Paris. 1724. 3pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree guaranteeing the life annuities of the Compagnie des Indes. Wroth locates one copy, at NYPL; OCLC adds two more, at Harvard and the John Carter Brown Library. Rare. From the library.....
Paris. 1723. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French royal decree calling for an assembly to elect trustees for the Compagnie des Indes. In 1721, the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized, after the Mississippi Bubble burst. Wroth records only the.....
Paris. 1723. 7pp. Quarto, printed on folded folio sheets, unstitched as issued. Mild toning at left edge of titlepage; minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree "concerning the coffee monopoly of the Compagnie des Indes" - Maggs. Wroth cites only the copy, at NYPL; OCLC adds only.....
Paris. 1720. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree concerning oversight of the shareholders in the Compagnie des Indes. In 1719, John Law's Compagnie d'Occident absorbed several other entities to become the present Compagnie des Indes. There was a considerable.....
Paris. 1723. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree "appointing special commissioners to hear the many cases concerning shares in the Compagnie des Indes" - Maggs. In 1721, the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized, after the Mississippi Bubble.....
Paris. 1731. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Several small worm holes, not affecting text. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree regarding obligations of the shareholders in the former Compagnie des Indes Orientales with regard to the new Compagnie d'Occident. Not in Wroth; OCLC locates one copy at.....
Paris. 1723. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor dampstaining to lower corner. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French royal decree ordering that the appointment of officers in the Compagnie des Indes not be subject to objection or opposition. "The point made by this decree was already made.....
Paris. 1723. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor soiling on first page. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree concerning an earlier Arrest: "Instituting a safe deposit where holders may leave shares rather than run the risk of loss or theft by keeping them in their houses.....
Paris. 1719. 7pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree eliminating the tariffs on several items. "This decree abolishes the duty on olive, sweet almond, nut and fish oils, on fish itself and on playing cards" - Maggs. It also alters.....
Paris. Sept. 21, 1786. 6,[1]pp. Quarto. Dbd. Minor dampstaining at top of leaves. Slight toning. Very good. An arrêt from the royal council awarding a contract extension to the Compagnie des Indes, including a grant for forty million francs. Interestingly, this document includes a sheet of "portion d'intéret" coupons as.....
Paris: Chez la Veuve François Muguet & Hubert Muguet, 1712. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. Royal decree by Louis XIV allowing the rights to a tenth of the value of all prizes captured, usually allowed to the Admiral of France, to the.....
Paris. 1725. 12pp. Quarto. Unbound folded sheets. Minor foxing. Light soiling along spine edge. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree releasing the Compagnie from some of its debts, an important step in its reorganization. In 1721 the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized, after the Mississippi Bubble.....
Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1729. 20pp. Quarto. Contemporary inscription. Very minor foxing. Fine. A very rare decree confirming the privileges of the Compagnie des Indes. This Arrest was "prompted by the unloading from a Dutch boat coming from Alexandria and the public sale in Dunkirk, a free port, of a......
Paris. 1869. viii,334pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. Wrappers and spine chipped, front wrapper detached, 20th-century bookplate on verso of front wrapper, light occasional foxing. Good. A unique association copy of Louis Philippe d'Orléans' work in favor of trade unions, inscribed by him to former Union General George B. McClellan. Prince Philippe.....
Paris: Librairie Phalansterienne, 1854. [4],190,[2],191-194,4pp. plus two folding maps. Original printed wrappers. Approximately half of spine paper perished, neatly conserved in matching paper. Old French library stamp on titlepage. Moderate foxing. Overall very good. In a cloth chemise and half green morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. The rare.....
Madrid. 1836. [6],260pp. Contemporary green morocco, stamped in blind and gilt, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g. Extremities rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown; contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Internally quite clean. Very good. Second edition. The collected constitutions of France, Belgium, Portugal, Brazil, the United States, and the liberal 1812.....
London. 1835. iv,319pp. including errata slip pasted to verso of Preface leaf. Contemporary three-quarter calf and cloth, spine gilt. Leather label lacking. Spine and edges noticeably worn. Contemporary library bookplate on the front pastedown, a clean copy. Very good. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to His Royal Highness, Prince.....
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[New York: Nathaniel Currier, 1856]. Broadside, 10 x 13 inches. Foxed, bottom right corner chipped, lower margin trimmed, costing the title. Good only. Framed under glass. A scarce political cartoon regarding the controversial Ostend Manifesto, the initially-secret attempt by the United States to purchase Spanish-controlled Cuba. Earlier, President Franklin Pierce.....
Paris: Pierre Rocolet, 1644. [6],1414pp. plus engraved titlepage. Large folio. Contemporary calf, gilt. Hinges partially cracked, head and foot of spine chipped, corners bumped. Minor scattered foxing and soiling. About very good, handsome withal. Extensive geographical and historical compendium written by Pierre D'Avity (1573-1635), first published in Paris in 1613.....
Paris: Susse Freres, 1839. [4],79pp. plus six lithographed plates. Half title. Contemporary black and grey paper-covered boards, green spine label lettered in manuscript. Extremities a bit worn. Occasional mild foxing, with the contemporary ownership signature of Ed Hagenbach, presumably the noted Swiss physician and chemist. Very good. The rare first.....
Napoleonville: Imprimerie du Pionnier de L'Assomption, 1859. 32pp. In French and English. Original printed wrappers. Some light soiling, staining, and edge wear to the wrappers. Moderate foxing. Very good. An uncommon work printed in the small village of Napoleonville, about seventy miles west of New Orleans. The text contains a......
Boston. 1844. 64pp. printed in double-column format. Original printed wrappers. Some marginal darkening to wraps. Some scattered dust soiling. Very small discreet library stamp on upper right corner of front wrapper. Small nick to lower margin of back wrapper. Else a very good copy. Derby, a well-known Masachusetts financier, travelled.....
Boston: J.K. Wiggin and Wm. Parsons Lunt, 1868. xvi,[2],176pp. Half title. Contemporary three-quarter straight-grained morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Front hinge cracked, worn at extremities, spine ends, and along spine. Bookplates on front and rear pastedowns. Very clean internally and very good overall. A presentation copy, inscribed to Henry.....
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Paris. March 28 - April 8, 1858. [122]pp. Folio. Original paper wrappers. Minor chipping to edge of wrappers. Internally clean. Very good plus. Notarized accounting of the trust fund given by the Baron Saillard to his step-brother, Henry, a Midshipman First Class. The whole of the account has been notarized.....
New York: Charles Wiley, 1824. [4],305pp. 12mo. Original paperboards, paper label. Boards soiled, loose, with loss to lower spine. Contemporary ownership signature of W.R. Boggs on several pages. Light toning and foxing. Fair. English edition of the life of the Marquis de Lafayette. This copy owned by William Robertson Boggs.....
