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1712WRCAM40325London 1712. 2323-324pp. Folio. Dbd. Small tear to fore edge of p.323 not affecting text. Lightly soiled. Very good. An act "for the incouragement of the trade to America" alleviating duties on incoming goods from the colonies. Mainly aimed a relieving duties on goods seized in the then on-going war between England France and Spain. ESTC N52389. unknown books
1773604855Riga, Hartknoch, 1773-77. 1 Bl., 573 S., 12 Bl.; 1 Bl., 656 S., 7 Bl. Halbleder d. Zeit (beschabt, Ecken stark bestoßen). [2 Warenabbildungen]
1796PHO-543Paris, Denné le jeune, Bocquillon, Poisson, an IV [1795]. 2 volumes in-8(220x135mm), demi basane époque , dos lisse orné pièce de titre rouge (Reliure de l'époque)coifes et coins usés , mors fendu. Chadenat, n°6357. - Cordier, Sinica, 2387.
1779GIT00c6c1°) A Villefranche-de-Rouergue 1780-1781 2 parties VIII 148pp; 1f n ch 1f blanc 1f n ch 304pp. 2°) A Auch chez Jean-Pierre Duprat 1787-1788 2 parties 251pp; 189 VIIpp 1f errata, 10ff n ch (entre les p132-133), 2ff n ch (entre les p180-181), 2ff n ch (entre les p184-185). Ensemble de 2 ouvrages (chacun en 2 parties) en 1vol in-4. Pleine basane havane, dos à nerfs orné de compartiments dorés, tranches brique, rel époque. Coiffe en tête et 2 coins usés, petit manque sur la coiffe en queue, 2 mors fendus su 3cm. Haute-Guienne: 1re et 2e parties inversées. Auch: p1 à 16 reliées avant la page de titre.
1778WRCAM39128London 1778. 3pp. plus printed docket title on verso of second leaf. Bifolium. Three early horizontal folds. Very minor foxing and soiling. Near fine untrimmed. The rare Parliamentary printing of a bill relating to American trade under consideration by the house of Commons. In 1660 during the reign of Charles II Parliament passed a bill "for the encouraging and encreasing of Shipping and Navigation" which granted bonding for ships and vessels transporting goods from British plantations in Africa Asia and America directly to another British plantation or to a port in England Ireland or Wales. Three years later Ireland was struck from the list. The present law passed during the American Revolution restores Ireland's bonds privileges allowing her ports to accept goods directly from the colonies in the Americas now mostly limited to Canada and the West Indies Asia and Africa. Not in Kress Goldsmiths' or TPL. OCLC locates three copies at the University of Arizona the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Regina Saskatchewan. A rare example of a law reflecting the changes of British mercantilism at the close of the First Empire. unknown books
17692095552A Londres, et se trouve à Paris chez Merlin 1769. (4), 337, (1) Seiten. Mit einer floralen Titelvignette und etwas arabeskem Buchschmuck. 8° (18 x 10 cm) Lederband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Titel auf grünem Lederrückenschild, blaugefärbtem Schnitt und Kammarmor-Vorsätzen. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
178834190Philadelphia: John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole 1788. 4pp folio caption title as issued folded. Printed in four columns per page. Uniformly toned some edge and spine wear. About Very Good.<br/><br/> More than three columns on page two print Parliament's Act regulating the African Slave Trade. The Act forbade any British ship "from any port of this kingdom" to transport African slaves except in accordance with registration requirements and detailed health and safety regulations. Many advertisements are also printed some of which reflect the busy West Indian trade; as well as news of arriving and departing vessels. John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole] unknown books
180044270Paris: Ve. Panckoucke An IX 1800. First Edition. Octavo 20cm.; recent salmon paper-covered boards red gilt morocco spine label; 4xvi118pp.; folding map bound in rear "Carte de la Côte Occidentale D'Afrique entre le Cap Blanc et le Cap Tagrin." New endpapers though half title and rear free endpaper retained. A Fine exceedingly fresh copy. Pelletan served as the director of the Compagnie de Sénégal the administrative company for the colony in 1787 and 1788 though the present work was composed from memory while Pelletan was imprisoned in 1793 at the height of La Terreur. The "Mémoire" provides geographical descriptions of the western coast of the African continent as well as an account of imports and exports the latter chiefly rubber and slaves Pelletan mentions 1000 to 1200 perhaps for the years under his administration prior to the suppression of the slave trade. The second half of the work deals primarily in describing the ravages of the slave trade on the country and it people: "It is without a doubt that the abolition of the slave trade will completely change the face of the region devastated for centuries by ceaseless warfare crippled by the enslavement of portions of its peoples and depopulated by this horrific commerce conducted by degraded persons and greedy European merchants who can only satisfy their avarice at the price of the blood and freedom of these miserable Africans" our translation; pp. 48-9. Pelletan also dedicates brief sections to the moral and physical attributes of the Senegalese inhabitants as well as a description of their homes and pottery before proposing a detailed outline for a newm post-slave trade colonial government for the region. See George E. Brooks "Western Africa and Cabo Verde 1790s-1830s" 2010 p. 13; and Paul Masson "Marseille et la Colonisation Française" 1906 pp. 231-2. Ve. Panckoucke unknown books
178628637Paris 1786 une lettre (de 4 pages , une grande feuille pliée en deux) manuscrite sur la 1ère page à l'encre brune sur papier vergé ligné filigrané, "à la couronne royale de france", format : 17 centimètres de large x 21,3 centimètres de haut, notée à l'encre brune : Admyraud L'Ainé, PARIS LE 14 FEVRIER 1786, répondu le 18, ADRESSEE : A MESSIEURS VEUVE ADMYRAULD ET FILS AINÉ, LA ROCHELLE.
