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Denunciation of the Mint Director of Bordeaux
Rauzet, J.D. LHOSTE CITÉ, POUR SES LIBELLES, AU TRIBUNAL DE L'IMPARTIALITÉ. Bordeaux: Puynesge, n.d. [1796?]. 8vo, self-covered, stitched within later plain card covers. 8 pages. Very good. An exceptionally rare printed denunciation of Laurent-Bruno Lhoste, the Director of the Bordeaux mint, by one Rauzet, accusing Lhoste of involvement in the theft of a substantial amount of money from the mint in September 1793. The document includes detailed tables outlining Lhoste's debts and obligations, which are calculated to suggest a strong similarity between the amount owed and the amount stolen. Rauzet was, in turn, accused of slander and defamation by Lhoste.
Rauzet, J.D. LHOSTE CITÉ, POUR SES LIBELLES, AU TRIBUNAL DE L'IMPARTIALITÉ. Bordeaux: Puynesge, n.d. [1796?]. 8vo, self-covered, stitched within later plain card covers. 8 pages. Very good. An exceptionally rare printed denunciation of Laurent-Bruno Lhoste, the Director of the Bordeaux mint, by one Rauzet, accusing Lhoste of involvement in the theft of a substantial amount of money from the mint in September 1793. The document includes detailed tables outlining Lhoste's debts and obligations, which are calculated to suggest a strong similarity between the amount owed and the amount stolen. Rauzet was, in turn, accused of slander and defamation by Lhoste.