[French Colonies in America]: [West Indies]:

$1,500 · Offered by William Reese Company

ARREST DU CONSEIL D'ESTAT: QUI DECHARGE DE TOUS DROITS LES MARCHANDISES QUI SERONT CHARGEES EN FRANCE, POUR ESTRA PORTEES DANS LES ISLES DE L'AMERIQUE. DU 4 JUIN ... A French royal decree, regulating duties on French goods bound for the French colonies in the West Indies. Wroth records only one copy, held in a private library, and OCLC can add only one copy at the University of Oxford. Rare.From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne (1727-94), Minister of Louis XVI, Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française, Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry, which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution, despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 (presumably as an attempt to save his life).

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