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1777AQ35146London: Printed for J. Dodsley 1777. 4 36pp. Bound with: GLASSE Samuel. A sermon preached before the president vice-presidents and governors of the Marine Society.Including The General Account of Receipts and Disbursements to the present Time: with the State of the Subscription; and a List of the Governors. London. Printed for Dodsley 1778. First edition. 4 62pp. ESTC T136163. And: KAYE Richard. A sermon preached before the president vice-presidents and governors of the Marine Society at St. Stephen's church Walbrook.on Tuesday 8th April 1777. London. Printed for Dodsley.and Sewel 1778. First edition. 4 23pp 1. With half-title. ESTC T193921. And: MARKHAM Robert. A sermon preached before the president vice-presidents and governors of the marine society at st george's church hanover-square on occasion of their anniversary meeting on tuesday 15th april 1779. London. Printed by W. Oliver 1779. First edition. 2 1-22 25-33pp 1. Lacking leaf B2. ESTC T132107. 8vo. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked with wear to extremities corners bumped some cracking to joints. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Thomas Baker dated June 10th 1796 to FEP. Leaves browned with light staining and spotting throughout. A coherent sammelband of four sermons presented to the upper echelon of the British Marine Society established in 1756 with the intent to recruit young men and boys into the British Navy. Supported strongly by Admiral Nelson the society was incorporated by an act of Parliament via the Marine Society Act of 1772. The speakers within all being highly educated churchmen with scientific interests consist of cleric and Royal Society fellow Samuel Glasse 1735-1812 peer churchman and scientist Sir Richard Kaye 6th Baronet 1736-1809 and Robert Markham Archdeacon of York 1768-1837. Each sermon preached at a commemorative Anniversary Meeting for the charity stresses the value of Naval sponsorship in providing direction and motivation for disgruntled young men: 'The desperate youth received under your charitable patronage is now no longer necessitated to wander up and down through the streets of the city; determined to pursue the dictates of his appetite'. ESTC T118626. The third edition. Printed for J. Dodsley unknown
1753032920London: Printed and Sold by T James M Cooper; J Robinson; A Don and J Barnes 1753 A good copy of the 2nd edition of this extremely scarce work attributed to John Campbell. Bound in newer half calf binding with marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers. Spine with raised bands and title label. The binding is in near fine clean condition with light edge wear. Contents: later initial blank with large signature to top; title; Preface with decorative headpiece pp iii-v; text with title decorative headpiece and initial capital pp 1-34 with tailpiece and Finis. Later blank leaves bound in at the rear. The title page is toned with some nibbling to the side edge. There is a small side edge tear to p v of the Preface. Otherwise contents slightly toned but clean. Printed and Sold by T James, M Cooper; J Robinson; A Don, and J Barnes hardcover
1797AQ24440London: s.n. 1797. 176pp. Later black morocco-backed navy cloth tooled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed lower board stained. Ink ownership inscription to head of title page: 'Henry Harvey Sholden Lodge Lieut. R.N. Dec. 8th 1837' final page with some paper adherence largely obliterating the two names listed. These lists were first issued by the Admiralty in January 1717/18 and consist of a simple register of names in full with the respective seniorities. They continued to be published until 1846. The alphabetical lists were first issued in 1746. This edition corrected to 1st January 1797 notably includes then Commodore Horatio Nelson. On the 14th February that same year Nelson would participate in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent as commander of HMS Minerve. ESTC records copies at only two locations BL and NT. ESTC T101524. 8vo. [s.n.] hardcover
1718AQ22461London: s.n. 1718. Single sheet. Docket title printed to verso. Stab-stitch holes and remains of binding to gutter. A trifle creased and browned. A remarkably rare survival of an early and frustratingly undated example of Parliamentary lobbying literature highlighting the 'considerable sums of money' owed to serving seamen of the Royal Navy and the widows of those sailors killed during the 'late war' presumably the War of the Spanish Succession. ESTC records a single copy BL. ESTC T17374. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1787032676London : Printed for the Author at the Dove 1787 A good copy of an extremely scarce work in contemporary half leather binding with folding map of Orkney and Shetland. The binding has been rebacked supplying a new spine with gilt titles and blind ruled compartments. The boards have the original leather and are marbled. The binding is in very good condition with general wear to edges and corners. The original endpapers look to be retained. Contents: initial blank title introduction pp vii; fold out map; text pp 1-101; half title - considerations on the fisheries; text pp 3-88 finis; list of subscribers 6pp; final blank. A piece has been cut from the top edge of the title and the first page of the introduction - which also has an inscription: Francis Taylor's book 1834. The title has also lost the corner tip. The map has loss to the left margin but this does not affect the Orkney and Shetland Isles and some edge tears to the bottom folds. It has been reinforced. There is a mispagination - 42-47 48 etc - there is no loss of text. The contents are clean - there are occasional signs of old stitch holes in the gutter. Printed for the Author at the Dove hardcover
