Question: How much did the munitions cost in "livres tournaises"?
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In early 1776, France set up a major program of aid to the Americans, and the Spanish secretly added funds.
Each country spent one million "livres tournaises" to buy munitions.
A dummy corporation run by Pierre Beaumarchais concealed their activities.
American rebels obtained some munitions through the Dutch Republic as well as French and Spanish ports in the West Indies.
 “The desire to make these books came in a moment when I didn’t have enough money to buy much material and paint in watercolours and oil.
I had nothing but recycled paper...
I tried to create something with almost nothing and the idea of torn paper came from it”.
Interview with Claude Hubert-Ganiyare, from La Joie par les livres, April 1991.
“People often use words as weapons and munitions.
(...) The style is a discipline which makes these arms fall to let the world express a precise thought through the simplest and most beautiful arrangement.
In fact, this definition could also be applied to images”.
Interview with Janine Kotwica in La Revue des Livres pour Enfants, April 2006 
One of the most baffling aspects to the study of Versailles is the cost – how much Louis XIV and his successors spent on Versailles.
Owing to the nature of the construction of Versailles and the evolution of the role of the palace, construction costs were essentially a private matter.
Initially, Versailles was planned to be an occasional residence for Louis XIV and was referred to as the "king's house" (La Varende, 1959).
Accordingly, much of the early funding for construction came from the king's own purse, funded by revenues received from his "appanage" as well as revenues from the province of New France (Canada), which, while part of France, was a private possession of the king and therefore exempt from the control of the Parliaments (Bluche, 1986; 1991; Chouquette, 1997).
Once Louis XIV embarked on his building campaigns, expenses for Versailles became more of a matter for public record, especially after Jean-Baptiste Colbert assumed the post of finance minister.
Expenditures on Versailles have been recorded in the compendium known as the "Comptes des bâtiments du roi sous le règne de Louis XIV" and which was edited and published in five volumes by Jules Guiffrey in the 19th century.
These volumes provide valuable archival material pursuant to the financial expenditures of all aspects of Versailles from the payments dispersed to artists to mole catchers (Guiffrey, 1880–1890).
To counter the costs of Versailles during the early years of Louis XIV's personal reign, Colbert decided that Versailles should be the "showcase" of France (Bluche, 1991).
Accordingly, all materials that went into the construction and decoration of Versailles were manufactured in France.
Even the mirrors used in the decoration of the Hall of Mirrors were made in France.
While Venice in the 17th century had the monopoly on the manufacture of mirrors, Colbert succeeded in enticing a number of artisans from Venice to make the mirrors for Versailles.
However, owing to Venetian proprietary claims on the technology of mirror manufacture, the Venetian government ordered the assassination of the artisans to keep the secrets proprietary to the Venetian Republic (Bluche, 1991).
To meet the demands for decorating and furnishing Versailles, Colbert nationalised the tapestry factory owned by the Gobelin family, to become the "Manufacture royale des Gobelins" (Bluche, 1991).
In 1667, the name of the enterprise was changed to the "Manufacture royale des Meubles de la Couronne".
The Gobelins were charged with all decoration needs of the palace, which was under the direction of Charles Le Brun (Bluche, 1991).
One of the most costly elements in the furnishing of the "Grands appartements" during the early years of the personal reign of Louis XIV was the silver furniture, which can be taken as a standard – with other criteria – for determining a plausible cost for Versailles.
The "Comptes" meticulously list the expenditures on the silver furniture – disbursements to artists, final payments, delivery – as well as descriptions and weight of items purchased.
Entries for 1681 and 1682 concerning the silver balustrade used in the "salon de Mercure" serve as an example:  Year 1681 II.
5 In anticipation: For the silver balustrade for the king's bedroom: 90,000 "livres"<br>II.
7 18 November to Sieur du Metz, 43,475 "livres" 5 sols for delivery to Sr. Lois and to Sr. de Villers for payment of 142,196 "livres" for the silver balustrade that they are making for the king's bedroom and 404 "livres" for tax: 48,861 "livres" 5 sol.<br>II.
15 16 June 1681 – 23 January 1682 to Sr. Lois and Sr. de Villers silversmiths on account for the silver balustrade that they are making for the king's use (four payments): 88,457 "livres" 5 sols.<br>II.
111 25 March – 18 April to Sr. Lois and Sr. de Villers silversmiths who are working on a silver balustrade for the king, for continued work (two payments): 40,000 "livres"  Year 1682 II.
129 21 March to Sr. Jehannot de Bartillay 4,970 "livres" 12 sols for the delivery to Sr. Lois and de Villers silversmiths for, with 136,457 "livres" 5 sol to one and 25,739 "livres" 10 sols to another, making the 38 balusters, 17 pilasters, the base and the cornice for the balustrade for the château of Versailles weighing 4,076 "marc" at the rate of 41 "livres" the "marc" including 41 "livres" 2 sols for tax: 4,970 "livres" 12 sols (Guiffrey, 1880–1890).
Accordingly, the silver balustrade, which contained in excess of one ton of silver, cost in excess of 560,000 "livres".
It is difficult – if not impossible – to give an accurate rate of exchange between 1682/82 and today.
However, Frances Buckland provides valuable information that provides an idea of the true cost of the expenditures at Versailles during the time of Louis XIV.
In 1679, Mme de Maintenon stated that the cost of providing light and food for twelve people for one day amounted to slightly more than 14 "livres" (Buckland, 1983).
In December, 1689, to defray the cost of the War of the League of Augsburg, Louis XIV ordered all the silver furniture and articles of silver at Versailles—including chamber pots—sent to the mint to be melted (Dangeau, 1854–1860).
Clearly, the silver furniture alone represented a significant outlay in the finances of Versailles.
While the decoration of the palace was costly, certain other costs were minimised.
For example, labour for construction was often low, due largely to the fact that the army during times of peace and during the winter, when wars were not waged, was pressed into action at Versailles.
Additionally, given the quality and uniqueness of the items produced at the Gobelins for use and display at Versailles, the palace served as a venue to showcase not only the success of Colbert's mercantilism, but also to display the finest that France could produce (Bluche, 1986, 1991). 
Saint-Livres (Or Saint Livers in English) is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. 
The report stated that ordinary revenues in France were exceeding expenditure by over 10 million livres.
The health of the accounts as reported in the Compte rendu boosted confidence among lenders and ordinary people, who saw Necker as a strong financial manager due to his prior experience as a banker; the report bolstered his reputation further.
As a consequence, the French government was able to raise new loans to pay for the costs of continued involvement in the American War of Independence.
However, Necker's reporting of the accounts obscured the financial problems which the country was facing: it did not report the extraordinary accounts, where the real cost of the war was to be found and which showed France in a significant deficit - between 1777 and 1781, Necker had raised 520 million livres in new loans.
Had these been reported, lenders would have been unlikely to continue to lend money for the war.