Pombal (Sebastiao José de, Marquis de) Estatutos dos Mercadores de Retalho, ?first edition, title with large woodcut arms of King Joseph I and woodcut initials, disbound, Lisbon, Miguel Rodrigues, 1757 § [Lainé (J.-H.-J.)] Rapport au Roi sur la Situation des Hospices, des Enfans Trouvés, des Aliénes, de la Mendicité et des Prisons, first edition, tables, original blue wrappers, printed paper label to upper cover, lightly soiled, spine faded, Paris, 1818 § Edit du Roy portant Augmentation des Droits du Papier Timbré..., title with woodcut royal arms, with final blank, bound with large broadside 'La Chambre des Comptes' 1749 and some contemporary manuscript leaves headed "Edits concernants le papier marqué le Tabellion et les Droits Notaires", soiled and stained, stitched, Chambery, Jaques Gorrin, 1742 § Lettres Curieuses touchant le Fils de la Marquise de Mailly de Neele, contemporary marbled wrappers, a little worn and frayed at edges, Paris, [c.1750] § Décret de la Convention Nationale, du 30 Octobre 1792, l'an Ier de la République Française. Prohibition de la sortie de toutes especes de viandes salées, No. 85, folded sheet, Bordeaux, Simon Lacourt, 1792; and 7 others, continental pamphlets and ephemera, including 2 Italian broadsides relating to Napoleon, folio & 4to (12)
⁂ The first is an interesting example of the economic reforms put in place by the Marquis de Pombal, in this case codifying national regulations affecting the retail trade, shopkeepers and merchants. The second item describes efforts to deal with increasing numbers of abandoned children.
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