17384782London: Printed by John Baskett Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1738. Octavo-sized title plus one leaf. Removed from larger collection of acts. Near fine. Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty unknown books
1727204Original 1727 disbound series of Acts of Parliament totalling 4-pages in Good condition;<br /><p><i>Anno decimo tertio Georgii Regis</i><i><br /></i></p><p><i>"An Abstract of the Act for enlarging the Times for hearing and determining Claims by the Truftees for raifing Money upon the Eftates of the late Directors of the South Sea Company and others : and for Relief of the Creditors of Robert Knight Efq; late Cafhire to the faid Company ; and for Relief of Perfons who have entered Claims for contingent Debts and Incumbrances ; and for giving time to Ralph Gulfton and other Creditors of Edward Gibbon ; and for impowering the Truftees to difmifs Claims for want of Profecution ; and for applying the Produce of the faid Eftates for the Benefit of the South Sea Company</i><i>." 1.5 pages</i><br /></p><p></p><p><i>"An Abstract of the Act for the better Regulation of the Woollen Manufacture and for preventing Difputes among the Perfons concerned therein ; and for limiting a Time for profecuting for the Forfeiture appointed by an Act of the Twelfth Year of His Majesty's Reign in case of Payment of the Workmens Wages in any other Manner than in Money."</i> 1.5 pages</p><p></p><p><i>"An Abstract of the Act for preventing Frauds and Abufes in the Dying Trade"</i> 1 page</p> Not stated paperback
176790A Leide, chez Elie Luzac, 1767. 4 vol. in-12 de (14)-411 pp. ; (4)-343 pp. ; (4)-331 pp. ; (4)-396 pp., veau havane, dos lisse orné (reliure de l'époque).
1741AQ25221London: Sold by J. Roberts 1741. 40pp. Uncut. Stitched as issued. A trifle dusty. Scattered spotting. The sole edition of an anonymous pamphlet written in reply both to Samuel Webber's An account of a scheme for preventing the exportation of our wool London 1740 and William Webster's 1689-1758 The consequences of trade. London 1740 which called for reforms to woollen manufactory. ESTC T46871. First edition. 8vo. Sold by J. Roberts unknown
1731825London: Printed for J. Roberts near the Oxford Arms in Warwick-Lane 1731. First edition. Very good. <p data-pm-slice="1 1 ">Octavo. approx. 20 cm. 2 viii 48 pp. Complete with half-title. Disbound; woodcut title vignette initials and ornaments. Notation in 18th century hand on half-title referring to the Dedication "Suppos'd by Lord Harvey sic." Very good or better. <br /> <br /> First edition. The dedication preface contains a scathing attack on William Pulteney who then mistakenly attributed authorship to John Lord Hervey and responded with A Proper Reply culminating in a duel both combatants were uninjured. The true author was Sir William Yonge Sir Robert Walpole's lieutenant notoriously disliked by George II. The text includes a pointed reference to losses sustained by British merchants in the West Indies on the lower quarter of page 13.</p> . ESTC T47414. Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford Arms in Warwick-Lane unknown
1721LC4D1MQ3QGJ6Amsterdam 1721. 1 leaf 21 x 8 cm; 1 leaf 20.5 x 8 cm; 1 leaf 17.5 x 8 cm. Jacobus van Egmond Ad 1: Text printed on both sides each in a border built up from typographic ornaments. Ad 2: Text printed on one side. Ad 3: Text printed on one side. 3 documents. Ad. 1: Rare VOC ships manifest for cargo shipped from the East Indies - Batavia and Ceylon Sri Lanka - on 22 East-Indiamen sailing on 1 December 1720 from Batavia and on 15 November from Ceylon. The list includes more than 100 different colonial wares and gives the weights in pounds or the lengths in feet: from pepper more than 6.5 million pounds cloves 694000 pounds cinnamon 604000 pounds and coffee more than 1.77 million pounds to 962 pounds of Javanese cardamom some jewels and rariora and many feet of silk and linen cloth. Small wormhole affecting two characters otherwise in good condition.Ad. 2: Rare list of the results of the auctions of colonial wares organized in 1781 by the Chambers of the VOC Amsterdam 30 April 1781; Zeeland 7 May; Delft 15 May; Rotterdam 17 May; Hoorn 22 May; Enkhuizen 23 May including pepper cinnamon nutmeg etc. with the prices fetched. With a small tear not affecting the text. Still in good condition.Ad. 3: Price list of the various varieties of raw sugar: brown sugar from Martinique Surinam etc.; sugar packed in chests from Brazil Havana; in bales from Bengal Manilla etc.Small hole not affecting the text.l Ad. 1: cf. Landwehr VOC 1123-1134 other manifests. hardcover
