N. P: 26 April 1664. In French. Quittance signed as Ambassador. Terlon was a celebrated diplomat of the 17th century, sent on missions to Sweden an Denmark. His memoires were published in 1682. He was noted for his correspondence with Queen Christine. Read More about Manuscript document signed “le Chevalier de Terlon”
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Charleroi: 25 October 1696. In French. Louis XIV's General. Timarcon, as Colonel of the Regiment of Dragoons, certifying that David Larguier dit Du Croce had served in the companies listed in the document and wounded in the service of the King and was entitled to be received at L'Hôtel des..... Read More about Manuscript document signed “Timarcon,” with seal
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Paris: 31 December 1650; 1655. In French. Two quittances. He was the Controlleur Géneral des Batîments et Jardins de la Reine Anne d'Autriche, he was also President of the “Chambre des Comptes”. Read More about Two manuscript documents signed “Tubeuf,” one signed on verso
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Bouillon: Au Camp Près Bouillon, 16 June 1690. In French. As Colonel of the Regiment of Touraine and Brigadier des Armés du Roy, he certifies that Destoriers Goldar de la Compagnie de Miramone had served in the military and asks for his admittance to Hôtel des Invalides. In 1701 he..... Read More about Manuscript document signed “D'Usson”
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N.. P. [Paris: 1757]. Robert le Diable. Part of the investigation following the execution of Robert-François Damien, nicknamed "Robert le Diable" for the attempted assassination of Louis XV, le Bien-Aimé. The second piece issued by Ysabeau.¶ The 5th of January 1757 Robert-François Damiens stabbed King Louis XV. The wound bled..... Read More about L'Innocence Victorieuse et la Calomnie Confondue...Extrait des Registres du Parlement du Mercredi...
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N. P: n.d [ca 1750]. Listing members of the Consellors of State including Messieurs Daligre, De Morangis, De Lezeau, D'Estempes, Des Hameaux, De Marilac, Poncet, Bouvherat, De Seve, La Fosse, Voisin, Pussort, and several others including the Bishop of Chartres, and of Sées. Read More about Liste de Messieurs les Conseillers d'Estate ordinaires pour les Conseils du Roy
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Metz: De l'Imprimerid de François Antoine, 1739. Regarding the enforcement and collection of fines by the police. Read More about Declaration du Roy, portant que les Sentences de Police qui prononceront des Condamnations...
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Sarin: 1789. In French. The lower portion of a congé, approved by Crenolle as Marêchal de Camp and by Chamborant as Géneral of the Division. Chamborant was onetime Lieutenant Géneral, Colonel de Husards, Brigadier de Cavalierie, Marêchal de Camp and Governeur de Font del'Osche. Read More about Lower portion of a manuscript document with the a one-line post script and signature of the...
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1778. State of the French Government: Louis XVI attempts Reform, 1776-8. In a law dated 18 March 1776, Louis XVI attempted to rationalize the organization of provincial governments, and the present manuscript is the resulting report on the actual ranks and classes of the various provincial government officials. The principal..... Read More about Etat des gouvernemens tant généraux que particuliers et des Etats Majors du Royaume...
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n.p. [Paris]: n.d. [before 1787]. Vergennes to Louis XVI, with a Note from the King. The Comte de Vergennes (1717 – 1787), diplomat and statesman, was Louis XVI’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1774. It was Vergennes’ policy during the American Revolution to provide the American rebels with financial and..... Read More about Autograph Letter to Louis XVI in the third person, petitioning the King to recommend his son for...
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Marseille: Chez Antoine Ricard, [1819]. Following the Hundred Days. Read More about Habitans de Marseille, Je viens de recevoir une lettre de Monseigneur le Duc D'Angoulême, il me...
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Avignon: Chez Binnet fils, 1815. Following the Hundred Days. Proclamation of appreciation of the king for his re-enthronement following the 100 days to the military and people. Read More about Prefecture de Vaucluse. Proclamation de Son Altesse Royale Monseigneur Duc d'Angoulême. Hatibans...
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Valance: de l'Imprimerie de Jacq. Montal, 1816. National Guard Award/Recognition. Ordinance of Louis XVIII of the 2 October 1816 awarding the Gardes Nationales du département de la Drôme, followed by the text of a letter from Charles-Philippe, as Colonel Général des Gardes Nationales to the Chevalier d'Urre, whose response was..... Read More about Gardes Nationales de Département de la Drôme. Ordre du Jour
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Avignon: Chez François Seguin aîné, 1816. National Guard Orders. Issued by Louis XVIII, with mandate below by Charles Philippe de France, Comte d'Artois as Colonel Général des Gardes Nationales du Royaume (later Charles X). Read More about Gardes Nationales de Vauclues. Ordre du Jour
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Marseille: De l'Imprimerie de François Brebion, 8 Juillet 1814. Proclamation by Le Marquis d'Albertas for the Princess, thanking the Marseillais for the reception she received from them. Read More about Proclamation du Préfet du département des Bouches-du Rhône aux Marseillais
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Lyon: Chez Aimé de la Roche, 1791. Decree of the Assemblée Nationale concerning taxes. Read More about Loi poitant qui'il ne sera accordé aucuns secours ni emprunts aux Villes & Communautés,...
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Philadelphia: C.G. Henderson, Fifth and Arch Street, 1855. Read More about Louis, or the Reformed Boy. Translated from the German by Sarah A. Myers
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New Orleans: J. O. Nixon, State Printer, 1866. New Orleans Banking. Financial Status following the war. The Board of Currency issuing their financial report with the status of funds, gold and cotton. Read More about Report of the Board of Currency to the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. January 1866
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[Columbus, Ohio: Ward Bros, c. 1884]. Read More about Souvenir of New Orleans, La
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London: Printed by Benbow, Lord Byron’s Head, Castle Street, Leicester Square, 1822 [but later reprint]. “Newly and Faithfully Translated from the Paris Edition of 1821”. A unexpurgated English edition of this licentious novel, published in the late 19th-century but backdated and passed off as the Benbow edition to avoid controversy..... Read More about The Amours of the Chevalier de Faublas
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Paris: Chez Bailly ... et Joly .. 1792. Second edition. Revolutionary Fiction: Louvet de Couvray. Very scarce second novel by the revolutionary statesman and deputy to the National Convention, Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray (1760-1797). Couvray first gained notoriety with his licentious LES AMOURS DU CHEVALIER DE FAUBLAS (1787). This epistolary..... Read More about Emilie de Varmont, ou Le Divorce Necessaire et Les Amours du Curé Sevin. Par l'auteur de...
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Paris: Librairie Borel, 1896. Printed on japan vellum. Read More about Aphrodite. Moeurs Antiques
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New Orleans: n.p, 1943. Unrecorded. An unrecorded item, authorship unknown. The spurious association of Constance Garnett (as translator) and George Saintsbury (whose name is applied to the end of the introduction dated 1927) with this volume is an amusing provocation, as is the publisher's note found on p 6: "This..... Read More about The Amusements of a Fortnight ... Translated from the Unpublished Ms. by Constance Garnett. With...
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