[Tobacco]: [French Colonies in America]:

$600 · Offered by William Reese Company

ARREST DU CONSEIL D'ESTAT DU ROY, QUI COMMENT M. L'INTENDANT DE LA PROVINCE DU HAYNAULT, POUR JUGER LES CONTRAVENTIONS A LA DECLARATION DU ROY DU 4 MAI 1749, PORTANT ETABLISSEMENT D'UN DROIT DE ... A French royal decree which adds a tax on tobacco. Wroth locates just one copy, at Harvard; no copies in OCLC.From the library of Cardinal Étienne Charles de Loménie 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 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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