ENGLAND AND ITS COLONIES. LABAT, François de,... Lot 5

[ENGLAND AND ITS COLONIES]. LABAT, François de, Chevalier de Vivens (1687-1780) Important autograph memoir on the policy of the English on the means of preventing their excessive influence in America (s.l.n.d) 15pp in-4. Numerous autograph erasures, annotations and corrections; England populates its colonies without depopulating. She transports there the bad doers whom she would also be obliged to cut off from society. It attracts Protestants who are persecuted in Germany ( ) ; Mémoire autographe sur les faits et les dits des notables de l'histoire Anglaise. (s.l.n.d [Clairac]) 39 pp in-8,. Numerous autograph erasures, annotations and corrections; Charles XII obliged the Emperor, while passing through Silesia, to restore one hundred and twenty-five churches to the Protestants of this Duchy. The Pope murmured, and spared no censure. Joseph replied that if the King of Sweden had proposed to become a Lutheran himself, he was not sure what would have happened ( ) . Noblesse, an English author makes judicious reflections on the French nobility. (s.l.n.d) 1p in-8. Autograph erasures, annotations and corrections; Le cardinal de Richelieu dit dans son testament politique que l'estat de droit d'attendre le service de la noblesse, en considération des privilèges dont elle jouit au-dessus du peuple. One can say to the letter adds the English author, that the French nobility sacrifices its life to its good and to its service ( ). Collection of fragments and miscellaneous thoughts, some of which are written in English. Approx. 20pp, various formats, (s.l.n.d [Clairac]. Numerous erasures, annotations and autograph corrections. - Set of memoirs & reflections concerning commerce in England & the colonies. Env 50 pp in-8, (slnd[Clairac]). Numerous autograph annotations, erasures and corrections. Sur les addictions, les faits singuliers par le commerce, calculs de dette nationale, projet de requête sur la taxe des gens, sur le commerce entre la France et l'Angleterre, sur l'impôt, l'intérêt de l'argent, privilèges des villes, fonds publics & dettes nationales, des fonds publics.