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 TRENTE SOLS PAR LIVRE PESANT DE TABACS ETRANGERS QUI DANS LADITE PROVINCE. DU 17 JUIN 1749 [caption title].

[Tobacco]: [French Colonies in America]:

Published by Paris. 1749.

About this Item

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). WROTH, ACTS OF FRENCH ADMINISTRATION 1493. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Light dampstaining. Contemporary inscription. About very good.

Seller Inventory # 14143

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 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 TRENTE SOLS PAR LIVRE PESANT DE TABACS ETRANGERS QUI DANS LADITE PROVINCE. DU 17 JUIN 1749 [caption title].
• Publisher: Paris. 1749.