— Second Memoire: Observations Sur Les Tables Des Prix Du Marc D'Argent, Et Les Valuations Monitaires Depuis L'Epoch de Saint Louis

Paris, L'Academie des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Authored anonymously, translated as "Second Memoir: Observations on the price tables of Marc D'Argent, and the monetary valuations since the epoch of Saint Louis." French language contribution to L'Academie des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres, with a sub-title atop odd-numbered pages, Memoires Presente par Divers Savants. Appears to have been published originally in 1842, and reprinted here perhaps a couple of decades later. Disbound from a larger volume, item housed in a plastic sleeve. Fine rag paper, only slightly toned, waffled, and with only faint sunning along edges, else quite fine. Measures 7 3/4" x 10". A Wikipedia entry about it says that The Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres was a French learned society founded in 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France, composed initially of "five humanists: Jean Chapelain, François Charpentier, Jacques Cassagne, Amable de Bourzeys, and Charles Perrault." The Academy published the journal from 1710-1843. 291-338 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good