The establishment of the transatlantic Maritime Post Books especially in connection with the

especially in connection with the practice of amputation as a means of removing the local irritation thought to trigger the spasms — a method also discussed by Larrey

the company’s privileged rights granted in 1698

The pamphlet belongs to a series of writings in which Voltaire defended the reforms of Chancellor René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou (1714–1792)

In the preface he nevertheless referred to the “subtile Hand” of his wife

likely the son of Lyon printer Balthazar Arnoullet (1517-1556)

The establishment of the transatlantic Maritime Post Books especially in connection with theCharles Eugne Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries (1727 1801). Instruction pour la direction & rgie des paquebots tablis pour communiquer du Havre & de Bordeaux aux colonies franoises, aux isles de France & de Bourbon, aux Isles du Vent & sous le Vent, & les tats unies de lAmrique. Paris. Imprimerie Royale, 1787. 4. 12 pp. Modern paper wrappers. This pamphlet marks the establishment of the Maritime Post in the French colonies, including those in