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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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 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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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.) 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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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.) 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 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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(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.) 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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(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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(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. 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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(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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(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.) 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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(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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(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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(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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(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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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' (Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, vol. 8, pp. 1031-1032). With handwritten and signed dedication to 'mon ami M. Fustel.' EUR 250
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CLOOTS, (J.B. VON GNADENTHAL), ANACHARSIS. A mon tour la parole. Réponse aux diatribes Rolando-Brissotines. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille, (1792). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half cloth. Martin & Walter 7774. First edition. - At head of first page: Société des amis de la liberté et de l'égalité, and the engraved devise of the society. Pronounced at the Jacobins on november 26, 1792.In 1792 Cloots declared himself the personal enemy of Jesus Christ. Jean Baptiste Cloots, Prussian baron, publicist and agitator during the French revolution. He was rich, well connected and seems to have suffered from none of the cruder maladjustments sometimes supposed to explain revolutionaries. Early an admirer of Voltaire, he left his Westphalian home as a young man and went to Paris to join the philosophes, among whom he attracted no great notice. He has a dramatic moment in history: on June 19, 1790, he appeared before the National Assembly as 'ambassador of the human race' at the head of a delegation of real or make believe members of various races, white, yellow, red and black, to thank twenty-five million Frenchmen for awakening the whole world from slavery. As an influential speaker at the Jacobin club and as a member of the Convention he played a real part in the political history of the revolution, especially in preaching the crusade to free other peoples, in overthrowing the Girondins and in furthering violent dechristianization. Cloots' writings by virtue of their complete unoriginality are excellent examples of how the political thought of greater men penetrated the crowd, of how revolutionary ideas became revolutionary stereotypes. (Crane Brinton in ESS, vol. 3, p. 568). EUR 150
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COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY - DECRETS de la Convention Nationale du 7 avril 1793, l'an second de la république françoise; relatifs à la formation & composition d'un Comité de Salut public. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale exécutive au Louvre, 1793. 3, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Martin & Walter. Original edition. - Copy certified by the signature-stamp of Gothier, president of the 'Conseil exécutif provisoire' and by the official red stamp of the Republic. Few institutions have played such a dominant role in the history of France equal to that played by this committee of Public Safety, which practically ruled France up to November 1795.It was a provisional committee of the Revolutionary government, born of the tragic circumstances in which France struggled in 1793; it came to an end when the war was won. The Committee's history is intimately linked with that of the Jacobin Republic.In all there were three committee's: the first was established on April 7, 1793 and consisted mainly of moderates. When the Girondins had lost the political battle and the Mountain prevailed, the Great Committee of Public Safety succeeded the previous one and all the moderates and those considered not to be 'true revolutionairies' were ousted, among whom Danton. This was the (in)famous committee of 12. It arrested and executed its opponents, and effectively ruled the country in a period also known as the Great Terror. The third committee came into being after Thermidor, the fall of Robespierre and Saint-Just, and lasted upto 4 November 1795. This is the document effectively ordering its creation. EUR 500
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COMTE, C. Traité de la propriété. Paris, Chamerot, Ducollet, 1834. 2 volumes. (8), xxiv, 480 pp.; (8), 524 pp. 8vo. Contemporary treecalf, gilt ornamental border on sides, spine gilt in compartments, marbled edges, one spine lightly damaged at head, gilt lettering a bit faded. Kress C.3704; Goldsmiths 28410; Palgrave, i, 383-4; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition. François-Charles-Louis Comte was the founder of the Censeur (later: Censeur Européen) during the early Restoration era. To evade police suppression, the magazine appeared irregularly as discrete pamphlets and earned an enthusiastic following on the Left. The journal was eventually suppressed and Comte went into exile in Lausanne in 1821. He belonged to the political opposition of Napoléon and was the son-in-law of Jean Baptiste Say, some of whose works he published posthumously.The scientific importance of the present work is in no way behind the author's better known Traité de législation, which was published in 1827-1835 for which he won the Prix Monthyon and other scholarly acclaim. - Handwritten dedication by the author to the economist Louis Say. EUR 500
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CONDORCET, (J.M.A.N. DE CARITAT DE.) Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain. Ouvrage posthume de Condorcet. Seconde édition. A Paris, Chez Agasse, l'an III (1795). (iv), v-viii, 389, (1) pp. 8vo. 19th-century half calf, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, lightly rubbed. Cf.: Printing and the Mind of Man 246; En Français dans le Texte 196; Robinet 382; INED 1184; Martin & Walter, 8083. Identical with the first edition, but re-set. We have not been able to trace a record of this edition in any of the reference works consulted. Considered to be Condorcet's most original and most important work. In it he divided history into ten epochs, the first nine dealing with history upto the time in which he himself lived, whereas the tenth is his prophetic view of the future. It is the most original part of the book in which Condorcet forecasts among others the future moral, intellectual and physical improvement of man. '..... it is with the Sketch itself that Condorcet's name and influence have been chiefly associated, and it is with that work -often regarded as the philosophical statement of the eighteenth century- that Condorcet bequeathed to the nineteenth century the fundamental idiom of its social thought, the idea of progress ..... The Sketch not only demonstrated the power of the social art but also made clear that it could succeed only as a communal and democratic art. It is this emphasis upon the collective experience and achievements of mankind, this concern with the 'most obscure and neglected chapter of the of history of the human race', namely rhe progress of the mass of the people in society, that links Condorcet's view of history with the conception of social science' (Encyclopedia of Philosophy). EUR 1200
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CONDORCET, (J.M.A.N. DE CARITAT DE.) Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain. Ouvrage posthume de Condorcet. A Paris, Chez Agasse, l'An III (1795). viii, 389, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, label with gilt lettering. Printing and the Mind of Man, 246; En Français dans le Texte, 196; Robinet 382; INED 1184; Martin & Walter 8083. First edition. 'A belief in the ultimate perfectibility of man lies at the root of all progressive thinking about the human condition. The philosophes and Godwin had familiarized the reading public with this notion; it was left to Condorcet to give it its finest and most durable expression. (....) But it is as the most fully developed exposition of the progress of man that Condorcet's work is now remembered, and it is this which has given it its lasting appeal.' (Printing and the Mind of Man).Considered to be Condorcet's most original and most important work. In it he divided history into ten epochs, the first nine dealing with history upto the time in which he himself lived, whereas the tenth is his prophetic view of the future. It is the most original part of the book in which Condorcet forecasts among others the future moral, intellectual and physical improvement of man. '..... it is with the Sketch itself that Condorcet's name and influence have been chiefly associated, and it is with that work -often regarded as the philosophical statement of the eighteenth century- that Condorcet bequeathed to the nineteenth century the fundamental idiom of its social thought, the idea of progress ..... The Sketch not only demonstrated the power of the social art but also made clear that it could succeed only as a communal and democratic art. It is this emphasis upon the collective experience and achievements of mankind, this concern with the 'most obscure and neglected chapter of the history of the human race', namely the progress of the mass of the people in society, that links Condorcet's view of history with the conception of social science.' (Encyclopedia of Philosophy). EUR 4500
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CONSTITUTION OF 1793 - PROJET de Constitution du Peuple Français. Imprimé par ordre de la Convention Nationale. (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 10 juin 1793. 1 leaf, verso blank. Folio. Folded, mounted in a 4to modern half morocco binding, gilt lettering on spine. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux. Extremely rare and original poster. - Fine copy. This is the proposed Jacobin project of a constitution for the French Republic, ratified by the Convention on 24 June 1793, approved nationally in a referendum of primary assemblies but never put into effect. The Convention was elected in the summer of 1792 to draft a republican constitution that would replace the monarchical one of 1791. A number of projects were submitted, of which the most influential was the marquis de Condorcet's, reported on 15 February 1793. After the arrest of the Girondins the Convention voted to debate the constitution each afternoon until agreement was reached. M.-J. Hérault de Séchelles presented a version on 10 June, which was accepted with some modifications on 24 June. The Convention presented the new constitution to France along with a succession of social measures. The democratic language of the constitution was displayed in the context of these Revolutionary laws that abridged hitherto sacrosanct property rights. As literature, the 1793 constitution has an extraordinary power, which found immediate recognition when Hérault de Séchelles read the draft on 10 June. The fact that the revolutionaries of 1848 were inspired by this constitution and that it passed into the ideological armory of the Third Republic is sufficient proof of its power. It represents a fundamental historical document, that contributed much to the later democratic institutions and developments. See at length: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, i, pp. 238-242. EUR 4500
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COURIER, P.L. Oeuvres complètes de P.L. Courier. Bruxelles, A la librairie Parisienne, 1828. With portrait as frontispiece. 4 volumes. 426, (2, table + blank) pp.; (3)-378 pp.; 438, (2, table + blank) pp.; 505, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, raised bands with title labels with gilt lettering, spines somewhat rubbed and shaved, covers of 4th volume also somewhat rubbed and shaved. Not in Vicaire (listing another edition, 1828-1830); not in Escoffier. First edition? 'Styliste impeccable, admirateur des Provinciales, disciple de Voltaire, "Paul-Louis, vigneron" a renouvelé la tradition française du pamphlet politique en des formules incisives: "les gendarmes se sont multipliés en France, bien plus encore que les violons, quoique moins nécessaires pour la danse." Il a eu de nombreux imitateurs qui n'égalèrent point' (Roger Pierrot in En Français dans le Texte.)'Paul-Louis Courier (1773-1825), anticlerical polemicist, skeptic, classical scholar, journalistic gadfly, and pamphleteer. (.....) Courier actively collaborated with the opposition during the Restoration and achieved a powerful reputation as pamphleteer and editorial contributor to various journals of the Left. (.....) Not extreme in politics, Courier merely hoped for a better constitutional monarchy and focused his unique polemics on the aggressive clericalism in the ranks of the ultras. (.....) Although known as a skeptic, Courier's humor and satirical style made him less the philosopher that the term implies and more of a latter-day Voltaire, or, on occasion a Holbach. (.....) Courier's courage as a writer in a time of repression, as well as his works on Greek literature, have established his place in nineteenth-century French intellectual life.' (Daniel Rader in: Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire, vol. i, pp. 271-272). Although not a fanatic, Courier was murdered in 1825, his body was found in the woods of Larçay. Two trials were held but they did not shed any light on this murder. - Volume 2 lacks the half-title. With the gilt stamped arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet on both front and back covers of all four volumes. EUR 750
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COURTOIS, E.B. Rapport fait au nom des Comités de Salut Public et de Sûreté Générale, sur les événemens du 9 thermidor an II, précédé d'une préface en réponse aux détracteurs de cette mémorable journée, prononcé le 8 thermidor an III, la veille de l'anniversaire de la chûte du Tyran. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, floréal an IV (1796). 40, 220 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, vellum corners. Martin & Walter, 8636; Tourneux 4295 (incomplete). First edition. The preface is a violent attack on Babeuf and his associates. Pages 83-end contain 43 'pièces justificatives'.9 Thermidor An II is the date of the overthrow of M. Robespierre and his close associates and the beginning of the Thermidorian Reaction against the policies of the Revolutionary government of the year II. EUR 150
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CROUSEILHES, DE. Discours. Discussion générale du projet de loi relatif à la composition des cours criminelles aux colonies pour le jugement des crimes commis envers les esclaves. Séance du 4août 1847. (Chambre des Pairs. Session 1846-1847). (Drop-head title). Paris, Panckoucke, 1847. 7, (1) pp. Royal 8vo. Modern boards. Offprint from the Moniteur Universel, 5 August 1847. EUR 125
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D'ALLEMAGNE, H.R. Prosper Enfantin et les grandes entreprises du XIXe siècle. La colonisation de l'Algérie. La création du réseau P.L.M. Le percement de l'Isthme de Suez. Le crédit intellectuel. Le crédit foncier. Enfantin homme politique. Préface de M. Malapert. Paris, Librairie Gründ, 1935. With 48 plates of which 12 coloured. (4), 222, (2) pp. Large 4to. Original boards. Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 3; Iggers, The Cult of Authority, p. 196. First and only edition limited to 500 copies only. Exceptional documented history of the great industrial and economical innovations of the 19th century and for understanding the fundamental role of saint-simonism in this process. EUR 500
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D'OLIVIER, P. La voix d'un citoyen, sur la manière de former les Etats-Généraux. No place, 1788. (2), 34 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine, marbled boards. Martin & Walter 10868; Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, i, p. 324. The very rare first edition and the first work by Dolivier or D'Olivier. Proposing an entirely new way of electing deputees, with the aim to diminish the prerogatives of the nobility and the clergy. Demanding also to fix the price of bread in a separate chapter entitled: 'Requête aux futurs Etats-Généraux pour prévenir la trop grande cherté du blé'. As all the publications of the future 'enragé', of great rarity. The author's name is often spelled: Dolivier. Pierre Dolivier was an advocate of extensive social reform. Denouncing suffrage based on property ownership, he appealed for social equality in the future, writing: "I wish that in its social policy the state establish a just equality of means so that each member can attain the full enjoyment of every right that is due him' (Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, i, p. 324.)Pierre Dolivier, "red priest" with radical ideas about property, social justice, ideas which certainly influenced Babeuf and his movement and conspiracy. Among the papers of Babeuf Dolivier's most influential book was found, "Essai sur la Justice Primitive" and Dolivier's name appeared on a list of possible candidates for the future gouvernment after the "coup d'état": an order to arrest him was issued on the grounds that he was member of the conspiracy of Babeuf and his Equals. Dolivier escaped arrest. EUR 750
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DANTON - DISTRICT DES CORDELIERS. Extrait des registres des délibérations du District des Cordeliers, du 17 Novembre 1789. (Drop-head title). A Paris, Chez N.H. Nyon, 1789. 1 leaf (verso blank). Folio. Folded and mounted in a 4to modern halfmorocco binding, gilt lettering on spine. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux. Appeal to the district of the Cordeliers to have general and extraordinary meetings in which the representatives need to find 'les moyens d'amener la majorité des Districts à l'unité de principes, sur le point qui divise les Mandataires provisoires de la Commune & le District des Cordeliers.' Printed at the end: 'Signé Danton, Président.'A contemporary manuscript note on verso says: 'Lu à l'assemblée générale du jeudi 19 novembre 1789'.- Extremely rare document. EUR 350
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DAUBIGNY, E. Choiseul et la France d'outre-mer après le traité de Paris. Etude sur la politique coloniale au XVIIIe siècle avec un appendice sur les origines de la question de Terre Neuve. Paris, Hachette & Cie., 1892. 16, 352 pp. 8vo. Half cloth, marbled boards, black leather label withgilt lettering (original covers preserved). Du Peloux 76. Original edition. Etienne-François de Choiseul (1719-1785), French statesman. He gained the protection of Madame de Pompadour and was given the appointment of ambassador to Rome in 1753, where he was entrusted with the negociations concerning the disturbances called forth by the bull Unigenitus. He acquitted himself skilfully in his task and in 1757 he was transferred to Vienna, where he was instructed to cement the new alliance between France and Austria. His succes in this mission opened the way to even higher offices and in 1758 he became minister of foreign affairs and directed French foreign policy during the Seven Years' War. He continued to control the policy of France untill 1770, holding most of the other important offices of state in that period. Coming to power in the midst of the demoralization consequent upon the defeats of Rossbach and Crefeld, by boldness and energy he reformed and strengthened both army and navy, and although too late to prevent the loss of Canada and India, he developed French colonies in the Antilles and San Domingo, and added Corsica and Lorraine to the crown of France. His management of home affairs in general satisfied the philosophes, he allowed the Encyclopédie to be published, and brought about the banishment of the Jesuits and temporary abolition of the order by Pope Clement IV. EUR 150
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DAUBIGNY, E. Choiseul et la France d'outre-mer après le traité de Paris. Etude sur la politique coloniale au XVIIIe siècle. Avec un appendice sur les origines de la question de Terre Neuve. Paris, Hachette, 1892. xvi, 352 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, uncut. Du Peloux 76. Original edition. Etienne-François de Choiseul (1719-1785), French statesman. He gained the protection of Madame de Pompadour and was given the appointment of ambassador to Rome in 1753, where he was entrusted with the negociations concerning the disturbances called forth by the bull Unigenitus. He acquitted himself skilfully in his task and in 1757 he was transferred to Vienna, where he was instructed to cement the new alliance between France and Austria. His succes in this mission opened the way to even higher offices and in 1758 he became minister of foreign affairs and directed French foreign policy during the Seven Years' War. He continued to control the policy of France untill 1770, holding most of the other important offices of state in that period. Coming to power in the midst of the demoralization consequent upon the defeats of Rossbach and Crefeld, by boldness and energy he reformed and strengthened both army and navy, and although too late to prevent the loss of Canada and India, he developed French colonies in the Antilles and San Domingo, and added Corsica and Lorraine to the crown of France. His management of home affairs in general satisfied the philosophes, he allowed the Encyclopédie to be published, and brought about the banishment of the Jesuits and temporary abolition of the order by Pope Clement IV. EUR 125
