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Set of 2 books on finance and institutional reform under the Ancien Régime: 1. [MELON (Jean-François)]: Mahmoud le Gasnevide. Histoire orientale. Fragment translated from Arabic, with notes. Rotterdam, Jean Hofhoudt, 1730. One volume. 11.5 by 18.5 cm. 1 frontispiece-(2)-VI-162-(4) pages. Modern bradel boards. Very good condition. The original edition dates from 1729. Histoire allégorique de la Régence, by John Law's former secretary. Hartig, Pour une hist. de l'utopie. Bibliog. p. 44. J.-F. Melon "was called to Paris by [the] Duc de La Force, who was a member of the Conseil des Finances instituted after the death of Louis XIV. After serving as Inspector General of Farms in Bordeaux, and then under Cardinal Dubois, he became Law's secretary until the system collapsed in 1720. (Coquelin et Guillaumin, Dict. de l'éco. politique, p. 152). 2. [BOSQUILLON (Charles-Pierre)]: Code national, dedicated to the Estates General. Genève, 1788. One volume. 11.5 by 19 cm. IV-233-(2) pages. Modern bradel boards. Very good condition. First edition. Conlon 88: 2572; I.N.E.D. 664; Quérard I-p. 425. "Bosquillon claims the right for the French to be consulted on matters of interest. A chapter on finance and taxation: the people will instead offer a sum sufficient to meet the king's personal expenses, the costs of administration, and the liquidation of the debt." (I.N.E.D.).

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Set of 2 books on finance and institutional reform under the Ancien Régime: 1. [MELON (Jean-François)]: Mahmoud le Gasnevide. Histoire orientale. Fragment translated from Arabic, with notes. Rotterdam, Jean Hofhoudt, 1730. One volume. 11.5 by 18.5 cm. 1 frontispiece-(2)-VI-162-(4) pages. Modern bradel boards. Very good condition. The original edition dates from 1729. Histoire allégorique de la Régence, by John Law's former secretary. Hartig, Pour une hist. de l'utopie. Bibliog. p. 44. J.-F. Melon "was called to Paris by [the] Duc de La Force, who was a member of the Conseil des Finances instituted after the death of Louis XIV. After serving as Inspector General of Farms in Bordeaux, and then under Cardinal Dubois, he became Law's secretary until the system collapsed in 1720. (Coquelin et Guillaumin, Dict. de l'éco. politique, p. 152). 2. [BOSQUILLON (Charles-Pierre)]: Code national, dedicated to the Estates General. Genève, 1788. One volume. 11.5 by 19 cm. IV-233-(2) pages. Modern bradel boards. Very good condition. First edition. Conlon 88: 2572; I.N.E.D. 664; Quérard I-p. 425. "Bosquillon claims the right for the French to be consulted on matters of interest. A chapter on finance and taxation: the people will instead offer a sum sufficient to meet the king's personal expenses, the costs of administration, and the liquidation of the debt." (I.N.E.D.).

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