Reference : 26478
Moscow, Vostocnoj Literatury, 1962. Portfolio containing 111 loose mounted plates (complete) of which 11 in colour, with a booklet of 81, (1) pages in Russian containing descriptions of the plates + a smaller (8vo) booklet with short descriptions of same in English. Folio. Portfolio of olive green cloth with decorative blind stamping, titles in Cyrillic on front. Originally compiled in Iran in the middle of the 18th century by Muhammad-Hadi, Muhammad-Baqir and Muhammad-Sadiq, and acquired in 1912 from the Russian Musuem to which it had been given in 1910 as a personal gift of Emperor Nicolai II. It has been housed since in the permanent collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture in Leningrad (formally known as the Leningrad Branch of the Institute of the Peoples of Asia). It contains reproductions of the works of miniature painters and calligraphers Abu-I-Hasan Nadir as-Zaman, Ali-Quli-Bek Jabbadar, Bayak, Govardhan, Gul-Muhammad Haddji Muhammad, Manohar Das, Mansur, Mir Kalam, Muhammad-Baqir Muhammad-Hadi, Muhammad-Riza-yi Hindi, Muhammad-Sadiq, Muhammad Sultani, Muhammad-Zaman, Nanha, Visnu Das, Mir Imad al-Hasani. Presentation copy by the Library of the Institute of Peoples of Asia, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, to my father, Anton Gerits (here written as Geritz), dated October 29, 1964.
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Reference : 6825
No place, 1789. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Martin & Walter. First edition. Defense of the 'Actionnaires' who were accused of being the principal cause of the troubles of the Caisse d'Escompte in a motion presented earlier by Mirabeau.
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Reference : 18132
A Amsterdam (France), 1764. With engraved frontispiece. 37, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress S.4328; INED 4546; not in Higgs; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Weller, Die falschen und fingierten Druckorte, ii, p. 166. First edition. Very sharp pamphlet against the fermiers généraux. The author remained unknown, but 'on avait pourtant arrêté et mis à la Bastille un nommé Darigrand auquel on attribuait l'Antifinancier, qui parait avoir été écrit par la même plume que les Antropophages; mais il fut relâché avant la mise en circulation de ce dernier libelle' (INED). - Title-page and first few leaves browned.
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Reference : 26185
A Paris, Octobre 1790. 33 works in one volume. (4), 7, (1) pp.; 16 pp.; 16 pp.; 2 pp.; 2 pp.; 4 pp.; 7, (1) pp.; 3, (1) pp.; 4 pp.; 8 pp.; (2), 22 pp.; 8 pp.; 6 pp.; 8 pp.; 4 pp.; 3, (1) pp.; 4 pp.; 32 pp.; (2) 20 pp.; 8 pp.; 38 pp.; 16 pp.; 48 pp.; 4 pp.; 14 pp.; 4 pp.; 7, (1) pp.; 16 pp.; 4 pp.; 4 pp.; 8 pp.; (4) pp.; (2), iv, 280, (4) pp. 8vo. 19th-century half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, blind stamped ornaments in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled edges. 1: Not in Conlon. 2: Conlon 87:2724. 3: Conlon 87:1115.4: Not in Conlon.5: Conlon 87:323.Deliberations of the parliament of Paris on the possible convocation of the States General.6: Not in Conlon.7: Not in Conlon.8: Conlon 87:2059.9: Not in Conlon.10: Not in Conlon.11: Conlon 87:1009.12: Not in Conlon.13: Not in Conlon.14: Conlon 87:906.Asking the King to recall the parlement of Paris and the convocation of the States General.15: Not in Conlon.16: Not in Conlon.17: Not in Conlon.18: Conlon 87:820.19: Conlon 87:1216.20: Conlon 87:596.Dated at end: Ce 29 Mai 1787.21: Conlon 87:2366.22: Conlon 87:1138.Reply to the previous work.23: Conlon 87:284 (there were in total 4 pieces published: Suite, Seconde suite and La Nouvelle Conference).24: Conlon 87:640.25: Not in Conlon.26: Not in Conlon27: Not in Conlon.28: Not in Conlon.29: Not in Conlon.30: Not in Conlon.31: Not in Conlon.32: Not in Conlon.33: Martin & Walter 25032; Monglond i, col. 834.First edition.Interesting collection on a variety of topics: the exile of the government to Troyes, the convocation of the Estates General, taxes, various reforms, etc., all from the year 1787 with the exception of the last work.
