SEINE & OISE - Germain GARNIER (Auxerre/Yonne 1754 - 182 - Lot 452

SEINE & OISE - Germain GARNIER (Auxerre/Yonne 1754 - 1821) French economist, Minister; Emigrated 1792-1795; Prefect of SEINE & OISE; Senator; Comte de l'Empire et Pair de France - Correspondence of 9 autograph Letters signed to his friend Citoyen AGASSE Imprimeur, Libraire rue des Poitevins n°18 à PARIS, from L'An 10 (1802) à 1809, format in-4°- Text about economic works, translation by Ad. SMITH "La Richesse des Nations", "Théorie des Banques d'Escompte - Paris 1806" and corrections to prefaces by Racine and Voltaire - For extract: Versailles, 21 Germinal an 10 on his letterhead as Prefect of Seine & Oise "...Dès le 13, mon Cher Ami, j'ai reçu des lettres de remerciements des 2° et 3° Consuls. I had previously received one from the Minister of the Interior, and have since received one from the Minister of Justice. As for individuals, Madame de STAEL is the only one who has thanked me for her copy... LACÉPÈDE did not let me know if he would present the work to the Institute..." - Versailles 22 Brumaire an 10 "...My good friend, I have received a letter from Citizen SAINT-AUBIN, urging me to send him the Table du Prix des Grains which I have enclosed with my translation of SMITH. I would very much like to give him this pleasure; the way in which he has given an account of my preface deserves some gratitude on my part..." - Paris, January 31 1806 "...Yesterday, I took the opportunity to speak to the new Director of Amortissement and to join Mr. MARET and Mr. François DE NEUFCHATEAU for our friend GEOFFROI..." - Paris, March 15, 1806 "...I wish, my friend, that there be no other title than: "Théorie des Banques d'Escompte - Paris janvier 1806".