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1794354283Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine 1794. 8pp. Dbd. Contemporary ownership signature on titlepage and manuscript notes on final leaf. Very good. 8pp. Dbd. This copy bears the ownership signature of noted New York jurist and legal scholar James Kent who ran for Congress from New York in 1793 but was defeated by his brother-in-law Theodorus Bailey. He would go on to a distinguished career as a judge on the Chancery court and as an author of legal commentaries. At the conclusion of the text is a manuscript note:<br /> "Mr. Wadsworth stated in the House of Representatives the 19th May 1794 that within the last six months American vessels & property had been captured by the British Privateer in the W. Indies to the extent of one million of dollars - & that other nations had seized American property to ½ mil. dol. & that the total loss to our commerce was 1½ mil. dol."<br /> In this report to President Washington the new Secretary of State Edmund Randolph details the depredations against American shipping caused by the powers involved in the French Revolutionary Wars. He quotes from a study by the "committee of Philadelphia" on the interference with American trade by the British French Spanish and Dutch and summarizes the methods used by those countries. The British impress American sailors into service the French are embargoing American goods etc. He makes no recommendations as to an appropriate response.<br /> OCLC locates four copies. Scarce. EVANS 27917. OCLC 8090321 Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine unknown
176428707Paris: Aux dépens de la Compagnie 1764. 1 vols. 12mo. 19th century marbled boards paper manuscript label. Blanks at front and back removed marginal repair to title some soiling at front and back else very good with the signature of La marquise des Armoises d'espineaux with the 1765 date throughout. 1 vols. 12mo. Not in Kress Aux dépens de la Compagnie unknown
1701100900<p>Grenoble Alexandre Giroud 1701. 4to. 8pp. <br /><br />Reminder of the rules and regulations relevant to the printing trade given in VIII articles.</p>
1800100005<p>1800. Small card on normal paper measuring c. 10 x 7 cm. for this dealer in mirrors from Aachen. Text in French and German in a decorative border. No date late 18th/early 19th century</p>
180074375Lewiston ME: A. Thompson 1800. Large business card measuring 4 7/8 x 3 1/2 inches. Printed on pink paper it advertises Pitcher and E. E. Pomeroy a jeweler both of Lewiston. There is a window on the right and there is another card attached via a brad on the back of the pink card. Above the window we read "Our Next President" and below we read "If Not Your Choice Turn the Bottom Card Around." A portrait of Jas. A. Garfield is in the window but if one turns the rear card around the portrait is of his adversary W. S. Hancock. There are further printed ads on the rear card. Some aging but a very good example of this clever form of advertising. A. Thompson unknown
1775100006<p>1775. Small card c. 6 x 9cm. Text in Dutch in a decorative border with handwritten note at the bottom. A couple of small pinholes at the top. De Ruth will teach a.o. French and will lodge people.</p>
1800100009<p>1800. Card c. 16 x 95 cm. Text in Dutch within a decorative border. It seems that there were more cards printed on the same sheet as the border at the bottom is different and the ones at the sides seem to continue.</p>
1780100008<p>1780. Card 145 x 10cm. Text in French in various types within a decorative border. No date. Besides tissues and silk Zambra also sells perfume & Chocolate.</p>
17781076London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan. 1778. First edition. Folio 32 x 20cm. Unbound. 2 1007-1012. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page decorative woodcut initial to the first text page text in black letter. A very good copy with just a little toning slight separation and minor wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An act restoring Ireland's ability to export goods directly to the colonies in the Americas and Africa issued in the context of the American Revolutionary War and amending what became known as the Navigation Acts. Restricting the freedoms of Britain's colonies with regard to the import and export of goods the Navigation Acts had been a significant factor in fermenting rebellious discontent in America - requiring all of a colony's imports to be either bought from Britain or resold by British merchants in Britain regardless of the price obtainable elsewhere. The acts were also resented in Ireland and damaged its economy as they permitted the importation of English goods into Ireland tariff-free and simultaneously imposed tariffs on Irish exports travelling in the opposite direction. The present act removing some of these barriers demonstrates the changing nature of British mercantilism as the American Revolution progressed. London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan. unknown
