ARREST DU CONSEIL D'ESTAT DU ROY, QUI ORDONNE QU'IL SERA PASSE A LA COMPAGNIE DES INDES UN CONTRACT D'ALIENATION, A TITRE D'ENGAGEMENT, DES DROITS COMPOSANS LE DOMAINE D'OCCIDENT. DU 23 MARS 1723
[French Colonies in America]: [Compagnie des Indes]
Published by Paris, 1723
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4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Light dampstaining and soiling. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree pertaining to the rights of the Compagnie des Indes regarding taxes in New France. In 1721 the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized after the Mississippi Bubble burst. Wroth records only the copy at NYPL, and OCLC adds two more, at Harvard and the John Carter Brown Library. 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). WROTH, ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 991. MAGGS, FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 258 (this copy). Seller Inventory # WRCAM40668
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Title: ARREST DU CONSEIL D'ESTAT DU ROY, QUI ...
Publisher: Paris
Publication Date: 1723
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