17920010124Good with no dust jacket. 1792. Ephemera. On offer is a superb document drawn on September 22 1792 the very first official day of the French Republic République française founded following the French Revolution. In the aftermath of the Revolution of 1789 and the abolition of the monarchy the First Republic of France was established on September 22 of 1792. The National Convention was made up of groups representing differing political outlooks. At their first meeting the Convention decided to try King Louis XVI for treason based on his attempt to flee the country the previous year. They later found him guilty and executed him on January 21 1793. September 22 1792 was also established as the beginning date of the new Revolutionary Calendar. This document is a record of some of the minutes of that first convention and are dated September 22nd the first day of the new government. It is titled: Extract Du Proces-Verbal De La Convention National Relatif au renouvellement des Corps administrifs municipaux et judicairesTranslation: Extract From The Minutes Of The National Convention Relative to the renewal of the administrative municipal and judicial bodiesIt opens with a recording of these motions: Un membre fait la motion que toutes les administrations et tribunaux soient renouveles. Un autre demande que les operations faites a cet egard par les corps electoraux soient confirmes. Plusiers autres membres insistent pour que toutes les administations soient renouvelees et qu'il soit fait au repport prochain sur l'existance et laformation des tribunauxTranslation: A member makes the motion that all the administrations and courts be renewed. Another asks that the operations made in this respect by the electoral bodies be confirmed. Several other members insist that all the administrations be renewed and that the existence and formation of the courts be reported soon. The next few pages go on to detain other proposals and requests generally concerning legal matters. The document bears the printed signature of Monge and Garat. Gaspard Monge was a Minister of State serving as Minister of the Navy and Colonies. Interestingly Monge was a noted matheematician and founder of Differential Geometry. Garat was Dominique Joseph Garat Minister of the Interior. These minutes were ordered printed and distributed throughout France and this copy was sent to the City of Nancy in the north east of France. For a historian or a collector of material from the earliest days of the French Revolution this is a superb item documenting the earliest efforts of the French people to establish a republican government separate from the monarchy and the feudal system. The document measures 9.0 inches by 7.0 inches and is folded to make 4 pages. The printed text occupies all 4 pages and it bears not only a printed signature but also a fairly solid hand signature. When it was printed the paper was not placed squarely on the press and therefore the text is not aligned perfectly horizontal. The page bears the initial stamp of the new government displaying the Phrygian cap or liberty cap that was adopted as a symbol of the revolution. The paper is in good condition with some slight staining from dampness and age.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 4 pages; Signed by Author .
1798AQ24439London: s.n. 1798. 176pp. Later black morocco-backed navy cloth tooled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed lower board stained. Internally clean and crisp. These lists were first issued by the Admiralty in January 1717/18 and consist of a simple register of names in full with the respective seniorities. They continued to be published until 1846. The alphabetical lists were first issued in 1746. ESTC records a single copy BL. ESTC T101541. 8vo. [s.n.] hardcover
177356060Brest Malassis 1773. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamps on title-page. 4XVI4404 pp. 8 folded engraved plates. Last plate a bit dampstained at foot. Clean and fine on good paper. <br/><br/><em>The first and only publication of memoirs from the Royal Naval Academy of France. Contributions by De Marguerie d'Apres de Mannevillette de Roquefeuil de Secqval Du Val le Roy Thevenard Fortin Verdun de la Crenne Blondeau. </em> unknown
1779AQ16016London: Printed for J. Alomn 1779. 2 184 10pp. Bound with: Minutes of the proceedings at a court-martial Assembled for the trial of Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser Bart.Published by order of The Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. London. Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1779. First edition. 4 95pp 1. Folio. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed surface loss to boards joints split with upper board working loose slight loss to head and foot of spine. Near contemporary armorial bookplate to FEP of 'Thomas James Viscount Bulkeley' recent bookplate of 'Robert J. Hayhurst' pasted below internally clean and crisp. Two works concerning the courts-martial of Royal Navy officers Admiral Augustus Keppel 1725-1786 and Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser 1723-1796 respectively. The former had served with distinction during the both the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence. Following the latter conflict Keppel held his subordinate admiral Palliser responsible for the poor state of the Navy's fortunes in particular the defeat at the First Battle of Ushant considering Palliser's conduct as a deliberate betrayal. Keppel began a campaign of calumny the outcome being a series of scandalous scenes in parliament and subsequent trials - each side accusing the other of treason. Keppel was the first to be tried and eventually acquitted in 1779 with Palliser enduring the same shortly thereafter. ESTC locates copies of the first bound work at five locations in the British Isles BL House of Lords National Maritime Museum Oxford and National Archives and a further 11 in North America. Copies of the second bound work are recorded in five locations in the British Isles Glasgow House of Lords National Maritime Museum Oxford and Sheffield and a further 13 worldwide. ESTC I. T132962 II. N12487. First edition. Printed for J. Alomn hardcover
