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[POLITICAL ECONOMY — CALONNE (Charles-Alexandre de)]. An important collection of 9 texts concerning Calonne’s financial administration, his controversy with Necker, and the affair involving the exchange of the County of Sancerre. 1787–1788. 9 texts bound in 3 in-8 volumes, in full contemporary calfskin, with decorated ribbed spines. Leather endpapers. Contains: 1/ Petition to the King. Addressed to His Majesty. [Followed by:] Clarifications and supporting documents. Sl., s.n., 1787. (1) f., 212 pp., (1) f., 98 pp., 107 pp. 2/ Statement of the State of Our Finances as of April 1787, based on the data published by Minister de Calonne and by Mr. Necker. No place, no publisher, December 1787. XII, 52 pp., 2 folded tables. 3/ Response by Mr. de Calonne to Mr. Necker’s paper, published in April 1787; containing an examination of the financial statements submitted in 1774, 1776, 1781, 1783, and 1787: with observations on the findings of the Assembly of Notables. London, T. Spilsbury, January 1788. [Followed by:] Supporting or supplementary documents. [Followed by:] Appendix. XVI, 424 pp., 9 folded tables, 89 pp., (1) f. 62 pp. 4/ CARRA (M.). A brief reply to Mr. de Calonne regarding his petition to the King. Amsterdam and Paris, Hôtel de Marigny, 1787. 89 pp., 1 folded table. 5/ Letter from a legal scholar in a small town to Mr. de Calonne. No place, no date. 18 pp. No title page. 6/ Observations by the town of Saint-Mihiel, in Lorraine, on the exchange of the County of Sancerre; in response to Mr. de Calonne’s petition. Saint-Mihiel, no publisher, 1787. 180 pp. 7/ Supporting documents for the observations of the town of Saint-Mihiel in response to the petition presented to the King by Mr. de Calonne regarding the exchange of the County of Sancerre. Saint-Mihiel, n.p., 1787. 124 pp., 3 folded tables. 8/ Breakdown of the revenues from His Majesty’s estates ceded to Mr. d’Espagnac in exchange for the County of Sancerre. 4 pp. 9/ Deliberations of the three estates of the town of Saint-Mihiel regarding the defamatory accusations set forth in Mr. d’Espagnac’s memorandum. Saint-Mihiel, Charles Duval, 1788. 23 pp.
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