Coster - Collection Of Texts On The Economy In Lorraine In The 18th Century. Published In Nancy In 1760

COSTER (Joseph François) - The commercial Lorraine, speech which won the science prize in the judgment of Mrs of the Royal Society of Sciences and Belles-Lettres of Nancy. Eulogy of Charles III known as the great, Duke of Lorraine, Marchis, Duke of Calabria, Bar, Guelders, &c. &vs. &vs. Speech delivered by Mr. Coster on May 8, 1765, the day of his reception at the Royal Academy of Sciences and Belles Lettres in Nancy. Praise of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, speech. The Central School, considered in its object and in its means. Observations of the Central School of the department of Meurthe, on the report and draft law on public education, presented to the Council of State, interior section by Citizen J.-A. Chaptal, advisor to State. Speech delivered in the presence of civil and military authorities…. Nancy, Frankfurt, Paris, Chez Leseure, Brunet, Vigneulle, Haener, 1760-1789; in-8, 16 + 3 plates including two folding sheets + 72 + frontispiece + II + 73 + VIII + 24 + 64 + 36 + 30 + 30 pp., period cardboard covered with marbled paper, smooth spine. Favier 3785, Noël 2314. Favier 8042, Noël 4691. Favier 545, Noël 2125. Favier 5342, Noël 4680. Favier 9910, Noël 4700. Favier 5195, Noël 4756. Favier 5199. Favier 5204, Noël 4756. Collection of the works of François -Joseph Coster preceded by the Eulogy of M. Coster by M. Blau published in Nancy by Grimblot, Thomas and Raybois in 1838. Joseph François (1729-1813), trained in the business world, preferred law and letters: member from the Academy of Nancy (1765), mayor of the city, professor of history at the Ecole Centrale de la Meurthe (1796), principal at the Lycée de Lyon (1803-1805), he ended his career in Nancy. This collection includes Chaptal's response to the creation of the École centrale de la Meurthe. The author comes from a family of traders and shows a lot of interest in economics. His text on Colbert was published in Paris, the eulogy of Charles III was published in Frankfurt and contains his frontispiece. Collection of rare and most representative texts by Joseph-François Coster. The work begins with the Éloge de M. Coster by Blau, published in Nancy in 1838.