ARREST DU CONSEIL D'ETAT DU ROY, QUI PERMET A LA COMPAGNIE DES INDES, SES RECEVEURS & ENTREPOSEURS, DE RECEVOIR PENDANT LES MOIS DE FEVRIER, MARS & AVRIL DE LA PRESEN ANNEE, LES LOUIS D'OR DE LA DERNIERE FABRICATION.DU 12 FEVRIER 1726 [caption title]

[Compagnie des Indes]

Published by Paris, 1726

4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Contemporary inscription. Very lightly tanned. Near fine. A French royal decree, setting the rate at which the Compagnie des Indes can redeem gold during the months of February, March, and April of 1726. This decree was made to facilitate trade in tobacco and coffee in those towns where the Compagnie had offices and to which newly-minted coins had yet to be delivered. Not in Wroth or OCLC. Rare. 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). MAGGS, FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 319 (this copy). Seller Inventory # WRCAM20807

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Title: ARREST DU CONSEIL D'ETAT DU ROY, QUI PERMET ...
Publisher: Paris
Publication Date: 1726