1680 1st ed King Louis XIV LAW France SALT Taxes

1680 1st ed King Louis XIV LAW France SALT Taxes Tariffs Trade Smugglers PARIS

“There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.”

― King Louis XIV of France

The “Ordonnances de Louis XIV” was the official orders on taxes and other international tariffs. This 1680 edition includes everything on the salt-tax, ordinances to regulate consumption and sale of salt as well as the punishments for salt smugglers. In fact, there was no other book written that was as complete or thorough on all salt-related taxes and laws during 17th- and 18th-century France.

Item number: #16432

Price: $599

France

Ordonnances de Louis XIV, roy de France et de Navarre, sur le fait des gabelles & des aydes. DonneÌes aÌ€ S. Germain en Laye aux mois de may & iuin 1680. RegistreÌes en la Cour des aydes les 11. may & 21. juin 1680.

Paris, De l'impr. de F. Muguet, imprimeur ordinaire du Roy, 1680. First edition.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

163, [5]

Language: French

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~5.25in X 3.25in (13.5cm x 8cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent