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RETZ, (J.F.P. DE GONDI) DE.

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. Important French autobiography and important historical account on the period of the Fronde. François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz, (born September 1613, Montmirail, France-died August 24, 1679, Paris), one of the leaders of the aristocratic rebellion known as the Fronde (1648-53), whose memoirs remain a classic of 17th-century French literature.While still a student, he sympathized with the opposition to Cardinal de Richelieu, chief minister of Louis XIII from 1624 to 1642, who sought to weaken the power of the nobility. In 1643 Gondi was ordained a priest and was appointed coadjutor (acting deputy and successor-designate) to his uncle, Jean-François de Gondi, who was the archbishop of Paris.Gondi received the opportunity to play a major political role with the outbreak of the Fronde, a rebellion against the government of Anne of Austria (who was regent for her son, Louis XIV) and her chief minister, the Italian-born Cardinal Mazarin. Throughout the Fronde, Gondi worked primarily to advance his own interests, shifting his allegiance between the rebels and the government. During an interlude in the civil war he was persuaded to support the government's arrest of the powerful Prince de Condé in January 1650. But, reversing his position and that of his followers, he helped obtain the release of Condé and the temporary exile of Mazarin (February 1651). In an attempt to win his support, Anne nominated Gondi to the cardinalate on September 22, 1651. His nomination was accepted by Pope Innocent X on February 19, 1652, and from that time Gondi styled himself Cardinal de Retz. But his political maneuvering cost him his popularity in Paris, while the government mistrusted him and waited for revenge.After the end of the Fronde, and with the government victorious, and unable to gain favour with King Louis XIV, Retz lived away from court, on his estates or in his French abbeys. Claiming a religious conversion, he lived his last years in penance. Retz's Mémoires, written during his retirement, is an account of his life to 1655 and contains a description of his role in the events of the Fronde, portraits of contemporaries, and maxims drawn from his experiences.The Florentine banking family of the Gondi had been introduced into France by Catherine de' Medici; Catherine offered Jérome (Girolamo) de Gondi in 1573 the château that he made the nucleus of the Château de Saint-Cloud; his hôtel in the Faubourg Saint-Germain of Paris became the Hôtel de Condé in the following generation. The Gondi acquired great estates in Brittany and became connected with the noblest houses of the kingdom. François Paul de Gondi had little influence under Richelieu, used his later influence against Mazarin which in turn helped lead to the outbreak of the Fronde.

A Paris, Chez A.-J. Marchant, An XI (1803). With one folding table and a very charming engraved vignette on page 1. xvi, 175, (1), (8, publisher's catalogue) pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards, red morocco label with gilt lettering. Musset-Pathay 1740; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First French edition ? Musset-Pathay lists Barbé-Marbois as the translator. Deals with alfalfa, clover and sainfoin in the form of dialogues between Benjamin Jachère and Richard Trèfle (Mr. Fallow and Mr. Clover).

SAY, J.B.

Paris, Chez Rapilly, 1828-1829. With one folding table and 1 engraved plate. 6 volumes. vi, 458 pp.; vii, (1), 479, (1) pp.; vii, (1), 472 pp., viii, 490 pp.; viii, 393, (1) pp.; vii, (1), 451, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines with gilt lettering, marbled boards, spines with some spots but a good copy. Teilhac 377; Kress 2175; Goldsmiths 25468; Einaudi 5112. First edition. In this work Say draws together and refines the principles of his Traité. It is based on his celebrated course of lectures at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers and the work was received with great acclaim. Say ranks with Sismondi and Cournot in originality concerning his contributions to economic theory and Schumpeter has called this work 'the most important of the links in the chain that leads from Cantillon and Turgot to Walras.' His teachings raised protest of the protectionists and appeared to be in contrast with the policy of the government. The Table des Chapitres of volume 6 have been bound after those of volume 3.

SAY, J.B.

Paris, Deterville, 1817. 2 volumes. 79, (1), 452; (4), 486 pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering, very lightly worn. Kress 7041; Goldsmiths 21737; Teilhac 376; this edition not in Einaudi and not in Mattioli. Third edition. Jean-Baptiste Say is primarily remembered for Say's Law: 'that supply creates its own demand'. Say never resolved his differences with Ricardo as to whether value was based on labour or utility, but in an attempt to clarify his position in 1822, Say spoke of 'the quantity of useful things' as being crucial. In his correspondance with Sismondi and Malthus, he came finally to reconcile Say's Law with their theories of aggregate disequilibrium. Say was a policy-orientated economist rather than a model builder like Ricardo. In his introduction to the new restrictions added to his chapter on the law of the markets, Say remarked: 'Now, we are studying practical political economy here. To Malthus he wrote: 'It is better to stick to facts and their consequences than to syllogisms' (New Palgrave, iv, p. 249).