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DAUPHINE - PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée générale des trois-ordres de la province de Dauphiné, tenue à Romans par permission du Roi. (Du 10-28 Septembre 1788). Grenoble, J.M. Cuchet, 1788. - (Followed by:) PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée générale des trois-ordres de la province de Dauphiné, tenue dans la ville de Romans, le 2 Novembre 1788. Grenoble, J.M. Cuchet, 1788. - (Followed by:) PROCES-VERBAL des États de Dauphiné, assemblés à Romans dans le mois de Décembre 1788. Grenoble, J.M. Cuchet, 1788. 3 volumes. 139, (1) pp.; 102 pp.; 195, (1) pp. 4to. 2 volumes modern half cloth; 1 volume (somewhat smaller) modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 25371, 73, 74; Lavergne, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 372-393. First editions. - The volumes 1-2 are large paper copies from the library of Charles Jaillet, Viennois, with his bookplate. Rare in this complete state. In the year 1788 this province in southeastern France became one of the major centres of the pre-revolution. The parlements resisted the reforms and this led to the May Edicts which disbanded the parlements. The reaction was violent and although suppressed it was significant. Its significance was in the assemblies that followed and which called for the return of the parlement, the convocation of the ancient estats and for the convocation of the Estates General. The assembly in Romans (and these volumes contain the proceedings of its meetings) drafted a constitution for the forthcoming provincial estates, it established an estates with twenty-four clergy, forty-eight nobles and seventy-two members of the third estate. Deliberation was to be in common, with vote by head. The constitution built an entire system of provincial government, with an estates meeting regularly every year.The proceedings were edited by J.J. Mounier. EUR 1400
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DEDELAY (D'AGIER), P. Opinion de M. Pierre de Delay, Député du Dauphiné, Sur l'impôt en général, Prononcée à la Séance du 16 septembre 1790. (Drop-head title). (A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1790). 36 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 9563; INED 1292; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'Idées sur l'impôt en général, et sur la manière de le lever. Liste des impôts directs et indirects de l'époque' (INED). EUR 175
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DEGRASSALIO, C. Regalium Franciae libri duo, iura omnia & dignitates Christianiss. Galliae Regum, continentes. Carolo Degrassalio Carcassonensi authore. Item tractatus iura seu privilegia aliqua Regni Franciae continens, per Ioannem Ferrault V.I licentiatum editus. (Paris), apud Pocetum le Preux, 1545. (16), 351, (1) pp. 8vo. 18th century half calf, marbled boards, corners, red label with gilt lettering, split along joint, foot and head of spine damaged, ubbed along edges. Not in Adams; BMSTC (French) p. 130. Second or third edition, first published in 1538, there were two editions in 1545. Just as Ferrault, Degrassalius pleaded for total independence of the French throne in wordly matters, and just as Ferrault he was one of the first to theorize on the absolute power of the King. 'Le livre de Grassaille est le plus complet: Grassaille a profité des travaux de Ferrault et de tous les savants comme Guy Pape, Boyer, Montaigne, qui avaient étudié avant lui le droit public français. Le roi ne reconnait, ni en droit, ni en fait, aucun supérieur dans les choses temporelles, pas plus le souverain pontife que tout autre. A lui faire les ordonnances, de battre monnaie, d'établir des impôts nouveaux, de surveiller les communes. Quant à ses droit sur l'Église, quelques-uns sont communs à tous les monarques, d'autres n'appartiennent qu'au roi de France' (Weill, Les Théories sur le pouvoir Royal en France, pp. 15-17). - With library stamps on title-page, and library stamp recto and verso fly-leaf. Title-page a bit browned. EUR 1250
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DELLEY D'AGIER, (P.C.) DE Rapport fait au nom du Comité pour l'aliénation des biens domaniaux et ecclésiastiques, sur le vente de ces biens. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1790) - (Bound with:) DELLEY D'AGIER, (P.C.) DE. Décret rendu le 14 mai 1790, sur la vente des domaines nationaux, précédé du rapport ...... et suivi de l'instruction présentée ..... par Bouteville Dumetz. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1790. - (Bound with:) DELAY (D'AGIER, (P.C.) DE. Opinion de M. Pierre de Delay, ..... sur l'impôt en général, prononcée à la séance du 16 Septembre 1790. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1790). - (Bound with:) DELAY (D'AGIER), P.(C.) DE. Opinion ..... prononcée à la séance du mardi 5 Octobre 1790, sur le projet de décret du Comité de l'imposition sur la contribution foncière. (Drop-head title). (at end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1790). - (Bound with:) DELAY, (D'AGIER, P.C.) DE. Seconde opinion ..... sur la définition du revenu net imposable d'une propriété foncière...11 Octobre. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1790). - (Bound with:) DELAY (D'AGIER), P.(C.) DE. Quatrième opinion sur l'organisation de l'impôt. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1791. 6 pieces in 1 volume 16 pp.; (2), 33, (1) pp.; 36 pp.; 31, (1) pp.; 16 pp.; (2), 45, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. First work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; Stourm, p. 172; Martin & Walter, 9568. Reglementation of the sales.Second work: Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14282; not in INED; not in Stourm; not in Martin & Walter.Third work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 177; INED 1292; Martin & Walter 9563.The pages 19 and ff. deal with tobacco.Fourth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 177; INED 1293; Martin & Walter, 9564.' ..... Hâtons-nous de consoler l'habitant des campagnes; rendons-lui cette heureuse énergie, l'appanage de l'homme libre ..... Vous parviendrez, Messieurs, à ce but généreux de vos travaux, en proportionnant et bornant la contribution foncière aux seuls revenus naturels et imposables de ses propriétés, et en ne souffrant jamais que la totalité de cette contribution exède les deux cinquièmes de la masse des impôts directs et indirects.'Fifth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 177; INED 1295; Martin & Walter, 9565.' ..... Je pense que dans l'évaluation d'une propriété foncière pour la répartition de l'impôt, l'on doit écarter toute la partie du revenu qui n'est pas la suite nécessaire d'une exploitation ordinaire et d'usage selon la coutume de pays .....'Sixth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter, 9566.' ..... Nous ne devons, Messieurs, attribuer l'insuffisance de nos résultats sur l'impôt, qu'à la marche irrégulière que nous avons suivie .....' - The author's name is spelled in various ways: Dedelay - Delay - Delley. EUR 1200
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DESBOIS DE ROCHEFORT, E.M. Mémoire sur les calamités de l'hiver 1788-1789, lu dans une Assemblée tenue à l'Hôtel-de-Ville de Paris le 9 Janvier 1789, Par Eleonore-Marie Desbois de Rochefort, Curé de Saint André-des-Arcs. Se vend Douze sols Au profit des Pauvres. Au Presbytère de S. André-des-Arcs, (1789). 31 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 10286. EUR 125
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DESMOULINS, C. Opuscules de l'an premier de la liberté. A Paris, Chez Garnéry, l'an premier de la liberté (1789). With engraved frontispiece. 4 parts in 1 volume. (4), 71 pp.; (2), 67 pp.; (4), 45 pp.; 12 pp. 8vo. Modern vellum. Martin & Walter 10482bis, 10467-8, 10478, 10480. Pamphlet volume for which a general title was issued. Includes: 1. La France libre. 4ième édition revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée. - 2. Discours de la lanterne aux Parisiens. 3ième édition corrigée & considérablement augmentée. - 3. Réplique aux deux Mémoires des sieurs Leleu, insignes meuniers de Corbeil; en présence de M. Necker. - 4. Réclamation en faveur du Mis de Saint-Huruge. EUR 600
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DU PONT (DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Idées sur la constitution politique la plus convenable à la ville de Paris formant seule un département. A Paris, chez Baudouin, 1790. 20, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Schelle 43; Martin & Walter 12144. First edition. EUR 250
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DUBOIS, (D.) Rapport et projet de résolution présentés par Dubois (des Vosges) au nom d'une commission spéciale, Sur les opérations de l'assemblée électorale du département du Golo. Séance du 7 prairial, an V. (Drop-head title). (A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1797). 27, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 11100. At head of title: Corps Législatif. Conseil des Cinq-Cents. Contains a "Projet de Résolution" and "Pièces Justificatives." EUR 150
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DUBOIS-CRANCE, (E.L.A.) Première, (seconde, troisième) partie de la réponse aux inculpations de ses collègues Couthon et Maignet. No place, (an III, 1793). 3 parts in 1 volume. (2), 270 pp.; (2), 268 pp.; (2), 56 pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, raised bands with gilt lettering. Martin & Walter 11190; not in Horward; not in Tourneux. First edition. Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois Crancé (1747-1809) was a military man and important legislator and reformer. He was sent as a representative on mission and directed the siege of Lyon where he was accused of being lax. He was recalled on 6 October 1793 and denounced by C.A. Couthon and his arrest was ordered. This is his famous apology. The order to arrest him was retracted on 19 October. EUR 750
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DUBOIS-CRANCé, (E.L.A.) Motion d'ordre sur la garantie de la liberté des opinions. (Paris), Imprimerie J.Ch. Laveaux, (1794). 18 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 11148.First edition. Delivered at the Jacobins on August 16, 1794. EUR 125
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DUMOURIEZ, (C.F. DE PERIER.) Tableau spéculatif de l'Europe. A Hambourg, 1798. 193, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 11949. First edition. Views on Europe by the French general Dumouriez, the hero of Valmy and Jemmapes, of whom Thiers once said: 'If he abandoned us, he had also saved us' and of whom A. Sorel wrote: 'The French revolution was not, in his eyes, a regeneration of humanity, it was a career.' EUR 300
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DUNOUY, (J.H.) Organisation d'un nouveau pouvoir exécutif, dont l'impression a été ordonnée par la Section des Sans-culottes. A Paris, Chez C.F. Cagnion, an 1er (1793). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 11984. The aim of this plan is 'qui liera indivisiblement toutes les parties de l'Empire sans avoir besoin de rien changer à son organisation, et qui assurera au peuple, de la manière la plus certaine, sa souveraineté, qui n'a été jusqu'à présent que chimérique, et consolidera pour toujours sa liberté.' EUR 175
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DUPONT (DE NEMOURS, P.S.) La pacte de la famille et les conventions subsequentes, entre la France et l'Espagne. Avec des observations sur chaque article. Paris, de l'Imprimerie nationale, juillet 1790. (4), 152 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Schelle 41; Kress B.1831; Einaudi 1671; Martin & Walter 12155; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. Dupont de Nemours here examines the Family Compact: the Spanish-French alliance which was first concluded in 1733 and repeatedly renewed over the century. Dupont analyses the treaty article by article: the text of the treaty printed left, Dupont's observations and comments on the right.Spain invoked this particular treaty and called upon the French king after an incident with British troops in the far Pacific. Louis XVI and his ministers were inclined to send the help requested, even at the risk of war; but the National Assembly, confronting diplomatic questions for the first time, spurned the Spanish request. A national, representative regime did not recognize family ties between ruling houses as fit basis for international agreements, much less action (W. Doyle, The Oxford History of the French Revolution, pp. 164-165). EUR 750
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DUPONT (DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Lettre à M. Pétion. 13 avril de l'an IV. (Drop-head title). (Paris), de l'Imprimerie de l'auteur, no date. - (Bound with:) (PETION, J.) Réponse de M. Pétion à M. Dupont. (Capton title). (Paris), de l'Imprimerie de Lottin l'aîné, 1792. - (Bound with:) (MURAT DE MONTFERRAND.) Lettre à M. Dupont de Nemours, au sujet de celle qu'il a adressée à M. Pethion, sur la fête donnée aux Suisses de Chateauvieux; et lettre de M. le Comte d'Antraigues à M. de Fontenai. Paris, chez Senneville, 1792. - (Bound with:) (DUPONT DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Seconde lettre de M. Du Pont à M. Pétion. 27 avril de l'an IV. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie de l'auteur, no date. 4 works in 1 volume. 16 pp.; 19, (1) pp.; 16 pp.; 19, (1)pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Schelle p. 329-30; Martin & Walter 12146, 27015, 25541, 12147. First editions. The famous letters between Petion and Dupont de Nemours in which Dupont held Petion accountable for the bloody events in Paris: while Petion felt oblidged to answer to the first letter he did not dare to answer the second but organized a libel-campaign against Dupont instead. EUR 500
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DUPONT (DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Rapport sur le décret général, relatif aux départemens du Royaume, fait au nom du Comité de constitution, le 15 février 1790. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Schelle 41a; Martin & Walter 12188. First edition. 'Dupont fit en outre adjoint au Comité de constitution et fit à lui seul un tiers de la division du royaume en départements et en districts' (Schelle, p. 284). EUR 185
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ENGELS, F. l'Origine de la famille, de la propriété privée et de l'état (pour faire suite aux travaux de Lewis H. Morgan.) Traduction française par Henri Ravé. Paris, Georges Carré, 1893. (2), xxxiii, (1, blank), 290, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half cloth, marbled sides. Rubel, p. 252, 93. First French edition. Marx had studied very thoroughly Morgan's work before he died, and Engels, himself an expert in the field of agrarian societies and primitive societies, wrote this work in which he based himself on Marx's notes, Morgan's pioneer work and his own historical knowledge and insights. He based himself more on Morgan than Marx did who thought of Morgan as no more than one specialist among the many, while Engels, however, considered Morgan to be an important author. According to Engels, Morgan had discovered in America the materialistic conception of history as Marx had done 40 years earlier in Europe. He also felt that Morgan's antropological discoveries were of great importance. In this work Engels studied the origins of the family, the changing role of women and the growing importance of the State as an instrument of the exploiting class. The most striking feature of the book is its real and important contribution to the study of the emancipation of women (See: David McLellan, Friedrich Engels). - Name written on title. Some leadpencil underlining and annotations. EUR 300
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ESCHASSERIAUX JEUNE, (R.) Rapport fait au nom de la Commission chargée de la révision des lois contre les émigrés. (21 fructidor an II - 7 septembre 1794) (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1794). With 2 folding tables. 218 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco.Not in Martin & Walter; Catalogue de l'histoire de France, vi, 227.934 In April 1792 the National Convention decreed that those émigrés who had left France after 1 July 1789 and who had not returned before 1 May 1792 were banished forever, in October it banished the émigrés forever and decreed the death penalty for those who returned to their homeland. In between clergymen who refused to take the oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy were forced to leave France which forced thousands to leave. The departures were continuous from the fall of the Bastille until the execution of Robespierre, but the reflux began in the summer of 1794, and tens of thousands returned under the Directory. EUR 300
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ESPINAS, A. La philosophie sociale du XVIIIe siècle et la Révolution. Paris, Alcan, 1898. (4), 412, (2), 31 (catalogue de fonds) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, slightly discoloured. - With handwritten and signed dedication to Pillon by the author. Pp. 107-412 deal with socialism and the French Revolution, and with Babeuf and Babouvism in particular. 'Traite principalement de Babeuf et le babouvisme (...). C'est le premier exposé systématique de la doctrine babouviste depuis l'apparition de Buonarroti, exposé qu'éclaire l'apport du XIXe s., assimilé, discuté et mis à jour' (Dommanget, Babeuf, p. 20). EUR 150
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ESPINAS, A. La philosophie sociale du XVIIIe siècle et la Révolution. Paris, Alcan, 1898. (4), 412, (2), 31 (catalogue de fonds) pp. 8vo. Sewn in original green printed covers, spine slightly damaged, a nice uncut copy. First edition of this important work. Pp. 107-412 deal with socialism and the French Revolution, and with Babeuf and Babouvism in particular. 'Traite principalement de Babeuf et le babouvisme (...). C'est le premier exposé systématique de la doctrine babouviste depuis l'apparition de Buonarroti, exposé qu'éclaire l'apport du XIXe s., assimilé, discuté et mis à jour' (Dommanget, Babeuf, p. 20). - Stamp on half-title. EUR 125
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FABRE, (C.D.C.) Rapport et projet de décret sur le mode de partage des biens communaux. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1793). 74 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. EUR 150
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FAUCHET, C. Sermon sur l'accord de la religion et de la liberté, prononcée dans la métropole de Paris, le 4 Février 1791 ..... Imprimé sur le manuscrit, et réimprimé par ordre de la Société des amis de la Constitution de Bayeux. (Bayeux, Imprimerie de la veuve Nicolle, 1791). Half-title with charming woodcut device of the 'Société des Amis de la Constitution de Bayeux.' (4), 30 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Cf.: Martin & Walter 13095 (Paris edition only). - Rare. Claude Fauchet, founder of the famous revolutionary journal Bouche de Fer, was born in 1744 and educated by the Jesuits. He was an 'orateur éclairé': while maintaining the required dignity in tone and behaviour, he used his preaching to criticize the established order using the wording and reasoning of the philosophes. With the coming of the revolution he represented the clergy for his disctrict, drafted the 'cahier de doléances' and published his famous De la Religion Nationale in which he showed himself partisan of state catholicism. He also founded the Cercle Social, a philosophical club frequented by free-masons and adherants of Rousseau's Vicaire savoyard and hostile to Voltaire. He played in active role in the revolution, notably as representative for the Calvados, and became member of the political opposition against the Mountain. His opponents dealt with him by having him accused of having guided and inspired Charlotte Corday with her assassination of Marat. He was tried, found guilty and executed. EUR 225
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FAVIER. Observations de Favier sur la maison d'Autriche, et particulièrement sur le traité de Versailles, du premier Mai 1756; entre le roi et l'impératric Reine de Hongrie. Nouvelleédition. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie du Cercle Social, 1792. viii, 103, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Apparently this short treatise was written at the request of d'Argenson in 1756, just after the publication of the Treaty of Versailles and the declaration of War against Great Britain. A nice touch is that another note states that the author, having been informed by d'Argenson, that the king 'n'étoit pas susceptible d'une attention longue et suivie', he composed this in 48 hours, presenting the points of views of the minister (d'Argenson) in such a way that each section could be read separately. Both notes are to be found verso of the title-page. It is followed by an Avis des Éditeurs where they state that now that the 'maison d'Autriche nous a forcés à lui déclarer la guerre' it might be very interesting to read what Favier had to write about the Austrians in 1756. The treatise tried to answer the following questions: is the proposed treaty advantageous for France in terms of security, enlargement, and monetary. The whole ends with a short sort of summary in which it is shown that the previous treaty did nothing for France and that the court of Vienna does nothing else but conspire. EUR 225