17913649Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1791. First edition. Bound in later hardpaper boards covered with pastepaper spine with red gilt leather title vignette. Untrimmed. Paper tanned. Otherwise in very good condition. First edition. Bound in later hardpaper boards covered with pastepaper spine with red gilt leather title vignette. 18 2 blank p. <p><br /> Official report on the 1786 “Commission de Tabago†an extraordinary tribunal established to examine debts between British creditors and settlers after the French conquest of the island.<br /> <p><p><br /> First edition of the National Assembly’s official report on the controversial “Commission de Tabago†an extraordinary tribunal established in 1786 under the ancien régime to review debts between British capitalists and settlers after the French conquest of Tobago.<br /> <p><p><br /> The report reconstructs the background of the island’s transfer: originally ceded to Britain in 1763 Tobago had been largely settled and financed by British investors who lent capital for the development of sugar estates secured by mortgages. Following the French conquest 1781 and definitive cession Treaty of Paris 1783 the treaty guaranteed the inhabitants’ property rights under English law. Nevertheless in 1786 the Conseil du Roi created a special commission at Tobago to investigate alleged usury and excessive interest rates in these mortgage contracts. The commission—presided by the governor and ordonnateur—confiscated titles annulled or reduced debts and declared most English claims void provoking losses estimated at over 13 million livres.<br /> <p><p><br /> This Rapport examines the legality of the tribunal under both French and English law concluding that it was arbitrary unconstitutional and in violation of the 1783 peace treaty. The committees show that English statutes were misquoted that the island’s existing courts Common Pleas and Chancery already had proper jurisdiction and that no disputes existed before the commission was imposed. The report also denounces the suppression of trial by jury and the disregard of due process. It recommends—and the Assembly accepted—that the entire commission and its judgments be annulled thereby restoring lawful jurisdiction in the colony. The episode marked one of the last acts of French administration on Tobago which was recaptured by Britain in April 1793 returned to France in 1802 under the Treaty of Amiens and formally surrendered under the Treaty of Paris in 1814.<br /> <p><p><br /> An important Revolutionary document reflecting early attempts to reconcile French constitutional principles with colonial administration and international treaty obligations.<br /> <p><p><br /> Not in Sabin. No records on RBH. WorldCat locates 6 copies.<br /> <p>. [Imprimerie Nationale] unknown
17622191Cadiz: Don Manuel Esoinosa de los Monteros 1762. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. 20.5 x 14 cm 158 pp. 1 f. index. With woodcut head- and tail-pieces blazon of Charles III and two Spanish galleons. Bound in mottled calf over boards spine gilt in six decorative compartments. Somewhat worn at extremities. Generally very good. First enlarged edition of an illustrated merchant's guide to the duties and tariffs levied by the Spanish crown on exports from the Americas chiefly gold and silver but also concerning timber textiles furs coffee spices and foodstuffs.After first offering a general overview of Spanish colonial commerce with Western Europe Garcia de Prado provides a wide range of practical instructions for traders negotiating the hazardous waters of colonial finance giving sample calculations for the volume of shipping containers converting currency and-crucially-providing a comprehensive alphabetical list of the royal tariffs on exports from America and the West Indies printed as a table for quick reference in terms of maravedis de plata silver coins of account and quintales approx. 46 kg. The second half of the work is concerned with trade in gold and silver explaining the six classes of government tariffs and their application to quintales of the metals in their various states acuñada labrada grana fina etc. Printed at the Royal Navy Office in Cadiz where Spanish shipping vessels would have arrived from the Americas the present work anticipates later efforts by the Spanish Bourbons-particularly Charles III and the Marquis de Esquilache-to reform the fiscal administration of its colonial properties. Garcia de Prado remarks in his introduction that a much smaller work un Quaderno with the same title was printed in 1745 and that the present work aims to augment and update the information contained therein. JCB.III.1320; Medina 3999; Palau 58415; Sabin 15037 Don Manuel Esoinosa de los Monteros hardcover
