ii. RAYMENT,
Robert.
The Income and expenditure of Great-Britain of the last seven years, examined and stated. By Robert Rayment.
London: printed for
J. Debrett,
1791.
First Edition. 58 leaves including the half-title (on which is the price,
five shillings), 10 folded charts.
Some words of text blocked out.
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iii. DÉMEUNIER,
Jean Nicolas.
Essai sur les États-Unis. Par M. Démeunier, secrétaire ordinaire de Monsieur, frère du Roi, & censeur royal. A
Paris: de l’imprimerie de
Laporte,
m. dcc. lxxxvi
. [1786.]
46 leaves, text in double columns.
Quérard II, 470.
Sabin 19477.
Faÿ page 22.
The
Avertissement on the verso of the first leaf reads:
Le Morceau qu’on imprime ici, forme l’article Etat-Unis dans l’Economie politique & la Diplomatique, partie de l’Encyclopédie
méthodique. On a cru qu’il seroit utile de le publier séparément.
Les articles auxquels renvoie ce morceau, se trouvent dans la partie de l’Encyclopédie méthodique, dont on vient de parler.
Jefferson is mentioned in the text in several places--on page 15 as a signer of the Declaration of Independence; on pages
57, 58 and 59 in connection with the slave question; on page 73 he is quoted on population where he is referred to as
Un homme qui nous a fourni avec une bonté extrême des notes de tous les genres pour la composition de ce morceau, M. Jefferson
. . .
This
Essai was recommended to Professor Ebeling by Jefferson in his manuscript article headed:
Notes on Professor Ebeling’s letter of July 30, 95:
“
. . . The article ‘Etats Unis de l’Amerique’ in the Dictionnaire d’Economie politique et diplomatique, de l’Encyclopedie Methodique.
this article occupies about 90. pages, is by De Meusnier, and his materials were worthy of confidence, except so far as they
were taken from the Abbe Raynal. against these effusions of an imagination in deliris it is presumed Professor Ebeling needs
not be put on his guard. the earlier editions of the Abbé Raynal’s work were equally bad as to both South & North America.
a gentleman however of perfect information as to South America undertook to reform that part of the work, and his changes
& additions were for the most part adopted by the Abbé in his latter editions. but the North-American part remains in it’s
original state of worthlessness.
”
Jean Nicolas Démeunier, 1751-1814, was secretary to Monsieur at the time of the Revolution. He was a deputé in the tiers état, a member of the Assemblée
Nationale, and held important positions.
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