CALONNE, Charles-Alexandre; de. Memoire sur les Domaines du Roi.
1787
Folio. 280x215 mm. Pp. 37, 3 blanks. Very good condition.
Very rare first edition. Calonne's last official act in his office of Controleur general. This is the report given by Calonne in the fourth session of the Assembly des notables, Thursday 29 March 1787, the last one he attended. On April 10, Calonne was fired on the pretext of having sold the King's properties without his permission.
It appears, with the final addition "dont Elle est redevable a ses peuples", in the "Procès-Verbal de l'Assemblée de notables Tenue à Versailles, en l'année 1787", Imprimerie Royale, 1788, on pages 232-254, entitled “Memoires de la Troisieme Division. N. Ier. Memoire Sur les Domaines du Roi”.
Bound with:
[DUPONT DE NEMOURS, Pierre Samuel]. Observations sur l’alienation des domaines de la Couronne.
Manuscript, 1789 ca.
8vo. 210x164mm. 16 pages in 4 numbered bifoliums. Tiny italic written, sepia ink. Watermark: France lily surmounted by prince’s crown. Good condition.
Historical work that deals with the principle of inalienability of the King's properties. The Moulin edict signed in 1566 by King Charles IX, which established the inalienability of the "domaines de la couronne", its historical antecedents and its consequences is analysed. It appears as a study carried out in the context of the debate on the seizure of the assets of the nobility and the clergy in the first phase of the French revolution: the National Assembly establishes, with a decree of 19-21 December 789, the alienation of the assets of the crown and of the clergy.
The handwriting is very similar to that of Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, in 1789 President of the Constituent Assembly and supporter of the King.