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Reference : 15962
(Paris), Plon frères, (1848). Large folio poster on pink paper. Not in Les Murailles Révolutionnaires. Dated June 27, 1848, six o'clock in the morning. Summons to united action 'contre la perversité des conspirateurs et des anarchistes' and signed by 'un combattant de Juin.'
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Reference : 15361
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. Contains manifests of the Parti Ouvrier Français, collected and introduced by Bracke: Ni Ferry, ni Boulanger !; La Manifestation internationale du 1er Mai; Le Premier Mai 1891; La journée de huit heures; La Grève de Carmaux; Socialisme et Patriotisme; Les Congrès de Lille et de Londres; L'Affaire Dreyfus, etc. etc. At head of title: Onze ans d'histoire socialiste.
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Reference : 15420
Paris, Librairie Jacques & Cie., 1901. (4), 91, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering, original covers preserved. First edition Contains manifests of the Parti Ouvrier Français, collected and introduced by Bracke: Ni Ferry, ni Boulanger !; La Manifestation internationale du 1er Mai; Le Premier Mai 1891; La journée de huit heures; La Grève de Carmaux; Socialisme et Patriotisme; Les Congrès de Lille et de Londres; L'Affaire Dreyfus, etc. etc. At head of title: Onze ans d'histoire socialiste.
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Reference : 17498
Paris, EDHIS 1981. Bound together in 7 volumes. 8vo. Imitation leather. All published. Well executed reprint of this rare and important revolutionary journal. The organ of the 'Cercle Social', defenders of the 'tribuns' of the people. The primary function was to reprint the minutes of the Cercle Social meetings and discuss issues relevant to the club's concerns. Worthy of special mention are Fauchet's weekly commentaries on Rousseau's Contrat Social, many of Etta Palm's feminist writings, speeches by Condorcet on political matters, a debate over Voltaire's place among the Revolutionary patriarchs, and a letter by Madame Roland advocating inheritance law reform. During the spring of 1791, the journal reprinted many documents from the burgeoning democratic movement, including several Cordeliers Club petitions. Among the other authors published in this journal were Cloots and Thomas Paine (Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, vol. 1, p. 112).
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Reference : 13039
Paris, (Imprimerie de A. Vallée), 8 Mars-11 Mars 1871. 2 numbers of together 48 pp. Small 8vo. Modern cloth, black label with gilt lettering. Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, p. 5; Noël, Dictionnaire de la Commune, p. 199; Le Quillec, 324; Schulkind Commune Collection, p. 28; not in Lemonnyer, Les Journaux de Paris; not in Maillard; not in Drujon. All published. The publication was forbidden after the publication of nr 2 by order of General Vinoy, on March 11, 1871. Grousset founded also the well-known journal L'Affranchi.Paschal Jean François Grousset started as a doctor but became soon involved in politics and journalism opposing the Second Empire. He became director of La Marseillaise in which he launched a campaign against the prince Pierre Bonaparte. He was an active member of the Paris commune, was arrested and deported to Nouvelle-Calédonie from which he managed to escape with Jourde, Rochefort and 4 others: the only succesful escape in the history of the deportations!
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Reference : 15776
No place, 1789. (2), 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 3496. First edition. One of the very few cahier de doléances which deals with the treatment and position of black people 'avec toute l'attention qu'exige l'humanité appliquée à un aussi important objet' (page 7).
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Reference : 15777
No place, 1789. xxii, 54 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. First edition. In fact a project for a constitution which promotes freedom of commerce, freedom of corn-trade, freedom for the industry, suppression of religious orders and reform of the tax system. - Very rare.
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Reference : 17764
A Paris, Chez Mathieu Colombel, 1649. 28 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Moreau 668; BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700, C-556; not in Welsh. Important piece containing judicial observations on the 'tailles', on criminal justice, the prisons, etc.
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Reference : 25552
(Paris, 1649). 8 pp. Small 4to. Disbound. Moreau, Mazarinades, i, 677; not in Welsh. Original edition. Three letters, dated 3, 6 and 7 May; the second one signed d'Alincourt and the third, Gervaise. - Browned, slightly waterstained.
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Reference : 13759
No place, 1788 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 46 pp. 8vo. Boards. Not in Kress, Goldsmiths, Einaudi or INED. Very rare text, reprinted in an edition of 150 numbered copies and 30 not destined for the trade, and since long out-of-print. Anonymous tract of a physiocratic character. Demands to reconsider the division of taxes; explains the advantages of small farmlands which should be maintained and not destroyed by the pressing high taxes. Published at the eve of the Revolution, this tract forms an interesting document on the farmers' problems.