179743741Philadelphia: Printed by William Ross 1797. First edition. Removed. Very good mostly unopened uncut untrimmed copy minor browning at lower edge. 3 226-232 2 pp. 8vo. Evans dated it both 1797 and 1798. two petitions both concerning a waving of taxes on spirits the Orchard Cook and Abiel Wood case claiming the ship was wrecked on an island and the cost of recovering the cargo exceeded the cost of the mechandise and that their insurance had lapsed. In the second case Hooper claimed he was lax in filing papers for re-shipping a cargo overseas. Wisely both were declined as the committee felt the government is not in the business of insuring that a business is successful and well run. Ah to return to those days. Orchard Cook 1763-1819 and Abiel Wood 1772-1834 had a better idea. They both became U.S. Representatives from Massachusetts. OCLC locates eight copies. Evans 33015. Evans 34753. ESTCW15017. [Printed by William Ross] unknown
179843744Philadelphia 1798. First edition. Removed. A very good copy lightly soiled and edge worn. 4 pp. 8vo. Nathaniel Cutter wanted relief from being re-taxed on goods that left Massachusetts where he had paid tax and then returned to the same port with the same goods because he was harrassed by the British and French and turned away in the Dominican Republic. The committee wisely wrote: "Your Committee however cannot find any good reason for relieving him against consequences of a risque which every exporter ought to calculate for himself." Cutter would continue to take risks suppling the French in Saint-Domingue and a claim was allowed him in 1803 by the American Commission in Paris for unpaid costs by the French See Greg H. Williams: The French Assault on American Shipping 1793-1813: A History p. 154. Evans 34754. ESTCW25464. unknown
176541936À Londres, , 1765. In-12 broché de (4)-VIII- 264 pp, couverture cartonnée marbrée de l’époque, entièrement non rogné.
173934763London: Printed by T. Cooper 1739. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Disbound trimmed wraps. Approx. 7.5" x 5". 30 pages 1. Front wrap mostly detached. Pages 29 30 and the rear wrap have a small chip upper edge resulting in loss of a couple of letters. <br /> <br /> This pamphlet was published shortly before "The War of Jenkins Ear" with Spain. Contents cover trade issues in the new American colonies; sale of "Negroes"; Native Americans; European countries etc. <br /> <br /> Sabin 64143. From wikipedia:<br /> <br /> The War of Jenkins' Eara was fought by Great Britain and Spain between 1739 and 1748. The majority of the fighting took place in New Granada and the Caribbean Sea with major operations largely ended by 1742. It is considered a related conflict of the 1740 to 1748 War of the Austrian Succession. The name derives from Robert Jenkins a British sea captain whose earb was allegedly severed in April 1731 by Spanish coast guards searching his ship for contraband. In 1738 opposition politicians in the British Parliament used the incident to incite support for a war against Spain.2<br /> <br /> The most significant operation of the war was a failed British attack on Cartagena in 1741 which resulted in heavy casualties and was not repeated.3 Apart from minor actions in Spanish Florida Georgia and Havana after 1742 Britain and Spain focused their efforts on the War of the Austrian Succession in Europe. Printed by T. Cooper unknown
1800I7DD3T6LJ6QQNo place 1800. 27 x 40 cm. Aquatint in contemporary hand colour engraved by "J. L. T." after "J. R. P." Three partly exposed women before a large tent being advertised and inspected by several men dressed in fine oriental garb. On the left is another woman whose price is under discussion while the background shows date palms and two dromedaries.Rather severe water stains and a few small holes in the blank margin; some scuff marks in the image; trimmed closely with loss to lower left corner. A very appealing print. Rare. unknown