SMITH, A.

A Paris, Chez H. Agasse, an X, 1802. With engraved portrait by Prevost. 5 volumes. (4), cxxvii, (1), 368 pp.; (4), 493, (1) pp.; (4), 564 pp.; (4), 556 pp.; (4), 588 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, vellum corners, spines gilt in compartments with labels with gilt lettering. Vanderblue, p. 25; K.E. Carpenter, The Dissemination of the Wealth of Nations in French and in France, p. 175 and pages lvii-lviii; Kress B.4604; Goldsmiths 18412; Einaudi 5340. Apparently a rare edition. All editions usually having at the end of each volume an errata-leaf. Here, however, all the errors have been corrected and the errata leaf is not present. Our copy is identical with the one described by Einaudi. Compared with copies usually appearing on the market it is clear that this edition was entirely newly printed. It is the improved version of the first edition of this classic translation, which became the standard French text, with the valuable notes by Garnier. His notes and observations were frequently reprinted after they had been translated for the Glasgow edition of 1805. - Front blank in first volume loosening.

A Paris, Chez la Veuve de Florentin de Laulne, 1726. 18 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Bourgeois & André. These regulations are published here again as the last time they were printed was 1672 and young and new magistrates complained they had no or little knowledge about its contents. In 32 articles these regulations deal with a large number of subjects: the singing of Mass, councils, clothing of magistrates, death and procedures at funerals and commemorative services, elective process, when to convene, and where, etc. etc.

(STRAATMAN, H. DE.)

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. 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. - Paper browned due to the quality of the paper.

TOULOUSE -

No place, 1756. (2), 29, (1 blank) pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Conlon 56:465. Original edition. Discusses the King's policy with regard to the mentioned taxes and furthermore reports on the effects of various taxes on agricultural developments and possibilities.

Paris, 1649. Royal coat of arms on title. 16 pp. 4to. Modern marbled boards, gilt leather label. Moreau 3814. 'La loi fundamentale 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.' - Lower outer corner waterstained. Signed Janvier 21, 1649. Attributed to Président Le Coigneux.

Paris, 1649. Royal coat of arms on title. 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.' Dated Janvier 21, 1649. Attributed to Président Le Coigneux.

No place, 1615. 14 pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Lindsay & Neu 3600; Welsh, Second Checklist, 521; Kress 349; not in Bourgeois & André; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. This inquiry into the prevailing system of the Chambre de Justice is written by an Officer of Finance. Reforms must be made.. - Number in old ink on title, a bit browned.

(VENTO DES PENNES, L.N.)

A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint et Saillant, 1759. iv, 307, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 5819; Einaudi 5860; Higgs 1981; INED 4410; Leblanc 217; Conlon 59:1259; not in Goldsmiths. First edition of this critical analysis of Coyer's famous work, La Noblesse Commerçante. Vento agrees with Coyer's insistence on the development of industry and trade but disagrees that this should (also) be a task of the nobility. 'Sans partager l'opinion de Coyer, l'auteur de La Noblesse Commerçante, Vento admet cependant la nécessité de développer le commerce, et expose quelques moyens aptes à le favoriser. En outre, Vento juge le célibat des prêtres et des officiers nécessaire, raison qui etaye encore sa théorie selon la noblesse ne doit pas déroger en s'occupant de commerce' (INED).

VOGEL, B.

Zürich, Zürcher & Furrer, 1912. With bibliography. 78 pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed covers, slightly soiled (Thesis. University of Zürich.) From the contents: I. Statistik, Begriff, Verkehr mit den Aussenwelt, handlungsfähigkeit. II. A. Normen zum Schutze der Blinden und Taubstummen selber; B. Normen zum Schutze der Taubstummen und blinden gegen die Aussenwelt.; C. Normen zum Schutze der Taubstummen und blinden selber und vor der Aussenwelt. D. Normen, die einen Schutz sowohl der Blinden und Taubstummen selber, als einen solchen der Aussenwelt vor diesen in sich schliessen

BREMOND, J.B.

