Paris: J. Boudot, 1703. [8],52,[4],21,[1]pp. plus forty engraved plates. Titlepage vignette. Quarto. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine richly gilt, raised bands, gilt leather label, a.e.g. Spine rubbed with some gilt flaking, spine ends expertly repaired. Old stain in fore- and upper edge of text and plates. Some foxing. A good.....
Paris. 1786. [4],386,[6],83pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt. Hinges expertly repaired. Internally tight and very good. A long and comprehensive French language almanac of America, Asia, and Africa, and the European colonies there. Of special interest are several lists giving the names of the colonial administrators and military officers.....
Paris. 1784. [2],511,[1]pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, all edges stained red. Rebacked with original spine laid over. Bookplate on front pastedown. Light tanning, otherwise internally tight and very good. A long and comprehensive French language almanac of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the European colonies there, expanded from.....
London. 1808. 48pp. Contemporary stiff marbled wrappers, detached. Internally clean. Very good. An address by the Bishop of London - also the President of the Society for the Conversion and Religious Instruction and Education of the Negro Slaves in the British West India Islands - calling for the introduction of.....
Paris. 1818. [4],206,[1],3pp. Half title. Contemporary calf and paper-covered boards, spine gilt, leather labels. Extremities worn. Hinges cracked, slightly later bookplate on front pastedown, tanned, minor foxing. Very good. Survey of revolutionary movements in Haiti, Argentina and Venezuela. Includes a letter from Henry Brackenridge to President James Monroe (pp.25-142) and.....
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San Juan. 1913-1932. Nine separate titles, bound together. Individual details of each imprint are provided below. Half contemporary red calf and marbled boards, brown calf corners, spine gilt. Boards and spine worn, corners bumped, edges chipped. All pamphlets have front wrapper but lack rear wrapper. Most pamphlets have evidence of.....
Guayama, Puerto Rico. July 6, 1843. [1]p. Quarto. Old folds, a few short closed tears, minor wrinkling. About very good. A record of a slave sale in Puerto Rico during the late Spanish colonial period. The document records various expenditures for "Senora Dna Yrma de Gott" for the spring and.....
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Paris. 1787. Atlas volume plus text volume. [2],18pp. plus seven maps and charts (three double-page); [4],81,10pp. Large folio atlas in antique-style half calf and patterned boards, spine gilt, leather label. Light scattered foxing. Quarto text volume in contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, leather label, stamped with the arms of France.....
[Philadelphia. 1799]. [1]p. on a single folio sheet, text printed in three columns. Docketed in ink on the verso. Three horizontal folds. Some light edgewear, small separations at the edges of the folds, not affecting text. Very good. Rare congressional act extending the suspension of trade with France during the.....
Boston: Haytian Bureau of Emigration, 1861. 180,12pp. plus frontispiece portrait and colored folding map. 12mo. Original brown pebbled cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, spine gilt. Boards stained, soiled, and lightly worn, corners bumped. Moderate tanning throughout, uneven toning to upper margin of some leaves, occasional minor foxing, old tideline.....
Llanelli. 1891. 69pp., including eight plates. Original printed blue wrappers. Wrappers stained and soiled, two chips in spine. Internally clean and very good. An interesting and rare Welsh-language work on the status of Welsh missions in Jamaica, as well as a civil and religious history of the island. Specific attention.....
[Augsburg. ca. 1782]. Handcolored engraving, 11 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches. Some light soiling and tanning. Near fine. Matted. An attractive and well-preserved contemporary print by German engraver Johann Martin Will, with delicate hand-coloring, depicting the British and French fleets in combat formation during the Battle of the Saintes, also.....
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Paris: Chez l'Autheur, 1771. Copper engraved folding map, with original handcolored outlining. Sheet size: 20 1/2 x 26 inches. Contemporary paste paper boards, manuscript label on front board, partial manuscript on spine. Contemporary Latin manuscript waste used as pastedowns. Slight toning along fold lines, but overall a fine copy. The.....
London: H. Goreham, 1739. iv,63pp. Modern green half cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt. Bookplate of Alberto Parreño on front pastedown. Corners rubbed. Light toning and foxing, particularly to the last few leaves. About very good. A pamphlet from the controversy preceding the War of Jenkins' Ear. "By Benjamin Robins.....
Richmond. 1848. xv,[1],491pp. Original blindstamped brown cloth, spine gilt. Small chip at foot of spine. Slight stain on top edge of rear pages, else near fine. Includes chapters on the Norsemen, Columbus, Vespucci, De Soto, Cabot, and much, much more. Published for the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society.
Rotterdam. 1665. Engraved title, title-leaf, [32],583,[13]pp. plus three folding plates. Forty-four copper plate engravings. Quarto. Old vellum. Vellum dust soiled, small portion of spine lacking. Occasional light foxing or toning. Bottom margin of one folding plate trimmed, slightly affecting explanation. Another folding plate neatly detached. Overall a very nice copy.....
London. 1851. Two volumes bound in one. 464;iv,253-492pp. 12mo. Contemporary three quarter brown calf and boards, green gilt morocco label. Slightly rubbed. Minute toning. Contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper and at head of second titlepage. Very good. A later printing, after the first of 1843, of this amusing.....
London: Fielding and Walker, 1778. Two volumes. iv,596; 629,[1]pp., plus forty-six (of fifty- one) maps and plates (some folding). Quarto. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, rebacked to style. Some scattered foxing and offsetting from plates. Last leaf of first volume torn and repaired. Still, a good copy. A comprehensive.....
Paris. 1790. 23pp. Modern marbled wrappers. Fine. An important address by the Provincial Assembly of Saint Domingue to the National Assembly reflecting the influence of the fall of the Bastille in the colony and the general apprehension over the General (Colonial) Assembly's alignment with the Crown. Critical to an understanding.....
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[N.p., but probably Cap Français. Jan. 2, 1790]. 7pp. Loose sheets, stitching perished. Minor soiling. Very good plus. By the beginning of 1790 the arguments of the French Revolution were raising the issue of emancipation in Saint Domingue. This rare and interesting pamphlet argues against the emancipation of slaves there.....
[Cap Français, Saint Domingue]: Chez G. Decombaz et Compagnie, [ 1792]. 16pp. Quarto. Gathered sheets, unstitched. Light staining to first page, else clean. Very good. Untrimmed. Issued by French commissioners Mirbeck and Roume, dated March 10, 1792, this address invites the colonists to submit to the proper French authority that.....
Paris. [ 1790]. 48pp. Modern marbled wrappers. Light wear at extremities, else very good. Contains an important overview of the actions in the parishes of Port-au-Prince and Croix-des-Bouquets throughout the perilous situation of 1790, acquiescing to the mother country and declaring loyalty to the King. Announces the formation of parish.....
Port-au-Prince: chez Bourdon, Imprimeur du Roi & du conseil superieur de Saint-Domingue, May 21, 1790. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Minor wear and soiling. Very good. An edict issued by the Council of Saint Domingue at Port- au-Prince but lacking the ratification of the Royal governor or the.....
Paris. 1791. [2],48pp. Modern marbled wrappers. Fine. A compilation of communications between the National Assembly and Saint Domingue's General Assembly, regarding the revolutionary eruptions on the island. Notable for commentary on de Gouy d'Arsy's denunciation of the Minister of the Marine, M. de la Luzerne.
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[Cap-Français]. June 17, 1790. 8pp. on a folded sheet. Untrimmed and unopened. Fine. This pamphlet repudiates the secessionist assembly at St. Marc and declares that real authority resides solely with the King in France. The authors reiterate that St. Domingue is not a sovereign state but a colony of France.....
