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(At end:) Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1789. 3, (1 blank) pp. 4to. Folded. Tourneux, i, 1579. 'Nos bons & fidèles sujets, Nous sommes déterminés à vos instances ..... en venant au milieu de vous avec la Reine notre Auguste compagne, & notre cher fils, le Dauphin de France .....' Proclamation following the days of 5-6 october 1789, when the people took the King back to the capital.

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.

(Paris), De l'Imprimerie de Georges Jouvenel, (1721). With woodcut head-piece. 12 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Conlon. Printed in the upper inner margin above the head-piece "Regie de Cordier. Deuxième année" and handwritten the date and the word "Gabelles". Deals in 17 articles with these taxes, article 14, covering the pages 8-11, gives details of the bonusses to be received by the collectors of these taxes: they range from 300 to 600 livres.

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).

A Paris, Chez la Veufue Theod. Pepingue & Est. Maucroy, 1649. 8 pp. 4to. Disbound. Moreau, Bibliographie des Mazarinades, 1096; BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700, D.580; not in Welsh, Second Checklist. Qualified by Moreau as 'rare'.

Paris, Nancy, Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1889-1894. 2 volumes. Large thick 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spines with raised bands and gilt lettering, name of 'R. Denis' gilt stamped at foot of spines, some discolouring. First edition.

Paris, A la librairie constitutionnelle, chez Brissot-Thivars, 1821. (4), 53, (1, catalogue) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Original edition. Deals with the discussions concerning an address to the King, after the assassination of the Duc de Berry by Louvel. The Duc de Berry was heir to the throne as second son of the comte d'Artois (who became King Charles X in 1824). His assassination set off a political crisis that brought down the Decazes ministry and finally brought to power the right-wing royalists.

Paris, Impr. N. Chaix, Septembre 1848. 4 pp. Folio. Izambard, La Presse Parisienne, p. 50. Original edition, all published. The only number published of this journal, planned as a monthly. In favour of Louis Napoléon. Described by Izambard as 'couleur: anti-démocratique.'

(Paris), Impr. Duverger, (1848). Folio poster on white paper. Not in Les Murailles Révolutionnaires. Dated April 24, 1848 and announcing that the elections will end 10 pm. Issued on the order of the Ministere de l'Interieur. Copy with a handwritten annotation dated 24 april 1848 and signed.

A Paris, Chez Panckoucke; Liège, chez Plomteux, 1783-1784. With numerous tables among which 4 folding. Three volumes. xxx, (2), 766 pp.; (4), 798 pp.; (4), 831, (1, blank), xvi pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, corners, spines gilt with raised bands, contrasting labels with gilt lettering. Kress B.574; Goldsmiths 12380; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Mattioli. First edition. The Encyclopedie Méthodique was a reworking of the famous Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert, containing most of the articles from that work with additions and corrections. Its chief novelty was that the whole was divided into subject categories, making every subject thus more easily accesible. All these parts form independent works on particular subjects. At the head of vol. I: Nouveau élémens du commerce servant de Discours préliminaire à la nouvelle rédaction du Dictionnaire de Savari, pour l'Encyclopédie Méthodique, de Nicolas Baudeau and on pages 559 (misnumbered 459) to 643 Le mémoire sur la situation actuelle de la Compagnie des Indes, de l'abbé Morellet.

A Paris, Chez Panckoucke, A Liège, Chez Plomteux, 1784-1788. With one large folding engraved table. 4 volumes. (2), vi, 760 pp.; (4), 757, (1) pp.; (4), 787, (1) pp.; (4), 840 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt with red and green labels, gilt lettering, all edges red, upper compartment of volume 4 with small damage. Kress B.574; Goldsmiths 12380; INED 1340; not in Einaudi. First edition. The Encyclopédie Méthodique was a reworking of the famous Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert, containing most of the articles from that work with additions and corrections. Its chief novelty was that the whole work was divided into subject categories, making every subject thus more accesible. All these parts form an independent work on particular subjects. The major part of the work was done by Demeurier who was assisted by Desbois de Rochefort and Grivel. The major subjects here are agriculture, population and political economy.

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.

A Paris, Par Robert Sara, 1649. 11, (1) pp. 4to. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, label with gilt lettering. Moreau 1264; not in Welsh. Original edition of this rare piece which was quite successfull at the time and which vehemently opposes absolute power. 'C'est la suite du Manuel du bon Citoyen. Ces deux pièces ont eu, lors de leur apparition, un grand retentissement ..... L'auteur s'élève avec force contre la théorie de la puissance absolue. Il prétend que la première ordonnance dans laquelle la formule Tale est placitum nostrum a été employée, est l'ordonnance de Charles VIII, 1485, qui défend les habits d'or et de soie aux personnes de moindre condition' (Moreau). - With a dampstain in the outer lower corner, lightly touching some text.

