDIER DE VILLEMERT, P.J.) L'ami des femmes. No place 1758. (4), 188, (2) pp. VI: L'Ami des Hommes. Cinqième Partie. Mémoire sur l'agriculture. Envoyé à la très-louable Société d'Agriculture de Berne, Avec l'Extrait des six premiers Livres du Corps complet d'Oeconomie Rustique de feu M. Thomas Hale. No place, 1760. xii, 298, (6) pp. VII: L'Ami des Hommes. Sixieme Partie. Réponse a l'essai sur les Ponts et Chaussées, la Voierie et les Corvées. No place, 1760. (4), 228, (2) pp. - (Bound with:) L'Ami des Hommes. Suite de la VI. Partie. Tableau Oeconomique avec ses Explications. No place, 1760. With 6 engraved folding tables. (4), 228, (4) pp.VIII: Théorie de l'impôt. No place, 1760. viii, 520 pp.The main work of the Physiocratic school, with the rare Ami des femmes and Mirabeau's Théorie de l'impôt added. - A nice copy. EUR 1400
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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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(NAUDE, G). Réflexions historiques et politiques sur les moyens dont les plus grands princes & habiles ministres se sont servis, pour gouverner et augmenter leurs Etats. Avec les qualités qu'un ministre doit avoir, de quelle condition il faut qu'il soit: et ce qu'un prince est obligé d'observer envers lui. A Leide, Chez Jean et Herman Verbeek, 1739. Title printed in red and black. (4), 260 pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering, slightly rubbed, lower part of spine somewhat damaged. Thuau, Raison d'État et Politique à l'époque de Richelieu, pp. 318-336; Brunet, iv, cols 21-22. Re-edition of the 'Considérations sur les Coups d'État', the famous Machiavelian work by Naudé. Originally printed in, supposedly, only 12 copies (but Brunet claims that at least a 100 must have been printed), in Rome in 1639, with the title Considérations politiques sur les Coups d'Etat, this is a rare and very important book. This work by Gabriel Naudé, the "plus solide bibliothécaire du temps" (Thuau) is one of the most important classical works of machiavelian literature and thought in France. The work is the result of a series of conversations Naudé had with his patron, the Cardinal de Bagny, while they were on their way through Italy and it constitutes a sort of secret political treatise in which the principles of the machiavelian science are being discussed.The work discusses scope and method, defines the subject more clearly, and enters then into the heart of the treatise, the "Coup d'Etat".The "Coup d'Etat" in this work has the meaning of the time: that is, not the seizure of power of the state by illegal means but the means by which rulers may exercise their power: secret means, criminal means, anything that is considered to be illegal: not the seizure of power but the exercise of power by illegal means, what is called in Latin "arcana imperii", and further discusses the purposes for which a ruler may use these means and what the limits of the exercise of these means exactly are and when they may be used. Religion is seen by Naudé as an instrument in the hands of the princes (rulers) and he stipulates that it is important for a prince to be seen by the population as a pious man. It is little surprizing that Naudé approves of the massacres of St. Bartholemew which he calles "une action très juste, très remarquable et dont la cause était plus que légitime": this was a Coup d'Etat of which Naudé could clearly see the merits. During the Fronde, Naudé remained loyal to his ideas and, partisan of the gouvernment, wrote his famous Mascurat, a new eulogy of the "Raison d'Etat".Naudé's work can be seen as the ultimate work in which all the machiavelian arguments have been brought together and the merits of the work are clear: precise analysis of power and its workings, and while citing the ancient sources he is of striking actual value in his days. His critical spirit forces him to deny all supernatural and religion is understood to be an instrument in the hands of power, he pulls away the moral and noble justifications as if they are masks and shows the true but hidden faces of interests at stake in the political arena. He was however not a revolutionary and did not question the foundations of the State as such. He is the perfect embodiement of the collaboration between the Prince and the libertine philosopher in the service of the State. It is hardly surprizing that Naudé was not very keen on having his book published in France and the first French edition printed in France appeared only in 1752. There were of course French editions available earlier but no edition was printed in France upto the aformentioned date. EUR 750
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(NECKER, J.) Eloge de Jean-Baptiste Colbert, discours qui a remporté le prix de l'Académie Françoise, en 1773. Paris, J.B. Brunet & Demonville, 1773. - (Preceded by:) CHAMFORT, (S.R.N.) DE. Eloge de Molière. Discours qui a remporté le prix de l'Académie Françoise en 1769. Paris, Ve. Regnard & Demonville, 1769. - (Followed by:) LA HARPE, (J.F.) DE. La navigation. Ode qui a remporté le prix de l'Académie Françoise, en 1773. Paris, J.B. Brunet & Demonville, 1773. - (Followed by:) LE BEAU. Eloge de M. le comte d'Argenson, lu à la rentrée de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres. A Paris, Chez Panckoucke, 1765. 4 works bound in 1 volume. (8), 135 pp.; 15, (3) pp.; 14 pp.; 30 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, gilt coat of arms of Aurengre on both sides, slightly worn and bumped. First work: INED 3360; Conlon 73:1090; Kress 6958; Goldsmiths 10954; Higgs 5713; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'It has been noted that Necker retired from active direction of his bank in 1772. From that date his goal was evidently a career in the government. The appearance a year later of his Eloge de Colbert was widely recognized as his bid for the post of finance minister, as well as his reform program if appointed. He entered the book in competition for the prize of eloquence annually offered by the Académie française. The Academy conferred the prize on the Eloge de Colbert after it was read to them by d'Alembert in August 1773. (.....) the Eloge de Colbert is an important document in Necker's political and ministerial career. It provides an introduction to the themes he was to expound later. It also indicates the nature of his ambition, for he unveiled himself in it' (Robert D. Harris, Necker. Reform Statesman of the Ancien Régime, pp. 47ff.)- Handwritten name in blank outer margin of title-page.Second work: Conlon 69:648.First edition.Third work: Conlon 73:950.First edition.Fourth work: Conlon 65:962.First edition.- For the coat of arms on the binding see: Olivier, xi, pl. 1106. EUR 700
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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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(NORTHLEIGH, J.) Parlamentum pacificum, ou Le parlement pacifique. Imprimé par la permission du Comte de Sunderland, président du Conseil. Traduit de l'Anglois. Suivant la copie imprimée à Londres, Chez M. Turner, 1688. (4), 164 pp. 12mo. Modern calf, spine gilt (imitation of 18th-century binding). Halkett & Laing, iv, 302. First French edition (?). French edition of Parlamentum Pacificum, or the Happy Union of King and People in an healing Parliament (London 1688), ingenious, smartly written defence of James II. It provoked three answers in Dutch. John Nortleigh (1657-1705) was an adherent of James II, and wrote ably in his defence. For many years he practised at Exeter, but apparently devoted more attention to polemical theology than to his profession (he was a physician). He was an ardent supporter of the Church of England, and distinguished himself by various writings against the independants and presbyterians. - Slightly waterstained in places. EUR 300
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(NOVI DE CAVEIRAC, J.) Apologie de Louis XIV, et de son Conseil sur la révocation de l'Edit de Nantes pour servir de réponse à la lettre d'un patriote sur la tolérance civile des protestans de France avec une dissertation sur la journée de la S. Barthelemi. (Paris?), 1758. Vignette on title. (2), vi, (4), 565, (1, advertisment), lxiii, (1, blank), (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands. INED 3400bis; Higgs 1869; Perry, From Theology to History, appendices 11 (listing a 12mo edition only); Sauvy, Quelques démographes ignorés, 362 ff; Conlon 58:966; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. According to Sauvy the work was originally published as Paradoxes intéressans sur la cause et les effets de la révocation de l'Edit de Nantes, le dépopulation et la répopulation du royaume, l'intolérance civile et rigoureuse d'un gouvernement, pour servir .... and 'sur certains exemplaires, le titre est modifié Apologie de Louis XIV.' According to Conlon however, the Paradoxes intéressans.... is the re-edition of the present work. - Very good copy. 'L'auteur fait un grand étalage d'érudition et de science en matière d'économie politique. La Dissertation offre des recherches curieuses' (Michaud). The Lettre d'un patriote was written by Antoine Court. 'Fanatiquement intolérant, Caveirac a fourni aux évêques du Languedoc, consultés par Voyer d'Argenson, les arguments propres à rejeter l'adoucissement du sort du protestants. La principale raison invoquée en faveur de cet adoucissement étant la dépopulation et l'appauvrissement qui résultaient de la révocation de l'Edit de Nantes, l'abbé fut amené à étudier le problème général de la dépopulation et il le fit avec soin. Nous nous trouvons donc non devant un savant cherchant la vérité, mais devant un avocat cherchant l'argument nécessaire à une démonstration' (Sauvy, op.cit). EUR 900
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(O'HEGUERTY, P.A.) Essai sur les intérêts du commerce maritime. Par M***. Nouvelle édition. A La Haye, 1754. With 1 folding table. - (Preceded by:) EON DE BEAUMONT, (C.G.L.A.A.T.) D'. Essai historique sur les différentes situations de la France, par rapport aux finances sous le règne de Louis XIV et la régence du Duc d'Orléans. A Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1754. Two works bound in one volume. 258 pp.; (2), xiv, 186 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering, joint lightly rubbed. First work: Kress 5376; Goldsmiths 8914; Einaudi 4196; INED 3409; Higgs 738; not in Mattioli. Second edition, published in the year of its first publication. 'Economique. Richesse acquises par la France depuis Henri IV grâce à son commerce maritime; état de la Grande Bretagne, puis celui de la France de Louis XV comparé à la France de Louis XIV; nécessité du commerce maritime; examen de la traite des nègres, des colonies, du commerce du Nord, etc.' (INED). ). Deals with the colonies both French and English, Canada, etc.'Devenuz assez rare' quoted by Higgs. Pierre-André O'Heguerty, Comte de Magnières (1700-1763), was received in 1718 as 'avocat au Parlement de Paris' and became the President of the 'Conseil supérieur de l'Ile de Bourbon' in 1741. The above work was published in 1754, and reprinted in 1756 at the end of the Discours politiques de Hume. This is the second seperate edition. In this work he gives a translation of the Navigation Act, suggesting that such an Act should also be developped for France (Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 381).The folding plate gives the 'produit du travail des nègres.'Second work: Kress S.3978; Higgs 766 (erroneously claiming 2 volumes); cf.: Goldsmiths 8818; INED 1734 (both listing the 1753 edition); not in Einaudi.Second edition.The first edition appeared in 1753. Includes remarks on the introduction of luxury through the system of John Law. The author's name spelled on the titlepage as: Deon de Beaumont. Copy with the pages 93/4 and 119/20 in the revised version, the cancelled versions removed. Annotations on first flyleaves and title. - Stamp of Ville d'Orange, Bibliothèque Municipale on half-title of second work and on the last page of the first work, second stamp Bibliothèque d'Orange on half title second work, half-title of second work strengthened in inner margin and repaired on verso, armorial ex-libris 'Lud. de Sausin' on front paste-down, a little foxed, author's name in ink on title of first work, and some contemporary handwritten notes on the front free blanks concerning these works and the authors. EUR 1250
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(ORLEANS, L.P.A. D') De la situation des Ouvriers en Angleterre. Mémoire présenté à la commission d'enquête sur les conditions du travail par M. le Comte de Paris. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, Librairie Nouvelle, 1873. With tables in the text. (4), 297, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, corners, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. Einaudi 4221. First edition. Louis-Philippe Albert d'Orléans, Comte de Paris, Orleanist pretender and publicist. He became heir to the throne of Louis-Philippe in 1842. After the fall of the Second Empire in 1870 he sought fusion with the Bourbon house in which understanding Chambord would be the pretender with the count of Paris as his successor. Chambord consistently rejected. In 1886 the count was expelled and from then on lived in England until his death. - First and last leaves with some spotting. With handwritten and signed dedication by the author to C. Fortescue (?) on the half-title and the bookplate of Barlingford on front paste-down. EUR 425
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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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(PAREIN, P.M.) L'exterminateur des parlemens, par l'auteur de l'extrait du charnier des innocents. Paris, Impr. de la Cour du Parlement, (1789). 24 pp. 8vo. 19th-century boards. Martin & Walter 26495. Accused of many cruelties as president of the revolutionnary commission of Lyon, the author accuses others of cruelties: "Avec promesse de donner la liste des prévarications que ces Messieurs ont commises". EUR 125
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(PERIER, C.P.) Chambre des Députés. Session 1831. Communication faite au nom du gouvernement, par M. le Président du Conseil, ministre secrétaire d'État au Département de l'intérieur sur les troubles de Lyon. Séance du 17 Décembre 1831. (Drop-head title). Paris, A. Henry , Décembre 1831. 30 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Charléty, Bibliographie de Lyon.At head of title: (No 238). Casimir-Pierre Périer (1777-1832), banker, political leader, and minister. With his brother Scipion, he organized and directed the banking house of Périer and Frères in Paris, and they moved into insurance, textiles, sugar refining, flour miling, iron, and coal. Both served as regents of the Bank of France. In 1817 Casimir won election as a deputy of Paris, and he sat in the Chamber of Deputies from that day untill his death in 1832. Originally a member of the government majority, he was, after 1820, increasingly alienated by the politics of the ultraroyalists and shifted into the opposition. In March 1831 he accepted the king's call to head a new conservative ministry. For the next thirteen months as president of the Council and minister of the interior, he imposed his authoritarian and conservative rule on France and on his associates. He excluded the king from meetings of the ministry, denied his ministers all independence of action, restricted the political activities of civil servants, and ruthlessly suppressed popular disorder. The present work deals with the attitude of the government regarding the insurrection of the Lyon workers in November 1831. The uprising of 1831 and 1834 marked the final efforts of France's most militant preindustrial work force to secure decent incomes and a voice in the management of an industry in which their influence had steadily declined (Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restauration to the Second Empire, vol. I, pp. 653 ff. and vol. II, pp. 791-792). EUR 150
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(PETION DE VILLENEUVE, J.) Avis aux Français sur le salut de la patrie. No place, 1788. (4), x, 254 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 26999. First edition. First publication of the later Jacobin, Major of Paris, and 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.' EUR 200
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(PHILLIPPOT, P.) Instruction générale sur la jurisdiction consulaire, avec un Recueil des édits, déclarations, lettres-patentes du Roi, donnés en faveur de Messieurs les juges & consuls de laCour de la Bourse Commune des Marchands de la ville de Bordeaux. Ensemble l'établissement de deux foires franches, & le nom de tous les bourgeois qui ont été juges & consuls depuis l'installation de la Cour de la Bourse jusqu'à présent. Nouvelle édition. A Bordeaux, Chez Pierre Phillippot, 1791. (4), pp. 1-126, 129-144, 143-206, 127-128, 207-392, 403-537, followed by 10 unnumbered pages and again 42 numbered pages. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, front joint split at foot, joints slightly worn. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Stourm; not in Camus. Apparently made up from separately published pieces and brought together with a general title, hence the irregular pagination. The last (10) and 42 pp. form a supplement with 'arrests' etc., up to 1788. - Scribbling and name, the latter crossed out, on title. On first fly-leaf ownership's entry from Jean Serre, professor at the University of Bordeaux. EUR 600
