FUNDING FOR THE WAR EFFORT (1759). Edit du Roi. Portant etablissement une Subvention Generale dans le royaume, pour le soutien de la guerre, & lacquittement de ses charges. Donne a Versailles au mois de Septembre 1759. Registre en Parlement. (Edict of the King. Bearing on the establishment in the Kingdom, of a general grant to support the War and to pay its costs. Given at Versailles in the month of September 1759. Registered in Parliament.)

SEVEN YEARS WAR. France. King Louis XV.

Published by A Paris: de Imprimerie Royale, 1759

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Small quarto (10.5 inches). In French. 7 pages. Folded sheets, unbound (as issued). Woodcut ornament (depicting an accountant distributing money from the Royal treasury). Untrimmed, retaining the original deckled edges. This Edict of September 1759 provides a rare insight into the precarious financial situation experienced by the French monarchy, and the need for increasing amounts of money at the height of the Seven Years War. The Edict laid out a series of new financial measures to be followed, and forced King Louis XV to personally submit to rigid economic restraints within the Royal household. Seller Inventory # 039

Bibliographic Details

Title: FUNDING FOR THE WAR EFFORT (1759). Edit du ...

Publisher: A Paris: de Imprimerie Royale

Publication Date: 1759

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition