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Médicis Enchères - Hôtel des Ventes Lyon

Estimate €200 - €400
Description
NECKER. MEMORANDUM BY MR NECKER TO THE KING, on the establishment of the Provincial Administrations. no place, no publisher, 1781. One volume, quarto (25 x 20 cm), 32 pp., title: REPORT TO THE KING, by Mr NECKER, Director-General of Finance. In the month of January 1781. Printed by order of His Majesty. IN PARIS, FROM THE ROYAL PRINTING OFFICE, 1781, (1) folio, 116 pp., one large fold-out table, two folded colour maps, TITLE: MODEST OBSERVATIONS BY A CITIZEN, on Mr Necker’s financial operations, & on his Report, addressed to the peaceful authors of *Les Comment*, *Les Pourquoi*, & other anonymous pamphlets, pp. 63–115 – TITLE: THE COMMENTS; pp. 35–52 – LETTER FROM THE MARQUIS DE CARACCIOLI TO MR D’ALEMBERT, pp. 1–24 – PETITION TO THE KING concerning Mr Necker’s retirement, by a former resident at the French Court: pp. 55–60, full contemporary binding in marbled calfskin. Spine with five highly decorated and gilded raised bands bearing the title engraved on a piece of old red morocco leather, gilded fillets on the edges, marbled edges. A fine, complete copy including both folding colour plates and the large, repeatedly folded table.
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Closing date 10/06/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 89078161
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