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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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(POMMEREUL, F.R.J. DE.) Recherches sur l'origine de l'esclavage religieux et politique du peuple en France. Londres, 1783 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 54 pp. 8vo. Boards. Not in Conlon, INED, Kress, Goldsmiths or Einaudi. Very rare text, reprinted in an edition of 150 numbered copies and 30 not destined for the trade, and since long out-of-print. The author explains that the people, ignorant as they are, are still subject to oppression and exploitation. Slavery has not yet disappeared, but is present under different forms: priests have followed up druids with the same privileges, etc. What we need is a governor who is prepared to rule men emancipated by common sense and equal rights. Exciting text and astonishing enough, from the pen of a captain of the Royal Artillery Corps, later (during the Empire) director of the booktrade. EUR 125
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(PREVOST DE ST.-LUCIEN, R.H.) Moyen très-simple de convoquer les Etats-Généraux sans qu'il en coute un sol au roi. Ouvrage en deux parties. Troisième édition. (Paris), 1789. 38 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Cf. Tourneux, i, 690a; not in Martin & Walter. The second part subtitled: Projet d'institution d'une fête nationale, et d'un ordre patriotique. EUR 150
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(PREVOST DE ST.-LUCIEN, R.H.) Moyen très-simple de convoquer les États-Généraux, sans qu'il en coute un sol au Roi. (Drop-head title). No place, (1788). 2 parts bound in 1 volume. 20 pp.; 20 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Tourneux I, 690, 690a, note; not in Martin & Walter. First edition. The second part is subtitled: Projet d'institution d'une fête nationale, & d'un ordre patriotique. Includes also a 'Modèle de la procuration qui seroit donnée uniforme, par tous les habitans du Royaume, pour être remise, par leurs députés, à leurs corps de députation.' EUR 200
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(ROHAN, H. DUC DE.) Interests et Maximes des Princes & des Estats Souverains. Sur l'Imprimé A Cologne, Chez Iean du Pais, 1666. - (Bound with:) MAXIMES des Princes et Estats souverains. Sur l'Imprimé A Cologne, Chez Iean du Païs, 1666. Sphere on title. (8), 248 pp.; 245, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, corners bumped, rubbed and worn, damage to foot and head of spine. Willems 1371; BMSTC, French Books, 1601-1700, I.101. Probably a contrefaçon although not in conformity with the details as they are given by Willems. These two volumes are usually found bound together: the first text is by de Rohan, or at least based on de Rohan's work, additional material has been added. The author of the second text has remained unknown. Willems writes that the text by de Rohan is almost unchanged, there was only substantial new matter added concerning subjects that de Rohan had not dealt with. - Handwritten name written on title. 'Les Intérêts des Princes, dit Bérard, sont composés sur l'ouvrage du duc de Rohan, qui porte le même titre' (Willems). Willems cites a number of Elzevier editions and the particularities by which they can be recognized. Our copy does not have the errors in pagination as given by Willems. The work is the chef-d'oeuvre in this particular field of political literature: its main thesis is that the interest of the state imposes itself upon kings: this interest of the state is the tyrant imposing itself upon the tyrant. It is written to give an overview of the situation in Europe and to determine which position France should take in various conflicts or potential conflicts, to establish what the influence of various countries and rulers is on and in various parts of Europe. It maintains that what constitutes good government changes over time just as conditions change over time and that good government bases itself not on old conceptions and abstractions but on the situation as it is at present. De Rohan was most likely influenced by the theorists of "raison d'Etat" in Italy, where he served for a long time. EUR 400
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(ROHAN, H. DUC DE.) Interests et Maximes des Princes & des Estats Souverains. A Cologne, Chés Jean du Païs, 1666. Sphere on title. - (Bound with:) MAXIMES des Princes et Estats Souverains. A Cologne, 1665. Sphere on title. (8), 248 pp.; 245, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum, handwritten title to spine. Willems 1371; Rahir 1431; BMSTC, French Books, 1601-1700, I.102; Barbier, ii, col. 954. These two volumes are usually found bound together: the first text is by de Rohan, or at least based on de Rohan's work, additional material has been added. The author of the second text has remained unknown. This edition is rare. Willems writes that the text by de Rohan is almost unchanged, there was only substantial new matter added concerning subjects that de Rohan had not dealt with. The work is the chef-d'oeuvre in this particular field of political literature: its main thesis is that the interest of the state imposes itself upon kings: this interest of the state is the tyrant imposing itself upon the tyrant. It is written to give an overview of the situation in Europe and to determine which position France should take in various conflicts or potential conflicts, to establish what the influence of various countries and rulers is on and in various parts of Europe. It maintains that what constitutes good government changes over time just as conditions change over time and that good government bases itself not on old conceptions and abstractions but on the situation as it is at present. De Rohan was most likely influenced by the theorists of "raison d'Etat" in Italy, where he served for a long time. EUR 700
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(RULHIERE, C.C. DE.) Éclaircissements historiques sur les causes de la révocation de l'Édit de Nantes, et sur l'état des protestans en France depuis le commencement du règne de Louis XIV jusqu'à nos jours. Tirés des différentes archives du gouvernement. No place, 1788. 2 volumes. (4), 384 pp.; (4), 367, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, richly giltspines with red label with gilt lettering. INED 3996; Bourgeois & André 5316, note; Cioranescu 57818. This is the 8vo edition. There is also a 12mo edition of the same year with the imprint Genève. The author defends the revocation of the Edict by Louis XIV. The first volume deals with the causes leading to the revocation, the second volume deals with the consequences of the revocation. EUR 400
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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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(SAINT-SIMON, C.H. DE.) Nouveau Christianisme. Lettres d'Eugène Rodrigues sur la religion et la politique. L'éducation du genre humain de Lessing, traduit, pour la première fois, de l'Allemand par E. Rodrigues. Paris, Bureau du Globe, 1832. - (Bound with:) (ENFANTIN, B.P.) Morale. Réunion générale de la famille. Enseignemens du Père Suprème. Les trois familles. Paris, Librairie Saint-Simonienne, 1832. 2 works bound in 1 volume. 7, (1), 346, (2) pp.; (8), 207,(5) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards. First work: Fournel, p. 94; Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 402; Kress C.3321; Goldsmiths 27808; Einaudi 4951. The rare edition containing also the Lettres by Rodrigues and the latter's translation of Lessing. 'At the end of his life, he (Saint-Simon) recognized the importance of a 'New Christianity', intending to reform religion by introducing a new morality allowing the development of human passions and the persuit of well-being ..... the fastest possible improvement of the lot of the poorest class' (J. Droz, Europe between Revolutions, 1815-1848.)Second work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 175. The final section entitled Les trois familles is by E. Barrault. EUR 900
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(SALMASIUS, C.) Defensio Regia, pro Carolo I, ad Serenissimum Magnae Brittanniae regem Carolum II. Filium natu majorem, haeredem & successorem legitimum. No place (Leyde), Sumptibus regiis, 1649. (2), 720 pp. 12mo. 19th-century calf, gilt floral ornaments on sides, spine gilt with gilt lettering, gilt inside dentelles, all edges gilt, binding signed at foot of spine: Bozerian jeune. Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, vol. ii, p. 1637; Willems 658; not in BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700. One of various editions published in the year as its original publication in folio, and often reprinted. The work provoked the famous reply by Milton Pro populo Anglicano defensio, contre Claudii anonymi, alias Salmasii, defensionem regiam. 'Claude Saumaise (1588-1658), l'un des plus célèbres érudits et critiques du XVIIe siècle. Il embrassa le protestantisme, alla s'établir à Leyde (1631), où il succéda comme professeur à Joseph Scaliger. Appelé en Suède par Christine, près de laquelle il séjourna un an, il retourna en Hollande. Sa réputation était immense parmi ses contemporains .....' (Lalanne, op.cit). EUR 400
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(SALMASIUS, C.) Defensio Regia, pro Carolo I, ad Serenissimum Magnae Brittanniae regem Carolum II. Filium natu majorem, haeredem & successorem legitimum. Rothomagi, apud Ioannem Berthelin, Ioannemm Viret, Ioannem Du Bosc & Jacobum Besogne, 1650. (24), 681, (1, blank) pp. 12mo. Contemporary supple vellum, title handwritten on spine. Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, vol. ii, p. 1637. Originally published in 1649, and often reprinted. The work provoked the famous reply by Milton 'Pro populo Anglicano defensio, contre Claudii anonymi, alias Salmasii, defensionem regiam'. Where Salmasius defended Charles II, Milton defended the right of the people to try and execute an unjust king. - Handwritten annotations on first and last blanks. 'Claude Saumaise (1588-1658), l'un des plus célèbres érudits et critiques du XVIIe siècle. Il embrassa le protestantisme, alla s'établir à Leyde (1631), où il succéda comme professeur à Joseph Scaliger. Appelé en Suède par Christine, près de laquelle il séjourna un an, il retourna en Hollande. Sa réputation était immense parmi ses contemporains.....' (Lalanne, op.cit) EUR 400
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(SERVAN, J.M.A.) Réflexions sur la réformation des Etats provinciaux. Par un ancien Magistrat du P ... de G ... (Parlement de Grenoble). No place, 1788. (2), 109 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. INED 4175 (1789 edition); Martin & Walter 31471 (1789 edition); Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, xiv; not in Kress, Goldsmiths and Einaudi. First edition, very rare, both INED and Martin & Walter citing an 1789 edition. - Fine, large paper copy. 'Politique. Défense des droits du Tiers dans les États provinciaux. Sur l'égalité des trois ordres devant l'impôt; en cette matière, le seul privilège digne de la noblesse et du clergé serait de payer beaucoup plus: 'tandis que le peuple se plaint à peine quand l'impôt ne peut s'accorder avec ses subsistance, les deux autres ordres ne peuvent supporter l'impôt quand il se refuse à l'accroissement de leur luxe'' (INED). EUR 350
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(SERVAN, J.M.A.) Réflexions sur la réformation des Etats provinciaux. Par un ancien Magistrat du P ... de G ... (Parlement de Grenoble). No place, 1788. (2), 109 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. INED 4175; Martin & Walter 31471 (1789 edition only); Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, xiv; not in Kress, Goldsmiths and Einaudi. First edition, very rare, both INED and Martin & Walter citing an 1789 edition. 'Politique. Défense des droits du Tiers dans les États provinciaux. Sur l'égalité des trois ordres devant l'impôt; en cette matière, le seul privilège digne de la noblesse et du clergé serait de payer beaucoup plus: 'tandis que le peuple se plaint à peine quand l'impôt ne peut s'accorder avec sa subsistance, les deux autres ordres ne peuvent supporter l'impôt quand il se refuse à l'accroissement de leur luxe'' (INED). EUR 375
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(SIRMOND, J.) L'homme du Pape et du Roy, ou reparties véritables sur les imputations calomnieuses d'un libelle diffamatoire, semé contre sa Sainteté et sa Majesté Très-Chrestienne, par lesennemis couverts du Sainct Siège & de la France. Bruxelles, 1634. 368 pp. 8vo. Modern half vellum. Bourgeois & André, iv, 2798; Thuau, Raison d'Etatet pensée politique à l'époque de Richelieu, p. 443; not in BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700. First edition. Refutation of a pamphlet by Antoine de Vera et Zuniga, comte de la Rocca, Spanish ambassador in Venice, who had renewed the accusations against the French and their willingness to form coalitions with the heretics (Protestants). Sirmond here defends Louis XIII and his decision to cooperate with the Swedish protestants. This refutation has also been attributed to Père Joseph and to B. Milletot. EUR 500
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(STRAATMAN, H. DE.) Testament politique de Charles, Duc de Lorraine et de Bar. Déposé entre les mains de l'Empereur Léopold à Presbourg, le 29 Novembre 1687 en faveur du Roy de Hongarie et de ses successeurs arrivans à l'Empire. A Lipsic, chez Georges Weitman, 1696. (2), xix, (1), 113, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary brown calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands (slightly rubbed and shaved). Quérard, Superchéries, i, pp. 700-701; not in BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700. First edition. - Paper browned due to the quality of the paper. Quérard has a long note on this work and its author. The text formulates in a strong and decisive tone the politics of the House of Austria. The text was published again by the 'Académie des Bibliophiles' in 1866 by Anatole de Montaiglon and with a bibliographic study. A second edition was published in 1760, Ratisbonne. Among other things, the author puts forth a project for perpetual peace. EUR 350
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(SUZE, CHARLES DE.) Suite des Erreurs et de la vérité; ou développement du livre des hommes rappellés au principe universel de la science. Par un Ph...Inc... A Salomonopolis, Chez Androphile, à la Colonne inébranlable, MMMMM DCC LXXXIV. (4), 445, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary catspaw calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red edges, small repair to head of spine and to lower upper joint. Schosler, p. 163; Vercruysse, Bibliographie d'Holbach, p. 44; Caillet 9770. First edition. In 1775 Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin published his Des Erreurs et de la Vérité..... This work is apparently a counterfeit sequel to that work, attributed to Charles de Suze, author of Clef des Erreurs et de la Vérité. The work has also been attributed to Holbach and Condorcet. The present work reviews a number of the questions dealt with in the genuine work by Saint-Martin such as good and evil, liberty and necessity, but developing however the very antithesis of the teachings of Saint-Martin. Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin (1743-1803), French philosopher, known as 'le philosophe inconnu', the name under which his works were published. He came under the influence of Martinez de Pasquales who taught a species of mysticism drawn from cabbalistic sources, and endeavoured to found thereon a secret cult with magical rites. EUR 750
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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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(TOUSSAINT, F.V.) Les Moeurs. No place, 1748. With engraved frontispiece, 3 title-vignettes and headpieces. 3 parts in 1 volume. - (Bound with:) LES MOEURS appréciées, ou Lettre écrite à un bel esprit du Marais, à l'occasion de cet ouvrage. No place, 1748. 2 works bound in 1 volume. (4), (30), (1)-106 pp.; (2), (107)-334 pp.; (2), (335)-474 pp.; (1), 45 pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, lightly rubbed along joints and head and foot of spine. First work: Cioranescu, iii, 1720; Peignot, Livres condamnés, ii, 162-3; INED 4344. First issue of the first edition. Inspired by Diderot's Pensées. The author, one of Diderot's friends, denounces in this work a.o. death-penalty, which he considers a defiance of Natural Law. ' .... François-Vincent Toussaint and his famous book Les Moeurs, published in 1748 and condemned on 6 May of that year by the Parlement of Paris. Les Moeurs was one of the first (and therefore one of the boldest) works in the eighteenth century to set forth the arguments for a natural morality unbolstered by any religious belief or public cult' (Arthur M. Wilson, Diderot, pp. 53-54). 'Tout le monde, homme et femme, se piquant un peu de quelque sort d'esprit dans un certain monde, voulut voir ce livre. Chacun se demandait: Avez-vous lu le livre des Moeurs? Un seul exemplaire passait rapidement dans plusieurs mains' (Belin, Mouvement philosophique, vol. i, p. 26).Second work: Conlon 48: 188.This work is not by Toussaint. EUR 900
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(WORONICZ, J.P.) Sybilla. Manuscript of the beginning of the 19th century, unsigned and undated. 79 pp. 4to. Contemporary green morocco, gilt ornamental border on sides, spine gilt (a trifle worn). Well calligraphed copy of this poem, a poetical history of Poland. Woronicz was born in Vilno in 1757, studied with the Jesuits in Ostrog. Later he became bishop of Krakow, and in 1827 archbishop of Warszawa, and primate of Poland. Although he remained an ardent Polish patriot, he became a panslavist and expressed his ideas in various poetical publications. Sybilla is considered to contain a synthesis of his ideas. EUR 500