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Reference : 25443
No place, no publisher, 1787. With 2 folding tables, head- and tailpieces, vignette with fleur-de-lys on title. viii, 118 pp. 8vo. Contemporary blind wrappers, lightly damaged, an uncut copy. Kress S.5128 (other edition); INED 913 (under Calonne); Goldsmiths 13442; Einaudi 1973 (including the third and fourth parts published in 1788). First edition of the first two parts; two further parts where published in 1788. There are several editions of this work, with different pagination (this one is continuous, others are paginated 34, 84 pp or 126 pages), and the Kress copy is another variant. Presented by Calonne and edited by P.S. Du Pont de Nemours, these memoirs reflect the phsyiocratic ideas concerning a.o. taxes and the necessary reforms of the state.These memoirs deal with: Les Assemblées provinciales; l'imposition territoriale, le remboursement des dettes du clergé; la taille, le commerce des grains; la corvée; l'abolition des barrières intérieures; l'établissement d'un tarif uniforme aux frontières; les marchandises coloniales; l'impôt sur le tabac; la marque des fers, la gabelle; marchandises coloniales; suppression de marque des fers, etc. - A faint small stain in the lower blank margin on many pages.
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Reference : 17209
An X - 1802. Bound in 8 volumes. 8vo. Seven volumes bound in contemporary half calf, with gilt lettering, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, one volume in modern boards. Under the Bourbon's the controller-general's office had long sought quantative information about the French population and economy. By mid-eighteenth century, it was receiving from the intendant's subdelegates bi-weekly reports of the market prices of grains, bread, vegetables, meat, wool, linen, and iron and from the inspectors of manufactures semiannual reports on the production of woolen, cotton, and linen cloth. From time to time it conducted also special statistical inquiries on mining, metallurgical industries, paper manufactures, tanneries, forests, and hemp and on population (births, marriages and deaths). After many interruptions during the Revolution, the governments of the Directory, the Consulate and Empire intensified this statistical effort. Lucien Bonaparte and Jean Chaptal, Bonaparte's second and third ministers of interior, established the Bureau of Statistics, which lasted until 1812. Under an imaginative minister of interior, Chaptal, and a zealous bureau chief, Alexander de Férrière, it launched a massive statistical description of France in 1801. Prefects of each department were instructed to secure from subprefects, mayors, and local savants and societies of agriculture detailed descriptive (verbal) and quantative data on the topography, population, agriculture, industry, and commerce of their jurisdiction in 1789 and 1801. This was to be a vast cooperative inquiry with a twofold purpose: to discover what change had occured during the Revolution and to establish for 1801 a cross-sectional description of France from which later demographic and economic movement could be measured. However, the reports came in slowly or not at all. Only thirty-five were ultimately submitted, and they were uneven in completeness and accuracy. Contains: Seine-et-Oise, par Garnier. (2), 39, (1) pp. (Perrot 658).Orne, par Lamagdeleine. (2), 56 pp. (Perrot 483).Sarthe par, L.M. Auvray. With 4 folding tables. (2), 254 pp. (Perrot 613).Ille-et-Villaine, par Borie. (2), 56 pp. (Perrot 288).Loire-Inférieure, par J.B. Huet. (2), 70 pp. (Perrot 351).Deux-Sèvres, par Dupin. With 2 folding tables. (2), 177 pp. (Perrot 666).Vendée, par P.L.C. Labretonnière. With 8 folding tables. 130 pp. (Perrot 706).Lot-et-Garonne, par Pieyre fils. (2), 64 pp. (Perrot 365).Gers, par Balguerie (2), 61 pp. (Perrot 256).Tarn, par Lamarque. (2), 101 pp. (Perrot 683).Aude, par Barande. With one folding table. (2), 26 pp. (Perrot 79).Lozère, par Jerphanion. (2), 79 pp. (Perrot 370).Var, par Fauchet. With 3 folding tables. 121 pp. (Perrot 691).Drôme, par Colin. (2), 48 pp. (Perrot 193).Hautes-Alpes, par Bonnaire. (2), 113 pp. (Perrot 32).Mont-Blanc, par Saussay. (2), 126 pp. (Perrot 423).Rhône, par Verninac. With one folding table. (2), 129 pp. (Perrot 566).Allier, par Huguet. (2), 68 pp. (Perrot 20).Cher, par Luçay. (2), 84 pp. (Perrot 149).Aube, par Bruslé. With one folding table. 116 pp. (Perrot 70).Marne, par Bourgeois-Jessant. (2), 129 pp. (Perrot 390).Aisne, par Dauchy. With 13 folding tables. (2), 144 pp. (Perrot 14).Bas-Rhin, par Laumond. 284 pp. (Perrot 536).Vosges, par Desgouttes. With 4 folding tables. 111 pp (lacks the title). (Perrot 723).Vienne, par Cochon. (2), 97 pp. (Perrot 714).
