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France. Good with no dust jacket. 1778. Ephemera. On offer is an excellent example of a land plan and description dating from April, 1778. The document consists of a detailed eight page description and a one page sketch map of the land plot in question. The pages detail an agreement between Pierre Alexandre de Sorbiers and Louis Antoine Bourdin. The document comprises eight pages of notes and one page depicting a map of the land being referenced. They are sewn together with a light twine and the map drawing is attached to it with twine as well. The document is titled: Tableau de Descriptions, [ ] et Observations Necessaires a l'Intelligence du Plan au Present Protes. [Translation: Verbal Table of descriptions, [] and observations necessary for the intelligence of the planto the present verbal report]. It is divided into 13 paragraphs, each lettered from A to N. There are cross-references in the text to various paragraphs. Our informal research has not been able to turn up any… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1785. Ephemera. On offer is an excellent French medical report that dates from pre-revolutionary France. The document is a Doctor’s record about a particular patient. The name Coulavoz is noted in two places, suggesting that this is the name of the patient. Context suggests that the patient is a woman. Je suis appele au mois d'avril dernier par elle. Dont je dirige la sante depuis quelque annees. Ce est sujet a une tour habituelle qui lui fait rejetter une pituite assez abondante... [Translation: I was called last April by her. I have been managing her health care for a few years now. It is subject to a habitual pattern that has her rejecting a rather large pituitary gland...]. The notes then go on to describe in great detail physical conditions and symptoms in the patient. For a historian, especially one looking at the extent of medical diagnostic skill and treatments in the later 18th century France, this doctor’s medical notes are a… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1786. Ephemera. On offer is is an excellent example of the types of decrees that were issued by Louis XVI’s Council of State in the late 18th century, immediately prior to the French Revolution. The document is dated December 13th, 1786, only 2ó years before the French Revolution. Up until that time, the Conseil d’Etat du Roi or King’s Council of State originated in the 13th century. It was the principal administrative body charged with the ruling of the country. It had 3 sections dealing with administration, finance and the overseeing of judgments. It was reorganized under Louis XIV, consolidating several ‘sub-councils’. From that time until the fall of the monarchy, it remained unchanged. The council ceased to operate with the overthrow of the monarchy. In 1799, the Council of State was re-established by the new government – The French Consulate, at the direction of Napoleon Bonaparte. It continues to this day as the… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1788. Ephemera. On offer is an interesting-piece of correspondence to a prominent French military officer in 1788, immediately preceding the French Revolution. The letter is a request from a person named Madame Mayade Chauvelin to an unnamed senior officer on the staff of Marshal Victor François de Broglie, 2nd Duke of Broglie. It is a request for the appointment of her son to his staff at Cavalry headquarters. ...vous m’aider permis Monsier de vous rapeller la demande que j'ai eu l'honneur de vous adresser pour que mon fils peut obternir l'avantage d'etre un des aides surnumeraire dans etat-major de la cavalierie gros camp... [Translation: ...permit me Monsier to remind you of the request that I had the honour to address to you that my son can obtain the advantage of being one of the additional aides in the staff of the main cavalry camp…]. At the time, Broglie had been given command of the troops assigned to operate… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1789. Ephemera. On offer is an excellent example of the type of legal discourse relating to commercial transactions in 18th century France. The letter was written by a lawyer named Belize, in Paris 1789, only a few months before the beginnings of the French Revolution. The recipient is not named. However, on the reverse, there is a list of names of those who apparently had an interest in this case and the recipient most likely was one of those persons. An excerpt of the document follows: Comme vous me aparutir fort effecte sur le compte du mal entendu d'affaire que subsiste entre M. Votre frere et M Nayat Procureur en cette ville et que vous desirater en Savoir par moi le fort et le foible, je vous dirai que j'ai tout vu avec soin et que je fais a Monsieur L'avocat du roi tout le bon droit possible mais commencons par vous remettre le fait sous les yeux. [Translation: As you appear to me very effective on the account of the misunderstanding of… Leer más