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FERRIER, F.L.A. Du gouvernement consideré dans ses rapports avec le commerce. Ou de l'administration commerciale opposée à l'économie politique. Seconde édition. Paris, Pélicier; Lille, L. Danel, 1821. (4), xliii, (1, blank), 581 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, labels with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Goldsmiths 23105; Einaudi 1878; not in Kress; not in Mattioli. Second edition, first published in 1805, and a very interesting work and constituting an early and severe criticism of Adam Smith. Includes chapters on: Du commerce de l'Inde; Du commerce des colonies; De la France et de l'Angleterre comparées dans l'esprit de leur commerce; De la doctrine des économistes comparée à celle de Smith; De l'argent considerée comme moyen d'échange; Du systême commercial. EUR 425
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FERRIER, F.L.A. Du gouvernement consideré dans ses rapports avec le commerce. Paris, de l'Imprimerie d'A. Egron, chez Perlet, An XIII-1805. (4), 400 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled boards and marbled edges. Kress S.5806; Goldsmiths 18996; Einaudi 1877; INED 1828. First edition. Includes chapters on: Du commerce de l'Inde; Du commerce des colonies; De la France et de l'Angleterre comparées dans l'esprit de leur commerce; De la doctrine des économistes comparée à celle de Smith; De l'argent considerée comme moyen d'échange; Du systême commercial. Constitues an early criticism of Adam Smith and is in general critical of the economists from the preceding era and provoked the indignation of Say, Blanqui and Daire.- Occasional spotting. EUR 375
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FICHTE, J.G. Reden an die deutsche Nation. Neue wohlfeilere Auflage. Leipzig, F.L. Herbig, 1824. iv, 380 pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards, paper label to spine, a bit rubbed and worn. Meyer 204; Ziegenfuss, i, p. 342. This is the second corrected edition of this important text, which had great influence on the development of German nationalism. Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814), German philosopher and exponent of ethical idealism. He taught at Jena from 1794 to 1799 and was dismissed on charges of atheism. He took up residence in Berlin; there he helped to found the University of Berlin. The originality of Fichte's ethical system consisted in the synthesis it established between the autonomous ethics originating in Kant and the French Revolution, and social and anti-individualistic ethics. Of the three thinkers who had the greatest influence upon his mental development (namely Lessing, Spinoza and Kant), the third proved decisive, especially Kant's moral philosophy. EUR 300
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FLANDERS - EXTRAIT des registres du Conseil d'Etat du Roi du 2 mars 1789. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Lille, Impr. de C.M. Peterinck-Cramé, 1789. 4 pp. 4to. Disbound. Deals with the provincial administration of "Flandre Wallon & de la Flandre Maritime." EUR 75
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FOURIER, (CH.F.M.) Lettre de Fourier au Grand-Juge (4 nivôse an XII). Paris, Dentu, 1874. - (Bound with:) PELLARIN, Ch. Fourier et ses contemporains. l'Utopie et la routine. l'Experimentation et l'empirisme en matière sociale. Paris, Dentu, 1874. 2 parts in 1 volume, 105 pp., continuously paginated. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, some small loss of paper to spine, nice uncut copy. Del Bo, Fourier, pp. 9 & 76. The first work is an unedited letter, dated December 26, 1803 and published for the first time by Charles Pellarin with a commentary. The letter of Fourier is signed 'Fourrier'. EUR 200
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FOX, J.C. ET W. PITT. Recueil de discours prononcés au Parlement d'Angleterre. Traduit de l'Anglais et publié par H. de J(anvry) et L.P. de Jussieu. Paris, chez Le Normant; Magimel, Anselin et Pochard, 1819-1820. With 1 engraving (volume 2), and 1 frontipiece (volume 4). 12 volumes. xvi, 406 pp.; viii, 403, (1) pp.; vii, (1, blank), 331, (1) pp.; xvi, 403, (1) pp.; vii, (1, blank) 378 pp.; vii, (1, blank), 379, (1) pp.; (v)-vii, (1, blank), 423, (1) pp.; vii, (1, blank), 373, (1) pp.; viii, 407, (1) pp.; viii, 393, (1) pp.; viii, 400 pp.; (2), (v)-viii, 435, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Not in Sabin; NUC lists one location (GU) and it seems that no collected English edition was published. First collected edition. Covers the period 1768-1806 and contains the speeches in Parliament by Fox and Pitt. The early volumes contain also speeches on the American revolution. - Lacks the half-title and title-page in volume 7, and the title-page of volume 12. EUR 750
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FRANKLIN, (B.) La science du bonhomme Richard. A Riom, De l'Imprimerie J.C. Salles, an 7 (1799). 44 pp. Small 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Fay 10; Sabin 25583; Echeverria & Wilkie 799/21. The work had a tremendous and instaneous appeal as a sort of gospel of the virtues of bourgeois thrift and common sense (see at length: Echeverria, Mirage in the West). - Half-title browned, a large paper copy. EUR 350
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FRENCH REVOLUTION - COLLECTION of 43 publications, mainly concerning the National Assemblee and its political role. Published between 1788-1789. Bound in 3 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, contrasting labels with gilt lettering. Contains: 1. RECHERCHES curieuses et instructives sur les Etats-Généraux. Qui donnent une juste idée des droits qui appartiennent aux différents ordres, et dans lesquelles on trouvera les formalités qui sont en usage dans lesdits états. Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Visse, 1788. (2), 49 pp. 2. LEVRIER, (A.J.) Mémoire sur les formes qui doivent précéder & accompagner la convocation des états-généraux. Dans lequel on traite toutes les questions proposées dans l'arrêt du Conseil du 5 juillet 1788, & plusiers autres accessoires. No place, 1788. 54 pp. Not in Martin & Walter. 3. LETTRE du Roi pour la convocation des Etats-Généraux à Versailles, le 27 avril 1789 et réglement y annexé. Lyon, Bruyset Fils aîné, 1789. 24 pp. Not in Martin & Walter; Actes Royaux 42280 (other edition).4. (SERVAN, J.M.A.) Réflexions sur la réformation des Etats provinciaux. Par un ancien magistrat du P(arlement) de G(renoble). No place, 1788. 36 pp. Martin & Walter IV, 31471, variant ed. 5. SERVAN, (J.M.A.) Adresse aux amis de la paix. Nouvelle édition. Lyon, Dombey, 1790. (4), 59 pp. Martin & Walter IV, 31460. 6. (LIMON, G. de & SIEYES, E.J.) Instruction donnée par S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans, à ses représentants au bailliages. Suivie de délibérations à prendre dans les Assemblées. Quatrième édition, corrigée. No place, 1789. 58 pp. Martin & Walter, 21558 & IV, 31623. 7. OBSERVATIONS et résultats sur la progression du déficit dans les finances; sur les moyens de le combler; sur la répartition proportionele(sic) des impôts; sur les privileges et abonemans (sic); sur les rantes(sic) viagères; sur le Tiers-Etat; sur la balance à établir antre(sic) les trois ordres; et sur la formation des Etats-Généraux. Par M.Tur ..... A.D.E.D. Neuchatel, et se trouve à Paris, Desenne, 1788. 41 pp. Not in Kress, Goldsmith, and Einaudi. 8. (MOUNIER, J.J.) Exposé de ma conduite dans l'Assemblée nationale, et motifs de mon retour en Dauphiné. Grenoble, Impr. de Ve. Giroud & Fils, 1789. 123 pp. Martin & Walter III, 25390; this edition not in Tourneux. 9. LETTRE de M. le marquis d'Autichamp, l'un des Députés de la noblesse de Dauphiné, à M. le Comte de Vienne, président du Comité de la noblesse de Bourgogne. (Drop-head title). Paris 1789. 8 pp. Martin & Walter 881. 10. LALLY-TOLLENDAL. Quintius Capitolinus aux Romains. Extrait du troisième livre de Tite-Live. No place, (1790). 53 pp. Martin & Walter 18660; Goldsmiths 14547; not in Kress; not in Einaudi. 11. DECRET de l'Assemblée nationale, concernant le serment à prêter par les Evêques, curés & autres ecclésiastiques fonctionnaires publics; précédé du Rapport fait par M. Voidel sur la ligue d'une partie du Clergé, contre l'Etat & contre la religion. (Caption title). Paris (1789). 16 pp. Martin & Walter 33775; Tourneux 15568 ( both listing another edition). 12. (LA BAUME DE MONTREVEL). Plan d'administration, proposé à la province de Bresse par un Gentilhomme Bressan. (Caption title). No place (ab. 1789). 12 pp. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. 13. ESSAI d'articles pour les Cahiers du Tiers-Etat dans les pays de Bresse, Dombes, Bugey & Gex. No place, (ab. 1789). 11 pp. Martin & Walter 6264. 14. OBSERVATIONS sur la constitution politique de Bugey, et sur la mission de ses députés aux Etats généraux. No place, (ab 1789). 79 pp. (Lacks titlepage). Not in Martin & Walter, not in Monglond. 15. (CERUTTI, J.A.J.) Observations rapides sur la Lettre de Monsieur de Calonne, au Roi. Paris 1789. 46 (misnumbered 45) pp. Kress B. 1559 (other edition); Einaudi 1001; Martin & Walter, 6492 (other edition). 16. ARGUMENTUM ad hominem. A vous Mons de Calonne. (Caption title). (Louvre ab. 1789). 16 pp. Hatin 110. Two nrs in total were published; Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. 17. LINGUET, (S.N.H.) La France plus qu'angloise, ou comparaison entre la procédure entamée à Paris le 25 septembre 1788, contre les ministres du Roi de France; et le procès intenté à Londres en 1640, au Comte de Strafford, principal ministre de Charles Ier, roi d'Angleterre: avec des Réflexions sur le danger imminent dont les entreprises de la Robe menacent la Nation & les particuliers. Seconde édition. Bruxelles 1788. 141 pp. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Einaudi 3411; Not in Martin & Walter. 18. (DESMOULINS, C.) La France libre. No place, (1789). 50 pp. Martin & Walter II, 10468, listing another edition; Monglond 9/10 (other editions); Goldsmiths 14033 (other edition); not in Kress and Einaudi. 19. RENDEZ-NOUS la Bastille. Hotel de la Mairie (ab. 1789). 24 pp. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 15688. 20. ADRESSE aux provinces, ou Examen des opérations de l'Assemblée nationale. No place, 1789. 22 pp. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 489. 21. (SERVAN, J.M.A.) Lettre aux commettans du Comte de Mirabeau. (Caption title). No place, (1789). 80 pp. Martin & Walter 31480; Tourneux 24122. 22. COMPTE rendu par le bailli de Flachslanden, député aux Etats-Généraux, à toute la province d'Alsace, et particulièrement aux bailliages réunis de Hagueneau et de Wissembourg. Protestation contre les décrets de l'assemblée prétendue nationale et Dénonciation des infractions faites aux droits de cette province assuré par les traités de paix, comme attentatoires à sa liberté et destructives de sa prospérité. No place, 1790. 27 pp. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. 23. LIVRE rouge. Paris, Baudouin, 1790. 39 pp. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 9086, lacks 'L'addition'; Tourneux 13464; Goldsmiths 14372; not in Kress and Einaudi. 24. MONTAIGNE-(PONCINCS, J.H.) DE. Le baptême de l'état, par le mariage des trois ordres, No place, 1789. With folding plate. 66 pp. Martin & Walter, 24900. Exemplary cahier de doléance. 25. (DUVEYRIER, H.M.N.) Le lever de Bâville, drame héroïque. Rome (1788). 76 pp. 26. BILLEMAZ. Le Grand Bailliage de Lyon; comédie en un acte et en prose. Lyon, (1788). 34 pp. Charléty I, 2700. 27. FONTENAY DE SOMMANT. Discours. (Caption title). No place, 1790. 4 pp. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond.The author was burgomaster at Autun. 28. ETHIS DE CORNY, D.L. Réquisitoire du procureur du roi et de la ville de Paris, et arrêté de MM. les Prévôt des marchands, échevins, conseillers et quartiniers de la dite ville. Paris, Lottin l'aîné & Lottin de St. Germain, 1789. 27 pp. Not in Martin & Walter; Tourneux I 686, listing another edition. 29. EXTRAIT du procàs-verbal de la noblesse de Bourgogne, assemblée è Dijon. Du 20 décembre 1788, au 7 janvier 1789. (Dijon 1789). (2), 122 pp. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. 30. EXTRAIT des registres des délibérations de la Chambre du Conseil de la ville & commune de Dijon. (Dijon), 1788. (Drop-head title). 15 pp. 31. AVIS. Le comité et l'état-major de la commune de Dijon. (Caption title). No place, (ab. 1789). 7 pp. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 5633. 32. DISCOURS prononcés à l'Assemblée générale de la Commune tenue à l'Hôtel-de-Ville, le 27 juillet 1789; où s'opéra, avec acclamation, la réunion de tous les ordres. Dijon, Causse, 1789. (2), 9 pp. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 5638. 33. SAUSSET. Discours prononcé à l'ordre des avocats de Mâcon, le 15 janvier 1789, et à l'Assemblée du Tiers-Etat de la ville, le 16, avec les délibérations de l'ordre. No place, (1789). (2), 48 pp. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. 34. EXTRAIT des registres de l'Hôtel-de-Ville de Cluny. (Caption title). Lyon (ab. 1789). 6 pp. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. 35. EXTRAIT du Journal de Paris, du dimanche 14 février 1790. (Caption title). Macon (1790). 7 pp. Not in Martin & Walter, not in Tourneux. 36. (MOREAU, G.F.) Discours prononcé le dimanche 14 février 1790, par l'évêque de Mâcon. Mâcon (1790). (4), 9 pp. Martin & Walter, 25126. 37. (LOUIS XVI). Discours prononcé par le Roi, à l'Assemblée nationale, le 4 février 1790. Dijon 1790. 16 pp. Martin & Walter 21776. 38. COUP d'oeil rapide sur quelques mesures que pourroit adopter le Tiers-Etat dans ses nominations. (Drop-head title). No place, (ab. 1790). 15 pp. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. 39. REFLEXIONS sur les assignats. (Caption title). No place, 1790. 8 pp. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi 40. ASSEMBLEE des aristocrates aux Capucins. Nouveau complot découvert. No place (ab. 1790). (2), 6 pp. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 2018. 41. PROBLEME résolu par un citoyen. No place, Garnery, (ab. 1790). 7 pp. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. 42. RENDEZ-MOI mes boucles. A messieurs de l'Assemblée nationale. (Drop-head title). No place, (ab. 1790). 15 pp. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 15685; Tourneux 1612. 43. L'ASSEMBLEE nationale aux François. (Caption title). Macon 1790. 12 pp. Martin & Walter 1424 (other edition). EUR 3500
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GEE, J. Considérations sur le commerce et la navigation de la Grande-Bretagne. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglois, de M. Joshua Gee, sur la quatrième édition. A Londres, chez A. Bettesworth & C. Hitch, S. Birt, 1749. - (Bound with:) (MONTESQUIEU, Ch.L. DE SECONDAT DE.) Défense de l'Esprit des loix, à laquelle on a joint quelques éclaircissements. A Genève, chez Barrilot & fils, 1750. 2 works in 1 volume. xxviii, 268 pp.; 207, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red title-label with gilt lettering. First work: Goldsmiths 8382; Sabin 26828; Alden & Landis 749/110; Echeverria & Wilkie 749/5; Carpenter, Economic Bestsellers, XII (5); not in Kress; not in Einaudi. First edition in French. Translated by J.B. de Secondat, son of Montesquieu. Reviews England's commercial situation, indicating trade carried on with many regions, and includes suggestions for improvement. A large part relates to the trade of the plantations in America and contains discussions of British trade with Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and New England. The first English edition appeared in 1729.Second work: Tchemerzine-Scheler, iv, p. 931; Le Petit p. 498; Cabeen 93 (a 80 page work bound with the 1749 edition of the Esprit des Loix; Cabeen does not list the present original edition!); Conlon 50:793; INED 3552.First edition.The work ends on page 196 and is followed by Éclaircissements sur l'Esprit des Loix (unnumbered leaf forming the pages 197-198, text covering the pages 199-207). The Esprit des Loix was severely attacked and the present work is a dignified 'Défense'. Montesquieu died not long after it was published while on a visit to Paris. Despite the success of the Esprit des Loix and the present work, the quarrel over Montesquieu's main work continued with Jansenists, Jesuits and others attacking the author. The Esprit des Loix was eventually placed on the Index (29 November 1751) and condamned by the Sorbonne. EUR 1250
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GEORGE IV - GEORGE DANDIN ou l'échelle matrimoniale de la reine d'Angleterre; petit conte national. Traduit de l'Anglais par l'auteur de la maison politique que Jacques a batie. Seconde édition. Paris, Ponthieu, 1820. With 15 engravings. 32 pp. Small 8vo. Sewn, disbound. Translation of pamphlets as they were published in the London journals about the marriage between George IV and Caroline of Brunswick: among the illustrations is the famous 'Queen's matrimonial Ladder'. Hilarious accounts of the debats surrounding the aforementioned marriage which collapsed in scandal in 1820.The introduction is signed J.T.M., possibly Jean-Toussaint Merle. EUR 250
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GOULAS, N. Mémoires. Publiés pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit original de la bibliothèque nationale pour la société de l'histoire de France. Par Charles Constant. Paris, Librairie Renouard, Henri Loones, 1879-1882. 3 volumes. (6), 493, (1) pp.; (6), 493, (1) pp.; (6), xxiv, 502 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards and marbled edges, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, very slightly rubbed. Bourgeois & André 730. First edition of these interesting memoirs, covering the period 1627-1651. 'Gentilhomme de chambre' of Charles d'Orléans, Goulas is the principal historian for d'Orléans and his circle: 'il raconte tous les complots élaborés par son maître qu'il a suivi partout' (Bourgeois & Andre).An important source for the period 1626 to 1651 in France: Richelieu had just become first minister of Louis XIII's council and concentrated on the pursuit of power and wealth and on the cultivation of a unified nation. Gaston Goulas served as an attendant to Jean Baptiste Gaston De France, duc d'Orléans, third son of King Henri IV and Marie de Médici, brother of Louis XIII, whose life was devoted to political intrigue. On two occasions he was obliged to leave France for conspiring against the government of his mother and of Cardinal Richelieu. Reconciled with his brother Louis XIII, he plotted against Richelieu in 1635, fled the country, and then returned and submitted to the king and cardinal. Soon afterwards he conspired with Cinq-Mars to attempt Richelieu's murder, and then deserted his unfortunate accomplice. On the death of Louis XIII in 1643, he became lieutenant-general of the kingdom, fought against Spain on the northern frontier, and also fought in the wars of the Fronde, supporting both sides by turns. In 1652 he was exiled by Mazarin to Blois, where he eventually died in 1660. Goulas' memoirs cover most of this very important and interesting period in French history and the building of the French nation. EUR 450
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GOULY, B. Compte rendu à la Convention nationale et au peuple souverain, par Benoît Gouly, représentant du peuple, envoyé dans les départemens de l'Ain, et de Saône et Loire ..... le 11 ventôse, l'an deuxième (1er mars 1794). (Drop-head title). No place, no date (Paris, 1795). (4), 292 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine somewhat rubbed, some damage to marbled paper of front cover. Martin & Walter 15345 (copy without the supplement). Original edition. Contains detailed reports. The often lacking supplement entitled 'Supplément Au comte rendu à la Convention Nationale, le 11 Ventôse, par B. Gouly, Représentant du Peuple, de sa Mission dans les Départemens de l'Ain, Saône & Loire', is present in this copy and covers the pages 223-end. - Somewhat paperspotted, stamp on title. EUR 375
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GOUY, (D'ARCY, L.M.) DE. Première dénonciation solemnelle d'un ministre, faite à l'Assemblée nationale, en la personne du comte de La Luzerne, ministre d'Etat, de la Marine et des Colonies, signée par les représentans de la colonie; approuvée et confimée (sic) par les trois Assemblées provinciales et par l'Assemblée coloniale de Saint-Domingue. Paris, Chez Demonville, 1790. - (Followed by:) (GOUY D'ARCY, L.M. De.) Supplément à la dénonciation de M. de La Luzerne, ministre de la Marine & des Colonies, ou Réponse par des pièces justificatives, sans réplique, au prétendu Mémoire justificatif qu'il a publié en juin 1790. Par les Députés de Saint-Domingue à l'Assemblée Nationale. (Drop-head title). No place, no date, (Paris, 1790.) 2 volumes. (4), 166, 141 pp.; 31 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, marbled boards (volume 1), modern half morocco, marbled boards (volume 2). Martin & Walter 15478 (first volume only); Sabin 28152 (first volume only); not in Echeverria & Wilkie; not in JFBL. Original edition. - Very rare in this complete state. Against the policy of La Luzerne with regards to the colonies. Gouy d'Arcy led the colonial delegates in support of the Tennis Court Oath: the colonies had sent delegates to the upcoming Estates General in France and had even drafted their own cahiers des doléances in which they voiced their demands for more home rule and economic freedom.The original frontcover of volume one is preserved and gives, both recto and verso, the chronology of the events in Saint-Domingue from December 1st 1789 - 22 October 1790. EUR 1000