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(WRAXALL, N.W.) Coup d'oeil sur l'état politique de la Grande Bretagne au commencement de l'année 1787. Traduit de l'anglois sur la sixième édition. A Londres, Chez Debrett, 1787. 76 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Conlon 87:2868. First French edition. Translation of 'A short history of the political state of Great Britain', 1787. EUR 175
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(ZAHOROWSKI, J.) Les Intriques secrettes des Jésuites, traduites du Monita secreta; où l'on a joint l'Extrait de la Faculté de Théologie de Paris de l'an 1554. Et la prophétie de Sainte Hildegarde, morte en 1181. Turin, Jacques Daniel, bon sujet du Prince, à l'enseigne de la vérité, 1718. Title printed in red and black. (4), 66, (2) pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Conlon 18:757; Lacouture, Les Jésuites, ii, pp. 85-88 First edition. - Inner margin of title strengthened. Date and number in old ink in upper margin of title. Forms part of the campaign against the Jesuits.Jérôme Zahorowski, a Polish jesuit who was expelled from the order and who became 'curé d'une paroisse de Silésie. S'inspirent très librement des lettres adressées, sous le titre Monita generalia, aux membres de la Compagnie par le 'général' (alors Mutius Vitelleschi), Zahorowski rédigea les Monita Secreta (Instructions secrètes) où il prétendait dévoiler les méthodes par lesquelles la Société de Jésus fondait sa puisance en captant aussi bien les héritages que les confiances' (Lacouture). The Monita Secreta were first published in 1612 in Crakow with subsequent editions published in Prague and Padova. The ecclestiastical authorities had denounced the publication as a forgery from day one, but nevertheless another edition was published in 1761, shortly before the Jesuits were expelled from France, and in the context of the governement's campaign against the Jesuits the work had an immense success. EUR 175
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ABEILLE, (L.P.) & LE FEBVRE & TESSIER. Observations de la Société Royale d'Agriculture sur la question suivant, qui lui a été proposée par le Comité d'Agriculture & de Commerce de l'Assemblée Nationale. L'usage des domaines congéables est-il utile ou non au progrès de l'agriculture? Rédigées par MM. Abeille, l'Abbé Le Febvre & l'Abbé Tessier. Lues le dix-sept Mars 1791. No place, (1791). (2), 64 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Musset-Pathay 1414; INED 8; Kress S.5337; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli. First edition. Detailed definition of the 'domaine congéable', its usages and customes in Bretagne where they have survived. Abeille demontrates with the use of the 'Coutume de Bretagne' that the farmers with a 'domaine congéable' were doing well and contributed to the prospering of agriculture and the population. Abeille concludes that this system of 'withdrawable property' is favorable to the multiplication of property and that this farming-system is by consequence contributing to the progress of agriculture.A 'domaine congéable' was the system whereby land was leased for a period of usually nine years. If the contract was not renewed the farmer had a right to be reimburesed for all that he had constructed, improved etc. The advantage of the system was that the farmer benefitted from his work and the improvements he introduced on the land he had leased. Nevertheless, the insecurity of the system caused many complaints and these were clearly present and voiced in the cahiers of 1789. The system survived principally in the 'Basse Bretagne.' EUR 350
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AFFAIRE DU CAMP DE GRENELLE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the 'Président du Conseil militaire séant au Temple', dated 18 Vendémiaire, an 5 (6 October, 1796). 1 page. 4to. Letter addressed 'au citoyen Sanson, exécuteur des jugemens criminels' with the following text: 'Citoyen, vous voudrez bien m'envoyer demain 19 vendémiaire à sept heures très précises du matin un de vos aides à l'effet de lier pour les conduire au lieu de leur supplice les neufs individus condamnés à mort. Salut et fraternité.' In the margin of the document the names of those condamned to death: Huguet, Gagnaut, Bertrand, Javoque (sic), Boubou, Cusset, Laffond, Baby, Pitoy, in the handwriting of the President. At the lower inner corner in the hand of the executioner: 'fourni les choses nécessaires à l'exécution ledit jour.' Touching document on the end of the last 'Montagnards', who were arrested on the square de Grenelle where they were trying to raise the patriots in revolt in order to save Babeuf and his co-conspirators from being arrested. (See: Rose, Babeuf, pp. 284-6.) From the name of Sanson, it can be concluded that the arrested were beheaded ('guillotinés') instead of being shot, as is suggested by a number of biographies. - Remains of seal, slightly damaged, no loss of text. EUR 1200
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AGUESSEAU, (H.F.) D'. Oeuvres de M. Le Chancelier d'Aguesseau. A Paris, Chez les Libraires Associés, 1761-1789. 13 volumes. xliv, (2), xlv-cxlviii, 622 pp.; xxviii, 686 pp.; xx, 782 pp.; xxiv, 731, (1) pp.; (4), xxii, 730 pp.; (4), xvi, 773, (1) pp.; (4), xlviii, 685, (1) pp.; (4), 711, (1) pp.; (4), xx, 731, (1) pp.; (4), xvi, 460, (2), xii, 316 pp.; (4), xvi, 678 pp.; (4), xxviii, 648 xlix, (1) pp.; (4), lxxxviii, 704 pp. 4to. Contemporary tree calf, spines gilt in compartments with red labels and gilt lettering, lightly rubbed and worn, a few volumes with some damage to either head or foot of spine. Camus 1349; Conlon 61:443. First edition. Henri François d'Aguesseau, (1668-1751), French magistrate during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV and one of the most distinguished of the chancellors who flourished under the French system of parlements. As a magistrate he bansihed corruption from the tribunals, he was responsible for improving the forms and uniformity of procedure; he was influential in ascertaining more accurately jurisdictional limits. It was, however, through his grandes ordonnances that he left his most permanent marks on French jurisprudence. His work marks an epoch in French jurisprudence and his name ranks with that of L'Hôpital. - Some ocassional light browning. EUR 1500
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ALFARIC, P. Origines sociales du Christianisme. Ouvrage inédit présenté par Jacqueline Marchand. Préface de M. Jean Sarrailh. Paris, Publications de l'Union Rationaliste, (1956). With 2 illustrations on 1 page serving as frontispiece. 7, (1), 390 pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed covers, uncut and unopened. Inedited work presented by Jacqueline Marchand, preface by Jean Sarrailh. Deals with the many influences on christianity: origines syriennes; origines egyptiennes; origines grecques; origines romaines; le milieu palestinien. EUR 125
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ALGAROTTI, (F.) Lettres du Comte Algarotti sur la Russie, Contenant l'état du Commerce, de la Marine, des revenus, & des forces de cet Empire: avec l'histoire de la guerre de 1735 contre lesTurcs, & des observations sur la mer Baltique, & la mer Caspienne. Traduite de l'Italien. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Merlin, 1769. (4), 337, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, a bit worn and rubbed. Kress 6601; Higgs 4560; Conlon 69:492; Garnier, Bibliographie de la Russie, 162; Catalogue Russica, i, A450; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Mattioli. First French edition, rare. Francesco Algarotti (1712-1764) was an Italian poet, art and music critic, dandy and man of letters. The son of wealthy merchant, he became the darling of the European aristocracy. In 1733 he captured the attention of Émilie du Chatelet when he stayed with her and Voltaire (Voltaire called him his 'cher cygne de Padoue') to write Il Neutonianismo per le dame which was translated into English by Elizabeth Carter. Leaving France for London, he became the paramour of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu who was ready to sacrafice her reputation and move to Italy with him. But Algarotti fled with Lord Baltimore to Russia, a trip recorded in his Viaggi in Russia (1760). Algarotti later became a constant companion to Frederic of Prussia who ordered a monument to be erected at Pisa to the memory of Algarotti (A Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century History, Edited by Jeremy Black and Roy Porter, p. 22). EUR 500
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ANT(RAIGUES, E.H.L.A. DE LAUNAY) D'. Mémoire sur les Etats Généraux, leurs droits et la manière de les convoquer. No place, 1788. iv, (5)-279 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, label with gilt lettering. Martin & Walter 428. First edition. 'Cet ouvrage, appuyé de tout le prestige, de toute la force de l'éloquence, pqut être considéré comme un des premiers brandons jetés au milieu de la France pour opérer le vaste incendie qui l'a si longtemps dévorée.' (Michaud) Published in Provence, it provoked strong repercussions, and many counterfeit issues appeared on the market. Contains extremely subversive ideas, and shows clear preference for a republican government. The impression it made on public opinion was considerable. EUR 225
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ANT(RAIGUES, E.H.L.A. DE LAUNAY) D'. Mémoire sur les Etats Généraux, leurs droits et la manière de les convoquer. No place, 1788. iv, (5)-279 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, marbled boards. Martin & Walter 428. First edition. 'Cet ouvrage, appuyé de tout le prestige, de toute la force de l'éloquence, peut être considéré comme un des premiers brandons jetés au milieu de la France pour opérer le vaste incendie qui l'a si longtemps dévorée.' (Michaud) Published in Provence, it provoked strong repercussions, and many counterfeit issues appeared on the market. Contains extremely subversive ideas, and shows clear preference for a republican government. The impression it made on public opinion was considerable. EUR 225
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ANTRAIGUES, (E.L.H.A. DE LAUNAY) D'. Mémoire sur la constitution des Etats de la province de Languedoc, et sur le danger qui menace la liberté publique, quand les provinces sont régies par des Etats inconstitutionnels. Imprimé en Vivarnais, 1789. 71 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 424 (variant issue). Text which caused great upheaval when it was published at the eve of the meeting of the Etats-Généraux. EUR 200
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ARGENSON, (R,L. DE VOYER D'.) Considérations sur le Gouvernement ancien et présent de la France. Par M. le marquis d'Argenson. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1765. Title-page printed in red and black and with title vignette. vii, (1), 312 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands and red edges. Menger 544; Stourm, p. 107; Higgs 3368; not in Kress, not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 31-36; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 93-103; cf. Mattioli 76. Third edition, newly set and printed. The work was severely prosecuted in France, but M.M. Rey printed at least three different editions during the years 1764-1765. René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d'Argenson (1694-1757), French writer on economic and political subjects. The main principle in d'Argenson's philosophy was universal liberalism- 'not too much government' (pas trop gouverner). In politics the 'democracy' which he wished to 'admit into the monarchic state' depended primarily on the abolition of inherited distinctions between the estates and on the decentralization of administration. In the economic sphere he demanded the cessation of all interference with the production and circulation of goods (G. Weulersse in ESS, vol. 2, p. 182). 'En matière sociale et politique les idées de d'Argenson sont à la fois hardies, brutales et timorées... d'Argenson tend vers une sorte de socialisme imposé et surveillé par une aristocratie qui n'en prendrait que ce qu'elle voudrait' (Mornet, Les Origines Intellectuelles de la Révolution Française). EUR 800
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ARGENSON, (R.L. DE VOYER D'.) Considérations sur le Gouvernement ancien et présent de la France. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1765. Title-page printed in red and black and with title vignette. xvi, 328 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, marbled boards, vellum corners. Menger 544; Stourm, p. 107; Higgs 3368; not in Kress, not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 31-36; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 93-103. Second edition, first issue. This second edition has two issues: one with an errata-leaf (pp. xv-xvi) and numbered preliminaries, the second issue has no errata-leaf while the errata are corrected and the preliminaries are unnumbered. The work was severely prosecuted in France, but M.M. Rey printed at least three different editions during the years 1764-1765. René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d'Argenson (1694-1757), French writer on economic and political subjects. The main principle in d'Argenson's philosophy was universal liberalism- 'not too much government' (pas trop gouverner). In politics the 'democracy' which he wished to 'admit into the monarchic state' depended primarily on the abolition of inherited distinctions between the estates and on the decentralization of administration. In the economic sphere he demanded the cessation of all interference with the production and circulation of goods (G. Weulersse in ESS, vol. 2, p. 182). 'En matière sociale et politique les idées de d'Argenson sont à la fois hardies, brutales et timorées... d'Argenson tend vers une sorte de socialisme imposé et surveillé par une aristocratie qui n'en prendrait que ce qu'elle voudrait.' (Mornet, Les Origines Intellectuelles de la Révolution Française). - Name of the author written on the title in an contemporary hand, with small owner's stamp on title (M. de Chamineville) and the bookplate of Charles Chabroud, avocat and constitutionel. EUR 900
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ARGENSON, (R.L. DE VOYER) D'. Considérations sur le gouvernement ancien et présent de la France, comparé avec celui des autres Etats, suivies d'un nouveau plan d'administration. Deuxième édition, corrigéesur ces manuscrits. Amsterdam (Paris), 1784. (4), vii, (1), (9)-301, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, monogram in compartment at foot made black, red edges. INED 87; Stourm, p. 107; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Carl Menger; Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 31-36; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 93-103. The rare second and improved edition, edited by de Paulmy, son of Argenson and printed in a limited number of copies. This is the first issue of the edition, with the errata at the end. There is another edition which lacks the errata while these have been corrected. 'Le texte de 1764 et celui de 1784 sont si dissemblables qu'ils ne peuvent pas être considérés de prime abord comme exprimant tous deux la pensé de d'Argenson.' (Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales). It is thus important to have both editions. In the preface to the second edition de Paulmy stresses the influence the work has had on the 'économistes', a fact that is confirmed by INED: 'Ces quelques examples montrent que sa doctrine économique a de nombreux point communs avec celles des disciples de Quesnay.'René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d'Argenson (1694-1757), French writer on economic and political subjects. The main principle in d'Argenson's philosophy was universal liberalism- 'not too much government' (pas trop gouverner). In politics the 'democracy' which he wished to 'admit into the monarchic state' depended primarily on the abolition of inherited distinctions between the estates and on the decentralization of administration. In the economic sphere he demanded the cessation of all interference with the production and circulation of goods (G. Weulersse in ESS, vol. 2, p. 182). 'En matière sociale et politique les idées de d'Argenson sont à la fois hardies, brutales et timorées... d'Argenson tend vers une sorte de socialisme imposé et surveillé par une aristocratie qui n'en prendrait que ce qu'elle voudrait' (Mornet, Les Origines Intellectuelles de la Révolution Française). EUR 1250
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ARGENSON, (R.L. DE VOYER) D'. Considérations sur le gouvernement ancien et présent de la France, comparé avec celui des autres Etats, suivies d'un nouveau plan d'administration. Deuxième édition, corrigéesur ces manuscrits. Amsterdam (Paris), 1784. (4), viii, (9)-301 pp. 8vo. Nineteenth-century half calf, blind and gilt decorations to spine, label with gilt lettering, marbled boards and marbled edges. INED 87; Stourm, p. 107; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Carl Menger; Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 31-36; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 93-103. The rare second and improved edition, edited by de Paulmy, son of d'Argenson and printed in a limited number of copies. This is the second issue of the edition, without the errata leaf of the first issue while the errata have been corrected. The first issue of this edition is extremely scarce. - With handwritten note on fly-leaf by Jules Renouvier stating 'édition originale et publié par le marquis de Paulmy, fils de l'auteur.' 'Le texte de 1764 et celui de 1784 sont si dissemblables qu'ils ne peuvent pas être considérés de prime abord comme exprimant tous deux la pensé de d'Argenson' (Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales). In the preface to the second edition de Paulmy stresses the influence the work has had on the 'économistes', a fact that is confirmed by INED: 'Ces quelques examples montrent que sa doctrine économique a de nombreux point communs avec celles des disciples de Quesnay.'René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d'Argenson (1694-1757), French writer on economic and political subjects. The main principle in d'Argenson's philosophy was universal liberalism- 'not too much government' (pas trop gouverner). In politics the 'democracy' which he wished to 'admit into the monarchic state' depended primarily on the abolition of inherited distinctions between the estates and on the decentralization of administration. In the economic sphere he demanded the cessation of all interference with the production and circulation of goods (G. Weulersse in ESS, vol. 2, p. 182). 'En matière sociale et politique les idées de d'Argenson sont à la fois hardies, brutales et timorées... d'Argenson tend vers une sorte de socialisme imposé et surveillé par une aristocratie qui n'en prendrait que ce qu'elle voudrait' (Mornet, Les Origines Intellectuelles de la Révolution Française). - With handwritten note on fly-leaf by Jules Renouvier stating 'édition originale et publié par le marquis de Paulmy, fils de l'auteur.' EUR 900
