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383 - VAUBAN (Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis de) - A proposal for a…
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Estimate €100 - €150
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VAUBAN (Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis de) - A proposal for a royal tithe which, by abolishing the taille, the Aydes, customs duties varying from one province to another, the décimes levied on the clergy, extraordinary levies, and all other onerous and non-voluntary taxes, and reducing the price of salt by half or more, would provide the King with a certain and sufficient income, at no cost, and without placing a greater burden on one subject than another, which would increase considerably through the improved cultivation of the land. Paris, s.e., 1707, in-12, table of contents, 268 pp., contemporary speckled full calf binding, spine decorated with five raised bands, painted edges; binding in need of restoration. This book proposes abolishing the multitude of existing taxes and replacing them with a single tax amounting to one-tenth of income… Food for thought. Missing its fold-out tables. A counterfeit edition published in the same year as the original.
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About the sale Books from Lorraine (Toul) and second-hand books; comic books (Tintin and Asterix)
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Auction time 09/01/2026 at 2:00 PM
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