Paris, France. Good with no dust jacket. 1890. Ephemera. On offer is a fascinating Latin language academic report dating from Paris, France immediately prior to the Revolution From context, it is a report on the success of a student named Guilbert and his work in medicine. An excerpt of the report follows: Guilbert filium audivimus interrogavimus de materia medicinali sese demonstravit de hac parte magna cum sagacitate [] principies informatum prasertim de rebus chemicis. [Translation: Guilbert, the son we have heard, we asked about the matter, with a great keenness of the study of the arts of medicine and found expression [] Discourse deals with the principles and informed by the things of chemical matters]. The document is dated in Paris and bears five signatures suggesting that this may have been an oral examination. From the earliest days, and continuing up until the present, it is understood that it is not universities that determine whether or not a person earns a doctorate (PhD)… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1792. Ephemera. On offer is fascinating document from the early days of the French Revolution with a mysterious connection to Benjamin Franklin, one of the great Founders of the United States. The document relates to the forfeiture of an estate and its subsequent auction. It describes the steps taken by the local Directoire du District (District Executive Council) of the Department of Cher in central France to auction off a particular property. The President of the District Council at the time was Pierre-Antoine-Jean Remond. He had an interesting connection with Benjamin Franklin, which is described below. Following the French Revolution of 1789, there was a mass emigration of French nobles and members of the wealthy upper classes to neighbouring countries as wholesale bloodshed and terror spread across the country. However, by 1792, this emigration swelled to a tidal wave of thousands fleeing for their lives. In November, 1791, the French government… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1792. Ephemera. On offer is damaged document that connects directly with the Napoleonic Wars and France’s naval forces. This torn piece goes right through all four pages. The document is a legal decree regarding officers in the French Navy. It addressed the payments of allowances owed to them. The decree is numbered 1282 and was issued on May 1st, 1792 and notes that this was the 4th year of Liberty. At that time, Louis XVI was still King but the country was sliding inexorably into chaos. It was now ruled by a National Assembly and only a few months later, in January 1793, Louis would be executed by the mob. The French Navy suffered during the French Revolution. As a result of crushing national debts leading up to the Revolution, the Navy was already in a weakened state. The arrival of a revolutionary government did not help. There was a general suspicion of the mostly aristocratic officer corps and many were either summarily dismissed from service… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1792. Ephemera. On offer is a superb copy of the laws relating to the French national debt and the seizure of property of those French nobles who fled France to escape the guillotine. At the outset of the French Revolution, Frances national finances were in total disarray. The country had virtually bankrupted itself in the Seven Years War with Britain and with its participation in the American Revolution. Moreover, the French Royalty and nobility were a study in corruption and excess. Taxation only applied to the peasants. Making matters worse, levying taxes at a local level was controlled, not by the French government but by local boards who were very reluctant to impose more taxes on their already deeply-burdened local communities. It had to boil over at some point and that point came in 1789 with a full national revolution. The new republic still had the same financial mess on its hands. This document describes part of the efforts to deal with that… Leer más

Good with no dust jacket. 1793. Ephemera. On offer is a superb document issued two days following the creation of the notorious Committee of Public Safety which deliberately created the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. The Decree was published on April 8th, 1793, two days following the creation of the infamous Committee of Public Safety. It deals with the seizure of property, specifically mills and factories, that were owned by emigres, those French aristocrats who had fled France following the Revolution. This emigration created several problems for the Revolutionary government. There now existed outside of France and within the borders of her enemies, a very motivated group who were dedicated to the overthrow of the Revolution. Also, among other assets, the mills and factories that they owned were now idle, contributing to lost food production and jobs. The National Convention ordered that all emigres return to France. Failure to do so would result