[Tobacco]: [French Colonies in America]:

$850 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

ARREST DE LA COUR DES COMPTES, AYDES, ET FINANCES DE MONTPELLIER. QUI PERMET AU FERMIER DU TABAC, DE PRENDRE PAR PREFERENCE, SI BON LUI SEMBLE, LES TABACS EN CORDE DE CLAIRAC, SAINT POURQUIER, & ... A French royal decree which regulates aspects of the sale of tobacco. Wroth records one copy at Harvard; OCLC locates no further copies. Rare.From the library of Cardinal Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne (1727-1794), 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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