17789984Madrid: Pedro Marín 1778. First Edition Primera edición. Hardcover Tapa dura. 284x197mm. 11¼x7¾". Madrid Pedro Marín 1778. En folio 284 x 197mm. Frontispicio con el escudo real de España grabado al cobre 2 19 262 pp. Encuadernación en piel de época sin el tejuelo de la lomera. Primera edición del Decreto de Carlo III por el que se establece el comercio libre con América y Filipinas y se finaliza con el monopolio del comercio a las Indias que venían ejerciendo Cádiz y Sevilla permitiendo a otras ciudades que lo soliciten comerciar con el nuevo continente. Este Reglamento articulado en 55 puntos fue promulgado por Carlos III como parte de las reformas borbónicas con el fin de incrementar el intercambio comerical entre España y América; se habilitaron 13 puertos españoles y 24 puertos americanos: San Juan de Puerto Rico Santo Domingo Monte-Christi Santiago de Cuba Batabanó La Habana Isla de Margarita Trinidad Campeche Golfo de Santo Tomás de Castilla Omoa Cartagena de Indias Santa Marta Río de la Hacha Portobelo Chagres Tierra Firme Montevideo Buenos Aires Valparaíso La Concepción Arica Callao y Guayaquil. Se excluyó a Venezuela hasta 1788 para proteger los intereses de la Real Compañía Guipuzcoana de Caracas que se disolvió en 1785 y a México por el temor de que la prosperidad de este territorio provocara la despreocupación hacia otras zonas menos activas lo que iba contra la idea rectora del proyecto. Cuatro años más tarde en 1789 se amplió el comercio libre a México y en 1797 a otros países de Europa. Ejemplar en gran papel de amplios márgenes. Pedro Marín hardcover
177810011Madrid: Pedro Marín 1778. First Edition Primera edición. Hardcover Tapa dura. 265x195mm. 10½x7¾". Madrid Pedro Marín 1778. En folio 265 x 195mm. Frontispicio con el escudo real de España grabado al cobre 2 19 262 pp. Encuadernación en piel de época sin el tejuelo de la lomera. Primera edición del Decreto de Carlos III por el que se establece el comercio libre con América y Filipinas y se finaliza con el monopolio del comercio a las Indias que venían ejerciendo Cádiz y Sevilla permitiendo a otras ciudades que lo soliciten comerciar con el nuevo continente. Este Reglamento articulado en 55 puntos fue promulgado por Carlos III como parte de las reformas borbónicas con el fin de incrementar el intercambio comerical entre España y América; se habilitaron 13 puertos españoles y 24 puertos americanos: San Juan de Puerto Rico Santo Domingo Monte-Christi Santiago de Cuba Batabanó La Habana Isla de Margarita Trinidad Campeche Golfo de Santo Tomás de Castilla Omoa Cartagena de Indias Santa Marta Río de la Hacha Portobelo Chagres Tierra Firme Montevideo Buenos Aires Valparaíso La Concepción Arica Callao y Guayaquil. Se excluyó a Venezuela hasta 1788 para proteger los intereses de la Real Compañía Guipuzcoana de Caracas que se disolvió en 1785 y a México por el temor de que la prosperidad de este territorio provocara la despreocupación hacia otras zonas menos activas lo que iba contra la idea rectora del proyecto. Cuatro años más tarde en 1789 se amplió el comercio libre a México y en 1797 a otros países de Europa. Ejemplar en gran papel de amplios márgenes. Pedro Marín hardcover
17819363México 1781. Hardcover Tapa dura. México a 16 de Marzo de 1781. En folio. 4 pp. la última blanca. Cartoné. Aplicación de la Real Orden comunicada por D. Joseph de Gálvez por la que se ha servido resolver que "así en las Aduanas de esta Península como en las de esos dominios se restituyan á los dueños factores encomenderos ó consignatarios de las partidas de Camisas y demás ropas de lienzos españoles embargadas desde que está puesto en execución el reglamento los derechos exigidos por ellas; y que en lo succesivo se reputen libres de toda contribución así como lo son los lienzos de que se componen". hardcover
