Item #002290 l'Impot Des Gabelles En France Aux XVII et XVIII Siecles. J. Pasquier.
l'Impot Des Gabelles En France Aux XVII et XVIII Siecles

l'Impot Des Gabelles En France Aux XVII et XVIII Siecles

Geneva: Slatkine, 1978. Octavo. Item #002290

150(1)pp. A reprint of the 1905 edition. The gabelle was a very unpopular tax on salt in France. In the 14th century the gabelle denoted any tax on the sale of consumer goods; an ordinance of 1360 made it a permanent tax. In the 15th century the gabelle began to mean specifically the salt tax, that is, a tax on consumption of salt. The nobility, the clergy, and certain other privileged persons were exempted. The gabelle was abolished in March 1790 but soon became a tax again on salt in Britain and India, [Ency. Britannica] A fine copy bound in green pebble grained cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt. Small label removal mark to rear paste down.

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