LAW, John - MARMONT DU HAUTCHAMP, Barthélemi.

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Histoire du système des finances sous la minorité de Louis XV pendant les années 1719 & 1720. Précédée d'un abregé de la vie du duc regent, & du Sr. Law. First edition of Marmont's history of French finance during the minority of Louis XV, an important record of the activities and operations of John Law.A tax collector from Flanders, Marmont was a great admirer of Law's system, despite its dramatic collapse in 1720. He covers Law's foundation of the Banque Générale, through to the formation of the Compagnie des Indes which, by absorbing various other chartered companies, acquired the monopoly on trade to Africa, America, and the Far East. This finally transformed into the Mississippi Company, giving Law control of France's finances, most notably tax collection and debt management.

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