178095L94ST53226Antwerp 1780. 12mo. Johannes Judocus Gerardus de Marcour Contemporary mottled tanned sheepskin gold-tooled spine with olive title-label red edges. XXIII 1 543 1 pp. Corrected and augmented eleventh edition of a handbook for merchants and traders in the Southern Netherlands here in a French edition but also available in Dutch Den Nederlandschen negociant . All editions appear to be very rare. It consists of numerous tables giving information for the conversion of monetary units weights and measures.The privilege p. XXIV is issued in the name of Maria Theresa who died in 1780 and De Marcour was active from 1764 to 1797. The many unnumbered editions no doubt confused publishers who probably numbered their editions to follow the highest number they had seen: the University of Kansas has a ninth edition Liege 1784 the Hendrik Conscience library a ninth Antwerp De Marcour 1792; ; and there is a tenth Antwerp Grangé 1798.With some early 19th-century annotations on endpapers. Spine slightly rubbed one leaf party detached but otherwise in very good condition.l Groote Vijftig jaar boekdrukkunst te Antwerpen p. 31; Anet 3 copies; STCV 1 of the same copies; WorldCat 2 of the same copies. unknown
171421230London 1714. Broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Disbound. Small folio. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Mild foxing. An early British petitionary leaflet calling for greater enforcement of customs laws for imported goods. The author charges that most consignments of foreign goods are now being made to "Naturalized Foreigners and Unfreemen" who are not under the same obligations as Freemen who state in their oath "not to Colour of Cover the Goods of Aliens." If "no Remedey be given" it is argued "all Persons will be discouraged from taking their Freedoms and few will be left of Substance to perform the necessary Service in the Government of London." The document is among the earliest examples of lobbying literature which first began proliferating during the major changes in British government in the mid-1710s. ESTC records four copies at the British Library Oxford the National Library of Wales and the California State Library.<br/> <br/> Hanson 1980. unknown
17965074Mexico City: May 13 1796. About very good. Broadside 17 x 12.25 inches. Old fold lines. Slight separation and loss at center fold slightly affecting a few letters. Minor wear else. Proclamation made by the Viceroy of New Spain authorizing trade between Cuba and the United States. The Caribbean was in tumult in the 1790s with Toussaint L'Ouverture overthrowing the French colonial government and outlawing slavery. Likewise in Cuba there was a similar revolt against slavery demanding abolition and equality -- both revolutions were of substantial concern to slaveholders in the American South. Specifically the present decree mentions flour and other vital foodstuffs as a measure against shortages in Cuba intended to prevent further trouble. "Para precaver la escasez de viveres y con especialidad de harinas que verosimilmente causaria la guerra concedio El Rey Permiso por Real Orden de 25 Junio de 93. para que los Anglo-Americanos.pudiesen conducirlos a la Havana pagando los derechos los puertos habilitados de España." The Viceroy at the time was Don Miguel de la Grua Talamanca de Carini y Branciforte First Marques de Branciforte. The Marques was notoriously corrupt even for colonial Spain having gained position through marriage to the Prime Minister's sister. He made sure to make some profit on everything that passed through his hands including taking advantage of the War in Cuba to remove the French from their lands and sell them to his benefit. A rare and interesting decree. We locate a single copy in OCLC at the University of Minnesota. May 13 unknown
173932845London: Printed for H. Goreham 1739. Wraps. Very good. Stitched untrimmed wraps. 63 pages. iv 63 pages 1 page blank. The author defends the British policy against Spain to those who are sympathetic to Spain. Contents discusses interference with American trade and makes reference to the Negro population. <br /> <br /> Sabin 72044. Printed for H. Goreham unknown
173932844London: Printed for T. Cooper 1739. Wraps. Very good. Disbound stitched trimmed wraps. 65 pages 2 ages 1 page blank. Light toning. Contents in good condition.<br /> <br /> The author discusses the friction between Spain and Britain due to the seizure of British ships near Spanish Coasts in America calling Spanish trials a "Mockery of Justice". The freedom of Navigation was guaranteed with the treaty of Spain and "is of absolute Necessity in the Course of our Voyage to and from our Plantations in America." The last two pages titled "Postscript" provides the latest Spanish violations "since I wrote my letter."<br /> <br /> Sabin 42889 "Denies the right of Spain to search American ships. Printed for T. Cooper unknown
173932846London: Printed for T. Cooper 1739. Wraps. Good. Disbound stitched trimmed wraps. Approx. 7.5" x 4.75". 30 pages. Author not listed. Light toning to the front cover. <br /> <br /> The writer defends England's treaty with Spain. He replies to George Lyttleton who opposed the treaty due to Spain's capture of British ships in America. The writer states "There are many instances of robbery and barbarity on both sides.but none of these instances can justify a National War Printed for T. Cooper unknown