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Reference : 25318
Troyes, 1793. 4 pieces. 2, 2, 2 and 2 pp. Small 4to. Separate leaves. The Revolutionary Tribunal was a special high court established in 1793 to try crimes against the republic. This new court, from which there was no appeal, was instituted at a time when Revolutionary France seemed in a desparate situation: military defeats, the treason of Dumouriez and the eruption of counterrevolution in the Vendée and riots in Paris.The Tribunal was to have jurisdiction over all counterrevolutionary activities, all attacks on liberty, equality, unity, the indivisibility of the Republic, the internal and external security of the state, and all plots tending to reestablish the monarchy or any other authority hostile to liberty, equality, and the sovereignty of the people. The most famous name attached to the Tribunal is that of Fouquier-Tinville. Contains:1. DECRET de la Convention nationale, du 30 Mai 1793, qui nomme un juge & quatre suppléans au Tribunal criminel extraordinaire. No place, no date.2. DECRET de la Convention nationale du 8 Juin 1793, qui nomme les jurés & les remplaçans pour le tribunal criminel extraordinaire. (At end:) Troyes, Imprimerie d'André, (1793). 3. DECRET de la Convention nationale du 13 Juin 1793, qui proroge jusqu'au 1er Juillet les fonctions des jurés du tribunal extraordinaire. (At end:) Troyes, Imprimerie de Sainton, (1793).4. DECRET de la Convention nationale du 26 Juin 1793, relatif aux jurés du tribunal révolutionnaire. (At end:) Troyes, Imprimerie d'André, (1793).- In the left outer margin the numbers 976, 977, 1000, 1076.
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Reference : 26316
All bound in three 4to volumes. Contemporary red morocco, spines gilt with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering, two volumes with a gilt stamped ornamental center piece on both sides, all three with a floral ornament in the corners, gilt borders (two volumes) and gilt double fillet (one volume), two volumes with gilt edges, joints of two volumes rubbed, extremities shaved. Very interesting and important legal document: these pieces deal with the trial of the Duc de Bethune and J.-E. Dat against the Marquis de Becelaer with regard to the heritage of Mademoiselle de Melun. The inheritance in question came from Mademoiselle de Risbourg who had made up a will on October 31, 1746, which she changed on November 4, 1746. The Duc de Bethune, J.-E. Dat and Mademoiselle de Melun oppose this change and claim that the original will as drafted on October 31 is the valid one and that the Marquis de Becelaer has manipulated Mademoiselle de Risbourg into changing her will shortly thereafter. All mentioned parties were heirs in both versions of the will: what changed however was what each of them received. The manuscript "Extrait des registres de la Cour du Parlement" text at the end of volume 3 rules in favour of the defendant, the Marquis de Becelaer.The third volume has a particular feature: the first and third texts are printed on small folio sized paper and have been bound crosswise in the volume and folded to match within the binding. First volume:[1] - A NOSSEIGNEURS de la cour de Parlement de Flandres. (Drop-head title). No place, (1752). 38 pp.[2] - REPONSE au principal, Pour Messire Maximilien Marquis de la Voestine et de Becelaer, Chevalier, Baron du St. Empire, Seigneur de Ghelw, & de la Terre et Seigneurie de Walincourt, Clary & Sevigny, Défendeur; sans préjudice de la fin de non recevoir reprise dans son Ecriture du 13 Mai 1752, & pour satisfaire à l'Arrêt de la Cour, rendu sur le Placet des Demandeurs ci-après nommés, du 15 Juin suivant, par lequel il est ordonné au Sieur Défendeur, de proposer toutes ses exceptions & de contester à toutes fins, par un seul volume, &c. Contre Paul-François Duc de Bethune, Pair de France, Capitaine des Gardes du Corps du Roi, Chevalier de ses Ordres, Lieutenant-Général des ses Armées, Tuteur honoraire de Dell. Marie-Gabriele-Charlotte-Louise de Melun, Fille Mineure d'Alexandre-Theodose, Prince d'Epinoy, & Jean-Etienne Dat, Bourgeois de Paris, son Tuteur onéraire, Demandeurs aux fins de leur Requête du 29 Février 1752. (Drop-head title). No place, no date. 74, 44 pp., with two folding tables. Second volume[1] - MEMOIRE pour Mr. le Duc de Bethune Pair de France, Tuteur honoraire, & le Sr. Dat, Tuteur onéraire de la Damoiselle de Melun. Contre le marquis de Becelaer. (Drop-head title). No place, no date. 64 pp.