No place, 1789. With engraved frontispiece. 2 volumes in 1. 96 pp.; 184 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. INED 771; Stourm, p. 191; Martin & Walter 5071; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Cohen-de Ricci, 186: "contient un curieux frontispiece inventé par l'auteur, dessiné par Brion de la Tour et gravé par C.-F. Le Tellier." First edition. 'Dénonciation du travail en finance, et restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition et du recouvrement. Vues générales sur la constitution et la félicité publique. Bremond veut relever l'agriculture, supprimer la mendicité, et répartir proportionnellement l'impôt à raison des propriétés' (INED). - There was a general half-title for the two parts which the binder did not preserve.

(DELISLE DE SALES, J.B.C.; PSEUD. OF J.B. ISOARD.)

A Londres, et se trouve dans la plûpart des capitales de l'Europe, 1789. With engraved frontispiece and 13 engraved plates. 7 volumes. (2), clxlii, 256 pp.; (2), 351 pp.; (2), 418 pp.; (2), 422 pp.; (2), 452 pp. (2), 419 pp.; (2), 413 pp. 8vo. Contemporary green half calf, spine gilt in compartments, title labels with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Peignot, Livres condamnés, i, pp. 96-98; Schosler p. 60; cf.: INED 1331; Darnton, The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France 1769-1789, 542. Fifth, best and most complete editon of this work which forced the author into exile while his property was confiscated.Jean Baptiste Claude Isouard, writing as Delisle de Sales, published in 1766 his De la Philosophie de la Nature which caused a scandal for professing atheism and nihilism. The work was condamned to be burned, the author imprisoned and the censor exiled. Delisle filed for appeal and was supported by the whole circle of the philosophes who saw in him the champion of the liberty of thought and expression. The trial became a "cause célébre" in Europe: instead of an attack on the philosophes in general, which was the hidden agenda of the magistrates and Jansenists, the reading public appeared sympathetic to the ideas of the philosophes and turned Delisle's book into one of the greatest bestsellers of the century and made him an international celebrity. The magistrates and Parlement became the source of ridicule and outcry: swallowing the bitter pill, Parlement suspended Delisle's banishment and granted amnesty in 1777. The first edition of only three volumes was published in 1766 and it took the authorities some time to discover that the book was "matérialiste" and "spinoziste".

PROVENCE -

No place, 1758. (2), 251, (1) pp. 12mo. Modern half calf, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Higgs 1762; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Conlon 58:388. First edition. Concerning the rights of the Cour des Comptes in matters of taxes and expenditure of the Provence.

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.

(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.

DAUPHINE -

(Grenoble), 1763. 34 pp. 12mo. Modern boards, with leather label and gilt lettering. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Conlon 63:461. First edition. Against the taxes which are too heavy a burden on agriculture and the peasants. 'Le laboureur épardu, dépouillé des fruits de ses peines & de ses travaux, déchiré des plaintes & des murmures de ses enfans ..... déteste un lien dont la fécondité l'attache encore à la Patrie.'

No place, 1788. 91, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. - Handwritten note on title. Significant for the year preceding the Revolution, preparing the public opinion for the convocation of the Etats-Généraux. Covers the period 1302 (Philippe-le-Bel) up to 1614 (Louis XIII).

(DUPONT DE NEMOURS, P.S.) -

(Paris, de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791). With 4 large (folio-plano) folding tables. Three works in 1 volume. 25, (1) pp.; 3, (1) pp.; 4 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1969, 1647; not in Schelle; not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14791 (all three parts); not in Einaudi; not in INED. Rare original editions. Complete collection of the published pieces including the 4 large folding tables, nearly always lacking, which were distributed with the text. The texts and the tables have been signed by the members of the Committee: La Rochefoucauld, Defermon, Roederer, d'Allarde, Dauchy, Dupont de Nemours. - The last large folding table present twice, a very nice copy of this scarce work.

At end: (Paris), Imprimerie de C.J. Trouvé, no date (about 1825). 7, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards. Interesting prospectus in which the advantages are outlined of a system of dredging the waterways with the use of steampower: a system already in use in England, to which country the anonymous author refers regularly. The aim of the prospectus, apart from promoting the idea, is to raise sufficient money to finance a company that can actually construct the necessary machines to be used in the various waterways of France.

No place, (1602). 7, (1) pp. 12mo. Modern boards (Lobstein). Lindsay & Neu 2201; not in Welsh; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Original edition. Dated on page 5: Fait ce 19 d'Avril 1602. Pages 6-7 contain: 'Estat de declaration des tailles attermoyees et autres payables presentement sans delay n'y remise.'