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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 - (LOUIS XVI.) Discours du Roi, à l'Assemblée des Notables, Tenue à Versailles, le 22 Février 1787. A Versailles, De l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, 1787. - (Bound with:) CALONNE, (C.A.) Discours prononcé de l'Ordre du Roi et en sa Présence par M. de Calonne, Contrôleur Général des Finances, dans l'Assemblée des Notables, Tenue à Versailles, le 22 Février 1787. A Versailles, De l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, 1787. - (Bound with:) EXTRAIT De l'Avertissement placé à la tête de la Collection des Mémoires présentés à l'Assemblée des Notables. (Drop-head title). A Versailles, De l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, 1787. - (Bound with:) COLLECTION des Mémoires présentés à l'Assemblée des Notables. Premier et Seconde Division. A Versailles, De l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, 1787. With two folding tables. - (Bound with:) ETAT Général Des avantages qui procurent à chaque Province le plan d'Uniformité dans la perception des droits de Traites, & la suppression de divers droits imposés sur l'Industrie & la Fabrication nationale. (Drop-head title). No place, no date. - (Bound with:) OBSERVATIONS présentés au Roi par les Bureaux de l'Assemblée de Notables, sur les Mémoires remis à l'Assemblée ouverte par le Roi, A Versailles, le 23 Février 1787. A Versailles, De l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, 1787. - (Bound with:) (LOUIS XVI). Discours du Roi, prononcé à l'Assemblée de Notables, Du Lundi 23 Avril 1787. D'Après la copie imprimée à Versailles chez Ph.-D. Pierres, .... A Metz, Chez la veuve Antoine & Fils, 1787. - (Bound with:) DISCOURS prononcés à l'Assemblée de Notables, Du Vendredi 25 Mai 1787. A Versailles, De l'Imprimerie de Philippe-Denys Pierres, 1787. 8 works in one volume. (4) pp.; 34 pp.; 4 pp.; viii, 38, (2), 84 pp.; 8 pp.; (4), 222 pp.; 7, (1) pp.; 36 pp. 4to. Modern half calf, red and blue labels to spine with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Martin & Walter 21734 (first text); 5810 (second text); 21735 (seventh text). All original editions. The Assembly of Notables was an advisory body of the Old Regime, including nearly 150 of the most prestigious nobles and public officials of France. The first Assembly of Notables, convened by Louis XVI to approve the last great reform program of the Bourbon monarchy, rejected unexpectedly the most important reforms, initiating the crisis leading to the revolution in 1789. The government's program, conceived by the controller general, C.-A. de Calonne, intended to eliminate the mounting deficit through a combination of financial and institutional reform. A new land tax and provincial assemblees were the centerpieces. Other reforms included the taille (tax on commoners, mainly peasants), a money payment replacing the corvée (peasant road service), a more equitable salt tax (gabelle), free internal trade in grain, and removal of tariff barriers within the national borders. The Notables had several reasons to oppose most of the proposed reforms and close analysis of their debates and of their role in ancien régime society helps to explain why they opposed royal reforms and why their example sparked broader opposition, which succeeded ultimately in undermining the monarchy and forcing it to convene an Estates General in 1789. The major theme in the first Assembly was the nation controlling and participating in government and from the spring of 1787 until the autumn of 1788, calls resounded for the convening of an Estates General and for extending the powers of provincial assemblees. In 1788 a second Assembly of Notables was convened with the task of advising the king on procedures for electing the Estates General. EUR 1250
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ASSEMBLEE DE NOTABLES DE 1788 - LISTE Des Personnes convoquées pour l'Assemblée de Notables du 3 Novembre 1788, remise au 6 du même mois. (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l' Imprimerie Royale, 1788. - (Followed by:) LISTE des Bureaux de Notables en l'année 1788. (A Paris, de l' Imprimerie Royale, 1788). - (Followed by:) DISCOURS du Roi, de M. le Garde des sceaux (De Barentin), et de M. le Directeur Général des finances (Necker), à l'ouverture de l'Assemblée des Notables tenue à Versailles le 6 novembre 1788. (A Paris, De l' Imprimerie Royale, 1788). - (Followed by:) DISCOURS de Monsieur, Frère du Roi; de M. l'Archévêque de Narbonne (Dillon) et de M. le Premier Président au Parlement de Paris (d'Ormesson). A l'ouverture de l'Assemblée de notables, Tenue à Versailles le 6 Novembre 1788. (A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1788). - (Followed by:) PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée de Notables, Tenue à Versailles, en l'année 1788. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1789. With one plan. - (Followed by:) DISCOURS prononcés à la Clôture de l'Assemblée des Notables, Tenue à Versailles le 12 Décembre 1788. (A Versailles, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1788). Six works in one volume. 7 pp.; (8) pp.; 18 pp.; 7, (1) pp.; (4), 505, (1) pp.; 16 pp. 4to. Modern half calf, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. All original editions. The Assembly of Notables was an advisory body of the Old Regime, including nearly 150 of the most prestigious nobles and public officials of France. The first Assembly of Notables, convened by Louis XVI to approve the last great reform program of the Bourbon monarchy, rejected unexpectedly the most important reforms, initiating the crisis leading to the revolution in 1789. The government's program, conceived by the controller general, C.-A. de Calonne, intended to eliminate the mounting deficit through a combination of financial and institutional reform. A new land tax and provincial assemblees were the centerpieces. Other reforms included the taille (tax on commoners, mainly peasants), a money payment replacing the corvée (peasant road service), a more equitable salt tax (gabelle), free internal trade in grain, and removal of tariff barriers within the national borders. The Notables had several reasons to oppose most of the proposed reforms and close analysis of their debates and of their role in ancien régime society helps to explain why they opposed royal reforms and why their example sparked broader opposition, which succeeded ultimately in undermining the monarchy and forcing it to convene an Estates General in 1789. The major theme in the first Assembly was the nation controlling and participating in government and from the spring of 1787 until the autumn of 1788, calls resounded for the convening of an Estates General and for extending the powers of provincial assemblees. The crown finally succumbed to financial stringency and public pressure and in August 1788 an Estates General was summoned. In the same year, 1788, a second Assembly of Notables was convened with the task of advising the king on procedures for electing the Estates General. During this session, of which the proceedings were edited by P.S. Dupont de Nemours and Hennin, the decision was made to convoke the États-Généraux in 1789 and the rules of the elections were established. The debate centered, among other things, on equal representation for each order and separate deliberation and vote by order. The public demanded the 'doubling of the Third' and 'vote by head', aimed at ensuring greater influence for the Third Estate in the Estates General. These issues dominated debates in 1789, until June, when the three orders merged into a National Assembly, marking the first victory of the Revolution. EUR 1400
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ASSEMBLEE DES NOTABLES 1788 - LISTE des personnes convoquées pour l'Assemblée de Notables du 3 Novembre 1788, remise au 6 du même mois. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1788. - (Followed by:) LISTE des bureaux des notables en l'année 1788. (Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1788). - (Followed by:) DISCOURS du Roi, de M. le Garde des Sceaux (De Barentin), et de M. le Directeur général des finances (Necker) à l'ouverture de l'Assemblée des Notables, tenue à Versailles le 6 Novembre 1788. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1788. - (Followed by:) DISCOURS de Monsieur, frère du Roi; de M. l'Archevêque de Narbonne et de M. le Premier Président du Parlement de Paris, à l'ouverture de l'Assemblée de Notables, tenue à Versailles le 6 Novembre 1788. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1788. - (Followed by:) PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée de Notables, tenue à Versailles, en l'année 1788. Paris, Imrimerie Royale, 1788. With engraved plan and explanatory leaf. - (Followed by:) DISCOURS prononcés à la clôture de l'Assemblée des Notables, tenues à Versailles le 12 Décembre 1788. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1788. 6 pieces bound in one volume. 7, (1) pp.; (8) pp.; 18 pp.; 7, (1) pp.; (4), 505 pp.; 14 pp. 4to. Modern half calf. During the sessions of november-december 1788 the convocation of the Etats-Généraux was decided as well as the procedures for the election for the Etats généraux. The proceedings were edited by P.S. Dupont de Nemours and Hennin. EUR 900
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ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE - PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée Nationale, imprimé par son ordre. Contenant les séances depuis le premier Octobre (1791) jusqu'au 21 Septembre 1792. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale,1791-92. Volumes 1-10, 12-16 (last). - (Followed by:) TABLE des matières, des noms de lieux et des noms de personnes contenus aux procès-verbaux des séances de l'Assemblée nationale (Législative), depuis le premier Octobre 1791 jusqu'au 21 Septembre 1792 inclusivement. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, Frimaire an X (1801). 2 volumes. - Together 17 volumes in 16. 8vo. 10 vols contemporary half calf (not uniform, one rubbed), 2 modern half calf, 4 sewn with contemporary chinz covers. Tourneux I, 478 & 479a. - A few volumes somewhat waterstained. EUR 1500
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ASSEMBLEES PROVINCIALES - MANUSCRIPT, in French, dated 1779, in a very legible contemporary hand, concerning the origin, the necessity and the benefits of the Provincial Assemblees. Some corrections in a different contemporary hand. 1779. 26 pp. Small 4to. Sewn. Refers to, among others, Philippe le Bel, Louis XIV, Richelieu, the Estates general and the British parliament. EUR 450
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AVENEL, G. D'. Histoire économique de la propriété, des salaires, des denrées et de tous les prix en général, depuis l'an 1200 jusqu'en l'an 1800. Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1913-1926. 7 volumes. (6), xxviii, 619, (1) pp.; (4), 534 pp.; (4), 701, (1) pp.; (4), 603, (1) pp.; (4), 732 pp.; (4), 690 pp.; (4), 474 pp. Royal 8vo. Modern cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Einaudi; Mattioli 155. The best and most complete edition of this monumental work, which is rarely found with the volumes 6 and 7. The book received the Prix Rossi in 1890 and 1892. - Last leaves of volume 5 slightly damaged at upper blank margin. J.A. Schumpeter states that d'Avenel's work does not receive today all the credit it deserves: 'd'Avenel had an eye for the wider implications for social and political history of prolonged and pronounced price changes' (Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis, p. 782). I & II: L'argent. (Second editions); III & IV: Le travail. (Second editions); V: Les classes riches et bourgeoises. VI & VII: Les dépenses privées. EUR 1500
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BARERE (DE VIEUZAC), B. Rapport sur l'Acte de Navigation, fait au nom du Comité de Salut Public, avec les deux décrets rendus dans la séance du 21 Septembre de l'an II de la République Française, une & indivisible. Paris, (1793). 39, (1) pp. 8vo. Sewn, contemporary blind orange covers, handwritten title on front cover. Martin & Walter 1631; JFBL B52 (uncertain, listed as 'Rapport fait au nom du comité de salut public'); not in Sabin; not in Echeverria & Wilkie. First edition. Includes: MAREC, P. Rapport sur un projet d'acte de navigation de la République Française. Includes also details on the Anglo-American trade.'Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac, held legal office at Tarbes, prosperous, eloquent, ingratiating manners and literary taste, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1789, moved steadily to the left, gained influence in the Convention as a local orator. Member of the Committee of Public Safety. He was arrested after the riots of 12 Germinal (1 April 1795) when the new majority in the Convention decided to dispose of the alledged suporters of the riot: Collot d'Herbois, Billaud-Varenne and Barère. Barère survived and died a poor pensioner of Louis-Philippe. When David, in 1832, went to see the aged Barère, to discuss the plan of portraying the great men of the Revolution, the old revolutionary sat up and declared: 'Do not forget Robespierre!' He was a man of pure integrity, a true republican' (A. Cobban, A History of Modern France, vol. i). In 1789 he brought out the first issue of his 'Point du Jour', one of the best and most nearly impartial of the newspapers of the day; it continued to appear until the end of the Constituent Assembly. Barère was a man of great charm, and he quickly made a place for himself in Parisian society. He was one of the circle surrounding the duke of Orléans. He joined, but rarely attended, the Jacobins, the more conservative 'Society de 1789', and the Abbé Fauchet's masonic 'Société des Amis de la Vérité'. He supported Robespierre's proposal that free Negro proprietors become citizens, as well as political rights for Jews and Protestants. It was due largely to Barère's efforts and those of Danton that the Committee of Public Safety was created, and he was the first to be elected to it. He later served the committee above all as its principal rapporteur. After a long discussion late at night, Barère could summarize a question rapidly and luminously, posing it so clearly that it could be easily resolved. EUR 250
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BARERE (DE VIEUZAC, B.) Rapport sur les crimes de l'Angleterre envers le peuple français, & sur ses attentats contre la liberté des nations. Fait au nom du Comité de Salut Public dans la séance du 7Prairial an II (26 Mai 1794). (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1794). 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 1656. Firstedition. - In the lower blank margin of the first page handwritten "Alexander Hamilton, Philadelphia". The handwriting is certainly not Hamilton's so this is either a presentation from the author or the writing of someone who wanted to send it to Hamilton. This either was Hamilton's personal copy or at least it was intended to be Hamilton's personal copy. The irony is that the person sending it probably did not realize that Hamilton was becoming increasingly pro-British, anti-French in the early 1790s and probably would not have agreed with the writer. A good association item, from a history point of view just as interesting as if it had Hamilton's own autograph on it. This report includes a project for a decree of one article only: 'Il ne sera fait aucun prisonnier anglais ou hanovrien.' Reference is made to the atrocities of the English to the nations among which the american people are mentioned.'Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac, held legal office at Tarbes, prosperous, eloquent, ingratiating manners and literary taste, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1789, moved steadily to the left, gained influence in the Convention as a local orator. Member of the Committee of Public Safety. He was arrested after the riots of 12 Germinal (1 April 1795) when the new majority in the Convention decided to dispose of the alledged suporters of the riot: Collot d'Herbois, Billaud-Varenne and Barère. Barère survived and died a poor pensioner of Louis-Philippe. When David, in 1832, went to see the aged Barère, to discuss the plan of portraying the great men of the Revolution, the old revolutionary sat up and declared: 'Do not forget Robespierre!' He was a man of pure integrity, a true republican' (Cobban, A., A History of Modern France, vol. I). In 1789 he brought out the first issue of his 'Point du Jour', one of the best and most nearly impartial of the newspapers of the day; it continued to appear until the end of the Constituent Assembly. Barère was a man of great charm, and he quickly made a place for himself in Parisian society. He was one of the circle surrounding the duke of Orléans. He joined, but rarely attended, the Jacobins, the more conservative 'Society de 1789', and the Abbé Fauchet's masonic 'Société des Amis de la Vérité'. He supported Robespierre's proposal that free Negro proprietors become citizens, as well as political rights for Jews and Protestants. It was due largely to Barère's efforts and those of Danton that the Committee of Public Safety was created, and he was the first to be elected to it. He later served the committee above all as its principal rapporteur. After a long discussion late at night, Barère could summarize a question rapidly and luminously, posing it so clearly that it could be easily resolved. EUR 600