No place, 1789. 408 pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. Not in Martin & Walter; Kress B.1591; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Mattioli; Conlon 89:2256 (listing only three copies in France: Arsenal, BNF and BM de Grenoble). First edition. The 'avertissement' states that the work was composed 'sous le ministère de M. l'archevêque de Sens' (Loménie de Brienne).The work deals principally with the reform of the taxes and the stabilization of the State's finances: 'Soulager le peuple des sommes immenses ..... amortir les dettes ..... choisir parmi les impôts les moins onéreux et anéantir tous les autres.' The author opposes 'le despotisme ministériel' and favours ministerial responsibility before representative assemblies.

No place, 1789. 408 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with gilt lettering, gilt double-line fillet on sides, very lightly rubbed, small spot on upper cover, with unidentified gilt stamped coat-of-arms in the center of upper cover Not in Martin & Walter; Kress B.1591; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Conlon 89:2256 (listing only three copies in France: Arsenal, BNF and BM de Grenoble). Rare original (and only ?) edition. The 'avertissement' states that the work was composed 'sous le ministère de M. l'archevêque de Sens', Loménie de Brienne. The work deals principally with the reform of the taxes and the stabilization of the State's finances: 'Soulager le peuple des sommes immenses ..... amortir les dettes ..... choisir parmi les impôts les moins onéreux et anéantir tous les autres.' The author opposes 'le despotisme ministériel' and favours ministerial responsibility before representative assemblies.

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.'

At end: Fait à Paris, le 8 septembre 1791. Twelve pieces bound in one volume. 1 folded leaf; (8) pp.; 1 folded leaf; (4) pp.; 1 folded leaf; 1 folded leaf; 1 folded leaf; 1 folded leaf; 1 folded leaf; 1 folded leaf; 1 folded leaf; (4) pp. 4to. Modern boards. 1: Printed in outer upper margin: Procès-verbal, No. 372.Lists in 6 columns Noms des Experts; Nature des biens; Situations; Noms des locataires; Origine; Estimation. 2: Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 4214.In upper inner margin: Contribution patriotique, at bottom: Procès-verbal, No. 529.Contains 5 columns on the left page: Numéros des Départemens; Noms des Départemens; Dates des Lettres qui leur ont été écrites depuis la circulaire du 12 Octobre; Objet des Lettres; Dates des Réponses. The right page contains the "Situation actuelle des Opérations d'après les réponses." 3: Printed in lower inner margin: Procès-verbal, No 529.Lists the 83 départemens, the "Nombre des Municipalités, Paroisses ou Communautés par chaque Département", "Nombre des Municipalités, Paroisses ou Communautés dont les Rôles sont vérifées", "Montant des Bordereaux d'Assiète" and "Nombre des Municipalités, Paroisses ou Communautés qui n'ont pas encore fourni leurs Rôles".4: Lists the names of the départemens, "nombre de fusils que chaque Département a déjà reçu"; "nombre de fusils que chaque département recevra"; Total des fusils qu'aura chaque départment'; and "Observations", at the end a "Récapitulation générale." Printed at bottom: Vu & Vérifié. A Paris, ce 28 janvier 1791. Jacques Menou, Rapporteur du Comité Militaire.5: Printed in lower inner margin: Procès-verbal, No 586. Outer margin partly repaired causing loss of a number of figures in the last column. Columns for "Noms des départemens" and "Montant de la Recette".6: Printed in lower inner margin: Procès-verbal, No 586. Six columns listing: "Noms des Anciens Arrondissemens"; "Valeurs Actives" (subdivided into "Argent" and "Assignats"); "Total"; "Valeurs D'Extinction"; "Bons Garat." and "Total Général" and a section "Observations".7: Printed in lower inner margin: Procès-verbal, No 586.Lists the 83 départemens, the "Nombre des Municipalités, Paroisses ou Communautés par chaque Département", "Nombre des Municipalités, Paroisses ou Communautés dont les Rôles sont vérifées", "Montant des Bordereaux d'Assiète" and "Nombre des Municipalités, Paroisses ou Communautés qui n'ont pas encore fourni leurs Rôles".8: Printed in lower inner margin: Procès-verbal, no. 725, page 46. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 17420, for this and the next item.9: Printed in lower inner margin: Procès-verbal, no. 725, page 55.10: Printed in lower inner margin: Procès-verbal, no. 726, page 31. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 17419, for this and the next item.11: Printed in lower inner margin: Procès-verbal, no. 726, page 37.12: Printed in lower inner margin: Procès-verbal, no. 771. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1557.Nice collection of various tables and statistical information from the early days of the revolution, undoubtedly collected from various sources and brought together in modern times: the board binding is by Laurenchet and all these pieces are mounted on stubs.

No place, Par la Compagnie, 1770. 20 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Conlon 70:203. First edition. Proposes the creation of some sort of public toilets in the streets of Paris. - Faint waterstain in outer upper blank margin of the last leaves.

A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1718. 19, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards. Conlon 18:122; Goldsmiths 5469; not in Kress. First edition. Title on page 3 reads: EVALUATION et Tarif Du Prix que le Roy veut & ordonne estre payé aux Hotels des Monnoyes & par les Changeurs, des Barres, Lingots, Especes anciennes, Maitiers & Vaiselles d'Or & d'Argent qui y seront apportées, à commencer au premier Juin 1718 suivant l'Edit du mois de May 1718 registré en la Cour des Monnoyes le 13 desdits mois & an.