1772ABC_48853Lisbon 1772. Folio ca. 29 x 20 cm. Na Regia Officina Typografica Disbound and subsequently mounted in a modern black stiff paper folder with a printed label mounted on the front wrapper. With a large decorated woodcut initial E incorporating the Portuguese royal coat of arms. 3 1 blank pp. Very rare first issue of two of a late 18th-century decree by the Portuguese King José I 1714-1777 dealing with difficulties in the transportation of enslaved people from Mozambique to Brazil. This text dated 12 December 1772 and signed Rey King at the end is also signed by the notorious Portuguese nobleman and diplomat Marquez de Pombal. Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo 1st Marquis of Pombal 1699-1782 who was the Secretary of State of the Kingdom during the reign of Dom José I in the period of 1750-1777. It is concluded with a formal text dated 18 December 1772 and signed by João Baptista de Araújo a senior officer of the Secretariat of State.In 1761 Marquez de Pombal prohibited the importation of enslaved people in Portugal and Portuguese India not for humanitarian reasons but because they were needed for labour in Brazil. He stimulated the trade of mostly African enslaved people for that colony and with his support two companies for slave trade were founded the Companhia Geral de Comércio do Grão-Pará e Maranhão and the Companhia Geral de Comércio de Pernambuco e Paraíba. Both companies were privileged and had a monopolistic character. Their lists of shareholders included many Portuguese noblemen and clergy. Between 1757 and 1777 more than 25000 enslaved people were imported to Pará and Maranhão from West African ports.The two issues can be identified by their catchwords on p. 1: issue one shows the catchword as a vol- that catchword was changed in the second issue to a.The inner margin shows some signs of the previous binding. Otherwise in very good condition.l Gauz Portuguese and Brazilian books in the JCB 772/1; WorldCat 1045359449 3 copies; cf. Porbase 2301650 and no copies. unknown
1751AQ31219Lisbon: s.n. 1751. Single sheet printed on both sides. A trifle creased. A rare survival of a mid-eighteenth century edict issued by King José I of Portugal forbidding traders to transport slaves from Portuguese seaports to colonial territories held by other nations. The Portuguese slave trade experienced continual growth throughout the latter half of the eighteenth century in particular from West African colony of Luanda from which between the issue of this edict in 1751 to 1760 an average of 10 940 enslaved Africans were trafficked annually. OCLC records copies at just three locations BL NYPL and UoL; COPAC adds one further Senate House. . Dimensions 200 x 300 mm. [s.n.] unknown
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
178841603London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols. 1788. Folio. Pages 253-265 1 blank pp as issued. Caption title as issued. Disbound with some loosening else Very Good. "Numb. 29." printed in left corner at head of title.<br /> <br /> The matters include "A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Helstgon in the County Cornwall; and also A Petition of the Mayor Aldermen Burgesses and other Inhabitants of the Town of Shrewsbury: Were severally presented to the House and read; representing the present State of the African Slave Trade as being sent 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 /> This is an early protest against the continuation of the African Slave Trade. Printed and Sold by John Nichols... unknown
178728413Nantes 1787 un Acte de Donation de 2 pages (une feuille pliée en deux), sur papier vergé crème, ligné et filigrané , format : 21 x 29 cm, manuscrit à l'encre brune sur les 2 premières pages, cachet fiscal imprimé en noir en haut à droite de la 1ère page : REP. FRANC. LOIRE-INFÉRIEURE 75 C, signature manuscrite des notaires in-fine , ACTE DE DONATION MUTUELLE ENTRE PAUL LOUIS JULIEN RAZEAU DE BEAUVAIS, ÉCUYER, CONSEILLER DU ROY, AUDITEUR HONORAIRE EN LA CHAMBRE DES COMPTES DE BRETAGNE (ONCLE DE DANYEL DE KERVÉGAN - MAIRE DE NANTES - CONSUL AU CONSULAT DU COMMERCE DE NANTES), & PERRINE BRÉGEON SON ÉPOUSE, DEMEURANT A NANTES, RUE DUMOULIN, PAROISSE SAINTE CROIX, FAIT A NANTES LE 22 NOVEMBRE 1787,
