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- ↑ France (1836). Collection complète des lois, décrets d'intérêe général, traités internationaux, arrêtés, circulaires, instructions, etc (in French). Paris: Recueil Sirey.
- ↑ See (in French) Les modifications intérieures et extérieures du Premier Empire.