Collection cinq cents de Colbert, 1577-1750.

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Collection cinq cents de Colbert, 1577-1750.

Includes selections from volumes 17, 45, 88-89, 126, 199, 203-04, 151, 291, 323-24, 334, 337-39, 341, 466-67, 470, 473, 476, 478, 483, and 497, relating in part to French maritime, commercial and diplomatic matters.

600 items.4 containers.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8232548

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Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, 1619-1683

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Colbert was the controller general of finance under King Louis XIV of France from 1665-1668. From the description of Memoires sur les ordonnances en général, [166-]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 71062398 Jean Baptiste Colbert served as the French minister of finance under King Louis XIV and achieved a reputation for his work of improving French manufacturing and bringing the economy back from bankruptcy. He created a favorable balance of trade and incr...