(FORTUNE, T.)

(At end:) De l'Imprimerie des Postes et Messageries, (1798). 44 pp. 8vo. Modern cloth. Kress B.3606; not in Goldsmiths. There is a half-title or title reading 'Histoire de la Banque d'Angleterre', without name, date, publisher and year. The given title is a drop-head title. - With a faint waterstain throughout covering the lower half of the pages.

FOURIER, (CH.F.M.)

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'.

GAUTIER, (J.E.)

Paris, C.J. Trouvé, 1824. (4), 68 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Camus; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Sabin. In favour of a progressive relaxation of the protectionist system in order to stimulate commerce and trade with the colonies and the United States.

GROUBER DE GROUBENTALL, M.F.

A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Grangé, 1777. Two pieces bound in one volume. 57, (1) pp.; 31, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards. Neither of these in Conlon. Original editions. Although this trial is basically about the fees due to Grouber de Groubentall for his legal work on behalf of the marquis de Soyecourt, the work also deals elaborately with the ironworks in Lorraine, Moieuvre, Naix and Montiers, their productivity and condition. The judge who had to decide if Grouber was entitled to fees, and if so, how much he was to be paid, is called Jean-Baptiste de Gaulle and his report covers the pages 17-21 of the second text. First and last page with a small stain in the outer upper blank margin, a broad margined copy.

(HELVETIUS, C.A.)

A La Haye, Chez Pierre Moetjens, (Provins, Michelin), 1759. With title-vignettes, titles printed in red and black. 3 volumes. (4), viii, x, 244 pp.; (4), xi, 209 pp.; (4), 166, iv, 34 pp. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf, spines gilt in compartments, gilt fillets on sides, gilt lettering to spine, a very good copy. Smith, E.10; Keim p. 714; Thomas, Checklist, p. 72; not in Tchemerzine-Scheler. Rare clandestine edition, made 'à la Hollandaise' by Michelins in Provins, of this epoch-making work which brought together the 'philosophes' in a common front against their ennemies (see: Belin, Commerce des livres prohibés, p. 102). Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715-1771) obtained the lucrative post of fermier-général in which he soon grew rich. He became known, however, for the philantropic and enlightened uses he made of his great wealth, particularly as a patron of the philosophers and men of letters. He resigned in 1751 from tax-farming, married and retired to his country estate, thenceforth devoting himself primarily to philosophical and literary persuits. The publication in 1758 of his principal work, De l'Esprit, proved to be one of the ideological causes célébres of the eighteenth century. Appearing at a moment of political reaction, De l'Esprit was noisily condemned by the authorities, both ecclesiastical and ministerial, for its dangerously heretical and subversive opinions. No book during the eighteenth century, except perhaps Rousseau's Emile, evoked such an outcry from the religious and civil authorities or such universal public interest. Condemned as atheistic, materialistic, sacrilegious, immoral and subversive, it enjoyed a remarkable succès de scandale. It lost its privilège within a fortnight of its publication. It was attacked in Church periodicals and in polemical pamphlets, in the literary salons and in popular songs, from bishops' pulpits and from the stage of the Théâtre français. When the work appeared it was censured by the Sorbonne, the pope and the Parlement of Paris and in 1759 it was burnt by the public executioner. Even Diderot found himself unable to subscribe to it. But in spite of Diderot's systematic refutation of the work and in spite of the fact that Helvétius never collaborated in the Encyclopédie the authorities held the sensationalistic philosophy expounded by the encyclopédistes responsible for Helvétius dangerous principles. The appearance of De l'Esprit was thus an important factor in the second suppression of the Encyclopédie. The thought of Helvétius sprang mainly from the predominant current of sensualism in the Enlightenment, which he fashioned with marked originality into what may be described as a thoroughgoing doctrine of 'environmental behaviorism'. - In this copy the 'Tables sommaires' are bound before the 'discourses.'

No place, (1787?). With folding table. 18 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm. First edition. Proposes to have 3 million family heads likely to pay tax assessed for one single tax only reaching from 5 to 750 livres, which would bring 724 millions. All other taxes could then be suppressed.

(J.F. MAHY) DE CORMERE.