in being permanently… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1793. Ephemera. On offer is an excellent example of the legal bulletins that were published by the revolutionary government in the days of the French Revolution. The document is titled Bulletin Des Lois (Legal Bulletin) and is titled No. 59. It was published, according to the new French calendar, on 29 Fructidor Year 2 – Sept 15, 1793. This date corresponds to the beginning of the Reign of Terror – that period in the Revolution when a series of massacres swept across France and when the spectacle of endless public executions became a constant presence in virtually every city and town. This bulletin contains a summary of changes made to five different laws or regulations. One, for example, deals the responsibilities of agents of the government, Another deals with financial and insurance businesses. An excerpt follows: celui des membres de chaque comite civil des sections de Paris, qui, aux terms doit etre nomme pour exercer les functions… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1793. Ephemera. On offer is a fine example of a decree passed by the revolutionary government of France in the months preceding the Reign of Terror. The document is titled Decret de la Convention National. It is dated 23rd day of the first month of Year 2 which corresponds to October 14th, 1793. The decree, numbered 1718, lays out the law regarding divorce. An excerpt follows: qui authorise le conjoint demande en divorce a faire apposerles scelles sur les effects mobiliers de la communaute. [Translation: which authorizes the spouse petition for divorce to have affixed the seals on the household effects of the community]. The decree then goes on to specify the process: en formant une demande en divorce. S'il existe une communaute, le conjoint demandeur pourra faire apposer les scelles fur tous les meubles et effects mobiliers dependant de ladite. [Translation: by filing for divorce. If there is a community, the applicant spouse may have the seals… Leer más

France. Very Good. 1793. Ephemera. On offer is offer is a superb copy of the order that purged the French Navy of its officer corps in the days of the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution. This document is the order given to suppress the Navy. An excerpt of the document follows: Qui supprime le Corps et la denomination de l'administration civile de le Marine Le corps et la denomination de l'administration civile de la marine, ainsi que des differens grades qui y etoient precedemment etablis, font ey demeurent supprimes. [Translation: iWhich abolishes the Body and the designation of the civil administration of the Navy The body and the designation of the civil administration of the navy, as well as the different ranks which were previously established there, are and remain suppressed. ]... Les dispositions ci-dessus sont communes aux ingenieurs constucteurs. : ils cesseront egalement de saire corps. Ils auront le meme uniforme que les employes aux bureaux civile de la marine,… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1793. Ephemera. On offer is an excellent document that refers to one of the bloody massacres that occurred in the early days of the French Revolution and also has a connection to the American Revolution. The document is a decree issued by the new Revolutionary government. It is dated 15 Brumaire Year II using the French revolutionary calendar – November 5th 1793. This was about 11 months following the execution of the French King Louis XVI. The decree was a compensation order: Relatif aux Recompences et Indemnites des veuves et enfans pere et mere des Citoyens qui ont peri a la journee du Champs de Mars [Translation: Relative to the Recompenses and Indemnities of the widows and children father and mother of the Citizens who lost in the day of the Champs de Mars]. This refers to the event known as the Champs de Mars Massacre of July 17 1791. Louis XVI and his family had attempted to flee Paris and the Revolution but were captured and returned to the… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1793. Ephemera. On offer is a fascinating appeal from a German doctor living in revolutionary France to the Committee of General Security. The letter was written “ Year 2” of the new French Republic – 1793 by the Gregorian calendar. The letter appears to be a reference for another person, a Doctor Suiffert who is identified simply as ‘Saxon’. The writer’s name is not legible. The letter is addressed to the Committee of General Security. The Committee of General Security was a French parliamentary committee which acted as police agency during the French Revolution that, along with the Committee of Public Safety, oversaw the Reign of Terror. Designed to protect the Revolutionary Republic from its internal enemies. It supervised the local police committees in charge of investigating reports of treason, and was one of the agencies with authority to refer suspects to the Revolutionary Tribunal for trial and