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GUFFROY, A.B.J. Censure républicaine, ou lettre d'A.B.J. Guffroy, représentant du peuple, aux François habitans d'Arras et des communes envirronantes; à la Convention nationale et à l'opinion publique. (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Rougiff, (an II, 1795). - (Followed by:) GUFFROY, A.B.J. Les secrets de Joseph Lebon et de ses complices, deuxième censure républiaine, ou Lettre d'A.B.J. Guffroy, représentant du peuple, député à la Convention par le département du Pas-de-Calais, à la Convention Nationale et à l'opinion publique. A Paris, Chez le citoyen Guffroy, l'an troisième de la République (1795). Two volumes in one. 82 pp.; (4), 474, (6), 134 pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled boards, and the revolutionary fasces gilt stamped in the compartments of the spine. Martin & Walter 15944.First edition. Second work: Martin & Walter 15953.First edition. Guislain-François-Joseph Lebon (1765-1795), member of the National Convention and the Committee of General Security, deputy on mission. He is best remembered for his activities of 1793-1794, when he was representative on mission to the departments of the Pas-de-Calais and the Nord, where he organized the agencies of Revolutionary government under the Law of 14 Frimaire (4 December 1793), and applied revolutionary principles with energy and zeal. During the Thermidorian Reaction, he was imprisoned for several months, tried for terrorism, and guillotined at Amiens on 16 October 1795. He was sent by the Committee of Public Safety to the Pas-de-Calais to suppress counterrevolutionary movements there. Lebon saw arrest and punishment of traitors and counterrevolutionairies as a crucial responsibility, as did the committee that appointed him. Assuming that all nobles and nonjuring clergy were counterrevolutionaries and that it was urgent to collect the evidence that would convict them, he accelerated the arrest of suspects and the trial and punishment of all who could feasibly be indicted and saw to it that the revolutionary tribunals at Arras and Cambrai were not idle. Complaints against Lebon's conduct of Terror at Cambrai, Arras and elsewhere flowed into the Convention, provoked by the massive arrest of suspects there and the volume of trials and executions, and by Lebon's revolutionary rhetoric, which seemed to threaten many whom he probably did not intend to punish. The deputy A.B.J. Guffroy, who represented the Pas-de-Calais in the Convention and published a journal in Paris, 'Le Rougyff', conducted a vendetta against Lebon that lasted until the latter's trial and execution in October 1795. Lebon tried to suppress the 'pièces justificatives' since they contained much material that could easily be used against him, but he evidently failed. These 'pièces justificatives' cover the last 134 pp. of the work. EUR 450
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GUFFROY, A.B.J. Censure républicaine, ou lettre d'A.B.J. Guffroy, représentant du peuple, aux François habitans d'Arras et des communes envirronantes; à la Convention nationale et à l'opinion publique. (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'imprimerie de Rougiff, (An II, 1795). (2), 82 pp. 8vo. Later half cloth, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Martin & Walter 15944. First edition. - A number of pages browned. Guislain-François-Joseph Lebon (1765-1795), member of the National Convention and the Committee of General Security, deputy on mission. He is best remembered for his activities of 1793-1794, when he was representative on mission to the departments of the Pas-de-Calais and the Nord, where he organized the agencies of Revolutionary government under the Law of 14 Frimaire (4 December 1793), and applied revolutionary principles with energy and zeal. During the Thermidorian Reaction, he was imprisoned for several months, tried for terrorism, and guillotined at Amiens on 16 October 1795. He was sent by the Committee of Public Safety to the Pas-de-Calais to suppress counterrevolutionary movements there. Lebon saw arrest and punishment of traitors and counterrevolutionairies as a crucial responsibility, as did the committee that appointed him. Assuming that all nobles and nonjuring clergy were counterrevolutionaries and that it was urgent to collect the evidence that would convict them, he accelerated the arrest of suspects and the trial and punishment of all who could feasibly be indicted and saw to it that the revolutionary tribunals at Arras and Cambrai were not idle. Complaints against Lebon's conduct of Terror at Cambrai, Arras and elsewhere flowed into the Convention, provoked by the massive arrest of suspects there and the volume of trials and executions, and by Lebon's revolutionary rhetoric, which seemed to threaten many whom he probably did not intend to punish. The deputy A.B.J. Guffroy, who represented the Pas-de-Calais in the Convention and published a journal in Paris, 'Le Rougyff', conducted a vendetta against Lebon that lasted until the latter's trial and execution in October 1795. Lebon tried to suppress the 'pièces justificatives' since they contained much material that could easily be used against him, but he evidently failed. These 'pièces justificatives' cover the last 134 pp. of the work. EUR 225
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GUYTON (DE MORVEAU), L.B. Opinion et projet de décret sur la fixation du maximum de la contribution foncière pour 1792. Prononcés le samedi 31 mars 1792, l'an 4e de la liberté. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 14 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 208; Martin & Walter, ii, 16278. First edition. EUR 125
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HAUREAU, (J.) B. La Montagne. Notices historiques et philosophiques sur les principaux membres de la Montagne par B. Hauréau, avec leurs portraits gravés à l'eau forte par Jeanron. Paris, J. Bréauté, 1834. With 15 portraits on China paper and mounted on 'papier vélin.' xxxii, 256pp. Large 8vo. Modern half morocco, corners, spine in six compartments, gilt lettering, top edge gilt (original green covers preserved, uncut). Tourneux, i, 498; Vicaire, iv, col. 37. First and only edition, very rare. - An excellent copy of a rare book. These biographies, each illustrated with a portrait are those of Danton, C. Desmoulins, Collot d'Herbois, Billaud-Varennes, J.-L. David, Marat, Babeuf, Fouquier-Tinville, Joseph Lebon, Romme, Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, Robespierre jeune, Couthon, Saint-Just, and Robespierre ainé. The author was heavily influenced by the famous work by Buonarotti (Conspiration de Babeuf ), one of the few surviving friends of Babeuf, which was published in 1828. The portrait of Romme is also present, while his name has been omitted from the table of contents and added in a contemporary hand. The sympathy for Babeuf and babouvism and for Robespierre made the book subject to suppression from the moment it was published.The publication was announced for the 10th of May, 1832, but the insurrection prevented this and publication was delayed. The original covers still carries the date 1832. EUR 3750
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HAUTE-GUIENNE - PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée Provinciale de Haute-Guienne, tenue à Villefranche, dans les mois de septembre & d'octobre 1779. Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Imprimerie de Vedeilhié, 1780. viii, 251, (1) pp. 4to. Modern cloth. Lavergne, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 67-99. First edition. Proceedings of the first session of the Assemblee as planned by Turgot and created by Necker.The second of the Assemblées provinciales as planned by Turgot and created by Necker, and, together with the first (Berri), one of only two to survive until the Revolution. There was no indemnity for its members. The freedom of the wine-trade was one of the important issues. Another important matter was the reorganisation of the cadastral administration by Henri de Richeprey, the author of the article 'Imposition' in the Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert. Also agricultural problems were extensively dealt with and old feudal laws concerning landed property were abolished. The meetings and discussions were influenced by the president, Champion de Cicé, a friend and disciple of Turgot. EUR 450
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HAUTE-GUIENNE - PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée Provinciale de Haute-Guienne, tenue à Villefranche, dans les mois de Septembre & d'Octobre 1779. Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Imprimeriede Vedeilhié, 1780. - (Followed by:) PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée Provinciale de Haute-Guienne, tenue à Villefranche dans les mois de Septembre et d'Octobre 1780. Villefranche en Haute-Guienne, Imprimerie de Vedeilhié, 1781. With 2 folding tables. Two volumes inone. viii, 251, (1) pp.; (2), 304 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, slightly rubbed. Lavergne, Assemblées provinviales, pp. 67 ff. Original edition. Proceedings of the first and second session of the Assembly as planned by Turgot and created by Necker. The second of the Assemblées Provinciales as planned by Turgot and created by Necker, and, together with the first (of Berri) the only two that survived until the Revolution. The freedom of wine trade was one of the important issues. Another important matter was the reorganisation of the cadastral administration by Henri de Richeprey, the author of the article Imposition in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The meetings and discussions stood under strong influence of the president, Champion de Cicé, a friend and disciple of Turgot. EUR 900
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HAUTE-NORMANDIE - PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée provinciale de la généralité de Rouen, tenue aux Cordeliers de cette ville, aux mois de novembre et décembre 1787. A Rouen, Chez Pierre Seyer, 1787. With 6 folding tables. - (Followed by:) PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée du département de Rouen. A Rouen Chez Jac. Jos. Boullenger, 1787. 2 volumes in 1 (4), 416 pp.; 24 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, red edges, rear joint split at top, spine-ends damaged, two corners bumped, some light scratches to binding. Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, 196 ff. First edition. Rare with the proceedings of the preliminary session of September 1787. President was the cardinal La Rochefoucauld, but the meetings were dominated by Thouret, who gained more and more influence, to become later, in August 1789, president of the Assemblée Nationale. A sixth table, originating from an other publication, has been added to the 5 tables belonging to the first volume. This added table contains: Etat de situation des routes pour 1789. EUR 650
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HERZEN, A. Lettres de France et d'Italie (1847-1852). Traduit du Russe par Mme N(atalie) H(erzen). Édition des enfants de l'auteur. Genève, 1871. xvi, 311, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, original covers preserved. Zaleski 79; not in Catalogue Russica. First French edition. 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 375
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HYDE DE NEUVILLE, (J.G.) Des inconséquences ministérielles, ou Lettre d'un député à MM. les propriétaires de la Gazette universelle de Lyon. Paris, Le Normant Fils, imprimeur du Roi, 1827. 16 pp. 8vo. Sewn, disbound. Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, vol. 18, 117-119. First edition. At head of title 'Les Amis de la Liberté de la Presse' which organisation published this brochure.Jean-Guillaume Hyde de Neuville (1776-1857) was deputy, minister, and diplomat of the Restoration. In 1797 he was involved with the royalist club in Clichy and after 18 Brumaire Hyde de Neuville became one of the most active agents of the Bourbons, who made him their representative in Brittany. Accused of complicity in the 'infernal machine' plot of 24 December 1800, he emigrated to the United States. Hyde returned to France in June 1814 and, having frequently risked his life for the Bourbon cause, was warmly received by Louis XVIII. In August 1815 the department of Nièvre elected him to the Chamber of Deputies where, although he spoke as an extreme ultra, he voted somewhat more moderately. After having been working in the United States as minister, he was again elected to the Deputies in 1822. After 1827 he became the leader of the opposition to Joseph de Villèle and a member of the Agier group of royalist dissidents.The Société des Amis de la Liberté de la Presse appeared briefly during the electoral campaign of 1827 when François-René Chateaubriand rallied Ultra and moderate royalists opposed to the Villèle government to protest censorship of the press and to elect deputies to the Chamber who would abolish censorship laws. Chateaubriand had become a dangerous opponent of the Villéle government in June 1824 when the celebrated writer had been unceremoniously dismissed from his post as minister of foreign affairs. The ordinances of 24 June 1827, which reimposed censorship on the periodical press, provided Chateaubriand with an opportunity for political revenge that he eagerly seized. Chateaubriand's society, probably never more than an informal grouping, formed early in June and included royalists, doctrinaires, and some members of the Center Left opposition that a common opposition, often personal, to the Villèle government, outrage at the reimposition of censorship, and admiration of Chateaubriand temporarily united in 1827. Meetings of the society brought together such figures as Prosper de Barante, the duc de Choiseul, the comte de Montalivet and the baron Hyde de Neuville, journalists like Alexis de Jussieu and Louis-François Bertin de Vaux and ambitious young intellectuals as de Salvandy and Villemain. Along with the more famous and influential society 'Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera', the 'Amis' had an impact on the electoral campaign of 1827. Indirect testimony to the government's fear of the society's effectiveness lies in the policies adopted by the postal service. Because it could not be relied upon to deliver political pamphlets to provincial cities and towns, trusted friends of the society had to carry many works personally (see: Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire). EUR 175
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IOTRH SOVKM, N. Requête du peuple français au Roi, ou Instructions à remettre par chaque sénéchaussée du Royaume à ses députés aux prochains Etats-Généraux. No place, 1789. 47, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Barbier; not in Quérard. First edition ? At end: 'QTC DOIASI SVDLE JEBJNQZ YUKQICRT AEYQS. ytpyfs.' EUR 200
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JEAN-BON SAINT-ANDRE, (A.) Rapport des représentans du peuple envoyés à Brest et auprès de l'armée navale. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1794). 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 17277. First edition. Includes decrees concerning the navy and naval staff. Dated 12 pluviôse an II (31 January 1794).Andre-Jeanbon Saint Andre, organizer of the Revolutionary navy and member of the Committee of Public Safety. He was an early supporter of the revolution and joined the Jacobins, was elected a deputy of the Lot to the National Convention in September 1792. He performed several functions and was sent on several missions, but his most significant role in the Revolution was to reform the navy. He found a weak and dispirited navy that was no match for the British and he left a formidable fleet that could at least challange the enemy's control of the seas and proved to be one of the most capable administrators of the Revolution. Among his great work was the rebuilding of the Atlantic fleet and for this he was ordered to go to Brest and take any measures necessary for its reconstruction. During this mission he dismissed many officers, filled the ranks with patriots, inspired Revolutionary zeal among the sailors, improved conditions for the sailors, hastened the construction of ships and the manufacture of arms and secured food and supplies. (see: R.J. Caldwell in: Historical Dictionary of the French revolution, 1789-1799, vol. ii, pp. 859 ff.) He later sailed with this refurbished fleet to meet and escort a convoy of 116 merchant ships carrying 24 million pounds of flour from America. The British fleet, lying in wait for the convoy, engaged the French flotilla in a grueling battle and although the more experienced British fleet won the battle, they were so disabled that they had to limp back to Plymouth and allow the huge convoy open passage to France. EUR 225
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KEYNES, J.M. A revision of the treaty, being a sequel to the Economic Consequences of the Peace. London, MacMillan, 1922. 8, 223 pp. 8vo. Original cloth. Mattioli 1840; not in Einaudi. First edition. In June 1921 Keynes had proposed to Harcourt 'a final revised edition' of The Economic Consequences of the Peace, to include a new introduction of 40 pages, and footnotes or appendices dealing with new criticisms and recent events. Harcourt suggested rather that a new book should be made out of the new material, on the grounds that the public would not read a revision but merely note the changes from reviews. Keynes agreed and the first English edition -this one- appeared in January 1922. Harcourt Brace published a separate edition for the American market. The work was reprinted in February, with minor corrections and the addition of a document on the Cannes Moratorium. It has been translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Swedish. EUR 225
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KEYNES, J.M. A revision of the treaty, being a sequel to the Economic Consequences of the Peace. London, MacMillan, 1922. 8, 223 pp. 8vo. Original cloth. First edition. In June 1921 Keynes had proposed to Harcourt 'a final revised edition' of The Economic Consequences of the Peace, to include a new introduction of 40 pages, and footnotes or appendices dealing with new criticisms and recent events. Harcourt suggested rather that a new book should be made out of the new material, on the grounds that the public would not read a revision but merely note the changes from reviews. Keynes agreed and the first English edition -this one- appeared in January 1922. Harcourt Brace published a separate edition for the American market. The work was reprinted in February, with minor corrections and the addition of a document on the Cannes Moratorium. It has been translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Swedish. EUR 250
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L'ANGE, (F.-J.) Plaintes et représentations d'un citoyen décrété passif, aux citoyens décrétés actifs. Paris, EDHIS, 1967. (2), 30 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original blue cover. Martin & Walter 19063. Reprint after the Lyon 1790 edition, after the copy of the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris. EUR 75
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LA JONCHERE, (E. LECUYER) DE. Systême d'un nouveau gouvernement en France. A Amsterdam, Chez François Le Bon, 1720 (Paris, EDHIS, 1970). With 3 folding tables. 4 volumes in 2. (2), 58, 200, (2) pp.; (2), 282, (2) pp.; (2), 270, (2) pp.; (2), 333, (1) pp. 12mo. Imitation of a contemporary binding, raised bands, gilt spine, red label with gilt lettering. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 2517; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 38; Masui, p. 406. Well executed reprint of this extremely rare and important work proposing a detailed and comprehensive plan of fiscal reform. The reprint was done in a limited edition of 250 numbered copies and 30 copies not destined for the trade. Precursor of John Law, the author proposes financial and governmental reforms, which remained unnoticed, up to the appearance of A. Callery's Le précuseur de Law (1880) in 'La France judiciaire': 'Au nombre des réformateurs principaux qui, après Boisguillebert et Vauban, se sont occupés de l'amélioration des institutions financières de l'ancienne France, il faut placer La Jonchère ... (The Système .....) tiré à très petit nombre sans doute, est devenu tellement rare que depuis quinze ans nous n'avons pu nous en procurer un seul exemplaire, et qu'il a manqué à toutes les bibliothèques privées les plus importantes dont les catalogues ont été imprimés depuis le commencement du siècle.''Although De Lajonchère (sic) expressly denies having followed Vauban's 'Dime Royale', he starts from the same initial principle ... He advocates one sole tax, to be paid without privilege or exemption, by all Frenchmen without distinction, to consist of a percentage collected in money or in kind, on the general produce of the ground, mines, quarries, etc., by a "Compagnie du Commerce", to be formed for the purpose. This company was to have the monopoly of foreign trade, its shares being given as reimbursement of the price of all the offices sold by the king's predecessors and of the capital of the rents due to towns or individuals. The corn collected by the compagny was also to be enthrusted with the recoinage and "diminuations" of the metallic currency, which were to bring it down to what La Jonchère calls "its intrinsic value"' (Palgrave, i, p. 537). EUR 200