A Paris, Chez l'auteur, Moutard, Desenne, 1789. 32, 176 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards. Kress B.1655; Goldsmiths 13928; Stourm 190; INED 3007; Martin & Walter, i, 8288; Monglond, i, p. 244, all listing copies in which the 32 preliminary pages are lacking, as nearly always, but present here. First edition. The first 32 pages which are apparently nearly always lacking, contain: "L'adresse à l'Assemblée nationale, ou précis des élémens du plan général."A new financial system is proposed, followed by 25 decrees outlining the system. According to Stourm, Cormere was a specialist in public finance and the present work is a good analysis of the financial situation of those days.

JOURDAIN, C.

Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1874. (4), 51 pp. Large 8vo. Modern boards. Offprint from: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.

LANGUEDOC -

A Montpellier, De l'Imprimerie de J. Martel aîné, 1789. With 9 folding tables. (2), iv, (2), 578, (2, errata, blank) pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. Stourm, p. 143. Identical to the edition of the same year, also done in Montpellier of 456 pp., but newly set. In the numbering the pages 111-120 have been omitted. According to the 'Table générale' these pages contain the Récapitulation générale des deniers royaux. However, the other issue printed in Montpellier, has continuous pagination and does not contain the Récapitulation either, nor does the 'Table générale' of that edition indicate that they should be present. Only a Paris edition, published also in 1789, printed by the Imprimerie des Etats de Languedoc does contain the Récapitulation. It seems that only the edition printed by the Estates of the Languedoc was allowed to have the recapitulation. - Rare and wealthy source, not mentioned in any of the current reference works.

LIT DE JUSTICE -

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, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering 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.

MANUSCRIPT - TAXES -

20 Mars 1745. 20 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Concerning the new taxes on merchandise and the 'centieme denier', the tax of one percent per 100 levied on all movement of property or use of buildings (immeuble). Interesting manuscript, a bit difficult to read due to the handwriting.

MARSEILLE -

A Marseille, Chez F. Brebion, (1771). Title and text printed within a printed border. 18 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Conlon, not in Kress or Goldsmiths. First edition. Deals with the various arrets and other legal or internal regulations that should guide the brokers in their behaviour and dealings with both each other and the clients. Several complaints lodged against a number of brokers, and which apparently were too dificult or vague to persue and would therefore have required too much time to clearify, forced the responsable officers to re-iterate the contents of these various arrets and internal regulations and finally to broaden the authority to deal with complaints to more officers and in very serious cases to the entire body of the brokers. These last measures are laid down in 8 articles, followed by a "Requete" to the Parlement to ratify and thereby give legal authority to these measures. - With a dampstain in the lower inner margin not affecting printed surface.

(MATHON DE LA COUR, C.J.)

A Lausanne, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Cuchet, Gattey, 1788. xii, 231, (1) pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled sides, gilt lettering. Kress B.1446; Goldsmiths 13646; Einaudi 1179; Stourm 27. First edition. 'Ouvrage indispensable à posséder' (Stourm). Highly important financial reports, which would certainly have remained unknown, if it was not for the unflagging courage of Mathon de la Cour, who collected all these reports and published them here thus providing a wealth of information. Contains the reports by Boullogne (1758), de Silhouette (1759), Terray (1770, 1772-1774), Turgot (1775), Cluny (1776), Necker (1781), etc.

(POMMEREUL, F.R.J. DE.)

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.

POSTAL SERVICES -

(Paris). (At end:) Imprimerie de Trouvé et Cie, (1828). 12 pp. 4to. Disbound. Aiming at a daily service of the 38.000 communities of France that do not yet have a postal office. One of the measures taken is to have a letterbox in every village, and to have 'des entrepreneurs piétons' for the distribution of all the mail to and from these communities.

Au Cap de Bonne Espérance, et se trouve à Paris, Chez les principaux Libraires, 1789. 2 parts in 1. (4), 84 pp.; 91 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 14393 (different edition without the first part); Monglond i, p. 126. Discusses the political situation from a catholic point of view. The second part is entitled: Suite des Principes Constitutio-Monarchiques de la France, Et des erreurs dévoilées sur ce point important. Dissertation sur les propriétés de l'Eglise de France, & sur les droits utiles & honoriques attachés aux fiefs de la Noblesse, dont l'orgine des unes & des austres est absolument la même. (Drop-head title).

