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LE MOINE DE L'ESPINE, Jacques. Le negoce d'Amsterdam, ou traité de sa banque, de ses changes, des Compagnies Orientales, Occidentales. Amsterdam: Pierre Brunel, 1694. 8° (148 x 91mm.). 2 leaves of bookseller's catalogue after the preliminaries, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spine. An interesting work listing all the principal imports and exports of the various ports of Europe with observations on the ease or difficulty of trade with them, together with the differing systems of weights and measures. cf. Kress 1849 (listing a Dutch edition printed in the same year).
Edict et reglement faict par le roy sur le cours & prix des monnoyes, tant de France qu'estrangeres, Lyon: C. Larjot & J. Jullieron, 1636. 8° (160 x 103mm.), woodcut royal arms on title and numerous illustrations of coins in the text, with the final blank (lightly browned throughout), 18th-century marbled wrappers. Provenance: Kenneth K. Knight (sale Christie's, 31 October 1979, lot 227, both books). (2)
Edict et reglement faict par le roy sur le cours & prix des monnoyes, tant de France qu'estrangeres, Lyon: C. Larjot & J. Jullieron, 1636. 8° (160 x 103mm.), woodcut royal arms on title and numerous illustrations of coins in the text, with the final blank (lightly browned throughout), 18th-century marbled wrappers. Provenance: Kenneth K. Knight (sale Christie's, 31 October 1979, lot 227, both books). (2)
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