ARREST DU CONSEIL D'ESTAT DU ROY, CONCERNANT LES RENTES VIAGERES CONSTITUEES PAR LA COMPAGNIE DES INDES. DU PREMIER FEVRIER 1729 [caption title]
[Compagnie des Indes]
Published by Paris, 1729
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3pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French royal decree concerning life annuities in the Compagnie des Indes. Good evidence of French administration of speculative ventures in the West Indies. Wroth lists only one copy, at Harvard; OCLC locates no more. 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). WROTH, ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 1179. MAGGS, FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 340 (this copy). Seller Inventory # WRCAM34683
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Title: ARREST DU CONSEIL D'ESTAT DU ROY, CONCERNANT...
Publisher: Paris
Publication Date: 1729
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