Philadelphie [i.e. Paris]. 1778. 151pp. Half title. Original calf, leather label. Rubbed, hinges cracked but cords sound. Slight paper loss affecting part of the imprint, skillfully repaired. Overall good. The fourth edition of the "Way to Wealth" issued in France (the first was the preceding year). Besides the sayings of.....
Paris: Imprime par C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1827. [6],xvi,16pp., plus a [1]p. prospectus on a folio sheet laid in. Large folio. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers worn, torn along the spine. A few instances of foxing. Very good. From a printing of 200 copies. An elaborate oversized printing of a part of Franklin's.....
Paris. 1831. 122,[2]pp. 18mo. 19th-century half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands, leather label. Extremities a bit rubbed. Internally clean. Very good. Scarce French edition of Franklin's WAY TO WEALTH, first published in 1778 and reprinted many times. "Nouvelle edition, augmentee de notices et de reflexions sur.....
Paris. 1773. Two volumes. [4],xxiv,338; [4],xvi,318,[2]pp., plus twelve plates and frontispiece portrait. Quarto. Half titles. Contemporary mottled calf, spines elaborately gilt with raised bands, leather labels stamped in gilt. Minor wear to extremities, spine head of first volume a bit chipped at head of spine, light wear to joints. 19th-century.....
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[Paris: Marie Francois Drouhin, circa 1790]. Handcolored mezzotint portrait. Oval portrait, 10 x 8 1/4 inches on a 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inch sheet. Sheet lightly browned, more so around the edges. Overall, very good. Matted. An attractive mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin, with delicate contemporary coloring. The engraving.....
A Philadelphie; et se trouve à Paris.... 1783. [4],540pp. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt with leather label. Corners and hinges rubbed. Light foxing to outer leaves. Very good. The Franklin-inspired French edition of the constitutions of the original thirteen states of the newly created United States of America. Only.....
Paris. [ 1880s]. Title leaf plus 22pp., rectos only. Folio. Original printed boards. Some edge wear, rubbing, and soiling to boards. Minor foxing. Very good. A series of captioned cartoons illustrated by the artist, "Cham." The bored Parisian, wishing to see the world, goes to South America, and a series.....
[Paris. 1777]. 12pp. Later boards. Fine. An important document, establishing a general archive at Versailles for French colonial papers, including those relating to America.
[Paris]: De L'Imprimerie de P.J. Mariette, Imprimeur de la Police, [ 1729]. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Some light foxing and soiling. Contemporary inscription. Very good. This French Royal decree addresses goods smuggled from America, enjoining judges to be severe not only with smugglers, but with those who.....
Paris. 1719. 8pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor tanning. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree granting the right to farm taxes for the Compagnie des Indes to Armand Pillavoine for nine years. The "Fermes des Domaines d'Occident" levied dues within the French possessions in North America.....
[Paris. n.d., but 1671]. 3pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Some light foxing. Contemporary inscription. Very good. In an attempt to encourage the commerce of the early French colonies in the West Indies, this act declares that no export duty is to be charged on goods shipped to America.....
Paris: Par Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1681. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor soiling. Contemporary inscription. Fine. An early French decree relating to America, of particular importance for the French West Indies. An ongoing problem of the sugar colonies in the West Indies was feeding the slave work force.....
Paris. 1765. 3pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Some soiling and minor foxing. Light creases. Contemporary inscription. About very good. A French royal decree concerning the payment of bills of exchange for the French colonies of Louisiana, Saint- Domingue, Isle-Royale (today Cape Breton Island in Nova Scota) and Martinique.....
Paris: P.G. Simon, 1776. [3]pp. Quarto. Dbd. Light dampstaining to corners. Good. A scarce French law relating to port privileges for ships trading with the American colonies. Wroth locates two copies of the official royal printing, though neither he nor OCLC locate the present printing commissioned by the French legislature.....
[Paris. 1711]. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Contemporary inscription. Minor foxing; light tanning at "spine" edge. Very good. A French royal decree, which confirms an earlier decree of May 12, 1693, ensuring that cocoa arriving from French colonies overseas and cocoa from non-French territories will pay equal duty.....
Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1777. 10pp. Quarto. Sheets folded and gathered as issued. Very minor foxing. Fine. A French royal decree consisting of twenty-seven articles concerning the founding and operation of an archive in France solely devoted to collecting and preserving documents generated in the French colonies. "Copies of all.....
Paris. 1724. 7pp. Quarto. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree "concerning the customs declarations to be made by the ships le Bourbon, la Diane, l'Argonaute & l'Athalante, whose cargo included [pepper, wild cinnamon, aloes, rhubarb, and cotton and muslin fabrics] imported from the colonies" - Maggs.....
Paris. 1723. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Light dampstaining and soiling. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree pertaining to the rights of the Compagnie des Indes regarding taxes in New France. In 1721, the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized, after the Mississippi Bubble burst.....
Paris. 1725. 6pp. Quarto. Very minor foxing. Light soiling along spine edge. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French royal decree concerning the confiscation of a British vessel. "This decree confirms the confiscation of the British vessel Anne de Rodelan and her cargo, the property of and commanded by one Jacques.....
Paris. 1671 [but misdated 1571]. 4pp. on a folded folio sheet. Quarto. Lightly tanned. Horizontal crease in center of sheet; contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French royal decree, regulating duties on French goods bound for the French colonies in the West Indies. Wroth records only one copy, held in a......
Paris. 1671. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Light tanning and some soiling around edges. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree, regulating goods shipped by the West India Company. Wroth locates no copies, and neither does OCLC. Rare. From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie.....
Grasse. 1793. 3pp. Modern marbled wrappers. A fine copy. A decree of the National Convention repealing duties on colonial exports during the Revolutionary period.
London. [ 1791]. 84pp. [bound with:] LA CONSTITUTION FRANCOISE; PRESENTEE AU ROI PAR L'ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE, LE 3 SEPTEMBRE 1791. Paris [i.e. London]. 1791. 77pp. Contemporary paper backed marbled boards, printed paper spine label. Somewhat rubbed, later endpapers. Very good, untrimmed. Noted on the half title as the third edition of.....
[Paris]: Didot, 1790. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Minor soiling. Very good. Untrimmed. Brief work cautioning against too much freedom of trade with the East Indies. Three copies in OCLC, at the John Carter Brown Library, and the national libraries of France and Australia...
Paris. 1788. 103,[1],24pp. plus folding letterpress table. Quarto. Contemporary blue paper wrappers, stitched. Minor wear and soiling. Near fine. Memorial of the French East India Company, freshly reconstituted in 1785 after its liquidation in 1769. Twenty-four pages of tables provide a detailed accounting of the Compagnie's commercial activities from 1769.....