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LACOSTE, E. Rapport fait au nom des Comités réunis de Salut public et de sûreté générale, sur la conspiration de Batz ou de l'étranger. 26 Prairial an II (14 Juin 1794). (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1794). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 18045.First edition. Batz, a notorious right wing conspirator, was already a financial speculator before 1789. He is alledged to have drawn up a plan for financing the government debt without the consent of the Estates as part of a plot that led to the dismissal of Necker on 11 July 1789. He plotted with the Spanish ambassador to bribe Convention deputies to vote for acquittal during the trial of Louis XVI. When that failed, he planned to rescue the king on his way to the scaffold and later conspired to liberate Marie-Antoinette from the Temple prison. He is primarily associated, however, with the complex scandal over the Compagnies des Indes, in which a number of Convention deputies, notably F. Chabot, C. Bazire, J. Delaunay, J.Julien de Toulouse, and P.-F. Fabre d'Eglantine were also involved.Batz managed to escape from trial after being suspected as the mastermind behind these complex manipulations with the Compagnies des Indes's stock, bu those who were supposed to have been his collaborators, were tried and executed on June 17, 1794. Robespierre believed that Batz had masterminded these manipulations with the aim of discrediting the Convention and dividing its members. Batz survived the revolution an lived quietly under Napoleon and the Restoration. EUR 150
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LAFERRIERE, J. Le contrat de Poissy (1561). Paris, Sirey, Larose, Tenin, 1905. 329 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, spine a little damaged, uncut. Interesting and thorough study concerning the 'Contrat de Poissy', an agreement reached in 1561 between the King and the clergy by which the clergy paid subsidies to the King. It enabled the clergy of course to maintain that they could not be taxed, their subsidies being voluntary gifts. - Stamp on front cover. EUR 75
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LAGARDEL, G. Proletariat' i armiya. London, 1902. 48 pp. Small 8vo. Original printed covers (Biblioteka Zhizni, no. 3). Zaleski 1295; Anderson 681; Maitron, DBMOF, 13, p. 175ff.; not in Brécy; not in Stammhammer; not in Dolléans & Crozier. First edition? Hubert Lagardelle was one of the leading theorists of syndicalism. He was born in 1875 in Toulouse and died in 1958. He became involved in the socialist movement in the early 1890s, founded, in 1899, the journal Le mouvement socialiste, which lasted upto 1914. He is the author of many pamphlets and borchures and books, although this pamphlet is not mentioned even by Maitron, only Zaleski and Anderson listing the work.The cover serves as title-page; at the head of title: Le Prolétariat et l'Armée par H. Lagardelle. EUR 250
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LALLY-TOLENDAL, (T.G. DE.) Mémoire de M. le Comte de Lally-Tolendal, ou seconde lettre à ses commettans. A Paris, Chez Desenne, Janvier 1790. 192 pp. & 144 pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards with paper-label tospine. Martin & Walter 18656. First edition. The last 144 pages contain the 'pièces justificatives' and contain 17 motions and 'opinions' by the author.Lally-Tollendal was an Anglophile and became deputy to the Estates General and the National Assembly. Popular in the early stages of the revolution, because of his decision to join the deputies of the Third Estate, with forty-six other aristocrats, in defiance of the king's orders, his reputation began to detoriate because of his close association with the moderate royalists known as anglomanes or monarchiens. He denounced the murder by a Parisian crowd of the hated royal intendant Bertier de Sauvigny, It was in response to his impassioned speech that Barnave uttered the famed words, "Was that blood then, so pure that it was such a great crime to spill it?" In the months that followed, Lally continued to call for the suppression of lawlessness and supported the increasingly unpopular policies of the anglomanes. He declared himself in favor of a two-house legislaturem an absolute royal veto, and a reconsideration of legislation ending aristocratic privileges. When the King and the Assembly were forced to move to Paris in October 1789, Lally fled to Switzerland and opposed the revolution for more than two years from exile. EUR 225
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LALLY-TOLENDAL, (T.G. DE.) Mémoire de M. le Comte de Lally-Tolendal, ou seconde lettre à ses commettans. A Paris, Chez Desenne, Janvier 1789. 192 pp. & 144 pp. 8vo. Sewn in contemporary blind covers, a nice uncut and broad-margined copy. Martin & Walter 18656. First edition. The last 144 pages contain the 'pièces justificatives' and contain 17 motions and 'opinions' by the author.Lally-Tollendal was an Anglophile and became deputy to the Estates General and the National Assembly. Popular in the early stages of the revolution, because of his decision to join the deputies of the Third Estate, with forty-six other aristocrats, in defiance of the king's orders, his reputation began to detoriate because of his close association with the moderate royalists known as anglomanes or monarchiens. He denounced the murder by a Parisian crowd of the hated royal intendant Bertier de Sauvigny, It was in response to his impassioned speech that Barnave uttered the famed words, "Was that blood then, so pure that it was such a great crime to spill it?" In the months that followed, Lally continued to call for the suppression of lawlessness and supported the increasingly unpopular policies of the anglomanes. He declared himself in favor of a two-house legislaturem an absolute royal veto, and a reconsideration of legislation ending aristocratic privileges. When the King and the Assembly were forced to move to Paris in October 1789, Lally fled to Switzerland and opposed the revolution for more than two years from exile. EUR 200
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LAMARTINE, (A.M.L. DE PRAT) DE. Discours de M. de Lamartine au banquet municipal que la ville de Macon lui a offert le 18 mars 1839. (Drop-head title). No place, (1839). 11, (1) pp. 8vo. Disbound. EUR 75
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LAMERVILLE, (J.M.) HEURTAULT (DE.) Discours sur la propriété des mines, prononcé le 21 Mars 1791: Par M. Heurtault de Lamerville, Député du Département du Cher. Imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblé Nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. 26 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 18920. First edition. In favour of individual property except when it concerns mines of precious metals. EUR 225
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LAMERVILLE, (J.M.) HEURTAULT (DE.) Discours sur la propriété des mines, prononcé le 21 Mars 1791: Par M. Heurtault de Lamerville, Député du Département du Cher. Imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblé Nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. 26 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 18920. First edition. In favour of individual property except when it concerns mines of precious metals. EUR 225
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LAMERVILLE, (J.M.) HEURTAULT (DE.) Discours sur la propriété des mines, prononcé le 21 Mars 1791: Par M. Heurtault de Lamerville, Député du Département du Cher. Imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblé Nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. 26 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 18920. First edition. In favour of individual property except when it concerns mines of precious metals. EUR 225
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LAURENT-PICHAT, L. Eight Autograph Letters Signed and two subscription forms by Léon Laurent-Pichat, (1823-1886), French politician and author. Contains: 1. Letter dated 2 May 1869, addressed to a colleague, concerning a letter received from Delescluze. 12mo. 2, (2 blank) pp.Laurent-Pichat was one of the financial supporters of Delescluze's Réveil. In this letter he promises to give works by the painter Chenavard a prominent place in a forthcoming 'salon'. 2. Letter dated 28 June 1872 to a 'cher confrère'. 8vo. 1, (3 blank) pp.'Your verses are very biting. They represent whip-lashes in the face in and out of season. Thank you.' 3. Letter dated 22 January 1878, 8vo, 2, (2 blank) pp., on stationary of the Senate, to a colleague, thanking him for having sent three of his publications among which a poem on Garibaldi and a comedy on poets. He informs the writer that he does not know the Minster of Public Education, but that he knows that his budget is 'miserable'. 3. Letter dated 22 April 1881 to send congratulations. Patience always pays. 8vo. 1, (3 blank) pp. 4. Letter, undated, contents of no importance. 8vo. 1, (1 blank) pp. 5. Letter, undated, on mourning-paper, telling the recepient that he will not be able to be present, but that he will attend spiritually. 12mo. 1, (3 blank) pp. 6. Letter, 12mo, 3, (1 blank) pp., undated: 'I have read your poem in the journal of Vienne and return your text herewith. I do not forget the photograph of your painting 'Les remords de Macbeth''. The Réveil is extremely busy with the forthcoming elections. He gives the recepient the advice to sign the satyre because he himself is an artist. 7. Letter, 12mo, 2, (2 blank) pp., undated, informing the recepient that he will be in Paris for a few days only to visit l'Isle Adam. He will not be able to be present at a meeting around the recepient's work, but he will spiritually be present. Sends his best wishes and greetings to Lefort, Jourdan, Chassin, Reclus. 8. Letter, undated, with excuses for not being able to accept an invitation. 8vo. 1, (3 blank) pp. 9. Two subscriptions forms signed by Laurent-Pichat for his commanditary association to La Coopération. Journal du progrès social, for the years 1866 and 1867. 2 oblong 8vo pieces. EUR 350
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LAVERGNE, L. DE. Les assemblées provinciales sous Louis XVI. Paris, M. Levy frères, 1864. xx, 519, (1) pp. 8vo. Half morocco. The best edition, with the valuable notes. EUR 225
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LE SCENE-DES-MAISONS, (J.) Compte rendu à l'Assemblée nationale au nom des commissaires du Roi et des départemens du midi, les lundi 16 & mercredi 18 avril 1792. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1792. 94 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 21515. Original edition. The author was 'commissaire civil dans les ci-devant Etats d'Avignon & du Comtat Venaisson'. Extensive report with many 'pièces justificatives'. EUR 175
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LEDRU-ROLLIN, (A.A.) De la décadence de l'Angleterre. Bruxelles, Tarride, 1850. 4 volumes in 2. 169, (3) pp.; 158, (2) pp.; 154 pp.; 210 pp. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering. First edition. Radical democrat, Ledru-Rollin played an important part in the political history of France during the mid 19th-century, as leader of the democratic opposition (Montagne). He played a prominent part in the overthrow of Louis-Philippe in February, 1848, and became a member of the Provisional Government which resulted. His great contribution to France and its political history is the organization of universal manhood suffrage. Forced into exile after the street demonstrations against the Roman policy of France, on June 13, 1849, he returned only in 1870, spending most of his time in England. - One band on the spine of volume 1 with a small damage. EUR 250
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LEVASSEUR (DE LA SARTHE), R. Mémoires de R. Levasseur, (de la Sarthe). Ex-conventionnel, ornés du portrait de l'Auteur. Paris, Rapilly, 1829-1831. With portrait. 4 volumes. (4), 396 pp.; (4), 396 pp.; (4), 8, 384 pp.; (4), 380 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, uncut. Drujon 248; Kuscinski, Dictionnaire des Conventionnels, pp. 406-408. First edition. - Somewhat spotted, occasionally with a faint waterstain in upper margin, front cover and half-title of volume one partially detached. Forbidden for containing 'attaques à la dignité royale et des outrages à la religion de l'État ainsi qu'à la morale publique, l'apologie de la souveraineté du peuple, de l'égalité absolue, l'éloge du régime de 93, etc'. The volumes 3 & 4 were published not only later, but also by a different publisher. Drujon knows the first two volumes only. These volumes were forbidden as the work is in fact the first sytematic and public rehabilitation of the Jacobins and Robespierre. A rare and historically important work. EUR 500
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LEVASSEUR, R. (DE LA SARTHE). Mémoires de R. Levasseur, (de la Sarthe). Ex-conventionnel, ornés du portrait de l'Auteur. Paris, Rapilly (volumes 3 & 4: A. Levavasseur), 1829-1831. With portrait. 4 volumes. (4), 396 pp.; (4), 396 pp.; (4), viii, 384 pp.; (4), 380 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, green labels with gilt lettering. Drujon 248; Kuscinski, Dictionnaire des Conventionnels, pp. 406-408. First edition. Forbidden for containing 'attaques à la dignité royale et des outrages à la religion de l'État ainsi qu'à la morale publique, l'apologie de la souveraineté du peuple, de l'égalité absolue, l'éloge du régime de 93, etc'. The volumes 3 & 4 were published not only later, but also by a different publisher. Drujon knows the first two volumes only: the volumes 3 & 4 were condamned, seized and destroyed, being too much an apology of the revolutionary government, hence complete sets are of extreme rarity. The author was a supporter of Robespierre and these memoirs deal for the major part with the period August 10, 1792 upto the fall of Robespierre. The rest deals with his activity as a "représentant en mission" with the armies operating at the borders and in the Vendée. EUR 750
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LHUILLIER, TH. Liste annotée des députés à l'Assemblée Constituante pour les bailliages de Meaux, Melun, Nemours et Provins. Paris, Charavay, 1886. 45, (1) pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, lightly damaged, uncut and unopened. EUR 75
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LHUILLIER, TH. Liste annotée des députés à l'Assemblée Constituante pour les bailliages de Meaux, Melun, Nemours et Provins. Paris, Charavay, 1886. 45, (1) pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed covers, a bit discoloured at edges, uncut. EUR 75
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LICHTENBERGER, A. Le socialisme au XVIIIe siècle. Etude sur les idées socialistes dans les écrivains français du XVIIIe siècle avant la Révolution. New York, A.M. Kelley, 1967. (10),viii, 471, (1, blank), 1, (1 blank) pp. 8vo. Original publishers cloth. (Reprints of Economic Classics). Reprint of the 1895 edition. Still today a very useful and interesting study. Deals among others with novels, utopias, theatre, Gueudeville, the Abbé Castel de Saint-Pierre, Meslier, Montesquieu, d'Argenson, Rousseau, Raynal, Mercier, Rétif de la Bretonne, Mably, Condillac, Condorcet, the philosophes, socialism and philantropy, socialism and the reform of criminal law, socialism and literature, etc. etc. EUR 125
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LINDET, (J.B.R.) Rapport fait à la Convention Nationale, le quatrième jour des Sans-Culottides de l'an 2 (20 septembre 1794) au nom des Comités de salut public, de sûreté générale, et de la législation, sur la situation intérieure de la République. (Paris), de l'Imprimerie du Comité de salut public, an 3 (1794). 69, (1) pp. 12mo. 19th-century half morocco, marbled boards, spine with raised bands. Martin & Walter 21575. Original edition. Lindet became a staunch member of the Mountain and as such displayed an implacable hostility toward those whom he believed were enemies of the Revolution and of the newly established Republic. His major role in and contribution to the French Revolution came from his service on the Committee of Public Safety. Elected to this body on 6 April 1793, he would have the longest tenure of any of its members and would demonstrate a tremendous capacity for hard work and an outstanding talent for administration.In the present report an unrepentant Lindet defended the earlier purge of the Girondin deputies and stated that abuses of power were unavoidable in great revolutions.'Jean Baptiste Robert Lindet, homme politique, né à Bernay (Eure) et mort à Paris. Député à l'Assemblée législative, puis à la Convention, il vota la mort du roi sans appel ni sursis, poursuivit avec acharnement les Girondins et fut, pendant la terreur, membre du Comité de Salut Public, où il fut spécialement chargé des subsistances. Décrété d'accusation après l'insurrection du 1er prairial (20 mai 1795), il fut amnistié, et, impliqué dans le complot de Babeuf, fut acquitté bien que contumax. Il fut ministre des finances du 30 priarial (1799) au 18 brumaire' (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1144.) - Very rare, printed on 'papier vélin'. EUR 300
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LINGUET, (S.N.H.) La France plus qu'Angloise, ou Comparaison entre la procédure entamée à Paris le 25 Septembre 1788 contre les ministres du Roi de France, et le procès intenté à Londres en 1640, au Comte de Strafford, principal ministre de Charles premier, roi d'Angleterre. Avec des réflexions sur le danger imminent dont les entreprises de la robe menacent la nation, & les particuliers. Seconde édition. Bruxelles, 1789. 149, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Cioranescu 40562; not in INED; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. Second edition, first published in October 1788. Linguet had printed, in the 116th number of his Annales, a proposal for fiscal reform which he had first publicized in his Annales in 1778 and 1779, an exepient for terminating once and for all the chronic state of financial crisis that had precipitated Louis's capitulation to the aristocrats. The king ignored Linguet's lesson in political and economic pragmatism. Financiers and capitalists were up in arms against it, as was the Paris parlement. This body condamned the 116th number of the Annales to be lacerated and burned at the foot of the grand staircase in the courtyard of the Palais de Justice. Linguet, in rage, published his La France plus qu'angloise in October 1788 and included in it a thinly veiled warning to the king that his next blunder, a fatal one, would be to retreat headlong into the arms of aristocratic reactionairies more English in their pretensions to exercising legislative supremacy than Commons or Lords. This move would signal disaster for the monarchy, as it would alienate the Third Estate from the throne as well as from the aristocratic party, driving it into isolation, and from there into independence and the revolution. At the same time, Linguet was educating the Third Estate in this work: how to recognize their rights and act in their own best interest. For an extensive analysis of this work see: D. Gay Levy, The ideas and Careers of Simon-Nicolas-Henry Linguet, pp. 243-4. EUR 500
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LINGUET, (S.N.H.) La France plus qu'anglaise, ou Comparaison entre la procédure entamée à Paris le 25 Septembre 1788, contre les ministres du Roi de France; et Le procès intenté à Londres en 1640, au Comte de Strafford, principal Ministre de Charles premier, Roi d'Angleterre: avec des Réflexions sur le danger imminent dont les entreprises de la Robe menacent la nation & les particuliers. Seconde édition. Bruxelles, 1788. (4), 175, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Cioranescu 40562; not in INED; not in Kress;not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. Second edition, first published in October 1788. Linguet had printed, in the 116th number of his Annales, a proposal for fiscal reform which he had first publicized in his Annales in 1778 and 1779, an exepient for terminating once and for all the chronic state of financial crisis that had precipitated Louis's capitulation to the aristocrats. The king ignored Linguet's lesson in political and economic pragmatism. Financiers and capitalists were up in arms against it, as was the Paris parlement. This body condamned the 116th number of the Annales to be lacerated and burned at the foot of the grand staircase in the courtyard of the Palais de Justice. Linguet, in rage, published his La France plus qu'angloise in October 1788 and included in it a thinly veiled warning to the king that his next blunder, a fatal one, would be to retreat headlong into the arms of aristocratic reactionairies more English in their pretensions to exercising legislative supremacy than Commons or Lords. This move would signal disaster for the monarchy, as it would alienate the Third Estate from the throne as well as from the aristocratic party, driving it into isolation, and from there into independence and the revolution. At the same time, Linguet was educating the Third Estate in this work: how to recognize their rights and act in their own best interest (For an extensive analysis of this work see: D. Gay Levy, The ideas and Careers of Simon-Nicolas-Henry Linguet, pp. 243-4). EUR 450