possible execution by… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1794. Ephemera. On offer is a fascinating piece of French revolutionary history a document detailing requisitions for the revolutionary army in 1794. The document is entitled: Extract des Register de directoire de département regard Seance Publique. [Translation: Extract from the Register from the departmental directorate regarding Public Meetings]. The document covers a number of different subjects, such as that which is shown in the excerpt below: Requisition de cent charrettes avec des ridelles attelages des trois chevaux ou mulets completement hazmachie et conduits par un charetier avec repaitition par districte. [Translation: Requirement for one hundred carts with sideboards and harnessing for three horses or mules completely [ ] and led by a cart driver. Preparation by district]. There are a number of other such notices included in the document. For example: je certifie que ce qualite de [ ] que le nomme Louis Sayerle s'est retire du convois pour… Leer más

Brittany, Morlaix, France. Fair with no dust jacket. 1796. Ephemera. On offer is an outstanding example of a French legal contract of the type used in property transactions during the days of the French Revolution. The document was drawn in 1796 by a man signed only as Barazer. He lives in Brittany and owns property in the former Commune of Ploujean, now part of Morlaix. He is a member of the Barazer family who hailed from Lanurien. Our informal research has not found any additional information about him. The contract is between Mr. Barazer and a husband and wife from Ploujean named Michel Cohannec and Marie Anne Pape. They were married in Ploujean on November 21, 1779. Marie Anne would die in November, 1798 while Michel would die in June, 1799. An excerpt of the contract follows: Je donne plein pouvoir et procuration au Citoyen Le Boussanse demeurant Morlais, Department du Finistere de pour moi et en mon nom tousfermer la Metairie Chuchuniou Bian moi appartenans dise en la Commune de… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1798. Ephemera. On offer is an interesting letter written to the French Minister of War during the French Revolution. The letter was written in March, 1798, using the new Revolutionary calendar dating style. It was addressed to the Minister of War who was, at the time, Barthélemy Schérer. Schérer had a long military career. Born in France, he first served in the Austrian army before returning home to join the French army. Five years later he left again, this time to join the Dutch Army. Several years later, he returned to France and reentered the French army. This time he stayed and built a career, rising to General and eventually commanding the Army of Italy. He was replaced by none other than Napoleon Bonaparte. His army instructions, drafted over the winter of 1795-1796, formed the basis of Bonaparte's system in 1796. Schérer served as French Minister of War from July 22, 1797 to February 21, 1799 During his tenure as… Leer más

Pas DE Calais, France. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1800. Ephemera. On offer is an interesting personal loan note drafted in Revolutionary France. The document is dated the 19th Prairial of Year IX which corresponds to June 7th, 1800. The document was drafted in the Department of Pas de Calais, in northern France and bears a stamp duty seal from that regional government. The parties to it are two individuals – Antoine Marechal and one Monsieur Enlart. Our informal research has not been able to find any additional information about either of these two men. An excerpt of the document follows: Je soussigne [] Antoine Marechal, cultivateur demeurant a [] receverais qu'apres avoir compte avec le citoyen Enlart [] des amenages de fermage que je luis doit compris la dernier term de mon exploitation echu le cinq messidor dernier... [Translation: I, the undersigned [] Antoine Marechal, farmer living at [] will receive after having taken into account with the citizen Enlart [] of the… Leer más

France. Good with no dust jacket. 1800. Ephemera. On offer is an extract from the Bulletin Des Lois (Legislative Bulletin) dated 12 Floreal An IX in the republican calendar for May 1st, 1800.This document is an extract, possible from a large ledger. The document is titled Regie De L’Enregistrement Et Du Domaine National – National Registry and subtitled Fixation et Distribution de la Remise Generale de l'an IX - Determination and Distribution of the Year IX General Rebate. The French Revolution completely upended the French taxation system. The French revolutionary government took control of the right to impose taxes and established an entire new system. That system included taxation levels and an entire system of rebates. This piece documents the rebates that will be paid out to various ‘classes’ or groups of citizens. For a finance or accounting professional, this would make a truly beautiful piece to hand on an office wall. The single ‘page’ is… Leer más