ARREST DU CONSEIL D'ETAT DU ROY, DU DIX-SEPT NOVEMBRE 1711. QUI ORDONNE QUE LES PROPRIETAIRES OU ADJUDICATAIRES DES CACAOS PROVENANS DES PRISES ARRIVÉES À NANTES, & QUI ONT ESTÉ DECLAREZ POUR ESTRE CONFOMMEZ DANS LE ROYAUME, SERONT TENUS DE PAYER LES DROITS DE QUINZE SOLS PAR LIVRE, ÉTABLIS PAR L'ARREST DU CONSEIL DU 12. MAY 1693. OUTRE LES DROITS LOCAUX QUI SERONT ACQUITTEZ À L'ORDINAIRE, &c [caption title]

[Paris, 1711. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Contemporary inscription. Minor foxing; light tanning at "spine" edge. Very good. A French royal decree, which confirms an earlier decree of May 12, 1693, ensuring that cocoa arriving from French colonies overseas and cocoa from non-French territories will pay equal duty. Not in Wroth or OCLC. 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). MAGGS, FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 75 (this copy). (Inventory #: WRCAM37434)