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LIT DE JUSTICE - EXTRAIT des registres du Parlement, du samedi 21 août 1756. No place, (1756). - (Followed by:) EXTRAIT des registres du Parlement, du vendredi 7 décembre 1770. Paris, P.G. Simon, 1771. - (Followed by:) PROCES -VERBAL de ce qui s'est passé au Lit de Justice, tenu par le Roi au Château de Versailles, le samedi 13 avril 1771. Paris, P.G. Simon, 1771. - (Followed by:) PROCES -VERBAL de ce qui s'est passé au Lit de Justice, tenu par le Roi à Paris, le samedi 12 novembre 1774. Pais, Imprimerie Royale, 1774. - (Followed by:) PROCES -VERBAL de ce qui s'est passé à la séance tenue par Monsieur, frère du Roi, au Grand Conseil, le samedi 12 novembre 1774. Paris, Impr. Ph. D. Pierres, 1774. - (Followed by:) PROCES -VERBAL de ce qui s'est passé à la séance, tenue en la Cour des Aides de Paris, en présence de Monseigneur le comte d'Artois, le samedi 12 novembre 1774. Paris, Knapen, 1774. - (Followed by:) EXTRAIT du procès-verbal du Lit de Justice, tenu par le Roi au Château de Versailles, le vendredi 5 mai 1775. Paris, P.G. Simon, 1775. - (Followed by:) PROCES -VERBAL de ce qui s'est passé au Lit de Justice, tenu par le Roi à Versailles, le mardi 12 mars 1776. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1776. - (Followed by:) EXTRAIT du procès-verbal de la séance tenue en la Chambre des Comptes par Monsieur, frère du Roi, le mardi 19 mars 1776. Paris, L. Cellot, 1776. - (Followed by:) PROCES -VERBAL de ce qui s'est passé au Lit de Justice, tenu par le Roi à Versailles, le lundi 6 août 1787. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1787. 10 pieces bound in 1 volume. 12 pp.; 12 pp.; 28 pp.; 90 pp.; 30 pp.; 38 pp.; 15 pp.; 95 pp.; 22 pp.; 60 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco. The 'Lits de Justice' held between 1756 and 1776 were of great importance for developments leading to more democratic government. Many reforms were suggested and indeed introduced. EUR 500
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LOUIS XV - DECLARATION du Roi, qui ordonne qu'il ne sera pourvu qu'à vie aux Offices de gouverneurs et lieutenants du Roi, crées dans les villes closes, par Édit de Novembre 1733, et que l'emploi de leurs gages ou appointements, soit fait dans les états de l'ordinaire des guerres. Du 4 Mai 1766. (Paris), 1766. 4to poster on white paper. Not in Catalogue des Actes Royaux, but see vi, 36170. EUR 75
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LOUIS XV - EDICT du Roy portant rétablissement des offices de gouverneurs, lieutenans de Roy, majors, maires, lieutenans de maires, et autres officiers des Hôtels de Ville. Du mois de Novembre 1733. Aix, Joseph David, 1734. Folio poster on white paper. Not in Catalogue des Actes Royaux. On verso a contemporary ms note: M. Laugier à pub.- et afficher.Somewhat browned but confined to the blank margin and corners. EUR 75
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LOUIS XVI - ARRET du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, qui fixe au premier Mai prochain la tenue des Etats-Généraux du Royaume, & suspend, jusqu'à cette époque, le rétablissement de la Cour Plénière. Du huit Août 1788. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, N.H. Nyon, 1788. 4 pp. 4to. Disbound. Announcement of the meeting in May 1789 of the Estates General, the representative body of the Old Regime. This meeting was te become essential to the development of the French Revolution. EUR 125
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LUYNES - RECUEIL des pièces les plus curieuses qui ont esté faites pendant le régne du Connestable jusqu'à présent, comme se voit par la table suivante. No place, 1622. (40), 516 pp. Small 8vo. 19th-century morocco, blind-stamped floral design on both sides within blind-stamped triple fillets, spine with gilt lettering, raised bands, gilt inside- and outside dentelles, all edges gilt. Bourgeois & André 2376; not in Welsh; not in Lindsay & Neu; not in BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700. First edition. Well-known collection of more or less satirical pamphlets directed against Ch.A. de Luynes, prime minister and favourite of Louis XIII, some in verse, by various authors, 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. - Outer margin of title and first leaf neatly repaired/strengthened; a few marginal stains on pp. 69-80, outer margins of pp. 69-72 cut off roughly but leaving good margins, a fine copy from the library of Bruno Monnier, with his ticket on the front paste-down. EUR 1000
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LYON - REPRESENTANS du peuple, envoyés dans la Commune-Affranchie, pour y assurer le bonheur du Peuple avec le triomphe de la République, dans tous les départemens environnans, et près l'armée des Alpes. (Drop-head title). A Commune-Affranchie, De l'Imprimerie républicaine, (1793). 1 leaf, verso blank. Folio. Folded and mounted in a 4to modern half morocco binding, gilt lettering on spine. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Charléty. Rare poster. - Central fold strengthened, slightly browned. Decisions signed by Fouché, de Nantes, Laporte and Albitte, dated 21 December 1793, explicitly forbidding the current authorities to dispose any of the commercial papers entrusted to them without the explicit and specific authorization of the Représentants du peuple. At head of title: 'Au nom de peuple français.' EUR 350
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LYON - REPRESENTANS DU PEUPLE, LES, envoyés dans la Commune-Affranchie, pour y assurer le bonheur du peuple avec le triomphe de la République, dans tour les départemens environnans,et près l'armée des Alpes. (Drop-head title). A Commune-Affranchie, De l'Imprimerie républicaine, (1793). 1 leaf, verso blank. Folio. Folded and mounted in a 4to modern half morocco binding, gilt lettering on spine. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Charléty. Rare poster. - Fine copy with full margins. Arret of 29 December 1793, signed by Fouché de Nantes, Albitte and Laporte, dealing with the supervision of the right of requisition and the destination of the confiscated objects.At head of title: 'Au nom du peuple français.' EUR 350
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LYON - REPRESENTANS DU PEUPLE, LES, envoyés dans Commune-Affranchie, pour y assurer le bonheur du peuple avec le triomphe de la République, dans tous les départemens environnans, etprès l'Armée des Alpes. (Drop-head title). A Commune-Affranchie, De l'Imprimerie républicaine, (1794). 1 leaf (verso blank). Folio. Folded andmounted in a 4to modern half morocco binding, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Charléty. At head of title: Au nom du peuple français. Decree of 2 Germinal, year II (22 March, 1794), signed by Fouché de Nantes, Laporte and Méaulle and declaring that too many authorities in one city create more problems that they collectively can solve, and that such a large number is, of course, contrary to the principle of 'Egalité', decrees which administrative bodies will continue to function, which ones are abandoned or incorporated into the ones allowed to continue, where these bodies will be located and last but not least decreeing that 'Tout membre qui donnera sa démission sera déclaré suspect.' EUR 350
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LYON - REPRESENTANS DU PEUPLE, LES, envoyés dans Commune-Affranchie pour y assurer le bonheur du peuple avec le triomphe de la République, dans tous les départemens environnans, et près l'Armée des Alpes. (Drop-head title). A Commune-Affranchie, De l'Imprimerie républicaine, (1794). 1 leaf (verso blank). Folio. Folded and mounted in a 4to modern half morocco binding, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Charléty. At head of title: Au nom du peuple français. Order of 18 Germinal, year II (7 April, 1794), signed by Laporte, Méaulle and Reverchon. Deals with those who try to 'souffler le feu de la discorde' and try to 'allumer la guerre civile', and listing measures to be taken to have more control and surveillance over visitors and strangers in the city, such as forcing hotel managers to maintain a list of those staying in the hotel which must contain name, profession and reason of visit of the individual in question, and other measures. EUR 350
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LYON - CHARLIER ET POCHOLLE, représentans du peuple, envoyés à Commune-Affranchie, par le décret du 4 fructidor, et dans les départemens de Rhône et Loire, par celui du 10 du même mois. (Drop-head title). A Commune-Affrancie, De l'Imprimerie républicaine, (1794). 1 leaf (verso blank). Folio. Folded and mounted in a 4to modern half morocco binding, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Charléty. At head of title: Au nom du peuple français. Decree of 3 vendémiaire, year III (23 September 1794), aiming at the reformation and cleansing of the Popular Societies where 'les maximes les plus dangereuses et les plus contraires au bonheur social' had been adopted and which were considered dangerous for the revolution. EUR 300
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LYON - MEMOIRE des électeurs fabricants d'étoffes en soie de la ville de Lyon. No place, 1789. 31, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. First edition. - Very rare. Deals with the problems arising from the fact that labourers and merchants had been given the liberty to establish 'de convenir entr'eux du prix des façons', the labourers were in no position to protect their interests in these negociations and hence their daily income fell to well below daily needs: 'mais à l'égard des ouvriers en soie, destitués de tous moyens, dont la subsistance journalière dépend toute entiere de leur travail journalier, cette liberté les livre totalement à la merci du fabricant, .....'Includes 'tableau du produit de la main d'oeuvre des maîtres-ouvriers'; 'Tableau des dépenses journalières qui forment les charges annuelles des maîtres-ouvriers fabricants, & calcul d'icelles pour la nourriture & entretien des personnes à leur charge, & le paiement des traveaux du compagnon'; 'Tarif du prix des façons qu'on donne par aune dans les fabriques étrangères, notamment à Milan. Vienne en Autriche & à Londres, sans être chargé d'aucun frais pour la fabrication'. Lyon, one of the greatest cities of France, center of the silk industry, and major commercial entrepôt. It was an important commercial center, with four annual fairs, and a major banking center. EUR 400
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MABLY, (G. BONNOT DE.) Observations sur l'histoire de France. Tome Premier [- Tome Second]. A Genève, Par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1765. 2 volumes. xx, 453, (1) pp.; viii, 427, (1) pp. 12mo Contemporary marbled covers, uncut, small loss of paper at foot of volume two, a nice uncut copy. Peignot 276; Tchemerzine-Scheler 250; Monod 1017; Conlon 65:1037. Original edition. Audacious defence of equal rights. The author 'louait les Francs d'avoir affranchi les Gaulois du joug romain et représentait Charlemagne comme un souverain constitutionnel. Ces principes trop audacieux affrayèrent le gouvernement, qui proscrivit sévèrement le livre' (Belin, Le mouvement philosophique, i, p. 182). Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709-1785), French historian, moralist and political philospher. After he retired Mably began to produce a number of works, most of which were oriented about the purpose of ameliorating the contemporary evils of France but which carried him into widely ramified branches of social and political philosophy. His works plainly reveal his intimate acquaintance with the thought of Plato, Cicero, Locke, and his brother Condillac. Although he firmly believed that political and legal equality had no meaning without economic equality, Mably cannot, however, be classed as a communist, although he is frequently so regarded and although he actually inspired Babeuf. He believed communism to be the ideal system and posited the possibility that it had existed in the primitive state of man. But a quality of realism and an inclination toward the evolutionary standpoint prevented him from espousing any political system which failed to take full account of human nature and of the peculiar history and customs of the people concerned. EUR 350
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MALOUET, (P.V.) Collection des Opinions. A Paris, Chez Valade, 1791-1792. With 2 folding tables. 3 volumes. viii, 274 pp.; 384 pp.; (4), 228, 26, vi pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, raised bands, marbled boards (volume 3 in modern half calf), slightly worn and rubbed. Martin & Walter, 22646 (without the 3rd vol); not in Tourneux; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition, very rare with the third volume. Two pamphlets relating to subjects dealt with by Malouet, have been bound with vol. 2: one by Clermont-Tonnere, one by Cazalès. Deals with human rights, the constitution, finance, the colonies, etc. At the end of vol. 3 a table of contents. Pierre-Victor Malouet (1740-1814), naval intendant, moderate monarchist, émigré. From 1758 he filled a variety of positions in the French government, including a brief and disillusioning stint in an administrative assignment with marshal de Broglie's army during the Seven Years War. From 1767 to 1773 he held administrative posts in Santo Domingo, where he married and acquired considerable property. As an experienced official of the Ancien Régime, Malouet recognized the need for reform but believed that it should issue from strong monarchial initiative. Along with J.J. Mounier and others, he championed a bicameral legislature somewhat on the English model, though his conception of the upper (more conservative) chamber was considerably different from theirs. Malouet was active in the Naval Committee of the Assembly and delivered several substantial reports on the funding and organization of the navy. On 10 August 1792 he left for England fearing for his life, and he did not return before 1801. On 3 October 1803 Napoleon brought him out of his obscurity by assigning him the post of commissioner general of the navy at Antwerp, a post he filled commendably until 1810, when Napoleon honoured him by appointment to the Council of State and the title of baron. The emperor's opinion of him changed abruptly in 1812 when Malouet opposed the Russian campaign and was forced to retire. The restauration of Louis XVIII brought Malouet an honor he had long before desired, that of appointment as minister of navy on 13 May 1814 (Historical Dictionary of the French revolution, 1789-1799, ii, pp. 626-627). - Very rare in this complete state. EUR 1250
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MALOUET, (P.V.) Rapport fait à l'Assemblée nationale sur les dépenses & le régime économique de la marine. Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1790. - (Bound with:) DEPENSES générales de la marine. No place, (1790). Together 2 works in 1 volume. (2), iv, 65 pp.; 20, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. First work: Martin & Walter 22707; JFBL M89; not in Sabin; not in Echeverria & Wilkie; not in Tourneux; not in Monglond; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. A detailed discussion of the expenses of the navy protecting French coasts and colonies, with proposals for reducing this amount.Pierre-Victor Malouet (1740-1814), naval intendant, moderate monarchist, émigré. From 1758 he filled a variety of positions in the French government, including a brief and disillusioning stint in an administrative assignment with marshal de Broglie's army during the Seven Years War. From 1767 to 1773 he held administrative posts in Santo Domingo, where he married and acquired considerable property. As an experienced official of the Ancien Régime, Malouet recognized the need for reform but believed that it should issue from strong monarchial initiative. Along with J.J. Mounier and others, he championed a bicameral legislature somewhat on the English model, though his conception of the upper (more conservative) chamber was considerably different from theirs. Malouet was active in the Naval Committee of the Assembly and delivered several substantial reports on the funding and organization of the navy. On 10 August 1792 he left for England, fearing for his life, and did not return until 1801. On 3 October 1803 Napoleon brought him out of his obscurity by assigning him the post of commissioner general of the navy at Antwerp, a post he filled commendably until 1810, when Napoleon honoured him by appointment to the Council of State and the title of baron. The emperor's opinion of him changed abruptly in 1812 when Malouet opposed the Russian campaign and was forced to retire. The restauration of Louis XVIII brought Malouet an honor he had long before disired, that of appointment as minister of navy on 13 May 1814. (Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, ii, pp. 626-627).Second work: Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1538; not in JFBL; not in Sabin; not in Echeverria & Wilkie; not in Tourneux; not in Monglond.First edition.Includes details on the French American colonies. EUR 325
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MARAT - HENRIQUEZ, (J.M.) La dépanthéonisation de J.P. Marat, patron des hommes de sang et des terroristes, fondée sur ses crimes et sur les forfaits des Jacobins. Paris, et se distribue chez Prévost, (1795). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 16526; Tourneux IV, 23917. First edition. EUR 100
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MARCILLY, G. DE. Agonie de la Commune. Paris, Déforêt & César, 1871. 16 coloured caricatures and a coloured titlepage. 4to. Disbound. Berleux, La Caricature Politique en France, p. 120; not in Del Bo, Comune di Parigi; Le Quillec, 1622; Schulkind Commune Collection, p. 50 (incomplete). All published. Nicely coloured sarcastic anti-commune caricatures, scarce. EUR 600
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MARECHAL, S. Tableau historique des événemens révolutionaires, depuis la fondation de la République jusqu'a présent, rédigé principalement pour les campagnes. Paris, Dufart, Basset, etc., an III (1795). With engraved frontispiece. iv (misnumbered vi), 192 pp. 12mo. 19th-century half calf. Martin & Walter, 23060 (without mention of the engraved frontispiece and the preliminairies); Dommanget, Sylvain Maréchal, p. 458-9; Tourneux, i, 359. 'Cet ouvrage n'est qu'une reimpression des 'précis historiques' fournis par Maréchal dans les 'Décades du Cultivateur''. Pierre-Sylvain Maréchal (1750-1803), journalist, writer and leader in Babeuf's Conspiracy of Equals and author of the Manifesto of the Equals, although its libertarian principles were not accepted unanimously by the conspirators. 'A simply and kindly man of innocent morality, this scholar, artist and libertarian left behind him important work that has become somewhat obsolete' (F. Legrand in: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, vol ii, pp. 634-635.)Bound at the end: LES SOUVENIERS d'un jeune prisonnier, ou mémoires sur les prisons de la Force et du Plessis, pour servir à l'histoire de la Révolution. Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, an III (1795). 140 pp. (Martin & Walter, 17153). EUR 350
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MARECHAL, S. Le jugement dernier des rois, prophétie en un acte, en prose par P. Sylvain Maréchal. Jouée sur le Théatre de la République au mois vendemiaire et jours suivants. A Paris, De l'Imp. de C.F. Patris, l'an second (1794). 28 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 23054; Dommanget, Sylvain Maréchal, p. 457; Tourneux, iii, 18504, all listing the edition of viii, 36 pp. First edition. Comparison shows that this copy has been set from a much smaller type than the copy listed in the above mentioned reference works. 'Le jugement dernier des rois caractérise la Terreur. C'est sans contredit, la piece qui reflète le mieux les aspirations républicaines des sans-culottes; de là son éclatant succès' (For an extensive history and analysis of the piece: Dommanget, op.cit., chapter 10).Pierre-Sylvain Maréchal (1750-1803), journalist, writer and leader in Babeuf's Conspiracy of Equals and author of the Manifesto of the Equals, although its libertarian principles were not accepted unanimoulsy by the conspirators. 'A simply and kindly man of innocent morality, this scholar, artist and libertarian left behind him important work that has become somewhat obsolete' (F. Legrand in: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, vol ii, pp. 634-635.) EUR 750
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MARILLAC - BOISSARD, H. Le procès du maréchal de Marillac. Discours prononcé (pour le) Cour d'Appel de Dijon, audience solenelle de rentrée, 4 novembre 1878. Dijon, Imprimerie Darantiere, 1878. 45 pp. Large 8vo. Modern half vellum, corners, gilt library stamp of Chateau de Theix on upper cover, spine with gilt lettering, original covers preserved, stamp of same Chateau on front cover, a large paper copy. Deals with the trial of Maréchal Louis de Marillac, 1573-1632. He and his brother, Michel de Marillac, belonged to the group of so-called dévots: those who urged Louis XIII to terminate his foreign wars and occupations and concentrate on serving the Catholic cause in France. Where Richelieu preferred conciliating the Huguenots and invading Italy the dévots (whose spokeman was Michel de Marillac, keeper of the seals) advocated the reverse policy. While a terrible confrontation between the queen mother and Richelieu seemed to announce the end of Richelieu's career, Louis XIII in the end supported the cardinal: the queen mother and Gaston of Orleans (both were supporters of the dévots) fled, Michel de Marillac spent the rest of his life on prison while his brother Louis was tried and executed: the entire group of dévots was either imprisoned, exiled or confined to their estates. Richelieu now had no serious obstacle in his way to execute his plan of checking Habsburg expansion. It was a turning point in European history. - Copy from the library of Chateau de Theix, Puy de Dôme, with library stamp, and ex-libris Bruno Monnier on front paste-down. EUR 150
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MAUPEOU - PROTESTATIONS des princes du sang, contre l'Edit de décembre 1770, les Lettres patentes du 23 janvier, l'Edit de février 1771, et contre tout ce qui s'en est suivi ou pourroit s'ensuivre, signifiées et déposées au Greffe du Parlement, et lues en présence de MM. du Conseil siégeant au Palais le 12 avril 1771. (Drop-head title). No place, (1771). - (Bound with:) EXAMEN analytique et raisonné d'un écrit qui a pour titre 'Protestations des princes du sang'. No place, (1771). - (Bound with:) OBSERVATIONS sur l'écrit intitulé: 'Protestations des princes.' No place, (1771). - (Bound with:) ARREST de la Cour de Parlement du 22 juin 1771. Qui condamne au feu un libelle, ayant pour titre: 'Observations sur l'écrit intitulé: 'Protestations des princes'. Toulouse, Imprimerie de la veuve de Me Bernard Pijon, (1771). 4 pieces bound in 1 volume. 15 pp.; (2), 16 pp.; 22 pp.; 8 pp. 12mo. Modern half morocco. 1: Conlon 71: 480.2: Conlon 71:241.3: Conlon 71:409.4: Not in Conlon. Original editions. Protest of the Princes of the blood against the King's actions against the Parlements in the period 1769-1770. The Parlements defended what they saw as their rights and priviliges while the King maintained his right to register law by a 'lit de justice' if necessary. The conflict went out of control and in January 1771 Louis XV confiscated the magistrats' offices while they themselves were sent into exile: after 500 years the Parlement of Paris had ceased to exist. Most of the reforms which were at stake and against which the Parlements put up so much resistance, were the work of Maupeau who tried, through these judicial reforms, to improve the monarchy's fast declining authority by eliminating its most persistent and powerful critic. EUR 600
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MAUPEOU - PROCES-VERBAL de ce qui s'est passé au Lit de Justice, tenu par le Roi (Louis XV), au Château de Versailles, le samedi 13 avril 1771. Sur l'imprimé de l'Imprimerie royale, Nantes, Imprimerie de Vatar, 1771. (2), 25 pp. 4to. Sewn. Thesuppression of the 'Grand Conseil' during the judicial reforms of Maupeou. EUR 200
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MAURICE, G. Le parti radical. Paris, M. Rivière, 1929. 227 pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed covers (Thesis. Univ. de Paris). Origine de l'idée radicale. - Le Parti radical dans son développement. - La lutte laïque et sociale ou le Radicalisme au pouvoir. - L'évolution du programme radical. EUR 100
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MAURRAS, C. Dictionnaire politique et critique. Établi par les soins de Pierre Chardon. Paris, (1932-34). 5 volumes. 11, (1), 468 pp.; 480 pp.; 480 pp.; 480 pp.; 471, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf with raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, a bit rubbed, original green covers preserved. Turner, Thinkers of the Twentieth Century, p. 511 ff. First edition. Ch.M.P. Maurras, French political philosopher, poet and critic. Maurras was advocate of "integral nationalism" and the man who defined the doctrines of the Action Française, as well as a critic of liberalism. Maurras saw as the greatest period of French history that time when as the leader of European civilization she had embodied the classical spirit. Romanticism and the French revolution had ended that period. In his analysis the chief threat to a unified and strong France came from Protestantism and romanticism, both of which placed individual conscience above society and unrestrained expression over the classical virtues of form and discipline. Maurras saw both as un-French and largely German in origin, making Germany France's intellectual as well as her political enemy. EUR 450
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MENGAUD, (A.) Tableau des événemens politiques et militaires, arrivés dans la République Cisalpine depuis une année. Adressé au représentant du peuple Dubois-Dubais, pour être communiqué au Conseil des Anciens. Lu dans la séance du 17 messidor an 7 (5 juillet 1799). (Drop-head title). Paris, Impr. Nationale, (1799). 23, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 23795. Original edition. The Cisalpine Republic was created by N. Bonaparte with the support of Italian revolutionaries and the principal sister republic in Italy during the French occupation, it served as a model for other French-dominated republics in Italy and, for some Italians, heralded the eventual union of all Italy. The aspirations of Italian radicals however were sacrificed to French interests. The Cisalpine Republic was independant in name only since the French provided its two constitutions and controlled its political life. EUR 175
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MERCIER, (L.S.) Lettre au Roi, contenant un projet pour liquider en peu d'années toutes les dettes de l'Etat, en soulagement dès-à-présent le peuple du fardeau des impositions. Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1789. 125, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, contemporary blind covers preserved. Conlon 99:9942; Kress B.1666; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 23901. First edition. Bound in: a manuscript letter from the author, unsigned, to 'Messieurs les députés amis du bien général' concerning this work. 2 pp. - Small hole in last leaf affecting one letter. EUR 750
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MERLIN DE DOUAI, (PH. A.) Rapports faits à l'Assemblée Nationale, au nom du Comité de l'aliénation des biens nationaux, le 17 juillet 1790, sur le retrait lignager & sur le droit d'écart. (Drop-head title). Paris, Baudouin, (1790). 26 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards, with leather title-label. Not in Martin& Walter; not in Tourneux; not in Monglond. - Lower margin of first two leaves neatly restored. Signed at the end: De Bonnay, président; Du Pont (de Nemours); Garat l'aîné; Regnaud; Bouteville; Coster; Rewbell, sécretaires. EUR 125
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MIRABEAU, (H.G. RIQUETTI) DE. Dénonciation de l'agiotage de Paris. Au Roi et à l'Assemblée des Notables. No place, 1787. viii, 103 pp. 8vo. Later half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Notin Kress (listing two other issues under B.1281 & B.1282); not in Goldsmiths; cf.: INED 3185; Martin & Walter, 24437. One of three issues of the first edition. 'La partie technique de cet écrit bâclé fut l'oeuvre de Clavière assisté par Panchaud. La partie politique est entièrement de Mirabeau: c'est une véritable déclaration de premier ministre proposant un programme de gouvernement' (Duc de Castries, Mirabeau, (1986), p. 251).At the end: Plan des opérations de l'abbé d'Espagnac, pour soutenir et continuer le monopole des actions de la nouvelle Compagnie des Indes. - A second part was published in 1788. - Lightly dampstained in blank margin of last few leaves, last to leaves with a marginal repair. EUR 175
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MIRABEAU, (H.G. RIQUETTI) DE. Dénonciation de l'agiotage au Roi et à l'Assemblée des Notables. No place, 1787. viii, 143, (3, blank, errata, blank) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1282; Einaudi 3931; not in Goldsmiths; INED 3185. One of several edition from the year of first publication, no priority established 'La partie technique de cet écrit bâclé fut l'oeuvre de Clavière assisté par Panchaud. La partie politique est entièrement de Mirabeau: c'est une véritable déclaration de premier ministre proposant un programme de gouvernement' (Duc de Castries, Mirabeau, (1986), p. 251).At the end: Plan des opérations de l'abbé d'Espagnac, pour soutenir et continuer le monopole des actions de la nouvelle Compagnie des Indes. - A second part was published in 1788. EUR 175
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MIRABEAU, (V. RIQUETTI) DE. Mémoire sur les États provinciaux, ou Précis sur l'organisation et la formation des Assemblées provinciales. No place, 1787. (8), (21)-184 pp., 3-207 pp., 102 pp. 12mo. Sewn, contemporary marbled paper covers, spine lighty damaged, uncut. Cf.: Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, xi and pp. 10-18; Weulersse xx; Leblanc, 73. Separate re-edition of the text as published in the Ami des hommes, to which has been added a new titlepage and an 'Avis', especially printed for this edition. The 'Mémoire' is followed by the 'Réponse aux objections contre le Mémoire' (of which the separate title was suppressed), and the 'Questions intéressantes sur la population, l'agriculture & le commerce' both by Fr. Quesnay. - Attractive copy, as issued. After quire B the signatures are in conformity with those in vol. 3 of the Ami des hommes. We have found no mention of this separate re-edition in any of the bibliographies. This rare edition seems to have remained unrecorded up to now. 'Les avantages des Etats provinciaux sont examinés relativement à l'autorité royale, aux finances, au bonheur des peuples.' (Leblanc). EUR 600
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MIRABEAU, H.G. RIQUETTI DE & (A.M.R.) DE LA MARCK Correspondance pendant les années 1789, 1790 et 1791, recueillies, mise en ordre et publié par A. de Bacourt. Paris, Ve Le Normant, 1851. 3 volumes. (4), 464 pp.; (4), 534 pp.; (4), 494 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine with gilt lettering and raised bands, marbled boards, corners. Martin & Walter 24571; Brunet 18850; Tourneux 20853. Original edition. - A fine copy. A.M.R. La Marck, prince d'Arenberg, was the executor of Mirabeau's will. 'La Marck's major rule during the Revolution was to serve as the main intermediary in arranging for Mirabeau to become a secret agent of the court and for the transmission of information between them. In this capacity, he played a central part in Mirabeau's conspiracy to restore the power of the monarchy through the escape of the king to the eastern forntier where he would abolish the National Assembly and create a new national legislature' (Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, ii, 539-541). This correspondence constitutes a valuable primary source on the early stages of the revolution. EUR 750
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MONFALCON, J.B. Histoire des insurrections de Lyon, en 1831 et 1834, d'après des documents authentiques; précédées d'un essai sur les ouvriers en soie et sur l'organisation de la fabrique. Lyon, Louis Perrin; Paris, Delauney, Didier, 1834. - (Bound with:) (GENTON, GREPPO, ALLERAT). La vérité sur les événements de Lyon, au mois d'avril 1834. Paris, Dentu; Lyon, Chambert, 1834. With 2 plates. 2 works bound in 1 volume. xii, 334 pp.; (6), ii, (2), 280 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled boards. First work: Charléty, Bibliographie de Lyon, 3652; DBMOF, vol. 3, p. 111; not in Dolléans & Crozier; not in Stammhammer. First edition. Fundamental work on the Lyon revolts and on the labour conditions in Lyon. The first insurrection aimed at obtaining collective contracts and showed for the first time the revolutionary strength of the working classes. The insurrection of 1834 was the answer to an attempt by the government to silence the republican opposition by a law forbidding association of more than 20 persons. Esteemed work about which Maitron states: 'Auteur de la toujour précieuse Histoire des insurrections.'Name written in upper blank margin of title-page.Second work: Charléty, Bibliographie de Lyon, 3643.First edition.- Bookplate of Bibliothèque du Palais on front pastedown. EUR 400
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MOREAU, G. Le syndicalisme, les mouvements politiques et l'évolution économique. Paris, Rivière, 1925. (4), 355 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original paper covers, uncut, a bit discoloured, small spot on front cover (Bibliothèque générale d'économie politique). - Copy inscribed by the author 'à mes bons amis: Madame & Monsieur Yon'. EUR 100
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MOUNIER, (J.J.) Appel au tribunal de l'opinion publique, du rapport de M. Chabroud & du décret rendu par l'assemblée nationale le 2 octobre 1790. Examen du mémoire du duc d'Orléans & du plaidoyer du comte de Mirabeau, & nouveaux éclaircissemens sur les crimes du 5 & du 6 octobre 1789. Genève 1791. - (Bound with:) COURTOIS, E.B. Rapport fait au nom de la Commission chargée de l'examen des papiers trouvés chez Robespierre et ses complices, dans la séance du 16 nivôse an III (5 janvier 1795). Paris, Maret, an III (1795). 2 works bound in 1 volume. 254 pp.; 408 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt. First work: Martin & Walter 25387. First edition.The October days, one of the memorable events of the Revolution, best known for the women's march to Versailles and the transferral of the royal family to Paris. Mounier advised the King to use force if necessary, after he had led a delegation from the Assembly to obtain the king's reluctant assent to the Declaration of Rights and the abolition of feudalism and realising that this was not enough to appease the crowd which demanded the return of the royal family to Paris. The king declined Mounier's advice and finally agreed to allow the mob to take him back to Paris. Mounier gained prominence as a leader of the Revolution of 1788 in the Dauphiné and as one of the more influential leaders of the Estates General and the National Constituent Assembly in the summer of 1789. He was a constitutional monarchist and as long as he thought the Revolution was taking France toward his ideal, he was a revolutionary. He was the proposer of the Tennis Court Oath, rejoiced at the 14 July uprising and the storming of the Bastille; and his wording of the first three articles of the Declaration of the Rights of Man was accepted by the Assembly.'Mounier, in 1788 the leader of a great popular movement, a year later was merely representative of what was condemned as a revolutionary wing of the Assembly.' (Cobban, Aspects of the French Revolution.) Later the author had to take refuge in Switzerland, England, Italy and Germany. From 1805 onwards he served in the council of State under Napoleon I.Second work: Martin & Walter 8635; Tourneux 4293a. First edition.Until the publication of the Papiers inédits trouvés chez Robespierre in 1828, it was considered as the storehouse of anti-Robespierrist propaganda. Comparison with the 1828 publication is of essential importance to understand the dishonest actions taken against Robespierre's reputation. See at length: Thompson, Robespierre, (1935). EUR 450
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NAPOLEON - REY, J. Adresse à l'Empereur. Par Joseph Rey, de Grenoble, Président du Tribunal civil de Rumilly. (Drop-head title). No place, (1815). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. First edition (one of several issues; no priority stated). Asking Napoléon to return 'aux principes impérissables de la justice et de la raison' and not to act like the Bourbons 'qui n'ont rien oublié ni rien appris.' Stendhal in his 'Mémoires d'un touriste' claimed that if Napoléon or his son would have listened to this voice of the people, they would still reign in France (See at length: G. Rudé, Un socialiste utopique in the 'Annales de l'Université de Grenoble', XX, 1944). EUR 125
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NEYMARCK, A. Colbert et son temps. Paris, E. Dentu, 1877. 2 volumes. (4), 474 pp.; (4), 514 pp. 8vo. Modern half calf, corners, raisedbands, marbled boards. Not in Einaudi. Standard work. EUR 300
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PAINE, TH. Droits de l'homme; en réponse à l'attaque de M. Burke sur la Révolution françoise. Secrétaire du Congrès pour le département des Affaires étrangères pendant la guerre de l'Amérique, Membre de la Convention Nationale de France en 1792, et Auteur de l'Ouvrage intitulé: le Sens Commun. Avec des notes et une nouvelle Préface de l'Auteur. Seconde édition. A Paris, Chez F. Buisson, (Chez F. Buisson et Testu for the second volume), 1793-1792. 2 volumes. (4), 239, (1) pp.; (4), 16, 224 pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Gimbel collection 48F (p. 95); not in Sabin; Fay 30 (2nd part only); Echeverria & Wilkie 793/91 & 792/78. Second edition of first volume, first edition of second volume. The first volume was originally published in 1791 of which edition several different issues exist. The second volume was published in 1792. The translation was done by Francois Soules. The work is a defense of the French Revolution and a statement of the principles of 1776 and 1789 and, of course, the famous counterblast to Burke's Reflexions on the Revolution in France. It is also an exposition of the principles of government underlying the American and French revolutions. For an elaborate analysis of the work see: John Keane, Tom Paine, a Political Life.'The Rights of Man, published in 1791 and 1792, was written after his return to England in 1787 in response to Edmund Burke's attack on the French revolution. This pamphlet stimulated the radical reform movement in England and the Jeffersonian Republican party in the United States and led to the prosecution of Paine in England for sedition and to his election to the French National Assembly. In England, the Rights of Man became a foundation text of the English working class movement until about 1880' (IESS, xi, pp. 364-5).The second volume includes propositions for schemes of taxation, including one for the abolition of the poor-rate. Since 1792 the work was adopted as the manifesto of the party which sympathised with the French Revolution. The title-page of the second volume reads: Droits de l'Homme, Seconde Partie, réunissant les principes et la pratique; ........ Traduit de l'Anglois sur la troisième édition. EUR 900
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PAINE, TH. Le sens-commun, adressé aux habitans de l'Amérique. Traduit sur la dernière édition, publiée à Londres, par l'auteur. A Paris, Chez Buisson, 1793. vii, (1), 118, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Martin & Walter 26325; Sabin 58217; Fay 31; Echeverria & Wilkie 793/93. Fourth French edition. 'This pamphlet, which appeared for the first time in 1776 in Philadelphia, prepared the way for the Declaration of Independence in July; with its attack on the monarchy, its denial that the much lauded English constitutional system was fitted for the needs of the American colonies and its appeal to the economic advantages of independence, it crystallized the sentiment for separation' (Ernest Barker in ESS, volume xi, p. 530). EUR 250
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PARIS - ASSEMBLEE GENERALE des représentans de la Commune de Paris. Extrait du procès-verbal ..... Du Jeudi 3 Septembre 1789. (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie de Lottin l'aïné & Lottin, 1789. 1 leaf, verso blank. Folio. Folded, mounted in a 4to modern half morocco binding, gilt lettering on spine. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux. Rare poster. - Fine copy. In answer to the question asked by the colonel of the regiment of the Swiss Guards, the Assembly has set a date (September 5) for the swearing of 'serment-national' for the four battalions forming the Swiss Guards. EUR 200
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PAWLET, DE (PSEUD. OF FLEURY PAULET.) Projets de décrets sur les milices auxiliaires et les travaux publics, avec des observations sur la police générale du royaume, sur un plan d'impôt territorial, la capitation, le timbre et une banque de secours nationale, précédés d'une Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 80 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; INED 3499; Martin & Walter 26627. First edition. - Includes a 'Tableau de l'accroissement du revenu public, dans les royaumes d'Angleterre & de France', covering the 17th and 18th centuries. Deals, among others, with: 'Projet de simplification des impôts, et de création d'une Banque nationale de secours qui soutiendrait l'activité économique. Sur une division des départements en communautés, qui permettrait de 'fixer ..... le contigent que chacune ..... devrait fournir pour les milices, les travaux publics ou l'impôt'' (INED). EUR 225
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PAWLET, DE (PSEUD. OF FLEURY PAULET.) Projets de décrets sur les milices auxiliaires et les travaux publics, avec des observations sur la police générale du royaume, sur un plan d'impôt territorial, la capitation, le timbre et une banque de secours nationale, précédés d'une Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 80 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 3499; Martin & Walter 26627. First edition. Deals, among others, with: 'Projet de simplification des impôts, et de création d'une Banque nationale de secours qui soutiendrait l'activité économique. Sur une division des départements en communautés, qui permettrait de 'fixer .... le contigent que chacune .... devrait fournir pour les milices, les travaux publics ou l'impôt'' (INED). - Includes comparative tables of France and England entitled "Tableau de l'accroissement du revenu public, dans les royaumes d'Angleterre & de France", covering the 17th and 18th centuries and where various financial developments are shown and discussed, containing among others "Tableau de la balance du commerce de la nation Angloise, par M. Chalmers." EUR 175
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PAWLET, DE (PSEUD. OF FLEURY PAULET.) Projets de décrets sur les milices auxiliaires et les travaux publics, avec des observations sur la police générale du royaume, sur un plan d'impôt territorial, la capitation, le timbre et une banque de secours nationale, précédés d'une Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 80 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 3499; Martin & Walter 26627. First edition. - Includes a 'Tableau de l'accroissement du revenu public, dans les royaumes d'Angleterre & de France,' covering the 17th and 18th centuries. Deals, among others, with: Projet de simplification des impôts, et de création d'une Banque nationale de secours qui soutiendrait l'activité économique. Sur une division des départements en communautés, qui permettrait de fixer .... le contigent que chacune .... devrait fournir pour les milices, les travaux publics ou l'impôt.'' (INED). EUR 175