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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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BAUDEAU, N. Privilège à lui délivré par le roi, en date du 29 novembre 1787, et enregistré à la Chambre royale et syndicale le 18 décembre 1787, pour 'faire imprimer et donner au public les Ephémérides économiques de sa composition.' (1787). 1 leaf, printed on vellum (45 x 25 cm), signed Le Bègue. Oblong folio. Privilege with which Baudeau received permission to publish the last - and rarest of all - physiocratic publications, entitled 'Ephémérides'. This journal was published by Baudeau from January - March 1788. This 'privilège' is an exceptional physiocratic document. - Piece of blank lower margin torn off and lost but not touching the text. EUR 2000
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BEAUCHAMP, A. DE. Réfutation de l'écrit intitulé: Coup d'oeil sur l'état politique du Brésil au 12 novembre 1823, considéré dans ses divers rapports avec le Portugal, publié à Londres en 1824. Paris, Delaunay, juin 1824. 39, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Borba de Moraes i, p. 92, "rare"; and p. 225 for the Coup d'oeil ... Rare first edition. The 'Coup d'oeil sur l'état politique du Brésil' was written on the instructions of the Portugese Ambassador in London by Joaquim Ferreira de Freitas and attacked the imperial Brazilian government and is at the same time a reply to a book written by La Beaumelle at the request of the Brazilian government. The present pamphlet by Beauchamp is a refutation of De Freitas' Coup d'oeil. De Beauchamp had published in june of the same year a work entitled L'Indépendence de l'empire du Brésil, .... for which Beauchamp was paid by the Brazilian representative in France, Gameiro, and in which book Beauchamp presented Brazilian independence in a favourable light to influence public opinion. EUR 225
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BEAUMARCHAIS, P.A. CARON DE. Observations sur le mémoire justificatif de la Cour de Londres; par Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Armateur & Citoyen Français; Dédiées à la Patrie. A Londres, A Philadelphie, et se trouve partout, 1779. 56 pp. 8vo. 19th-century half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Cordier, Bibliographie des Oeuvres de Beaumarchais, 456 listing an edition of 68 pages; Echeverria & Wilkie 779/12; Sabin 4182; Fay 12; Tchémerzine-Scheler, i, 512; JFBL B129. One of four editions published in 1779, Cordier lists an edition of 68 pages and we also once had an edition with 64 pages and without the publishing places on the title-page. Refutation of the accusation raised by the British government in the Mémoire Justificatif written by E. Gibbon, 'this is a recital of French and US grievances against Great Britain and a justification of French policy' (Echeverria & Wilkie). - Inscribed by the author on title-page, with bookplates on front paste-down. EUR 1500
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BELLIEVRE & SILLERI. Mémoires, contenant un Journal concernant la négociation de la paix traitée à Vervins l'an 1598, entre Henri IV, roi de France & de Navarre, Philippe II, roi d'Espagne, & Charles Emanuel, duc de Savoye. A La Haye, Chez A. Moetjens, 1696. Titles printed in red and black. 2 volumes. (26), 266 pp.; (14),269-587, (5) pp. 12mo. Modern brown morocco, blind stamped borders on both sides, spines gilt with raised bands and red labels, gilt outside dentelles. Cf.: Hauser 3154; BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700, B.527. First (and only ?) edition. Bellièvre and Sillery were sent by Henri IV as plenipotentiaries to the Congress of Vervins, where they concluded peace with Phillip II of Spain in 1598. The present work contains their correspondence from January to August of 1598, together with a journal relating to the negotiations, written by the secretary of the Cardinal of Florence, all relating to the peace of Vervins. This treaty, signed on 2 May 1598 effectively re-established the treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis of nearly forty years before. The Spaniards agreed to abandon Brittany and Calais, together with their conquests along the Netherlands frontier. France, therefore, had recovered her territorial integrity, and the period of Spanish intervention had been brought to a close. - Second volume with waterstain, small wormhole in lower blank margin of last 30 pages. From the library of Bruno Monnier. EUR 400
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BERRI - PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée Provinciale du Berri, tenue à Bourges en septembre et octobre 1780; précédé de détails relatifs aux principaux objects qui ont occupéles assemblées de 1778 et 1779. 2ième édition. Bourges, 1787. - (Followed by:) PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée provinciale du Berri tenue à Bourges en octobre et novembre 1783. 2ième édition. Bourges, 1787. - (Followed by:) PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée provinciale du Berri tenue à Bourges, octobre 1786. Bourges, 1787. With 11 tables. 3 volumes. (12), 19, 345, (10) pp.; (4), 287, (12) pp.; (2), 48, 262pp. 4to. Modern half morocco. Lavergne, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 33-66. Complete set of the best edition with subject indexes, of the proceedings of the very first Assemblée Provinciale, as planned by Turgot and created by Necker. The distinction between the three orders was practically neglected and the voting was by call. This Assemblée was, together with the one of Haute-Guienne, the only one to survive until the revolution. During the years of its existence, the Assemblée made important decisions: the corvée was abolished and in this respect Berri became the example for all other provinces; improvement of waterways, extensively dealt with in the proceedings, was promoted because of the high costs of transport by land; the new doctrine of Turgot of 'liberté du travail' was adopted. Important document as the Berry was a sort of experiment for the futur provincial assemblies. In these minutes one finds essais on agriculture, industry, various taxes in use, the Ponts et Chaussees, the future construction of the canal and its navigation. - Rare in this complete state. The first two volumes with the half-title: 'Collection des procès-verbaux de l'Assemblée provinciale du Berri'. EUR 1500
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BERRI - PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée Provinciale du Berri, tenue à Bourges dans les mois de septembre & d'octobre 1780 (- Octobre 1783). Précédé du projet de Réglement proposé pour cette Administration, & des détails relatifs aux principaux objets qui ont occupé les Assemblées de 1778 & 1779. Bourges, B. Cristo, 1781-1784. With 11 folding tables. 2 volumes. iv, 315, (1) pp.; 304 pp. 4to. Half calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering (first volume somewhat rubbed). De Lavergne, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 33-66. First edition. Proceedings of the first session of the Assemblée provinciale of Berri, the very first to be held as planned by Turgot and created by Necker. During the years of its existence, the Assemblée made important decisions: the corvée was abolished and in this respect Berri became the example for all other provinces; improvement of waterways, extensively dealt with in the proceedings, was promoted because of the high costs of transport by land; the new doctrine of Turgot of 'liberté du travail' was adopted. Sessions were held also in November 1783 and in October 1786. - Copy from the library of Laussat, with bookplate. EUR 600
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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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BERTRAND DE MOLLEVILLE - (LOUIS XVI). Lettre du Roi à l'Assemblée nationale, en réponse aux Observations adressées à Sa Majesté sur la conduite de M. Bertrand (de Molleville), Ministre de la Marine. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1792. 3, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Disbound. Martin & Walter, 21813. Includes also Bertrand de Molleville's letter to the King and the King's reply.The King has not found any reasons not to be pleased with Bertrand de Molleville's services, and also from the colonies, no complaints have been received. Bertrand de Molleville, however, abdicates from his post when he has been informed that De Narbonne has been replaced. The King accepts his retirement with respect. EUR 150
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BIELFELD, (J.F.) DE. Institutions politiques. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. Leide, Chés (sic) Samuel et Jean Luchtmans, 1767-1772. With engraved title-vignettes, engraved portrait and 5 folding tables. 3 volumes. (4), viii, 710, (12) pp.; (6), 736, (8) pp.; xxiv, 892, (26) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, corners, marbled boards, yellow edges. Humpert 7491; Camus 215; Higgs 3984 (citing an edition running upto 1774); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi (although Kress has a mixed edition of which the third volume is the volume here described, see S.4180); Leblanc 240; Carpenter, Economic Bestsellers, XX.7. The improved, revised and augmented edition, complete with the often lacking third volume which was published in 1772 for the first time. - The binders knife has touched parts of the folding tables 4 and 5, with loss of a few letters. 'Cet ouvrage est écrit à l'usage des gouvernants. Il concerne l'art de règner. Bielfeld veut réduire la politique en système, la transformer en une science qui puisse être enseignée. Il divise ses Institutions Politiques en deux parties: 1: Tout ce qui regarde l'intérieur d'un État: cadre législatifs et politiques, finances, manufactures, commerce, navigation, armée, marine ....; 2: Tout ce qui concerne la politique étrangère et les rapports d'un État avec les autres puissances' (Leblanc).'This is essentially a cameralistic guide for rulers. Bielfeld, although a German, first published his books in French; he relied in large measure upon the French data and writers' (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, p. 79). The Supplément aux Institutions Politiques pour cette nouvelle édition is to be found in the second volume covering the pages 647-736."This Cameralistic treatise is by a Prussian state official. It was more successful outside Germany than any other Cameralistic work, presumably because it was written in the international language of the Eighteenth Century -- French" (Carpenter, Economic Bestsellers, XX.7) EUR 1000
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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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BIRKBECK, M. Lettres sur les nouveaux établissemens qui se forment dans les parties occidentales des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique. Par Morris Birkbecks. Traduit sur l'édition originale de Philadelphie. Paris, Chez L'Huilier, Delaunay, 1819. With engraved map. (4), xvi, 156 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, label with gilt lettering. Sabin 5568; Howes B.467; not in Streeter sale; not in Muller; not in Leclerc. The only French version. The name of the author is misspelled as Birkbecks on the title. Birckbeck purchased 6.000 acres of land on English Prairie, Illinois, in 1816, founding thereon the city of New Albion. The author did much to inspire and direct British emigrants into that area. The French translator considers the wealth of information supplied also of great interest for French people who might wish to emigrate to the United States. The work includes a wealth of information on economic and social conditions in that part of the United States. - One leaf (pp. 63/64) neatly repaired, without loss of text, and some small loss of paper in outer blank margin of half-title and title. EUR 450
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BLANC, L. Organisation du travail. Cinqième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée d'une polémique entre M. Michel Chevalier et l'auteur, ainsi que d'un appendice indiquant ce qui pourrait être tenté dès à présent. Paris, au Bureau de la Société de l'Industrie fraternelle, 1848. (4), 284 pp. 12mo. Sewn, original printed covers, spine a bit damaged, uncut, unopened. Kress C.7283; Goldsmiths 36031; not in Einaudi. Important edition of this famous text, containing supplements not reprinted in later editions. Louis Blanc's leading economic ideas are those of 'association' and 'the right to work'. In the present work he looks to the State to ensure that the opportunity to work under reasonable conditions of payment and employment shall be available for every citizen. Although Blanc wishes the State to institute this new system he does not wish it to take over the running of industry. It was here that Blanc and the Fourierists held opposing views; to Blanc the Fourierists wished to run the State and industry and control everything by means of a hierarchy of industrial administrators chosen from above (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, i, p. 170). EUR 250
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BLANQUI, (A.) Histoire de l'économie politique en Europe, depuis les anciens jusqu'à nos jours, suivie d'une bibliographie raisonnée des principaux ouvrages d'économie politique. Troisièmeédition. Paris, Guillaumin, 1845. 2 volumes. (4), xxiv, 383, (1) pp.; (4), 430 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half cloth, marbled boards, corners, gilt lettering to spine, one corner bumped very light signs of wear. New Palgrave, i, p. 253; Einaudi 524. Third edition. The first serious history of political economy. 'In addition to doctrinal history it covered an enormous amount of economic history from the ancient world to the early 1840s .... Blanqui's treatment of history reflects his support of free trade and sympathy for the working class. It may be said that the whole of his life was spent in one long and laborious inquiry, principally directed to the solution of those questions relating to the working classes, the importance of which he had realised more clearly than most of his contemporaries. The brilliancy and vigour of his language added an additional attraction to his teaching' (New Palgrave).Lightly browned throughout, binding of volume two slightly loose. EUR 150
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BLOCH, C. L'assistance et l'état en France à la veille de la révolution. (Généralités de Paris, Rouen, Alençon, Orléans, Chalons, Soissons, Amiens). 1764-1790. Paris, Picard et Fils, 1908. (4), lxiv, 504 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, a bit spotted, small damage to lower front joint. Dada 337; not in Granier, Bibliographie Charitable. Standard work. Includes an extensive bibliography listing over 300 titles EUR 175
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BOISGUILBERT - PIERRE DE BOISGUILBERT ou la naissance de l'économie politique. Paris, Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, 1966. With portrait and facsimiles. 2 volumes. 20, (4), 578 pp.; (8), pp. 579-1031. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, uncut. Original edition of this important study. 1.- Etudes - Biographie - Correspondance - Bibliographies. 2.- Oeuvres manuscrites et imprimées. EUR 125
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BOISSET, (J.-A.) Au nom du peuple français. Boisset, représentant du peuple, envoyé dans les départemens de l'Ain et Saône et Loire, pour le triomphe de la République et l'affermissement du gouvernement révolutionnaire, investi de pouvoirs illimités, par le décret du 9 Fructidor. (Drop-head title). No place, (1794). 1 leaf (verso blank). Folio. Folded and mounted in a 4to modern half morocco binding, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Martin & Walter. Dated Bourg, 10 brumaire year III (31 october 1794). Announcing the measures to be taken against priests, monks and nuns.- Rare poster printed on grey paper, text in two columns, divided by two vertical lines between which the phrygian cap is printed EUR 250
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BONAPARTE, R. Démocratie Suisse. Article paru dans 'L'Événement' du 5 juin 1890. Paris, Imprimé pour l'Auteur, 1890. (6), 26, (2) pp. 8vo. Original printed covers, very lightly damaged at foot of spine. Offprint of the article published in L'Événement of June 5, 1890, published at the expense of the author and printed by Georges Chamerot. The prince Roland Bonaparte, descendant of Lucien Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, achieved acclaim through his various important scientific voyages the results of which were published in various scientific journals. The present text is an exposition of the origins and history of the federative and democratic republic of Switserland. - A large paper copy. EUR 175