(Paris), Imprimerie de Chassaignon, 1830. 2 pp. 4to. ''Français! La France est libre.'' Announcing the Duc d'Orléans as the new King after the fall of the Bourbons and the triomph of the Charte Constitutionelle. The Charter of 1814 and the slightly revised Charter of 1830 provided the basis of the French political and legal structure even today (Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Republic, vol. i, pp. 192-199). Signed 31 juillet 1830 and followed by a declaration of the Commisison Municipale de Paris of 4 articles concerning the creation of a Garde nationale.

(PROST DE ROYER, A.F.)

A Avignon, 1763. (2), 93 pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering. Kress 6131; Goldsmiths 9895; Higgs 2911; Conlon 63:1220; cf.: INED 3669; not in Einaudi. First edition, rare. 'Prost dénonce l'usure mais justifie l'intérêt par le droit naturel, la raison et la nécessité des choses, l'Écriture Sainte, le droit canonique, le droit civil' (INED).

PUBLIC TRANSPORT -

(At end:) A Paris, Chez N.H. Nyon, 1789. 4 pp. 4to. Disbound. Regulation concerning the coaches inside Paris and to the surrounding areas. Includes tariffs: from Paris to St.Cloud costs 5 livres & 6 sols whereas from Paris to Versailles costs 3 livres & 12 sols only!

Allemagne (Leipzig), 1814. 103, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Reflections on the political situation in France after the Revolution and the Empire, and developing a political theory for the future.

A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Pyre, 1774. 15, (1) pp. 4to. Modern marbled boards (Lobstein-Laurenchet). INED 4761; Conlon 74:476; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Higgs; not in Mattioli. First edition. Critical of Roussel de la Tour's Richesse de l'État and proposing fiscal and economic reforms: 'lever un dixième sur les fruits de la terre, les maisons des villes, les rentes et les professions lucratives. Réflexions populationnistes, éloge de la liberté du commerce; la prison perpétuelle est conseillée pour les mendiants, qui seront employés aux travaux publics ou particuliers' (INED). Title-page has as date M.DLXXIV. In the text there is a reference to Messange and his important work Recherches sur la Population. The analysis and criticism are given in 32 short chapters.

Bruxelles, 1787. 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. 'Toutes les réformes ..... partiront d'un seul moyen', which is: paying the debts of the State. - The name 'Bruxelles' has been crossed out in a contemporary hand, and has been replaced by: 'au Baron d'Espagnac'.

(Paris), Imprimerie de Lottin l'aîné, & Lottin de S. Germain, 1789-1790. Various parts. 8vo. Sewn, as issued. Tourneux, 5563. Contains: reports of the sessions of 25 July & 27 July 1789: 23, (1 blank) pp & 15, (1 blank) pp.; 1 October - 3 October 1789: 38, (2 blank) pp.; sessions of 17 May - 27 May 1790: 104 pp.; sessions 1 June 1790 -2 July 1790: 456 pp.; sessions 13 July 1790 - 28 July 1790: pp. 529-640); sessions of 14 August 1790 -2 September 1790: 120 pp.

TAILLIAR, M.

Cambrai, 1837. xii, 397, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half cloth, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Sections on: Du développement des institutions communales en Flandre, et de la combinaison des divers principes dont elles procédent. - De la constitution intérieure des communes, et de l'organisation des pouvoirs communaux. Entirely devoted to the Middle Ages.

Rouen, Viret, 1758. 62 pp. Small 8vo. Modern half cloth. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Bourgeois & André 5923; Frère, vol. ii, 554; Conlon 58:424. First edition.

THIARD (DE BISSY, A.-M.-T.)

(Paris), Imprimerie de Bourdon, (1834). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. First edition. The author, belonging to the extreme left, declares among other things: 'Ce n'est point d'une Chambre nommé par le privilège que le pays peut attendre la réforme d'un système d'impôts qui pése presque exclusivement sur les classes pauvres, à la décharge de la classe riche, de la classe opulente ....'

VALANT, J.-H.

Paris, 1814. 15, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Disbound. The Imperial University was a teaching corporation rather than a university and had theoretically as its membership all those involved in educating males in France. The university came into being by decree of March 17, 1808 and Napoleon wanted the teachers to be laymen rather than clerics, and he desired an organization modeled on the army's. The university aimed at a monopoly of public education, another purpose was to obtain for the lycées the pupils they lacked. When private schools proliferated, their number was reduced by heavy financial burdens; the university reform of 1811, aimed at making the university monopoly a reality, strictly regulated nonuniversity establishments, and limited ecclestiastical schools to one per department. The present text deals with a tax levied and collected by the Imperial University.