State of the finances and resources of the French Republic, to the 1st of January 1796. Being a continuation of the reflections on the war, and of the cursory view of the assignats; and containing an answer to the picture of Europe, by Mr. de Calonne. Translated from the original French
London: printed for P. Elmsly, Strand; J. Debrett, Piccadilly; J. Edwards, Pall-Mall; J, De Boffe, Gerard-street, Soho; J. Owen, Piccadilly; J. Sewell, Cornhill; and Vernor and Hood, Birchin-lane, March, 1796. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 136; unbound, stitched, as issued; near fine. Inscribed at the top of the title page: "From the author." Francis D'Ivernois (1757-1842) was a political exile from France and a politician in Geneva. He wrote and was a diplomatic agent for the British cause against revolutionary France, and was knighted by George III in 1796. He was one of the two Genevan deputies at the Congress of Vienna (1814-15) and was instrumental in establishing Geneva as a Swiss Canton. Item #66654
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