174832847London: Printed for M. Cooper 1748. Third Edition. Wraps. Good. Disbound wraps. 8" 5". Half title page 55 pages. Folding chart in back is the last content. No blank rear wrap. Half title page partially loose. Trimmed wraps. Contents cover much of England's War debt; America and West India trade treaty with Spain etc. <br /> <br /> Sabin 90620 First Second editions. Printed for M. Cooper unknown
179231794Philadelphia: s.i. 1792. Very Good. Philadelphia: 1792-93. Single folded sheet 41.5 x 33.5cm; report in manuscript verso filled nearly to completion recto a quarter filled. Signed by Captain David Ross and two other parties; docket dated 1793 signed by Inspector Jeremiah Simmons. Stock exceedingly brittle with shallow chipping long closed tears along folds with old archival mending age-toning and light soiling as well as contemporary wax seal remnants. Overall a Very Good and legible survival. <br /> <br /> Cargo report executed in manuscript and dated November 9th 1792 listing materials shipped from Port-de-Paix Saint-Domingue modern day Haiti to Philadelphia for the firm Dutilh & Wachsmuth. The date places this report in the early days of the Haitian Revolution following the August 1791 enslaved peoples' revolt. The island was a vital source of commercial interests to Philadelphia and the burgeoning revolution was at the forefront of everyone's mind making this voyage and the survival of associated documents all the more significant. Dun cites one contemporary account "'No business is going on here' one letter told 'as every one is taken up with meetings committees and arming themselves.'" Dun p. 484. <br /> <br /> Goods delivered include wine sugar and coffee and were delivered to Dutilh and a handful of others including Captain Ross himself who received a hogshead of molasses. Ross eventually rose to the rank of Continental Navy Lieutenant during the Quasi-War with France and is remembered for commanding the privateer Belvedere guiding her back to Dover after an engagement with a French brig "leaving Belvedere with 50 round shot in her hull and her sails and rigging further shredded." <br /> <br /> References: James Alexander Dun "What Avenues of Commerce Will You Americans Not Explore! Commercial Philadelphia's Vantage onto the Early Haitian Revolution." The William and Mary Quarterly July 2005 Third Series Vol. 62 No. 3 pp. 473-504<br /> <br /> See also the Destroyer History Foundation website. [s.i.] unknown
1738AQ34551London: Printed for T. Cooper 1738. 28pp. With half-title. Disbound. Text-block detached in two pieces. Leaves browned light scattered spotting some damp-staining to half-title and p.28. The sole edition of a Georgian pamphlet on the British linen trade urging for the repeal of the eighteenth-century drawback which amounted to nearly the whole of the duty laid on foreign linens imported into Britain and which was given on their re-exportation to the plantations. ESTC T46529. First edition. 8vo. Printed for T. Cooper unknown
175141756London: n.p. 1751. Modern marbled paper-covered boards. Minor wear to extremities browning to title page edge wear to last leaf still a near fine copy. 1 57 1 pp. Folio. "Very rare and valuable. It contains an Appendix of Premiums paid by the Irish Linen Board" Higgs Bibliography of Economics p.8. An important source document. There is also a 28 page edition. OCLC locates only four complete copies of this separate issue: Yale Amer. Textile Museum Univ. Mass. Univ. Minn. and nine of the 28 page extract. Kress 5155. Higgs 54. Goldsmiths'-Kress 08612.1. n.p. hardcover
178839695London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols. 1788. Folio. Pages 313-316 2 as issued. Disbound else Very Good. "Numb. 36." printed in left corner at head of title.<br /> <br /> The matters include "A Petition of the Aldermen Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Town of Wokingham in the Counties of Berks and Wilts. . . representing the present State of the African Slave Trade as being contrary to the Principles of Justice Humanity good Policy and Religion; and submitting the same to the Consideration of the House."<br /> The reception of a Report concerning the regulation of Trade between the North American Colonies and the West India Islands and "the Countries belonging to the United States of America" is noted.<br /> This is an early protest against the continuation of the African Slave Trade. Printed and Sold by John Nichols... unknown