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BOUCHER, J. Sermons de la simulée conversion, et nullité de la prétendue absolution de Henry de Bourbon, Prince de Bearn, à S. Denys en France, le Dimanche 25 Juillet, 1593. Iuxte la Copie Imprimée à Paris, chez G. Chaudiere, R. Niuelle, & R. Thierry, 1594. (12), 625, (23)pp. 8vo. 19th-century blue morocco, raised bands, gilt lettering on spine, gilt inside-dentelles, all edges gilt, binding signed: Duru 1849. Hauser, Les Sources de l'Histoire de France, 3074; Labitte, De la Démocratie chez les prédicateurs de la Ligue, pp. 266 ff.; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, i, p. 382; Adams B-2574; not in Mortimer; not in BMSTC (French). Second edition, published in the same year as the first edition. 'Fameux prédicateur de la Ligue, né à Paris vers 1548, mort à Tours en 1644. Après avoir été recteur à l'Université de Paris, prieur et docteur de Sorbonne, il était curé de Saint-Benoît, quand commencèrent les troubles de la Ligue. Il fut un des plus fanatiques partisans de l'Union, et jusqu'à la reddition de Paris, il ne cessa d'exhaler, soit dans ses sermons, soit dans ses écrits, la haine la plus furieuse contre Henri III et contre le Béarnais' (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, i, pp. 338-339). Boucher became one of the most important leaders of the Paris rebellious movement from 1585 onwards. During one of the processions of the Ligue on May 12, 1593, Boucher propagated the total extinction of the House of Bourbon. After Henry IV changed his religion the Ligue started to fall apart: 'Le seul principe vital de la Ligue une fois accepté par l'adversaire de la Ligue, l'Union n'avait qu'à se dissoudre.' The clergy tried to keep resistence alive 'pour ne pas laisser pénétrer dans leur paroisses ses idées de modération et de trêve ...... Jean Boucher montra l'exemple. Du 1er au 9 août 1593, il s'empara, en l'absence de Morenne, de la chaire de Saint-Méry, et, durant neuf jours, il récita neuf sermons auxquels il attachait la plus grande importance ...... Les Sermons de la simulée conversion...., qui sont fort recherchés par des bibliophiles, donnent pour ainsi dire le dernier mot de la Ligue; ils en resument les idées et les opinions' (Labitte, op.cit.) The above described volume is very rare, since it was immediately confiscated and burned. Brunet 1, 1151: "Edition originale, assez rare." - Very good copy in a very nice morocco binding, some pages cut short never, however, affecting the text. EUR 2250
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BOUCHES-DU-RHONE - PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée administrative du département des Bouches du Rhône, tenue en Novembre & Décembre 1791. Aix, Imprimerie de Gibelin-David & Emeric-David, 1792. 318 pp. 4to. Modern cloth. Lecestre 26; not in Martin & Walter. Original edition. Interesting source for the history of the time. - Titlepage a little soiled. EUR 300
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BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE. Mémoires présentés à Monseigneur d'Orléans, régent de France, contenant les moyens de rendre ce Royaume très-puissant, & d'augmenter considérablement les revenus du Roy et dupeuple. A La Haye & A Amsterdam, aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. 2 volumes in 1. (6), 158 pp.; (2), (1-4), 5-230, (2, Table des Mémoires, Fautes à corriger) pp. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. Kress 3678; INED 714; Goldsmiths 6532; Mattioli 398; not in Einaudi; Bourgeois & André 6557; Weulersse, i, xix; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 4344; Conlon 27:349. First edition. Political and economical improvements are suggested. With great frankness the author lays bare the causes of the financial distress of France. His work was prohibited in France. The Mémoire against the financiers and proposing a state-treasurer's office; the Mémoire against arbitrary taxation; the Mémoire against the excessive salt-tax and the Mémoire against disorderly financial administration in general, are of special interest. In many ways the author anticipates the ideas of the Physiocrats, who held him in great esteem. Boulainvilliers's works were all published after his death, mostly in Holland or under Dutch imprint, and were forbidden in France. EUR 750
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BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE. Mémoires présentés à Monseigneur d'Orléans, contenant les moyens de rendre ce royaume très-puissant, & d'augmenter considérablement les revenus du Roy et du peuple. A La Haye & A Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. 2 volumes in 1. (6), 156 pp.; (2), (1-4), 5-230, (2) pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering. Kress 3678; INED 714; Goldsmiths 6532; not in Einaudi; Bourgeois & André 6557; Weulersse, i, xix; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 4344; Conlon 27:349. Counterfeit of the first edition. Political and economical improvements are suggested. With great frankness the author lays bare the causes of the financial distress of France. His work was prohibited in France. The mémoire against the financiers and proposing a state-treasurer's office; the mémoire against arbitrary taxation; the mémoire against the excessive salt-tax and the mémoire against disorderly financial administration in general, are of special interest. In many ways the author anticipates the ideas of the Physiocrats, who held him in great esteem. Boulainvilliers's works were all published after his death, mostly in Holland or under Dutch imprint, and were forbidden in France. EUR 600
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BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE. Lettres sur les anciens Parlemens de France qu'on nomme Etats-Généraux. Par M. de Boulainvilliers. Tome Premier [- Tome Troisième]. A Londres, Chez T. Wood & S. Palmer, 1753. 3 volumes. (4), 235, (1) pp.; (4), 224 pp.; (4), 207, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering. Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 1132; Simon, Boulainvilliers, p. 144ff.; Conlon 53:490. First separate edition. One of De Boulainvillier's major works. The Lettres was a brief for the regent, defending his dynastic right to his office. They were also a plea for the dukes, urging the nobility to support them against the Parlement. And above all, the Lettres was an appeal to Orléans, inviting him, in the course of a history of the Estates General, to revive the assemblies of the "nation". Boulainvilliers pursued all these aims in his Lettres, orchestrating them in an impressively complex performance. The Lettres was his most strenuous effort at writing French history as a princely client, counselor, and controversialist. The Lettres was also his masterpiece (Harold A. Ellis, Boulainvilliers and the French Monarchy, p. 144.)All his works were prohibited in France and not published untill after his death, and then primarily outside France. These fourteen letters were first published as part of his great work, the Histoire de l'ancien gouvernement de la France, published in 1727. EUR 900
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BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE. Histoire de l'ancien gouvernement de la France. Avec XIV lettres historiques sur les Parlemens ou États-Généraux. A La Haye, Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. 3 volumes. Titles printed in red and black. - (Followed by:) (BOULAINVILLIERS, H. DE.) Mémoires présentés à Monseigneur d'Orléans, contenant les moyens de rendre ce royaume très-puissant, & d'augmenter considérablement les revenus du Roy et du peuple. A La Haye & A Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. 2 volumes. - Together 5 volumes bound in4. (34), 352 pp.; (2), 324 (misnumbered 224) pp.; (2), 240, (6) pp.; (6), 158 pp.; (2), (1-4), 5-230, (2, table & errata) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering. First work: Camus 874; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 1057; Conlon 27:348. First edition. -Ex-libris of Caboud on front paste-downs, removed from the first volume. Claims the re-establishment of the États-Généraux. The absolutism of the royalty had destructed the feudal system which had assured the people of more freedom. In Boulainvilliers's view, absolutism had destructed not only the freedom of the people, but especially the religious freedom. He claimed that the absolute power of the King should be controlled by the States General. He may be considered as one of the very first historians, who considered government as a science. The above work is considered as the author's main work. See at length: Simon, Boulainvilliers, pp. 144 and ff. Second work: Kress 3678; INED 714; Goldsmiths 6532; not in Einaudi; Bourgeois & André 6557; Weulersse, i, xix; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 4344; Conlon 27:349.First edition. Political and economical improvements are suggested. With great frankness the author lays bare the causes of the financial distress of France. His work was prohibited in France. The mémoire against the financiers and proposing a state-treasurer's office; the mémoire against arbitrary taxation; the mémoire against the excessive salt-tax and the mémoire against disorderly financial administration in general, are of special interest. In many ways the author anticipates the ideas of the Physiocrats, who held him in great esteem. Boulainvilliers's works were all published after his death, mostly in Holland or under Dutch imprint, and were forbidden in France. EUR 1750
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BOURG-EN-BRESSE - ASSEMBLEE générale. Procès-verbaux, et cahier de doléances des trois ordres du Bailliage de Bourg-en-Bresse, relativement à la convocation des Etats-Généraux du 27 Avril 1789. Paris, Devaux; Lyon, Aimé de La Roche, 1789. 5 parts bound in 1 volume. (2), 27 pp.; 56 pp.; 45 pp.; 16 pp.; 55 pp. 4to. 19th-century half calf (slightly worn). Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 2798. The 'Cahier des plaintes et doléances' lists in three columns the complaints of the Third Order, the Nobility and the Clergy. EUR 600
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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. Paris, 1618. With title-engraving depicting hanging speculators and usurers, the usurers also beingchased while throwing away money. Title printed in red and black. (14), 96 pp. Small 4to. Later speckled calf, gilt triple fillets on sides, spine gilt in compartments, green label with gilt lettering. Goldsmiths 470; Lindsay & Neu 4039 (other issue); Welsh, Second Checklist, 609 (edition of (8), 85 pp). Bourgeois & André 2440; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; not in INED. First edition. In the same year also an edition in 8vo was published. - Unobtrusive brown spot on title-page. 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 fianciers 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.' EUR 1500
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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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BRETAGNE - REMONSTRANCES des États de Bretagne au Roi, du 28 Décembre 1756. No place, (1756). 12 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Conlon 56:460 (4to edition of 4 pages). First edition.Deals with the damages caused by war and piracy causing the loss of many man and goods, bad harvests and the results of an epidemic. And to all of this misery a new tax has been added. - With a stain in the lower outer blank margins. EUR 150
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BRIQUEVILLE, (A.F.) Discours prononcé à la Chambre des Députés (séance du 13 juin 1833). - (Followed by:) DOCUMENS puisés dans l' histoire relatifs au maréchal Soult. (Extrait de la Tribune du 19 juin 1833). (At end:) (Paris), Imprimerie de Aug. Mie, (1833). 2 pp. Folio At head of first page: Associations nationales en faveur de la presse patriote. Comité central et comité parisien.'Je doute que la France ait jamais rien eu de désorganisateur comme ce système funeste qui se masque toujours avec les mots d' ordre et de pouvoir.' Colonel Briqueville belonged to the opposition during the reign of Louis-Philippe and was among those who demanded the duchesse de Berry (the mother of count Chambord) to be sentenced. EUR 75
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BRISSOT (DE WARVILLE, J.P.) Député du département d'Eure-et-Loire, à ses commettans. Précédé d'autres pièces intéressantes de Brissot, viz. 1. Projet de déclaration de l'Assemblée nationale aux puissances étrangères. 2. Rapport fait au nom du Comité de défense générale sur les dispositions du gouvernement Britannique envers la France, & sur les mesures à prendre. 3. Rapport sur les hostilités du Roi d'Angleterre & du Stadhouder des Provinces Unies. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de P. Provost; Réimprimé à Londres pour R. Edwards, .... & T. Spilsbury & Fils, .... 1794. (2), 76, 224 pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, gilt ornamental border on sides, spine gilt in compartments and with red label and gilt lettering. Not in Tourneux; not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. First edition. Brissot de Warville (1754-1793), French journalist social reformer and revolutionary leader. His great humanitarian zeal found a ready outlet in journalism, which he aimed to make a medium of enlightenment and social reform. His interest in the abolition of slavery led him to organize in 1788 the 'Société des Amis des Noirs', which under Brissot's direction later exercised a considerable influence on revolutionary colonial policy. Shortly after the revolution began Brissot launched a daily newspaper, Le Patriote Français, which was to become the chief organ of the Girondists. He soon made his influence felt in revolutionary circles; and in the Legislative Assembly and later in the Convention he became one of the recognized leaders of the Girondists, who were also called Brissotins. He was particularly influential in the precipitation of the foreign wars, through which he hoped that revolutionary doctrine would be disseminated. After the victory of the Mountain in May, 1793, Brissot was proscribed with the other leaders of his party and on October 31 he mounted the scaffold. EUR 300
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BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, J.P. Collection of 25 pamphlets, dated between 1790 and 1793. 25 items, bound in 2 volumes. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering on spines. Interesting collection pertaining to Brissot's political activities. 'Brissot's 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' (G. Kates in Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, i, 126.)Contains: 1. DISCOURS sur la rareté du numéraire, et sur les moyens d'y remédier. Prononcé à l'Assemblée générale des représentans de la Commune de Paris, le 10 février 1790. Paris, au bureau du Patriote François, 1790. vi, 64 pp.INED 806; Martin & Walter, i, 5256. 2. A STANISLAS CLERMONT (ci-devant Clermont-Tonnerre), sur la diatribe de ce dernier contre les Comités de Recherches, et sur son apologie de madame Jumilhac, et des Illuminés. Paris, Imprimerie du Patriote François, 28 august 1790. (2), 52 pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5221 (without the titlepage?) 3. REPLIQUE à Stanislas Clermont, concernant ses nouvelles Observations sur les Comités de Recherches, sur les causes des troubles, les Folliculaires, le long Parlement d'Angleterre, M. Necker, etc. Paris, Imprimerie du Patriote François, 8 october 1790. (2), 59, (1) pp. (Titlepage repaired with loss of a few words in the name of the printer)Martin & Walter, i, 5253 (without the titlepage?) 4. DISCOURS prononcé à la section de la bibliothèque, dans son assemblée générale du 24 octobre 1790, sur la question du renvoi des ministres. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie du Patriote François, (1790). 30 pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5227. 5. DISCOURS sur la question de savoir si le Roi peut être jugé, prononcé à l' Assemblée des Amis de la Constitution, dans la séance du 10 juillet 1791. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1791). 27, (1, blank) pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5262. 6. REPONSE à tous les libellistes qui ont attaqué et attaquent sa vie passée. Paris, au bureau du Courier de Provence, 10 august 1791. (2), 48 pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5254 (without the titlepage?) 7. REPLIQUE à Charles Theveneau Morande. Paris, Imprimerie du Patriote François, 30 august 1791. (2), 31, (1, blank) pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5252 (without collation). 8. DISCOURS sur la nécessité de maintenir le décret rendu le 15 mai 1791, en faveur des hommes de couleur libres, prononcé le 12 septembre 1791 à la séance de la Société des Amis de la Constitution, séante aux Jacobins. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1791). 28 pp.INED 803; Martin & Walter, i, 5265. 9. DISCOURS sur l'utilité des sociétés patriotiques et populaires, sur la nécessité de les maintenir et de les multiplier par-tout; prononcé, le 28 septembre 1791, à la séance de la Société des Amis de la Constitution, séante aux Jacobins. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie du Patriote François, (1791). 23, (1, blank) pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5266.10. DISCOURS sur les émigrations, et sur la situation de la France relativement aux Puissances étrangères, prononcé, le 20 octobre 1791, à l'Assemblée nationale. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1791. (2), 31, (1, blank) pp.Not in Martin & Walter (cf.: i, 5272, listing the same title for 21 october 1791 of 29 pp.)11. PROJET de déclaration de l'Assemblée nationale aux puissances étrangères. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 7, (1, blank) pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5286.12. DISCOURS sur les dispositions des Puissances étrangères, relativement à la France, et sur les préparatifs de guerre ordonnés par le Roi. Prononcé à l'Assemblée nationale, le 29 décembre 1791. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 48 pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5276.13. DISCOURS sur la nécessité d'exiger une satisfaction de l'Empereur, et de rompre le Traité du premier Mai 1756. Du 17 Janvier 1792. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 28 pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5277.14. DISCOURS sur l'office de l'empereur du 17 février 1792, et dénonciation contre M. Delessart, Ministre des affaires étrangères; prononcé à l'Assemblée nationale, le 10 mars 1792. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 44 pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5279.15. DISCOURS de MM. Brissot et Guadet, prononcés à la séance de la société des amis de la constitution, le 25 avril 1792, l'an 4e de la liberté. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie du Patriote François, (1792). 21, (1, blank) pp.Not in Martin & Walter.16. DISCOURS sur le dénonciation contre le comité autrichien et contre M. Montmorin, ci-devant Ministre des Affaires Etrangères, prononcé à l'Assemblée nationale, à la séance du 23 Mai 1792. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1792. (2), 32 pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5280 - lacks pp. 33-38, containing an 'extrait'. 17. LETTRES à M. Dumouriez. (Ministre de la guerre). (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie du Patriote François, (1791). 7, (1, blank) pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5232.18. DISCOURS sur les causes des dangers de la Patrie, et sur les mesures à prendre, prononcé le 9 juillet 1792, l'an 4e de la Liberté. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 51, (1, blank) pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5281.19. OPINION sur les mesures de Police générale proposées par M. Gensonné; prononcée le 25 juillet 1792, l' an 4e de la liberté. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 19, (1, blank) pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5283.20. OPINION sur la marche à suivre en examinant la question de la Déchéance et les autres mesures. Prononcé le 26 juillet 1792, l' an IVe de la liberté. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, 1792. 11, (1, blank) pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5284.21. DISCOURS sur les dénonciations relatives au général Lafayette, prononcé le 10 août 1792, l'an 4e de la liberté. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 27, (1, blank) pp.Martin & Walter, i, 528222. RAPPORT fait au nom de la Commission extraordinaire et du Comité diplomatique, sur les réclamations des cantons de Berne et d'Uri, relatives à l'évacuation des défilés de Porentrui. Le 3 octobre 1792. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 10 pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5292.23. J.P.BRISSOT, député à la Convention nationale, à tous les républicains de France; sur la Société des Jacobins de Paris. Paris, Imprimerie du Patriote François, 29 octobre 1792, l'an Ier de la République. 47, (1, blank) pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5219.24. EXPOSE de la conduite de la nation Française envers le peuple Anglais, et des motifs qui ont amené la rupture entre la République Française et le Roi d'Angleterre. Précédé du rapport prononcé par Brissot, au nom du comité Diplomatique & du Discours de Ducos. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1793. (2), 34, 95, (1, blank) pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5290. The second part is entitled: Exposé historique des motifs qui ont amené la rupture entre la République Française & S.M. Britannique. Martin & Walter call for another 10 pp. in between these two parts, which are not present here.25. J.P. BRISSOT, député du département d'Eure et Loire, à ses commettans, sur la situation de la Convention Nationale, sur l'influence des Anarchistes, et les maux qu'elle a causés, sur la nécessité d'anéantir cette influence, pour sauver la République. Paris, Imprimerie de P. Provost, (1792). iv, 128 pp.Martin & Walter, i, 5218. EUR 2250
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BRUAT, F.J. Député du Haut-Rhin, contre la pétition du commerce de Mulhausen, à l'Assemblée nationale. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 31, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 5405. First edition. 'Le commerce de Mühlhausen n'a jamais été regardé comme étranger à la France .....' EUR 100
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BRUN DE LA COMBE, (J.A.) La France régénérée. Ouvrage publié par numéros. Londres, et se trouve à Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1788. 35, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Martin & Walter 5445. In 1785 the author had published an important and audacious work "Le triomphe du Nouveau Monde", which, however, was seized and forbidden immediately upon its publication because of the advanced socialist ideas contained in it. (See at length: Lichtenberger, Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle). In this pamphlet, published at the eve of the Revolution, the author lists 40 articles of general reforms. EUR 150
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BRUN DE LA COMBE, (J.A.) La France régénérée. Ouvrage publié par numéros. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1788. 35, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Martin & Walter 5445; INED 851. First edition. - Quire H misbound, but complete. In 1785 the author had published an important and audacious work Le triomphe du Nouveau Monde, which, however, was seized and forbidden immediately upon its publication because of the advanced socialist ideas contained in it. (See at length: Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle). In this pamphlet, published at the eve of the Revolution, the author lists 40 articles of general reforms.'Dans la nomination des députés aux États Généraux, il faut donner la préférence au député marié sur le député célibataire. Titre sur les secours aux indigents et sur les bureaux de charité' (INED). EUR 200
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BRUN, C. Le roman social en France au XIXe siècle. Paris, V. Giard & E. Brière, 1910. iii, (1), 361, (3) pp. 8vo. Cloth, label with gilt lettering (Etudes économiques et sociales, X). Deals among others with George Sand, Eugène Sue and Victor Hugo. EUR 75
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BURKE, E. Réflexions sur la Révolution de France, et sur les procédés de certaines sociétés à Londres, relatifs à cet événement. En forme d'une lettre, qui avoit dû être envoyée d'abord à un jeune homme à Paris. Traduit de l'Anglais (par Dupont). Cinquième édition, corrigée par l'auteur. Paris, Laurent, Londres, Edwards, 1791. - (Followed by:) BURKE, (E.) Lettre à un membre de l'Assemblée nationale de France. (Paris), Artaud, 1791. 2 volumes in 1. 460 pp.; (4), 99 pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering (front joint at top slightly damaged, very small damage to front cover at lower outer corner). Cf.: Martin & Walter, 5590 and 5581. Burke's famous Reflections on the revolution in France was one of the most powerful and influential pamphlets ever written. Burke had acquired a profound admiration for the British constitution as determined by the revolution of 1688-89; he firmly believed in the government of the country by the landed aristocracy, he burned with a zeal for justice, a hatred of oppression, an enthusiasm for good administration, a devotion to religion. The French revolution was the last great concern of his life and in this work he showed that precisely the same principles which had led him to oppose the policy of George III in England compelled him to condemn the revolutionaries in France. EUR 350
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CABET, (E.) Voyage en Icarie. Cinquième édition. Paris, Bureau du Populaire, 1848. (4), viii, 600 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Prudhommeaux 35. The last and most complete edition of the most famous utopian account of the 19th century. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations against the government Cabet was exiled; he lived in England for five years, where he came under the influence of Robert Owen, and returned to France a convert to communism. He expounded his theories in the famous Voyage en Icarie, a description of a utopia in which the government alone engages in commerce and supervises work and education. The only unit outside of the government is the family, which remains under the leadership of the head of the family. Ardent disciples rallied about Cabet and raised subscriptions to finance a vanguard which sailed for Texas in 1848 to establish an Icarian city after Cabet's model. The land which Cabet had bought, and of the location of which he had only a vague idea, was located in the middle of the wilderness, in Fanin, Texas. After suffering many perils and privations the explorers beat a retreat to New Orleans. Cabet joined his disciples the next year, bringing with him new converts, and the Icarian city was created at Nauvoo, an old Mormon town in Illinois. At first the colony prospered but disagreements developed and in 1856 the founder and two hundred of his followers abandoned the settlement. After Cabet's death the colony moved to Cheltenham, Iowa, and later to Corning, continuing to follow in large measure Cabet's ideas. As late as 1881 a Cabetian colony was founded at Cloverdale, California. 'It is in fact little realized today that if France is the 'classic land of socialism' the United States contests with Russia the claim to be considered the classic land of communism. The story of the communists in America, where they were then known as Primitive Christians, is perhaps one of the most incredible in the history of Utopias.' (D. Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France, 1830-1848, pp. 56-58). 'His (Cabet) importance lies in his attempt to institute, or at least to further the establishment of, a completely communistic society, in which the supreme control of all essential activities was to be in the hands of the State.' 'The deepest influences on his social doctrine were those of Thomas More and of Robert Owen -the Owen of the years after 1832, when the leaders of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union were anticipating the immediate advent of the New Moral World, to be achieved, not by violent revolution, but by the refusal of the entire working class to continue labouring under the old conditions, and by the joining together of all trades to set on foot a new system of Co-operative production and distribution under their collective control. Cabet's Communism went a great deal further than Owenism towards complete community of living: he blended Owenite millennialism with communistic aspirations drawn from the record of primitive Christianity and of the social radicalism of the Middle Ages and the Catholic Renaissance.' (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, I, chapter VII). EUR 300
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CABET, (E.) Voyage en Icarie. Cinquième édition. Paris, Bureau du Populaire, 1848. (4), viii, 600 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Prudhommeaux 35. The last and most complete edition of the most famous utopian account of the 19th century. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations against the government Cabet was exiled; he lived in England for five years, where he came under the influence of Robert Owen, and returned to France a convert to communism. He expounded his theories in the famous Voyage en Icarie, a description of a utopia in which the government alone engages in commerce and supervises work and education. The only unit outside of the government is the family, which remains under the leadership of the head of the family. Ardent disciples rallied about Cabet and raised subscriptions to finance a vanguard which sailed for Texas in 1848 to establish an Icarian city after Cabet's model. The land which Cabet had bought, and of the location of which he had only a vague idea, was located in the middle of the wilderness, in Fanin, Texas. After suffering many perils and privations the explorers beat a retreat to New Orleans. Cabet joined his disciples the next year, bringing with him new converts, and the Icarian city was created at Nauvoo, an old Mormon town in Illinois. At first the colony prospered but disagreements developed and in 1856 the founder and two hundred of his followers abandoned the settlement. After Cabet's death the colony moved to Cheltenham, Iowa, and later to Corning, continuing to follow in large measure Cabet's ideas. As late as 1881 a Cabetian colony was founded at Cloverdale, California. 'It is in fact little realized today that if France is the 'classic land of socialism' the United States contests with Russia the claim to be considered the classic land of communism. The story of the communists in America, where they were then known as Primitive Christians, is perhaps one of the most incredible in the history of Utopias' (D. Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France, 1830-1848, pp. 56-58). 'His (Cabet) importance lies in his attempt to institute, or at least to further the establishment of, a completely communistic society, in which the supreme control of all essential activities was to be in the hands of the State.' 'The deepest influences on his social doctrine were those of Thomas More and of Robert Owen -the Owen of the years after 1832, when the leaders of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union were anticipating the immediate advent of the New Moral World, to be achieved, not by violent revolution, but by the refusal of the entire working class to continue labouring under the old conditions, and by the joining together of all trades to set on foot a new system of Co-operative production and distribution under their collective control. Cabet's Communism went a great deal further than Owenism towards complete community of living: he blended Owenite millennialism with communistic aspirations drawn from the record of primitive Christianity and of the social radicalism of the Middle Ages and the Catholic Renaissance' (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, i, chapter VII). EUR 300
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CABET, (E.) Voyage en Icarie. Cinquième édition. Paris, Bureau du Populaire, 1848. (4), viii, 600 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, raised bands, corners, very lightly rubbed. Prudhommeaux 35. The last and most complete edition of the most famous utopian account of the 19th century. - Small library stamp on half-title. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations against the government Cabet was exiled; he lived in England for five years, where he came under the influence of Robert Owen, and returned to France a convert to communism. He expounded his theories in the famous Voyage en Icarie, a description of a utopia in which the government alone engages in commerce and supervises work and education. The only unit outside of the government is the family, which remains under the leadership of the head of the family. Ardent disciples rallied about Cabet and raised subscriptions to finance a vanguard which sailed for Texas in 1848 to establish an Icarian city after Cabet's model. The land which Cabet had bought, and of the location of which he had only a vague idea, was located in the middle of the wilderness, in Fanin, Texas. After suffering many perils and privations the explorers beat a retreat to New Orleans. Cabet joined his disciples the next year, bringing with him new converts, and the Icarian city was created at Nauvoo, an old Mormon town in Illinois. At first the colony prospered but disagreements developed and in 1856 the founder and two hundred of his followers abandoned the settlement. After Cabet's death the colony moved to Cheltenham, Iowa, and later to Corning, continuing to follow in large measure Cabet's ideas. As late as 1881 a Cabetian colony was founded at Cloverdale, California. 'It is in fact little realized today that if France is the 'classic land of socialism' the United States contests with Russia the claim to be considered the classic land of communism. The story of the communists in America, where they were then known as Primitive Christians, is perhaps one of the most incredible in the history of Utopias.' (D. Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France, 1830-1848, pp. 56-58). 'His (Cabet) importance lies in his attempt to institute, or at least to further the establishment of, a completely communistic society, in which the supreme control of all essential activities was to be in the hands of the State.' 'The deepest influences on his social doctrine were those of Thomas More and of Robert Owen -the Owen of the years after 1832, when the leaders of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union were anticipating the immediate advent of the New Moral World, to be achieved, not by violent revolution, but by the refusal of the entire working class to continue labouring under the old conditions, and by the joining together of all trades to set on foot a new system of Co-operative production and distribution under their collective control. Cabet's Communism went a great deal further than Owenism towards complete community of living: he blended Owenite millennialism with communistic aspirations drawn from the record of primitive Christianity and of the social radicalism of the Middle Ages and the Catholic Renaissance.' (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, i, chapter vii). EUR 300
