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177745115Norwich CT 1777. 1st printing Bristol B4457; Shipton & Mooney 43243. Printed self-wrappers stitched. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning to paper. Abrasion to lower left of text block tips rounded. Very Good. 22 2 pp. 12mo: A - C4. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Early Colonial publication on the subject in which the author proclaims that the second coming of Christ "is nigh at hand even at the very Door and That it is very probable this glorious Day will begin or commence in America." RBH has no sale record for this work solely noting its inclusion in 'Evans' though technically it was not recorded by Evans being added by Bristol. OCLC records just 3 holding institutions: Yale AAS & the Library Co of Philadelphia. Rare. unknown books
1671WRCAM26670Paris 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 as long as the merchants bring back within six months certificates showing these have been landed in America. The certificates are to be signed by the "Sieur Pelissier l'un des Fermiers de Sa Majeste ou du Sieur du Ruau Palu Agent de la Compagnie de Indes Occidentales." This is a variant of Wroth 132 of which only one copy is known. OCLC locates just one copy at the University of Oxford. Rare. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 132 ref. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 25. OCLC 57209437. unknown books
1719WRCAM40664Paris 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 including taxes on wine spirits and tobacco within Canada and "Nouvelle France." Wroth lists only two copies at the British Museum and NYPL; OCLC adds only one more at the Toronto Public Library. Rare. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-94 Minister of Louis XVI Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 presumably as an attempt to save his life. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 726. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 146 this copy. OCLC 63005995. unknown books
17405230Augsburg: Tob. Conr. Lotter Sculps 1740. 56.5 x 49 cm. 22 x 19 inches. Second state with the addition of "Susquehanna" on that river. Elaborate cartouche in upper left corner contemporary color; in archival mat. Very slightly foxed else fine. <br/><br/> Tob. Conr. Lotter, Sculps unknown books
174236184London 1742. 6 works in one volume folio. 12 1/2 x 8 inches. Manuscript index. Contemporary English mottled calf expertly rebacked to style spine gilt with raised bands red morocco lettering piece.<br/> <br/>Provenance: Samuel Sandys 1st Baron Sandys 1695-1770<br/> <br/>An extraordinary sammelband of early 18th century Parliamentary reports and colonial laws relating principally to the English colonies in America including the first collected printing of colonial charters and an important early work on Georgia.<br/> <br/>1 Report from the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations . a Scheme for the Registering the Wool of Great Britain and Ireland. London: 1741 but 1742. 11 1pp. This Parliamentary report dated Feb. 12 1741-2 and issued under Walpole's administration details a fifty-point process for the licensing of wool from the moment of shearing in an attempt to reduce the smuggling of wool and the avoidance of export tariffs. ESTC T150068. 2 An Abridgement of Several Acts and Clauses of Acts of Parliament Relating to the Trade and Navigation of Great Britain to and from and in the British Plantations in America. London: John Baskett. 1739. Text in two columns. 44pp. Includes text from the Molasses Act of 1733 as well as other British Acts of Parliament relating to colonial trade the fisheries piracy and more from as early as 1660 to 1735. Sabin 80; ESTC T111534 recording only four copies in North America. 3 MARTYN Benjamin 1699-1763. An Account shewing the Progress of the Colony of Georgia in America from its First Establishment. London: 1741. 2 71 1pp. Ordered to be published by the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia this work -- the first history of the Colony of Georgia -- was issued as a Parliamentary paper ordered to be printed 26 February 1741. "While Martyn's two earlier pieces of 1732 his Some Account and New and Accurate Account were in the nature of prospectuses for the proposed colony of Georgia the Account shewing the Progress is a year by year record of happenings there preceded by a discussion of the charter and especially its reasons for the prohibition against Negroes. There is also much on the relations between Georgia and South Carolina. This is the first year by year account of the colony of Georgia." Streeter. A very few examples are extant with a map of Georgia inserted not present here and not present in either the Streeter or Siebert copies. Rare. Clark I:121; De Renne I pp. 90--91; European Americana 174/147; Howes M353; Sabin 45000; Siebert sale 573; Streeter sale 2:1145; Vail 411; ESTC T103222. 4 A List of Copies of Charters from the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations . Viz. Maryland . Connecticut . Rhode-Island . Pensylvania sic . Massachusets Bay . Georgia . London: 1741. 2; 12; 10; 14; 12; 21 1; 18pp. Text of the Maryland Charter in Latin. The first collected edition of American colonial charters issued as a Parliamentary paper and ordered to be printed 11 February 1741. ESTC notes two issues: the present with "John Clarke" on the last line of the first page of the Connecticut charter. Rare with only a single example in the auction records for the past half century. Rich I:15; Sabin 41430; Tower 8; ESTC T80993. 5 Acts of Assembly Made and Enacted in the Bermuda or Summer-Islands From 1690 to 1713-14. London: John Baskett 1719. 2 v 1 79 1pp. With separate title pages to each of the various sessions i.e. at pages 28 41 and 55. The first collected laws of Bermuda. Very rare with no examples in the auction records for the past half century. Sabin 4906; Tower 4; ESTC T145163. 6 Acts of Assembly Passed in the Island of Barbadoes; From 1717-18 to 1738 inclusive. Part II. London: John Baskett 1739. x 2 blank 315-484pp. Preceded by pp. 315-318 i.e. a supplement to Part I. The first part was separately published in 1721 and reissued in 1732 comprising the laws from 1648 to 1718. This second part recording the laws from 1717 to 138 also includes an abridgment of the previous Acts of Assembly in the rear. Sabin 3260; ESTC T19070. unknown books