No place, 1790. viii, 314 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, rear cover somewhat discoloured. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 6490; Monglond, i, p. 792. First edition. The anonymous author sets out to examen the profound changes which have taken place since the beginning of the revolution and tries to draft a balancesheet of the results: 'si les nouvelles dispositions sont justes; si elles seront utiles au peuple'.

Paris, A la Librairie Classique Élémentaire, 1823. (6), 100 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, contemporary blind covers preserved. See Hatin, pp. 340 and 345 for the journals Le Défenseur and the Drapeau Blanc. Contains articles by Saint-Victor and several by Lamennais: among which De la Saint-Alliance, De l'Espagne, and Quelques Réflexions sur notre État présent.Most of the collaborators of the Drapeau Blanc had previously been working for Le Défenseur, the short-lived royalist periodical and successor to the much more succesful Conservateur. With the establishment of the Villèle government part of the staff of Le Défenseur identified itself with power, a smaller minority called l'incorruptible, moved to found the Drapeau Blanc.The Drapeau Blanc was an ultraroyalist newspaper of the Restoration and expressed from the start the most extreme ultraroyalist views to be found in the whole of the Restoration press. From 1820 on, the censors removed a great many articles from the Drapeau Blanc.The 'Avertissement' claims that the continuous requests for the reprinting of certain articles has made the present publication necessary in which the more important articles on politics and religious questions are published again. - The first leaf with a repaired tear in the outer blank margin, paper somewhat browned, last part of the volume with a faint stain in the outer blank margin.

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. A handwritten note on the title-page attributes this pamphlet to Portail. - Four leaves with a small stain in lower outer margin, lightly affecting the text but not its legibility.

Paris, chez Ponthieu, (at end: De l'Imprimerie de P. Dupont, Hotel des Fermes), 1822. 32 pp. 8vo. Sewn, contemporary blind covers, uncut. The Congress of Verona (1822) was the largest and most elaborate assembly of its kind since the Congress of Vienna in 1814-15 (see at length: Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire, volume ii, pp. 1081-3.) It was an assembly of the four major conservative powers in Europe (Russia, Austria, Prussia & France) and its aim was to keep Spain from introducing a liberal constitution. It furthermore stipulated that European countries were to be ruled by absolute monarchs, with considerable influence for the Church and with censorship to combat the spread of liberal ideas. It was in fact a rejection of the principles of the French Revolution and the Enlightenment. The current text is an analysis of the political situation in Europe at the beginning of the Congress: 'quoi qu'il en soit, ni le congrès, ni les matières qu'on y doit traiter, ni les résultats qu'il peut avoir, ne sont la question de l'Europe. Elle n'est pas non plus dans l'alliance fictive de quelque puissance, ni dans la discussion spécieuse de telles doctrines favorables ou contraires au pouvoir. Elle est cette question de l'Europe, immédiatement dans les vices de son organisation sociale, et médiatement dans les vices de son équilibre politique.' Added: A manuscript copy of the same text on 26 pp. in small 4to.

Paris, 1649. 6 pp. Small 4to. Disbound, loose. Moreau, Mazarinades, i, 1419; Welsh, Second Checklist, 1190. First edition. - Slightly browned. In verse.The piece against the Maltoutiers is entitled "Contre les Maltoutiers. Sur le dernier impost qui fut mis sur le vin."

A Londres, 1790. Together 3 volumes bound in 1. viii, 130, (2) pp.; 174, (2) pp.; 207, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Martin & Walter 22175 & 22176 (listed under Luchet); Tourneux iv, 20635b, 20636 and 20749. The second issue of the first volume (Tourneux 20636) and the original edition of the second volume of the first work. The first two volumes are sometimes attributed to De Luchet, Rivarol, Mirabeau, Choderlos de Laclos and Cérutti and Senac de Meilhan, either separately or in collaboration. 'C'est l'ouvrage d'un homme de talent et d'esprit' (Tourneux).This is a collection of satirical biographical sketches of the members of the French Parliament in Paris (States General; États-Généraux) during the first year of the French Revolution: among those described in these volumes are Necker, Mirabeau, the Marquis de la Fayette, the Comte de Montmorin, the Duc de Luxembourg, the Vicomte de Noailles, Clavière, Beaumarchais, Bergasse, Condorcet, Abbé Grégoire, Brissot de Warville, and many others. Most are described in a satirical way, except for a few, including Mirabeau, under a fictitious name. The 'Galerie' was published anonymously and obviously caused turmoil.Although many names have been put forward as possible authors, the most likely candidate is Mirabeau as he is one of the very few who is described favorably. Each volume contains at the end a leaf giving the keys to the fictious names used in the biographical and satirical essays. In the third volume the female characters being dealt with are: Madame Necker, Madame de Stael, Princesse de Beauveau, Comtesse de Sabran, Comtesse Diane de Polignac, comtesse du Barry, etc. etc.