1797181124London: printed for David Steel 1797. Illustrated by coloured figures distinguishing the different columns or squadrons in every evolution. Pp. iv188 copper engraved frontispiece plus numerous text figures with hand-coloured highlights; demy 8vo; contemporary calf neatly underbacked with the original gilt decorated spine quite worn and probably lacking a title label laid on the boards with decorative gilt border lightly rubbed fore-corners repaired; hinges reinforced frontispiece offset onto title page a little light foxing; printed for David Steel London 1797. ESTC N21821. The Ingleton copy with the bookplate of G. & N. Ingleton on upper pastedown and the green stamped Ingleton Catalogue number on the lower pastedown. Most recently from the library of David Levine Sydney with his bookplate also on the upper pastedown. The text is in three parts the first being translated from the Tactique navale of French military tactician Sebastien-Francois Bigot de Morogues 1706-1781. Part II is translated from Le Manoeuvrier of Jacques Bourde de Villehuet 1732-1789 an officer in the French East India Company. Part III is compiled from official naval documents. printed for David Steel unknown
1758AQ27732London: s.n. 1758. 6 xxxii 292pp. With two fine naval vignettes to first and final leaves. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed with some marking bumping to corners loss to head and foot of spine cracking to lower joint. Captain Thomas Peyton's copy with his inscription dated 1790 to head of blank fly-leaf at front; ink offsetting evidencing the removal of the FFEP showing the mirror image of a further ink inscription. A pleasing association copy of an uncommon mid eighteenth-century collection of treaties relating to the naval shipping and commercial interests of Britain and other powers: Algiers Austrian Netherlands Denmark France Morocco Portugal Russia Savoy Spain States General Sweden Tripoli Tunis and Turky sic inscribed by Captain Thomas Peyton 1757-1801 in the year of his posting to the rank of Captain. The Peytons were an illustrious naval family; Thomas was the youngest son of Admiral Joseph Peyton and his brothers Joseph and John were both to become Rear-Admirals. Thomas served in the Mediterranean the West Indies and the Channel during the navaly tumultuous final decade of the eighteenth-century; he died on board the Monarch a 74-gun ship of the line in 1801. Included most significantly for the development of transatlantic military and economic power are the American Treaty 1686 with France the Treaty of Munster 1648 and American Treaty 1670 with Spain and the Utrecht Treaties of both Peace and Commerce 1713. ESTC T82163. Sabin 23535. Third edition. Quarto. [s.n.] unknown
177762566Kiöbenhavn August Friderich Stein 1777. 4to. In later marbled paper covered board with cloth backstrip. Small stamp to verso of front board and title-page. Last blank leaf with 16-line agreement in contemporary fine legible hand signed and sealed Waterschout dated December 8 1780. Internally nice and clean. Printed on good paper. 56 pp 1 pp. <br/><br/><em>Extremely rare first edition of the official Danish naval and merchant marine code of conduct - laying out the articles of agreement for both officers and common sailors engaged in long-distance trading voyages especially to colonial outposts in the West Indies Guinea the Mediterranean – in this particular case dated 8 December 1780 officially certifying that these “Kongelige allernaadigste Skibs-Articler†were read aloud to the crew of the frigate by its commanding officer Captain Diderich von Holsten prior to departure for Tranquebar the Danish colony in India. The certification notes the ship's weapons 138 cannon and states that the crew had acknowledged the articles and promised to observe them on the voyage and until the ship's return. The document is signed by Captain Diderich von Holsten and the Waterschout including his red seal from Dutch “water inspector†a Danish official established in 1695 responsible for registering all seafarers departing from Copenhagen on merchant voyages. Documents like these had a very practical purpose and were considered of the utmost importance and were kept in offcial archives consequently they almost never finds their way into the trade. Biblioteca Danica I 680. </em> hardcover
