ROYAL LOANS AND LOTTERIES. 2 Printed Documents: “Decree of t - Lot 326

ROYAL LOANS AND LOTTERIES. 2 Printed Documents: “Decree of the King’s Council of State, establishing treasurers-paymasters for the King in HOLLAND, responsible for paying bearer instruments for the various loans or lotteries specified therein,” dated May 10, 1786 - Printed, 6 pp., in-4°, in Paris, by the Royal Printing Office + LOAN EDICT 1787. “Report by Abbé TANDEAU on the Loan Edict recorded at the King’s session in Parliament on November 19, 1787: “..., it is only within the framework of the Estates-General that France, firmly grounded in its ancient foundations, can truly begin a new life...” “... The King issues five successive loans, namely, the first of 120 million for the year 1788,” the second of 90 million for 1789,...the fifth of 60 million for 1792. with the interest rate on the loan varying each year. – Unbound printed volume of 22 pp., in-4°, with a header band.