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Reorganization of the Mint during the French Revolution
France. LOI RELATIVE À L'ORGANISATION DES MONNOIES, & À LA SURVEILLANCE & VÉRIFICATION DU TRAVAIL DE LA FABRICATION DES ESPECES D'OR & D'ARGENT. Donnée à Paris, le 27 Mai 1791. A Beauvais, De l'Imprimerie de P. C. D. Desjardins, Imprimeur du Départment de l'Oise, 1792. 4to [24.5 by 19.5 cm], unbound folded signatures. 30 pages; woodcut headpiece. Signatures loose; two small perforations where previously sewn. Near fine. An important document, the first copy of which we have offered in many years. On September 11, 1790, the National Assembly appointed a seven-member committee charged with studying the laws of coinage. The present document discusses each of the primary mint positions, the qualifications for the offices, the chief job functions, and so on. Augustin Dupré (1748–1833), one of the most important engravers of French coins in modern history, submitted his ideas for a national coinage to the Comité des Monnoies de l'Assemblée Nationale, which adopted a number of them; on July 11, Dupré was named the 14th graveur général des monnaies. The process of reorganizing the French monetary system and mint was among the more onerous tasks facing the new government, and we can observe this process through these pages. Engel & Serrure (Supp.) 7867, citing a Le Mans, 1791 imprint. Ex Kolbe & Fanning 2017 New York Book Auction, lot 265 at $350 hammer.
France. LOI RELATIVE À L'ORGANISATION DES MONNOIES, & À LA SURVEILLANCE & VÉRIFICATION DU TRAVAIL DE LA FABRICATION DES ESPECES D'OR & D'ARGENT. Donnée à Paris, le 27 Mai 1791. A Beauvais, De l'Imprimerie de P. C. D. Desjardins, Imprimeur du Départment de l'Oise, 1792. 4to [24.5 by 19.5 cm], unbound folded signatures. 30 pages; woodcut headpiece. Signatures loose; two small perforations where previously sewn. Near fine. An important document, the first copy of which we have offered in many years. On September 11, 1790, the National Assembly appointed a seven-member committee charged with studying the laws of coinage. The present document discusses each of the primary mint positions, the qualifications for the offices, the chief job functions, and so on. Augustin Dupré (1748–1833), one of the most important engravers of French coins in modern history, submitted his ideas for a national coinage to the Comité des Monnoies de l'Assemblée Nationale, which adopted a number of them; on July 11, Dupré was named the 14th graveur général des monnaies. The process of reorganizing the French monetary system and mint was among the more onerous tasks facing the new government, and we can observe this process through these pages. Engel & Serrure (Supp.) 7867, citing a Le Mans, 1791 imprint. Ex Kolbe & Fanning 2017 New York Book Auction, lot 265 at $350 hammer.