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CABET, (E.) Voyage en Icarie, roman philosophique et social. Deuxième édition. Paris, J. Mallet et Cie., 1842. (4), vii, (4), 566, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half hard-grained morocco, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, small damage to headband, gilt stamped name of Yovanne Boivin at foot of spine. Prudhommeaux 35; Trousson, p. 269. First edition with the title under which it became famous. The 1840 (actually 1839) edition, in 2 volumes, was published as Voyage et aventures de Lord Carisdall en Icarie. It was done in a very limited number of copies and distributed among friends of the author only, and hence never put in the trade. Also the author's name appears here for the first time on the titlepage. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations against the government Cabet was exiled; he lived in England for five years, where he came under the influence of Robert Owen, and returned to France a convert to communism. He expounded his theories in the famous Voyage en Icarie, a description of a utopia in which the government alone engages in commerce and supervises work and education. The only unit outside of the government is the family, which remains under the leadership of the head of the family. Ardent disciples rallied about Cabet and raised subscriptions to finance a vanguard which sailed for Texas in 1848 to establish an Icarian city after Cabet's model. The land which Cabet had bought, and of the location of which he had only a vague idea, was located in the middle of the wilderness, in Fanin, Texas. After suffering many perils and privations the explorers beat a retreat to New Orleans. Cabet joined his disciples the next year, bringing with him new converts, and the Icarian city was created at Nauvoo, an old Mormon town in Illinois. At first the colony prospered but disagreements developed and in 1856 the founder and two hundred of his followers abandoned the settlement. After Cabet's death the colony moved to Cheltenham, Iowa, and later to Corning, continuing to follow in large measure Cabet's ideas. As late as 1881 a Cabetian colony was founded at Cloverdale, California. 'It is in fact little realized today that if France is the 'classic land of socialism' the United States contests with Russia the claim to be considered the classic land of communism. The story of the communists in America, where they were then known as Primitive Christians, is perhaps one of the most incredible in the history of Utopias' (D. Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France, 1830-1848, pp. 56-58). 'His (Cabet) importance lies in his attempt to institute, or at least to further the establishment of, a completely communistic society, in which the supreme control of all essential activities was to be in the hands of the State. The deepest influences on his social doctrine were those of Thomas More and of Robert Owen -the Owen of the years after 1832, when the leaders of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union were anticipating the immediate advent of the New Moral World, to be achieved, not by violent revolution, but by the refusal of the entire working class to continue labouring under the old conditions, and by the joining together of all trades to set on foot a new system of Co-operative production and distribution under their collective control. Cabet's Communism went a great deal further than Owenism towards complete community of living: he blended Owenite millennialism with communistic aspirations drawn from the record of primitive Christianity and of the social radicalism of the Middle Ages and the Catholic Renaissance' (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, volume i, chapter VII). EUR 750
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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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CAMPANELLA, TH. De Monarchia Hispanica. Editio novissima, aucta et emendata ut præfatio ad lectorem indicat. Amsterodami, Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1641. With very nice engraved title. (8), 376 pp. 24mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum, handwritten title to spine, ticket with number at foot of spine. Willems 971: "Réimpression plus correcte de l'édition parue l'année précédante (no 967); Peignot, i, p. 69. "Texte philosophique et politique du philosophe italien Thomas Campanella dans lequel il "indique au Roi d'Espagne les moyens de parvenir à la Monarchie Universelle" (Peignot). Spain is appointed the divine agent in Campanella's utopian vision of the institution of a universal monarchy which would be handed over to the papacy for government in a paradisical age.Tomaso Campanella (1568-1639), Italian philosopher. He is the author of two famous and important utopias: the universal theocratic monarchy described in his Monarchia di Spagne (Amsterdam, 1640), and the communistic Città del sole (Frankfurt, 1623). Like the utopias of More and other Renaissance writers the Città des sole owes much to Plato's Republic; it owes still more to contemporary accounts of the Incas and to the exemple of religious communities such as those founded by the Anabaptists and the Catholic missionaries. To community of goods Campanella added that of women. He subjected all social life -economic, sexual and educational- to stringent regulation. It is significant that he animated his whole community with the conceptions of natural right and equality (Rodolfo Mondolfo in ESS, volume iii, p. 166).- With a modern ex-libris on the front paste-down. Apparently a second work has once been bound with the Campanella which is, however, no longer present. To preserve the binding intact the space has been filled with a small block which gives the impression of being paper. EUR 900
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CAMUS, (A.G.) Rapports des représentans du peuple Camus, Bancal, Quinette, Lamarque, envoyé par la Convention, conjointement avec le général et ministre de la guerre Beuronville, à l'arméedu Nord, par décret du 30 Mars 1793, et du représentant du peuple Drouet, lus au Conseil des Cinq-Cents, les 22, 23 et 27 Nivôse, l'an 4e (12, 13 & 17 Janvier 1796). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, Pluvôse l'an IV (1796). (2), ii, 173 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 6028. Original edition. Extensive account of the treason of Dumouriez, of the extradition of conventionnels to the Austrians and of the minister and his mission to the North, his captivity in Austria up to his exchange against Louis XVI's daughter in December 1795. EUR 200
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CARLOW, GEORG HERZOG ZU MECKLENBURG, GRAF VON. Richelieu als merkantilistischer Wirtschaftspolitiker und der Begriff des Staatsmerkantilismus. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1929. viii, (2), 232 pp. 8vo. Original printed covers, very slightly worn, uncut and unopened (Beiträge zur geschichte der Nationalökonomie). EUR 75
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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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CASSEL - ECONOMIC essays in honour of Gustav Cassel. October 20th, 1933. London, Allen & Unwin Ltd., (1933). 720 pp. 8vo. Original publishers cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Contributions by: James W. Ingell, J.M. Clark, Sven Brisman, Leon H. Dupriez, Luigi Einaudi, Karel Englis, Jean Lescure, A. Loveday, Gunnar Myrdal, Josiah C. Stamp, G.M. Verryn Stuart, Gustavo del Vecchio, and others and also includes Nobel Laurate Ragnar Frisch's pathbreaking essay Propagation problems and Impulse problems in Dynamic Economics. - With modern bookplate on front paste-down. EUR 175
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CASTEL DE SAINT PIERRE, C.I. Annales politiques. Londres (Paris), 1758. 2 volumes. 402 pp.; 402 pp. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine with raised bands, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. INED 981 (first edition); Higgs 1862; Einaudi 930 (first edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Second edition, first published in 1757, of one of the best works of the celebrated Castel de Saint-Pierre. One of the author's lesser known works, published after the Ouvrages politiques and hence not included therein. It forms a contemporary public history of the period 1658-1739, and is full of impartial judgement and good sense. The whole is preceded by an essay on the political events in Europe and France in 1735 and includes in his accounts the subjects of usages and customs, rules, regulations and laws. An ardent humanist and great fighter for universal peace, he published a world-peace plan, based on a proto-type of the E.E.C. In 1731 cardenal Fleury had forbidden him to publish anything on politics. Most of his works were published at his own account in Holland or under a bogus imprint. this work was published after the author's death by his family because of the vehement critical comments on Louis XIV. Grimm considered this work as better and more reliable than Voltaire's Siècle de Louis XIV. EUR 500
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CASTEL DE SAINT PIERRE, C.I. Annales politiques. Londres (Paris), 1758. 2 volumes. 402 pp.; 402 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, red edges. INED 981 (first edition); Higgs 1862; Einaudi 930 (first edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Second edition, first published in 1757. One of the author's lesser known works, published after the Ouvrages politiques and hence not included therein. It forms a contemporary public history of the period 1658-1739, and is full of impartial judgement and good sense. An ardent humanist and great fighter for universal peace, he published a world-peace plan, based on a proto-type of the E.E.C. In 1731 cardenal Fleury had forbidden him to publish anything on politics. Most of his works were published at his own account in Holland or under a bogus imprint. Published after the author's death by his family because of the vehement critical comments on Louis XIV. Grimm considered this work as better and more reliable than Voltaire's Siècle de Louis XIV.- From the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek Schloss Eferding, with stamp on free front blank and half-title, a very nice copy. EUR 500
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CASTEL DE SAINT PIERRE, C.I. Annales politiques. Londres (Paris), 1758. 2 volumes. 402 pp.; 402 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering, red edges, a very nice copy. INED 981 (first edition); Higgs 1862; Einaudi 930 (first edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Second edition, first published in 1757. One of the author's lesser known works, published after the Ouvrages politiques and hence not included therein. It forms a contemporary public history of the period 1658-1739, and is full of impartial judgement and good sense. An ardent humanist and great fighter for universal peace, he published a world-peace plan, based on a proto-type of the E.E.C. In 1731 cardenal Fleury had forbidden him to publish anything on politics. Most of his works were published at his own account in Holland or under a bogus imprint. Published after the author's death by his family because of the vehement critical comments on Louis XIV. Grimm considered this work as better and more reliable than Voltaire's Siècle de Louis XIV. EUR 500
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CASTEL DE SAINT PIERRE, C.I. Annales politiques. Londres (Paris), 1758. 2 volumes. 402 pp.; 402 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine with raised bands and blind tooled ornaments, labels with gilt lettering, with small spot on outer margin of covers. INED 981; Higgs 1862; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Second edition, first published in 1757. - Both volumes with a modern bookplate on the front paste-down. One of the author's lesser known works, published after the Ouvrages politiques and hence not included therein. It forms a contemporary public history of the period 1658-1739, and is full of impartial judgement and good sense. An ardent humanist and great fighter for universal peace, he published a world-peace plan, based on a proto-type of the E.E.C. In 1731 cardenal Fleury had forbidden him to publish anything on politics. Most of his works were published at his own expense in Holland or under a bogus imprint. The present work was published after the author's death by his family because of the vehement critical comments on Louis XIV. Grimm considered this work as better and more reliable than Voltaire's Siècle de Louis XIV. EUR 600
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CASTEL DE SAINT PIERRE, CH.I. Annales politiques. Londres (Paris), 1758. 2 volumes. 402 pp.; 402 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands. Higgs 1862 (other edition); INED 981 (other edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Einaudi 930 (listing the first edition). Second edition, first published in 1757. One of the author's lesser known works, published after the Ouvrages politiques and hence not included therein. It forms a contemporary public history of the period 1658-1739, and is full of impartial judgement and good sense. An ardent humanist and great fighter for universal peace, he published a world-peace plan, based on a proto-type of the E.E.C. In 1731 cardenal Fleury had forbidden him to publish anything on politics. Most of his works were published at his own account in Holland or under a bogus imprint. Published after the author's death by his family because of the vehement critical comments on Louis XIV. Grimm considered this work as better and more reliable than Voltaire's Siècle de Louis XIV. EUR 450
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CHABAUD-(LATOUR, A.G.F. DE.) Tableau de l'organisation sociale de la République Française. (Paris), Baudouin, (1799). Large plano poster on white paper (77 x 54 cm), folded and bound in a folio volume. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 6528. Only edition, very rare. The author was 'membre de la section de constitution de la Commission du Conseil des Cinq-Cents.'He had a long and distinguished career during the Revolution, among others leading an army of volunteers in the Savoie during the campaign with Montesquiou, was involved in the 18 Brumaire, and member of the legislative commission which had to prepare a consular constitution.The text gives the articles defining functions and legal and political positions for the Senat conservateur (12), Tribunat (13), Corps Législatif (11), Premier Consul (23), Second Consul (8), Troisième Consul (7), Conseil d'État (8), État politique des Citoyens (7), Division du Territoire (3), etc., etc. - Tiny hole neatly repaired. EUR 500
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CHALIER, J. Adresse du Conseil-Général de la Commune de Lyon, lue à l'Assemblée nationale, dans la séance du 13 février 1792. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1792) - (Followed by:) CHARLIER, J. Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 2pieces bound in 1 volume. 7 pp.; 11 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. First work: Not in Charléty; Martin & Walter 6613.Second work: Charléty II, 3133; Martin & Walter 6612. Against the treatment of Lyon by the directoire of the département. EUR 175
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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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CHAS, J. & (M.) LEBRUN. Histoire politique et philosophique de la Révolution de l'Amérique septentrionale. A Paris, Chez Favre, an IX (1801). (8), viii, 458, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering. Sabin 12166; Leclerc 845; Fay 40; Echeverria & Wilkie 801/4. First edition. This publication is one in a group which was typical of revived French-American fraternity in the early 19th century, dwelling on the similarities between the American and the French revolution, comparing Napoleon with Washington, and the struggle against the English. The work was therefore dedicated to Napoleon while the authors were careful to explain that American Liberty meant respect for the law, not license, and that the doctrine of the social contract and the principle of equality were not to be misinterpreted as signifying pure democracy or an unrestricted franchise (see at length: Echeverria, Mirage in the West, p. 255). Only after 1804 and the coronation of the Emperor, parallels between Washington and Napoleon were no longer politically desirable. EUR 375
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CHERUEL, A. Histoire de l'administration monarchique en France depuis l'avénement de Philippe-Auguste jusqu'à la mort de Louis XIV. Paris, E. Magdeleine et Cie., Libr.-Éditeurs, (1855). 2 volumes. (4), iv, lxxi, (1, blank), 399, (1, errata) pp.; (4), 512, (1, errata), (1, blank) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with gilt lettering, somewhat rubbed and worn. Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, vii, p. 179. First edition. Pierre-Adolphe Chéruel became Professor of History in Rouen in 1830, and in 1849 he was appointed to the Chair of Ancient History, and retreated in 1874. 'Il fit alors paraître les grands ouvrages qui l'ont rendu célèbre et lui ont valu son élection à l'Académie des sciences morales et, à quatre reprises, le grand prix Gobert, triomphe sans précédent à l'Académie française' (Dictio