ARREST DU CONSEIL D'ESTAT DU ROY, POUR LA PRISE DE POSSESSION DE LA FERME DES DOMAINES D'OCCIDENT, PAR LA COMPAGNIE DES INDIES, SOUS LE NOM D'ARMAND PILLAVOINE POUR NEUF ANNÉES, QUI COMMENCEMENT AU PREMIER JANVIER 1720. DU 26 OCTOBRE 1719

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8pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor tanning. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree granting the right to farm taxes for the Compagnie des Indes to Armand Pillavoine for nine years. The "Fermes des Domaines d'Occident" levied dues within the French possessions in North America, including taxes on wine, spirits, and tobacco within Canada and "Nouvelle France." Wroth lists only two copies, at the British Museum and NYPL; OCLC adds only one more, at the Toronto Public Library. Rare. From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne (1727-94), Minister of Louis XVI, Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française, Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry, which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution, despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 (presumably as an attempt to save his life). WROTH, ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 726. MAGGS, FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 146 (this copy). OCLC 63005995. N° de ref. del artículo WRCAM40664

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