LIBRARY & PRINTING. 2 Printed: "Declaration of the KING, giv - Lot 106

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LIBRARY & PRINTING. 2 Printed: "Declaration of the KING, giv - Lot 106
LIBRARY & PRINTING. 2 Printed: "Declaration of the KING, given in Paris on May 12, 1717, forbidding the printing & selling of any Books, Libels, Memoirs or other works without permission." - Vignette of the DAUPHINY - Printed. in GRENOBLE, at the Palais chez Gaspard GIROUD, 10pp in-4° - Vignette & Lettrine - "The Kings our predecessors looked from all times, as one of the most important objects of the Police, the printing of the sale of Books, by means of which one can only too easily corrupt the morals of Peoples, defame the most respectable people, spread maxims contrary to the rights of the State & the interests of Religion..." + "MEMORANDUM for Charles OSMONT Père, Bookseller in PARIS, & Alexis de la ROUÊ Marchand Miroitier ordinaire du Roy et de la Reine, regarding the Extraordinary Proceedings by Commission du conseil against Charles OSMONT Fils Imprimeur rue St Jacques." - "Osmont has been found to have several Libels against Religion, State, morality, & public tranquility..." (circa 1727) - Printed at GONICHON, Pont Saint-Michel, at the Sacrifice of Abraham: 4pp gd in-folio.
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