Le livre rouge, ou Liste des pensions secretes sur le trésor public, contenant les noms, les qualités des pensionnaires, l'état de leurs services, et des observations sur les motifs qui leur ont mérité leur traitement
Contributions
- Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Louis La Reynie de la Bruyère
- author
- De l'imprimerie royale (Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Louis La Reynie de la Bruyère)
- publisher
Related resources
- has translation
- The livre rouge, or Red book, being a list of secret pensions, paid out of the public treasure of France, and containing characters of the persons pensioned, anecdotes of their lives, an account of their services and observations tending to shew the reasons for which the pensions were granted translation has paratext
Notes
This is a parody of the official 'Livre rouge' using a false publisher. Each entry was followed by the author's observations on the character of the person receiving the pension. It reflected an outraged public opinion at the revelation of this extensive list of royal pensions during a time of acute financial crisis.
The official version, authorized by the finance minister Jacques Necker, was published by Baudouin.