[2] - SOLUTIONS pour Messire Maximilien Marquis de la Woestine et de Becelaer, Chevalier, Baron du St. Empire, Seigneur de Ghelwe, Walincourt, Clary & Selvigny, Défendeur. Contre Paul-François Duc de Bethune, Pair de France, Capitaine des Gardes du Corps du Roi, Chevalier de ses Ordres, Lieutenant-Géneral de ses Armées, Tuteur honoraire de Demoiselle Marie-Gabriele-Charlotte-Louise de Melun, & Jean-Etienne Dat son Tuteur onéraire, Demandeurs aux fins de leur Requête du 29 Février 1752. (Drop-head title). At end: A Douay, chez Jacques-Fr. Willerval, no date. 68 pp.[3] - CONSULTATION de Quatre célébres avocats du Parlement de Paris. (Drop-head title). No place, (1753). 12 pp.Third volume:[1] - MEMOIRE et Consultation Pour Monsieur le Duc de Bethune, Pair de France, Tuteur honoraire; & Jean-Etienne Dat, Tuteur oneraire de Demoiselle Marie-Gabriele-Charlotte-Louise de Melun. Contre le Marquis de Bescelaer. Où l'on refute sa Réponse imprimée, ses Ecritures du 12 Mars dernier, & la Consultation de quatre Avocats au Parlement de Paris qui y étoit jointe. (Drop-head title.) No place, (1753). 97, (1) pp.[2] - CONTREDITS Pour le Marquis de Becelaer, Défendeur. Au Mémoire et Consultation de Mr. le Duc de Bethune, Tuteur honoraire, & Jean-Estienne Dat, Tuteur onéraire de Demoiselle Marie-Gabriele-Charlotte-Louise de Melun, Demandeurs. (Drop-head title). At end: A Douay, chez J.F. Willerval, no date. With one folding table ("Réfutation de la Comparaison & Balance présentée par Mademoiselle de Melun"). 45, (1) pp.[3] - OBSERVATIONS Pour M. le Duc de Bethune, Pair de France &c. Tuteur honoraire, & le Sr. Dat, Tuteur onéraire de Demoiselle de Melun l'aînée, Demandeurs. Contre le Marquis de Becelaer, Défendeur. (Drop-head title). No place, no date. 8 pp.[4] - EN LA CAUSE Du Marquis de Becelaer, Défendeur. Contre Mr. Le Duc de Bethune, & Jean-Etienne Dat, en la qualité qu'ils agissent, Demandeurs. (Drop-head title). No place, no date. 2 pp.[5] - EXTRAIT des Registres de la Cour de Parlement. Manuscript text, dated Douay, 13eme aout 1753, 2 pp.Nice copy in red morocco.
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Reference : 24511
Paris, Imprimerie d'Everat, 1824. 74, (2 blank) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, somewhat shaved, corners lightly bumped. The question is whether personal engagements entered into by Louis XVIII before he became King of France, have still to be met after he has become King. Auguste-Claude Leconte Des Graviers claimed part of the revenues of a deal made with the last of the Bourbon-Conti line, Louis XVIII, and when his claim was refused, he sued the King. His case was defended by the well known lawyer Dupin.In this volume the opinions on this matter are given by Daniels, first president of the Royal Court of Cologne; Ferdinand dal Pozzo; Cevesa jurist in Torino; Chiabrera, member of the Imperial Court in Gênes; Canda & Galvagno, both jurist; Brougham & Macintosch from England and L. Holden Kovending from Denmark.Bound up with this text: 4 other juridical texts on various matters, among which: MEMOIRE à consulter et consultation pour la ville incendiée de Salins, contre l'administration des forêts. Paris, 1826. 108 pp. - OPINION d'un jurisconsulte concernant la confiscation, la vente des biens des émigrés, et la confirmation de la vente de ces biens par l'autorité royale. Paris, 1824. xx, 90 pp.