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PAWLET, DE (PSEUD. OF FLEURY PAULET.) Projets de décrets sur les milices auxiliaires et les travaux publics, avec des observations sur la police générale du royaume, sur un plan d'impôt territorial, la capitation, le timbre et une banque de secours nationale, précédés d'une Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 80 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 3499; Martin & Walter 26627. First edition. Deals, among others, with: Projet de simplification des impôts, et de création d'une Banque nationale de secours qui soutiendrait l'activité économique. Sur une division des départements en communautés, qui permettrait de fixer .... le contigent que chacune .... devrait fournir pour les milices, les travaux publics ou l'impôt'' (INED). - Includes a 'Tableau de l'accroissement du revenu public, dans les royaumes d'Angleterre & de France,' covering the 17th and 18th centuries. EUR 175
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PERDIGUIER, A. Les Gavots et les Devoirants ou la Réconciliation des Compagnons. Pièce en cinq actes. Paris, Agricol Perdiguier, 1862. 75, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Sewn in original printed wrappers, lower part of spine gone, handwritten date and a number on front cover. Lecotté, Essai Bibliographique sur les Compagnonnages, 677. First edition. Agricol Perdiguier (1805-1875), originally a working man, was elected a representative to the French national assembly of 1848. He wrote three books on French Compagnonnages, or local groups called Devoirs, of itinerant artisans confederated by crafts into general associations covering the whole of the country -many groups had in secret survived their abolition by law in 1791. Perdiguier was clear-headed and intelligent, deservedly esteemed by his fellow working-men. He travelled all over France for many years in order to study the labour organisations in his country and he is known as the 'réorganisateur du compagnonnage'. The importance of his ideas is to be found in the fact that he felt that the working classes could emancipate only through cooperation. Flora Tristan was deeply influenced by him (see: J.L. Puech, La vie et l'oeuvre de Flora Tristan). EUR 250
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PICOT, G. Histoire des États Généraux considérés au point de vue de leurs influence sur le gouvernement de la France de 1355 à 1614. Paris, Hachette, 1872. 4 volumes. (4), xi, (1), 575 pp.; (4), 582, (1, errata) pp.; (4), 544 pp.; (4), 438 pp. Large 8vo. Modern half morocco, spines with raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Paetow 273 (other edition); Monod, Bibliographie de l'Histoire de France, 1087. First edition. This book was honoured with the 'Premier Prix du Concours d'Histoire' of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. It is an important historical study and reference work and contains an important and elaborate analytical index. EUR 400
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POINTE, (D'ARMEVILLE) N. Compte rendu à la Convention Nationale par Noël Pointe, représentant du peuple près les fonderies de Creusot, de Pont-de-Veaux, & autres établissemens dans les départemens deSaône-et-Loire, l'Ain, Jura, Haute-Saône, Doubs et Côte-d'Or. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Impr. nationale, messidor an III (1795). With large folding table. 94 pp. 8vo. Modern halfmorocco. Martin & Walter 27628. A workman in a arms factory and the only proletarian to be elected into the Convention Nationale, Pointe was sent several times on missions, mainly to control and to activate the production of arms. EUR 175
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POINTE-D'ARMEVILLE, N. Compte rendu à la Convention nationale et au peuple souverain. (Paris), Impr. nationale, an II (1794). 178 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 27624. Aworkman in a arms factory and the only proletarian to be elected into the Convention Nationale, Pointe was sent several times on missions, mainly to control and to activate the production of arms.Here he reports on a mission which took him to Nièvre, Allier and Cher to control and stimulate the production of arms. EUR 200
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PONTEAUDEMER - ARREST du Conseil d'État du Roy, rendu, Sa Majesté y étant, en faveur des habitans de Ponteaudemer, qui les décharge des accusations contr'eux formées. Portant en outre règlement pour l'élection des maire, échevins, procureur-sindic, receveur, greffier & prud'hommes de ladite ville. (Drop-head title). A Rouen, De l'Imprimerie de Pierre Dumesnil, (1748). 20 pp. 4to. Modern boards, label with gilt lettering. The inhabitants of Ponteaudemer are authorised to elect their own municipal authorities, including the burgomaster, because an 'autorité trop longtemps confiée aux mêmes personnes pour l'administration des affaires de la Ville, a dégeneré dans un abus auquel il seroit difficle de remédier .....' The 'Gentilhommes' of the city are ordered to take the responsibilites each at their turn for a limited period of time. The last pages contain 12 articles giving the legal outline and organisation of this royal decision. - Last leaf with a tiny repair, upper margin short. EUR 275
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PROUDHON, (P.J.) Correspondance. Précédée d'une notice sur P.J. Proudhon par J.A. Langlois. Paris, Lacroix et Cie., 1875. With a very nice portrait-frontispiece in volume 14. 14 volumes. Large 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Nettlau, p. 21. The correspondence with Pauthier, Ackermann, Huguenet, Bergmann, Tissot, Darimon, but also with De Girardin, Michelet, Louis Blanc, Manzini, Dentu, etc., and even with the prince Napoléon, giving a clear insight in the course of a life and the making of an 'oeuvre' of one of the most famous and important theorists of anarchism in the 19th century. EUR 900
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PROUDHON, P.J. Les confessions d'un révolutionnaire pour servir à l'histoire de la révolution de février. Paris, Garnier frères, 1850. (4), 325, (1) pp. 12mo. Sewn, original printed covers, bookblock broken, one cord still intact. Nettlau, p. 19; Stammhammer, i, p. 189. Second edition. Of great importance for the 1848 revolution. Analyses of the events of 1848 from an anarchist point of view and arrives at the conclusion that the revolutionary tradition will not be fulfilled until the true principle of the revolution is accepted - no more government of men by men, by means of accumulation of capital. It is a most interesting book for its sharp analysis of the various political trends of the time (Woodcock, Anarchism, p. 122). The first edition appeared in 1849. EUR 150
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PROUDHON, P.J. Idées révolutionnaires. Les Malthusiens. Programme revolutionnaire. La reaction. Question etrangere. La presidence. Argument a la Montagne. Le terme. Toast a la revolution. Avec une préface par Alfred Darimon. Paris, Garnier frères, 1849. (4), xxvii, (1), 268 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed wrappers, mountedon yellow paper. Hoffman, p. 365; Nettlau, p. 19; Goldsmiths 36696; Einaudi 4563; not in Mattioli First collective edition of outstanding articles by Proudhon from Le Peuple. - Somewhat browned throughout. The editor was a political economist and became the interpreter of Proudhon and his secretary.A series of articles initiated by the revolutionary developments in France from April to December 1848. The articles relating to Proudhon's favourite project for a 'Banque du Peuple' were published in another volume entitled 'Resume de la question sociale. Banque d'echange'. In the present volume Proudhon deals with a wide range of other subjects and argues incesssantly for his principles of free association and reciprocity, in opposition to both the 'Malthusians' and laissez-faire liberals like Adolphe Thiers and the state-socialists like Louis Blanc. EUR 250
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PROVENCE - ARREST du Conseil d'Etat du Roy, servant de règlement entre le Corps de la Noblesse, & celui du Tiers-Etat de Provence, au sujet des Tailles. Du septième Février 1702. A Aix, Chez la veuve de Joseph David & Esprit David, 1754. (2), 37, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards. EUR 175
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RABAN, (L.F.) Petite biographie des députés, publiée par Raban. Paris, Chez les Marchands de nouveautés, 1826. (4), 108 pp. 32mo. Modern boards, original printed covers preserved. Drujon, p. 55. First edition. Seized and condemned, further publication forbidden. Satirical alphabetical listing of the deputies. EUR 200
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RAMEL, (J.P.) Journal de l'adjudant-général Ramel, commandant de la Garde du Corps Législatif de la République Française; l'un des déportés à la Guyane, après le 18 Fructidor: Sur les faits relatifs à cette journée, sur le Transport, le séjour et l'évasion de quelques uns des déportés; Avec des détails circonstanciés de la fin terrible du général Murinais, de Tronçon-Ducoudray, Lafond-Ladebat, etc. Londres, 1799. (4), 174 pp., 11, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering. Sabin 67627; Martin & Walter 28700; not in JFBL (R29, other edition). One of several editions all published in 1799 and all with slightly different titles. - With two engraved bookplates on the front paste-down. The last 11 pp., not mentioned by Sabin, contain a letter by Ramel to the 'Directoire exécutif' and his notes to the journal.Account of life and exile in the French prison colony Cayenne, Guiana, where victims of the French Revolution were placed. Includes travel accounts in that colony, and relates the fates of Ramel, Pichegru, Barthélémy, Barbé-Marbois and others, giving facts relative to the voyage, residence and escape.Jean Pierre Ramel (Cahors, 1768- Toulouse, 1815) was one of the leaders of the royalist conspiracy who was deported to this colony after the plot failed. EUR 250
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RAPINE, F. Recueil très-exact et curieux de tout ce qui s'est fait & passé de singulier & mémorable en l'Assemblée générale des Estats tenus à Paris en l'année 1614 & particulièrement en chacune séance du Tiers Ordre. Avec le Cahier dudit Ordre, & autres pièces concernans le mesme sujet. Paris, au Palais, 1651. (8), 564, 256 pp. 4to. Modern overlapping vellum. Bourgeois & André, 3278; BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700, R-177. Rare original edition of this important work dealing with the Estates General of 1614, the last to be held under the Ancien Régime. - Somewhat browned throughout. Indispensible and very important source, Rapine as 'avocat du Roi au présidial de Saint-Pierre le Moustier et député aux Etats-Généraux .... a été un témoin oculaire. Son livre donne des détails précis et très nombreux sur les délibérations du tiers: le récit est complété par la reproduction de textes, décisions, harangues, etc. Source de premier ordre' (Bourgeois-André). EUR 700
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RAPINE, F. Recueil très-exact et curieux de tout ce qui s'est fait & passé de singulier & mémorable en l'Assemblée générale des Estats tenus à Paris en l'année 1614 & particulièrement en chacune séance du Tiers Ordre. Avec le Cahier dudit Ordre, & autres pièces concernans le mesme sujet. Paris, au Palais, 1651. (8), 564, 256 pp. 4to. Contemporary limp vellum, lower corner of front cover damaged, some general rubbing. Bourgeois & André, 3278; BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700, R-177. Rare original edition of this important work dealing with the Estates General of 1614, the last to be held under the Ancien Régime. Indispensible and very important source, Rapine as 'avocat du Roi au présidial de Saint-Pierre le Moustier et député aux Etats-Généraux ..... a été un témoin oculaire. Son livre donne des détails précis et très nombreux sur les délibérations du tiers: le récit est complété par la reproduction de textes, décisions, harangues, etc. Source de premier ordre' (Bourgeois-André). - Exceptional copy with the pages 49/50 and 471/472 in both cancelled and uncancelled state (bound between the pp. 56/57). EUR 500
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RAPINE, F. Recueil très-exact et curieux de tout ce qui s'est fait & passé de singulier & mémorable en l'Assemblée générale des Estats tenus à Paris en l'année 1614 & particulièrement en chacune séance du Tiers Ordre. Avec le Cahier dudit Ordre, & autres pièces concernans le mesme sujet. A Paris, au Palais, 1651. (8), 564, 256 (misnumbered 156) pp. 4to. Contemporary speckled calf, giltfillet on sides, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, worn. Bourgeois & André, 3278; BMSTC French Books 1601-1700, R-177. Rare original edition of this important work dealing with the Estates General of 1614, the last to be held under the Ancien Régime. Indispensible and very important source, Rapine as 'avocat du Roi au présidial de Saint-Pierre le Moustier et député aux Etats-Généraux ..... a été un témoin oculaire. Son livre donne des détails précis et très nombreux sur les délibérations du tiers: le récit est complété par la reproduction de textes, décisions, harangues, etc. Source de premier ordre.' (Bourgeois-André). EUR 500
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REMOND, R. Les États-Unis devant l'opinion française. 1815-1852. Paris, Armand Colin, 1962. 2 volumes. 8, 445 pp.; pp. 446-968. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers. (Cahiers de la fondation nationale des sciences politiques, 116-117). EUR 75
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RETZ, (J.F.P. DE GONDI DE.) Mémoires contenant ce qui s'est passé de remarquable en France pendant les premières années du Règne de Louis XIV. Nouvelle édition. A Genève, Chez Fabry & Barillot, 1751. 4 volumes. - (Followed by:) JOLY, G. Mémoires de Guy Joli, Conseiller au Chastelet de Paris. Nouvelle édition augmentée d'une table des matières. A Genève, Chez Fabry & Barillot, 1751. 2 volumes. Together 6 volumes xxiii, (1), 516 pp.; (4), 493,(1) pp.; (4), 432 pp.; (4), 457, (1) pp.; (4), 4, 270 pp.; (4), 346 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with red and brown labels. First work: Bourgeois & André 797. ' .... utiles pour une étude générale de la société à l'époque de la Fronde' (Bourgeois & André).Second work: Bourgeois & André 798. 'Après les mémoires du maître, ceux du serviteur ..... L'histoire se servira de ses souvenirs pour compléter ceux du cardinal' (Bourgeois & André). EUR 750
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RETZ, (J.F.P. DE GONDI) DE. Mémoires du Cardinal de Retz, de Guy Joli et de la duchesse de Nemours; contenant ce qui s'est passé de remarquable en France pendant les premières années du règne de Louis XIV. Nouvelle édition, augmentée, ornée du portrait du Cardinal de Retz, et du fac simile d'une de ses lettres. A Paris, Chez Etienne Ledoux, 1820. With portrait and facsimile. 6 volumes. (4), xxv, (1), 531, (1)pp.; (4), 515, (1) pp.; (4), 441, (1) pp.; (4), 448 pp.; (4), 506 pp.; (4), 496 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, marbled boards, red and green labels with gilt lettering. Bourgeois & André 797. François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz, a man who lacked the political talent and intelligence to support his ambitions in a period where Richelieu, Mazarin and after the latter, Louis XIV were the men in power. He spend several years in exile where he seems to have started composing these memoirs and these memoirs present an interesting picture of society at the time: 'Ces mémoires sont cependant utiles pour une étude générale de la société à l'époque de la Fronde: on y verra quel faible sens moral avaient alors ceux qui luttaient contre le premier ministre, quels mobiles ambitieux et intéressés dictaient leur conduite, à quel extrémités ils etaient capables de se porter pour satisfaire leurs désirs. Retz possède un art admirable pour composer une scène, dépeindre les personnages principaux avec leurs caractères, leurs travers, leurs passions, leurs projets, et mener les intrigues jusqu'à la fin en graduant l'intérêt: rien de plus curieux que celles où il est le 'grand premier rôle' dont il fait le portrait avec un soin infini, une variété parfaite de nuances délicates et de couleurs fortes. Ses mémoires sont à la fois une comédie en cent actes divers et une condamnation de la Fronde' (Bourgeois & André). EUR 800
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REYBAUD, (M.R.) Études sur les réformateurs contemporains ou socialistes modernes. Saint-Simon, Charles Fourier, Robert Owen. Paris, Guillaumin, 1840-1843. 2 volumes in 1. xi, (1), (5)-404 (misnumbered 402) pp.; (4), iii, (1), 411 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettered label, marbled boards (rear joint, and top of spine skillfully repaired). Del Bo, Fourier, p. 68 (first volume only); not in Del Bo-Gerits, Supplement, (cf.: 29); not in Walch-Gerits, Supplement (cf.: 38). First edition of both volumes, not listed as such in any of the bibliographies. Since the second volume was published three years after volume 1, one rarely finds the two volumes together in original editions. At the time the second volume was published, the first volume had reached already its fourth edition. The first volume deals with the utopists from Plato's time to modern thinkers such as Saint-Simon, Fourier and Owen. The second volume deals with communists, chartists, utilitarians and humanitarians.Louis Reybaud (1799-1879) became the leading historian of the Socialist school in Paris. His 'Etudes sur les Réformateurs Contemporains' was the first work to bring the word socialism into general use. 'All (his) works show an observant mind and an independent character. They are written with intelligence, spirit, and good sense' (Palgrave, iii, p. 304). EUR 750
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REYBAUD, (M.R.) Études sur les réformateurs contemporains ou socialistes modernes. Saint-Simon, Charles Fourier, Robert Owen. Deuxième édition. Paris, Guillaumin, 1841. xii, 432 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt with raised bands.Not in Del Bo, Fourier; not in Del Bo-Gerits, Supplement; not in Walch; not in Walch-Gerits, Supplement. The second edition of the first volume. A second volume was not published until 1844. At the time the second volume was published, the first volume had reached already its fourth edition. This first volume deals with the utopists from Plato's time to modern thinkers such as Saint-Simon, Fourier and Owen. EUR 175
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REYBAUD, (M.R.) Études sur les réformateurs contemporains ou socialistes modernes. Paris, Guillaumin, 1841-1843. 2 volumes. xii, 432 pp.; (4), iii, (1), 411, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt with gilt lettering, green corners. Del Bo, Fourier, p. 68 (first volume only); not in Del Bo-Gerits, Supplement, (cf.: 29); not in Walch-Gerits, Supplement (cf.: 38). Second edition of volume 1, first edition of volume 2. By the time the second volume was published, the first volume had reached its fourth edition. The first volume deals with the utopists from Plato's time to modern thinkers such as Saint-Simon, Fourier and Owen. The second volume deals with communists, chartists, utilitarians and humanitarians, among others Owen, Hunt, Jean Bodin, Harrington, Cabet, Jeremy Bentham. There is furthermore an appendix entitled "Hobbes et Harrington." EUR 250
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RICHARDSON, J. The cruisers: being a letter to the Marquis of Lansdowne, in defence of armed coercion for the extinction of the slave trade. London, Hatchard & Son, 1849. 40 pp. 8vo. Modern boards with leather label. Sabin 71016; Hogg 3370.First edition. 'Defence of the squadron against critics in Britain, with consideration of alternative schemes' (Hogg). EUR 150
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RICHER, E. Histoire du syndicat d'Edmond Richer. Par Edmond Richer lui-même. A Avignon, Chez Alexandre Girard, 1753. (4), 419, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering and red edges. Bourgeois & André 4473; Conlon 53:1005. First edition, published posthumously. 'Pour Richer, la puissance d'ordonner et d'édicter des lois infaillibles n'appartient pas à un seul, mais à toute l'Église universelle. L'exercice de ce pouvoir est conféré, en dehors du corps des fidèles, à la communauté des pasteurs ..... Le premier ordre, celui des évêques, est supérieur au second, celui des prêtres. Mais ces derniers ne sont pas soumis à une obéissance totale envers le pape et les prélats: réunis en synodes ..... ils participent et collaborent au gouvernement des diocèses' (Bourgeois & André). Exposition of the theories of the freedom of the Gallican church, the authority of the King, and the independence of their spiritual authorities. Very interesting especially for the democratic theories which sound rather modern.Edmond Richer (1559-1631) published his controversial Libellus de ecclesiastica et politica potestate ..... in 1611. The problems the work provoked led to his disposition in 1612 and he lived in exile thereafter. In this exile he wrote the present work in which he 'donna la forme définitive à sa doctrine dans l'histoire de son syndicat, publié seulement au milieu du siècle suivant' (Bourgeois & André). - A very nice copy. EUR 450
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ROBESPIERRE - PIECES trouvées dans les papiers de Robespierre et complices; imprimées en exécution du décret du 3 vendémiaire (23 septembre). Affaire Chabot. Faction Proly. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, Brumaire, l'an III (1794). 99, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 13968. Original edition. Supplement to the Courtois report, printed in a limited number of copies. EUR 250
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ROBESPIERRE - COURTOIS, E.B. Rapport fait au nom de la commission chargée de l'examen des papiers trouvés chez Robespierre et ses complices, dans la séance du 16 nivôse an III. (5 janvier 1795). Paris, chez Maret, An III (1795). 408 pp. 8vo. 19th-century half calf, label with gilt lett