Law (John)

Lettres Patentes du Roy. Donnees a Paris au mois d'Aout 1717. Portant etablissement d'une Compagnie de Commerce, sous le Nom de Compagnie d'Occident ou la Louisianne, pp.[2], 30, ink library stamp to G1, [not in Sabin; see Goldsmiths 5351 and 5352 for similar works], 4to, Grenoble, Au Palais. Ches Gaspard Giroud, [1717].

***Very rare French Royal edict establishing John Law's Compagnie d'Occident (later amalgamated to become John Law's Mississippi Company) and granting it exclusive rights of trade with the French colonies in America.

Provenance: Bibl. Dioces de Sc Relig. Valence (ink stamp).