68 - [Restoration]. Collection of 10 plays (including one play on the persistence of slavery):

[Restoration]. Collection of 10 plays (including one play on the persistence of slavery): 1/ A Glance at Paris, or Initial Compensation Measures Available Offering Over 20 Million in Annual Income, to Be Granted Immediately to Emigrants Without Sacrifice to the State [...] Paris, at novelty bookstores, 1824. In-8, ii-154 pp. First edition of this curious economic and urban planning project, published during the debates on compensation for émigrés who had been dispossessed during the Revolution. The author, who remained anonymous, proposes financing their compensation by developing the capital’s resources and through ambitious urban redevelopment projects, particularly around the Louvre, the Palais-Royal, and the Hôtel-Dieu. An interesting account of the thinking behind the transformation of Paris during the Restoration, prior to the major construction projects of the Second Empire. 2/ New proposal for the Calvary on Mont Valérien. n.p. 30 pp. 3/ Proposal to widen Rue du Bac. n.p. 8 pp. 4/ A Method for Bringing National Assets Up to the Value of Heritage Assets. n.p. 7 pp. 5/ LAFFON DE LADEBAT, Exposition of a Simple Method for Reducing the Interest Rate on France’s Public Funds. Paris, Amyot, 1825. [4]-iv-26 pp. 6/ Memorandum on Indirect Taxes on Beverages, submitted to the Chamber of Peers and the Chamber of Deputies by vineyard owners and their representatives from various departments […] Paris, Dondey-Dupré, 1829. 79-[1] pp. 7/ Status of the Issue Concerning the Exploitation of the Rock Salt Mine. Paris, Egron, 1825. viii-95-[1] pp. 8/ [Slavery]. The Slave Trade. Information Tending to Prove the Continuation of This Illegal Trade. 12 pp. and a fold-out chart of slave ships or vessels suspected of being such. 9/ HERICART DE THURY, On the Draft Forest Code. Report to the Royal and Central Society of Agriculture on Mr. Bonard’s work entitled *The Forests of France, Considered in Their Relationship to the Navy* […] Paris, Mme Huzard, 1826. 19 pp. 10/ On Political Theft, or on the Exiles, Confiscations, and Spoliations Carried Out by Usurpers and Rebels During the Overthrow of the Government […] Paris, Everat, 1825. 24 pp. One volume, 8vo, half-basane, smooth spine with decoration (contemporary binding). Spine rubbed, joints split.