Antoine-Joseph Dom PERNETY (1716-1801) abbot, chaplain of the Bougainville expedition, librarian of Frederick II, writer and illuminist. L.A.S. "L'abbé Pernetti" [to the Count of Caraman]; 2 1/2 pages in-4. Very interesting letter ..." work and salary are of absolute necessity for the people, but it is only a means to have bread which is the great object of the people and which will always be but I do not understand how the Languedoc which swarmed with poor people, even though they lived there for nothing, before the freedom of trade and the increase of the grains, can be today at its ease and have less poor people, the bread being more expensive than it was"... etc.
Estimate
€400 - €500
Result
€896
Buyer's premium
28%
Antoine-Joseph Dom PERNETY (1716-1801) abbot, chaplain of the Bougainville expedition, librarian of Frederick II, writer and illuminist. L.A.S. "L'abbé Pernetti" [to the Count of Caraman]; 2 1/2 pages in-4.
Very interesting letter ..." work and salary are of absolute necessity for the people, but it is only a means to have bread which is the great object of the people and which will always be but I do not understand how the Languedoc which swarmed with poor people, even though they lived there for nothing, before the freedom of trade and the increase of the grains, can be today at its ease and have less poor people, the bread being more expensive than it was"... etc.
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Monday 13 March 2023・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
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3, rue Favart
75002 Paris