Paris. 1717. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Minor foxing; lightly tanned at edge. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne (1727-94), Minister of Louis XVI, Archibishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the.....

Paris. 1727. 3pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Lightly tanned. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree "concerning loans made on the Company's shares" (Maggs). In 1721 the Compagnie declared bankruptcy and was reorganized, after the Mississippi Bubble burst. Not in Wroth. OCLC locates only one copy at.....

Paris. 1722. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French royal decree concerning life annuities in the Compagnie des Indes. The previous year, the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized, after the Mississippi Bubble burst. Wroth records only one copy, at NYPL;.....

Paris. 1722. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree giving to the Compagnie des Indies, in perpetuity, the forts and trading posts which they established off the coast of Guinea. The previous year, after the Mississippi Bubble burst, the Compagnie.....

Paris. 1723. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French royal decree calling for an assembly to elect trustees for the Compagnie des Indes. In 1721, the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized, after the Mississippi Bubble burst. Wroth records only the.....

Paris. 1720. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree concerning oversight of the shareholders in the Compagnie des Indes. In 1719, John Law's Compagnie d'Occident absorbed several other entities to become the present Compagnie des Indes. There was a considerable.....

Paris. 1731. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Several small worm holes, not affecting text. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree regarding obligations of the shareholders in the former Compagnie des Indes Orientales with regard to the new Compagnie d'Occident. Not in Wroth; OCLC locates one copy at.....

Paris. 1723. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor soiling on first page. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree concerning an earlier Arrest: "Instituting a safe deposit where holders may leave shares rather than run the risk of loss or theft by keeping them in their houses.....

Paris. 1726. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Contemporary inscription. Very lightly tanned. Near fine. A French royal decree, setting the rate at which the Compagnie des Indes can redeem gold during the months of February, March, and April of 1726. This decree was made to facilitate trade in.....

Paris: Chez la Veuve François Muguet & Hubert Muguet, 1712. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. Royal decree by Louis XIV allowing the rights to a tenth of the value of all prizes captured, usually allowed to the Admiral of France, to the.....

Paris. 1725. 12pp. Quarto. Unbound folded sheets. Minor foxing. Light soiling along spine edge. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree releasing the Compagnie from some of its debts, an important step in its reorganization. In 1721 the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized, after the Mississippi Bubble.....

Paris. 1869. viii,334pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. Wrappers and spine chipped, front wrapper detached, 20th-century bookplate on verso of front wrapper, light occasional foxing. Good. A unique association copy of Louis Philippe d'Orléans' work in favor of trade unions, inscribed by him to former Union General George B. McClellan. Prince Philippe.....

Paris. 1792. Two volumes. [4],324; 317pp. Original blue-grey wrappers. Remarkably fresh, beautiful copy in original state. Very fine, untrimmed. In a half morocco and cloth box. The first French edition of the 1787 Federal Constitution, printed with the second French edition of the constitutions of the thirteen states. The original.....