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Reference : 17651
Paris, 1649. Together 20 numbers bound in 1 volume. 4to. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, red label with gilt lettering. First work: Moreau 830; Hatin 13; Sgard, 300. Complete set.The journal appeared from 5 January upto 7 April 1649 and was edited by the two sons of Théophraste Renaudot. While he had to follow the court to Saint-Germain, he left his sons in Paris with the assignment to publish a 'gazette du parlement; c'est le Courrier francois. Il était ainsi à la fois le gazetier du roi et de la Fronde.' Second work: Moreau 833.All published. Third work: Moreau 827.All published Often found inserted between the nrs 5 and 6 of the Courier françois. Fourth work: Moreau 826.All published. Fifth work: Moreau 821.All published. Sixth work: Moreau 832. All published. Seventh work: Moreau 718.All published. Fine set of journals, published during the exile of the Court in St. Germain en Laye, by the sons of Théophraste Renaudot. 'Le Courier François n'est pas seulement le journal le plus important de cette espèce d'interrègne; sa création, son existence est un des plus curieux épisodes de l'histoire de journalisme' (Hatin). - Fine set with the rare supplements.
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Reference : 21209
Bound in 1 volume. 4to. Modern half black morocco, gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards, top edge gilt. First work: Moreau 830; Hatin 13; Sgard 300. Complete set.The journal appeared from 5 January upto 7 April 1649 and was edited by the two sons of Théophraste Renaudot. While he had to follow the court to Saint-Germain, he left his sons in Paris with the assignment to publish a 'gazette du parlement; c'est le Courrier francois. Il était ainsi à la fois le gazetier du roi et de la Fronde.' Second & third work: Moreau 827, Sgard 295 (2nd) and not in Moreau and Sgard (3rd). The second work is usually found between, as here, the 5th and 6th part of the first title. The "Suitte" is the Suitte to the 7th number of the first title and is extremely rare and unknown to both Moreau and Sgard.Fourth work: Moreau 821; Sgard 269.All published. Fifth work: Moreau 825; Sgard 269 ("contrefaçon versifiée").All published. Sixth work: Moreau 829; Sgard 292.All published. Seventh work: Moreau 833; Sgard 299.All published.Eighth work: Moreau 835; Sgard 318.All published.Ninth work: Moreau 718; Sgard 320.All published. Fine set of journals: 'Le Courier François n'est pas seulement le journal le plus important de cette espèce d'interrègne; sa création, son existence est un des plus curieux épisodes de l'histoire de journalisme' (Hatin).
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Reference : 16145
En Guienne, 1788. 23, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. In favour of the Third Order, which should be represented in the Etats Généraux in a number proportionate to the percentage they represent in the entire population and in comparison to the nobility and clergy and the percentage they represent, adding that the Third Order also holds most of the land, pays most of the taxes, etc.
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Reference : 24687
A Londres, 1783. 28 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Drujon, Livres à clef, 245; not in Conlon. Only edition and very rare. 'Ce libelle anonyme, très piquant et très rare, n'aurait été tiré, suivant les mémoires du temps, qu'à 10 ou 12 exemplaires. Il tend ..... à ridiculiser M. Hue de Miromesnil, garde des Sceaux, dont le talent singulier pour les rôles de Crispin et de Janot s'étaient exercés chez M. de Maurepas, et avait, disait-on, contribué à son élévation.'
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Reference : 24048
A Paris, Chez Cailleau, 1774. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Conlon. First edition. Piece in 'vulgar' language, entirely in praise of Louis XVI and his first edict which ordered the 'remise du droit de joyeux avènement' and further stipulated that the payments of interests and reimbursments was to continue on the dates as previously set. The edict was registered on May 30, 1774.
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Reference : 17609
Paris, Cardin Besonge, 1649. 14, (2) pp. 4to. Modern marbled boards, gilt leather label. Moreau 871. 'Piece d'un éloquence grave et triste. L'auteur attacque la reine par la piété, et lui déclare qu'elle offense Dieu par les excès que commetent les troupes du blocus'. Naudé classified this pamphlet under the 'pièces soutenus et raisonnées'. Ex-libris Bruno Monnier, Chateau de Mantry, Jura.
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