184 - 5 works:
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5 works: - [MASSON (Philibert-Joseph)]. *Instruction des negocians*, drawn from Ordinances, Edicts, Declarations, Judgements, and established customs. New expanded edition. Blois, published by the author, 1748, in-12, 2 parts with continuous pagination: 4ff.-388pp. Speckled fawn calfskin, plain decorated spine, title label, marbled edges. (Contemporary binding). – A fine copy. The author was a printer and bookseller in Blois. Details on bankers, stockbrokers, merchants’ wives, companies, registers, transfers, discounts, creditors… At the end of the volume are templates for bills of exchange and negotiable notes. (Barbier II, 932 for the first edition; Ined 3093 for the first edition. – Einaudi, 3788 cites another work by this author). - [DUTOT (Charles)]. Political Reflections on Finance and Trade. In which we examine the effects of increases and decreases in the monetary value of currencies on revenue, commodities, foreign exchange, and consequently on our trade. Volume II [only]. The Hague, Vaillant & Prevost, 1738, in-12, 1f.-XIIpp.-456pp.- 8 folded tables. Contemporary brown calf binding, ribbed spine, richly decorated panels, red title labels, red edges. – Volume in good condition. – BARREME (François). The Book of Calculations, or Where One Finds the Calculations Made by Multiplication, for the Value of Anything One Might Imagine, and to Whatever Sums They Might Amount. New edition, carefully corrected and expanded... Clermont-Ferrand, Delcros, 1798, in-16, unpaginated. Marbled brown calfskin, smooth spine, red edges. (Contemporary binding). - Modest binding. - ANONYMOUS. The most humble remonstrances of Parliament to the King, dated 9 April 1753; to which have been appended: 1° an account of events demonstrating the system of independence which the Bishops have followed at all times, and the necessity of putting a stop to their enterprise... 2. A collection of ordinances issued by the kings of the three dynasties, concerning evocations, interdictions… 3° A collection of the various judgements and decrees of Parliament… from 16 December 1752 until the suspension of the Inquiries and Petitions. 4° The King’s Declaration transferring the Grand Chamber to the town of Pontoise. No place or date, 1753, in-12, 1f.-8pp.-468pp. Bound in contemporary fawn half-basane, ribbed spine, decorated panels, title label, red edges. - A tear at the bottom of the front cover with some leather missing; otherwise in good condition. - PROYART (Abbé Liévain-Bonaventure). On Public Education, and the Means of Carrying Out the Reform Proposed at the Last General Assembly of the Clergy of France. Paris, Hérissant, Barrois, 1785, in-12 (9.7 x 17.6 cm), XVI pp., 220 pages, 1 folio. Contemporary binding in fawn-coloured sheepskin with grain, smooth decorated spine, title label, marbled edges. – Slight water-stain on the first few leaves and in the inner margins. First edition.

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184 - 5 works: See original version (French)

184 - 5 works:
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