Paris. 1829. Two volumes. [4],344; [4],384pp. Half title in both volumes. Slightly later paneled calf, gilt leather labels, gilt inner dentelles. Shelfworn, and rubbed along joints. Bookplate on rear pastedown of both volumes. Some soiling and wrinkling to text. Good. An early separate edition of this famous epic depiction of.....
Fort Wayne: News Print, [ 1875]. 44pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Minute soiling on covers. Near fine. Self-styled second edition. A humorous tale of a most unusual Atlantic crossing. "Curious work..." - Eberstadt. Rare. OCLC locates only two copies.
Paris: Chez Buisson, 1790. Two volumes. 254; 251pp. Original wrappers, paper labels. Stain near foredge of pp.241-254 of first volume. Otherwise remarkably clean and tight. In a board box. The first publicly available and comprehensive edition, after the privately printed components of 1778. Issued in the same year as the.....
Boston. 1809. 60pp. Modern three quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Hinges reinforced. Lightly tanned, a few creases. Very good. Stephen Clubb, born in England and not a naturalized citizen of the United States, was second mate on the American ship, Hyades, when he was arrested in January 1808.....
Philadelphia. 1796. 78pp. Dbd. Foxed titlepage. Good. Cobbett lashes out at the representative of the French Directorate.
Paris. 1730. 8pp. Quarto. Very minor foxing. Light soiling along spine edge on last page; small separation along bottom of spine. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree exempting coffee from being taxed. "By this decree coffee, of which the Compagnie des Indes enjoys the monopoly, is exempt from.....
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[Paris. 1826 (i.e. 1804)]. Line engraving, approximately 10 1/4 x 14 inches. Matted. A few small chips and very short closed tears at edges. Numbered twice in pencil at upper left corner. Light dust soiling and dampstaining. About very good. From the atlas of Collot's famous VOYAGE DANS L'AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE........
[Paris. 1804 (but issued in 1826)]. Four engraved plates of varying lengths, all 11 1/2 inches in height. Previously folded, backed on linen. Two plates edged with cloth tape. Linen backing slightly frayed in places, a few corners worn. Pencil annotations and small numbering labels. Light dust soiling and dampstaining.....
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[Paris. 1826 (i.e., 1804)]. Line engraving, approximately 10 1/4 x 14 inches. Matted. A few small chips and very short closed tears at edges. Small numbered label at lower left corner, later pencil annotations on blank verso. Light dampstaining and foxing. Good plus. From the atlas of Collot's famous VOYAGE.....
![INDIAN OF THE NATION OF THE KASKASKIA [caption title]. Georges Henri Victor Collot](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM52521.jpg?v=1593711842)
[Paris. 1826 (i.e., 1804)]. Line engraving, approximately 14 x 10 1/4 inches. Matted. A few small chips and very short closed tears at edges. Small numbered label at upper left corner, later pencil annotations on blank verso. Light dampstaining and foxing. Good plus. From the atlas of Collot's famous VOYAGE.....
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[Paris. 1826 (i.e., 1804)]. Line engraving, approximately 14 x 10 1/4 inches. Matted. A few small chips and very short closed tears at edges. Small numbered label at upper left corner, later pencil annotations on blank verso. Light dampstaining at corners, not affecting image, some foxing. Good plus. Depicting a......
[Paris. 1804 (but distributed in 1826)]. Engraved map, approximately 13 x 37 inches. Matted. Old fold lines. Scattered foxing, mostly in margins and along uppermost fold. Very good. A long and highly detailed map of the course of the Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico from.....
[Turin. ca. 1873]. [12]pp. Original front printed wrapper, rear wrapper lacking. Contemporary manuscript notes on front wrapper. Old institutional stamp at head of front wrapper. Very good. From an edition limited to one hundred copies. A facsimile of the Columbus letter from the first Paris edition printed by Guyot Marchand.....
Paris. 1773. 4pp. Quarto bifolium. Light stain, else good. Relates to various problems and disturbances in the port of Marseilles, including fraud in the tobacco tax and trade. Not in Wroth.
Versailles. 1775. 8pp. Quarto. Printed self-wrappers. Fine. An important treaty between France and Spain, with significant ramifications for their colonial holdings in America. Herein Vergennes and the Conde d'Aranda further define commercial arrangements between the two countries in an attempt to control contraband. This had special impact for the Caribbean.....
Paris. 1719. 3pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Some very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree concerning shares in the Compagnie d'Occident. "Apparently a variant issue to Wroth 685, of which only the one copy in the British Museum is known and which seems to bear.....
Paris. 1719. [5]-10pp. Quarto. Horizontal crease in center of item. Trimmed around the edges. Repairs to top corner of last leaf; last leaf lightly soiled. Contemporary inscription on first page. Possibly lacking a titlepage and preliminary leaf, based on pagination and signatures. Still, very good. A French royal decree merging.....
Paris. 1718. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree regarding stock in the Compagnie d'Occident. This is the beginning of the end for the Compagnie d'Occident, as the Mississippi Bubble begins to burst. "A variant and unrecorded issue of Wroth 654" - Maggs.....
Paris. 1717. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Minor foxing; lightly tanned at edge. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne (1727-94), Minister of Louis XVI, Archibishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the.....
Paris. 1724. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French law granting the exclusive right to organize lotteries to the speculative "Compagnie des Indes," France's leading West Indian commercial concern. Not in Wroth; OCLC locates only two copies, at Yale and the.....
Paris. 1727. 3pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Lightly tanned. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree "concerning loans made on the Company's shares" (Maggs). In 1721 the Compagnie declared bankruptcy and was reorganized, after the Mississippi Bubble burst. Not in Wroth. OCLC locates only one copy at.....
Paris. 1729. 3pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French royal decree concerning life annuities in the Compagnie des Indes. Good evidence of French administration of speculative ventures in the West Indies. Wroth lists only one copy, at Harvard; OCLC locates no.....
Paris. 1722. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French royal decree concerning life annuities in the Compagnie des Indes. The previous year, the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized, after the Mississippi Bubble burst. Wroth records only one copy, at NYPL;.....
Paris. 1727. 8pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Light soiling along spine edge; minor dampstaining along bottom edge. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree establishing two offices to control the inspection of goods from the Compagnie des Indes. "The Compagnie des Indes flourished from.....
Paris. 1722. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree giving to the Compagnie des Indies, in perpetuity, the forts and trading posts which they established off the coast of Guinea. The previous year, after the Mississippi Bubble burst, the Compagnie.....