1781217548London: Printed for J. Almon and J. Debrett 1781. First edition. A2 B-2B4. 4 190 2 ad pp. Errata leaf follows title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Uncut in later drab wrappers chipped and torn lower wrapper especially. Title leaf soiled with abrasion costing four letters in first line. Some old folds and minor soiling bottom corner of last leaf crumpled. First edition. A2 B-2B4. 4 190 2 ad pp. Errata leaf follows title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Written by Thomas Lewis O'Beirne 1748-1823 the Anglican divine whose first publication was the sermon he preached "An excellent sermon preached in St. Paul's Church New-York" NY 1776 as chaplin in Lord Howe's fleet at St. Paul's Chapel in New York after the disastrous fire in New York City of September 21 1776 probably set by Patriot arsonists. Upon his return to England in 1779 O'Beirne wrote a defense of Howe in "A Candid and Impartial Narrative of the Transactions of the Fleet ." L. 1779 and became more and more allied with the Whig party.<br /> <br /> This is his defense of Admiral Keppel in the politically charged dispute with Sir Hugh Palliser and Lord Sandwich over their actions in the engagement with the French fleet off the coast of Brest in July 1778. Charges and counter-charges flew over that indecisive and costly encouter Kessel being accused "misconduct and neglect of duty" and of not having done enough to finish off the crippled French fleet. Indeed a claim was made at the time "that had the French been defeated at the time a diplomatic mission to America giving them the opportunity to abandon the French treaty would not have failed" DNB Palliser on the other hand was accused of neglecting to obey an order to come to the support of the rest of the fleet. The dispute ultimately resulted in court-martials of both men resulting in the acquittal of each although Palliser was censured and ruined while Keppel refused to serve under the current Ministry. <br /> <br /> "The whole episode had severely weakened the standing of the Navy. Keppel asked not be sent to sea under the current Ministry and so the Admiralty retired him which led to a general resignation by his naval supporters depriving the Navy of many able officers in the continuing war against America." - DNB<br /> <br /> The first edition of O'Beirne's account of the two court martials although well represented in institutions is rare on the market; and only one copy of the 2nd edition has appeared at auction over the last 30 years. ESTC T 9693 Printed for J. Almon and J. Debrett unknown
1800M5421Paris: Depot de la Marine 1800. Excellent. Notes: The map depicts the coast southern Florida in very good detail. In addition Cuba Puerto Rico and the Bahamas are also depicted. Depth measurement are present on all the coastlines. Size : 580x875 mm 22.875x34.375 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Category: Maps Sea Chart; Maps United States South Florida; Maps West Indies Cuba & Bahamas; Depot de la Marine unknown
1741001388London: John Millan 1741. Two engraved broadsides - 'A List of His Majesties Royal Navy Shewing When They Were Built & Rebuilt their Several Dimensions and Tonnage with their highest & lowest Compliment of Men ye Number Nature Length & Weight of Guns on ye several Decks of Each Rate' and 'The Pay of the Officers & Men in ye Royal Navy together with the Number in each Rate and their Daily Allowance of Provisions and ye Number of Ships' single sided engraved broadsides. Both cropped to margins with loss to imprint of second mentioned creased from old folds browned with several small chips and tears. First mentioned with significant closed tear from left hand side but missing engraved text with old heavy reinforcing to reverse. The 'Pay' sheet gives detailed summaries including the rates paid to the ships' barber gunners taylor and chaplain. The 'List' sheet covers all rates of ships from First to the smallest yachts as well as hospital and dockyard ships. Both are uncommon the 'Pay' sheet ESTC N490067 shows at the NYPL only and the 'List' sheet ESTC T136812 at the BL and Society of the Cincinnati. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Illus. by Child G. Sculp. Folio. Broadside. John Millan Paperback
1799AQ24138London: s.n. 1799. 10 120 leaves. Predominantly printed on versos only with rectos blank. ESTC T101523. Bound with: ROYAL NAVY. An alphabetical list of the Commission Officers of his majesty's fleet: with the dates of their First Commissions. London. s.n. 1799. 176pp. ESTC T101543. 8vo. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco contrasting morocco lettering-piece A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked.Marbled endpapers occasional spotting. A beautifully bound volume containing two registers listing commissioned officers including captains masters commanders and lieutenants in the service of the Royal Navy in 1799 - only a few short years before the commencement of the Napoleonic Wars. The first presenting naval officers in order of their seniority with the dates of their commissions as well as being printed on versos only includes several pre-printed columns left blank for manuscript additions. The second presents the same information in alphabetical order presumably for easier reference. The details of the majority of the actors of the naval heroes of the previous and ensuing decades such as Admiral Hood and Horatio Nelson commissioned June 11th 1779 are of course present. Designed to be used and frequently updated few have survived; ESTC records copies of both works at two locations BL and RUSI. . [s.n.] unknown
174376433Kjøbenhavn 1743. Folio. Nyere skinnryggbind med tittelfelt i svart skinn enkel ryggforgylling og marmorerte dekler. Gravert frontispiece. 10 130 s. Med 68 helsides kobberstukne plansjer utenom pagineringen. Med endel kobberstukne vignetter. Folio. Recent half calf title in black spine simply gilt marbled boards. 10 130 pp. 68 engraved plates some enf´graved vignettes in text. Trykt hos Ernst Henrik Berling. Dansk. <br/><br/><em>Bibl. Dan. II 369.Gaspard Frédéric le Sage de Fontenay 1693–1769 var en dansk søofficer.Han stammede fra en fransk adelig familie som efter ophævelsen af det nantiske edikt 1685 bosatte sig i Danmark. Hans fader var infanterikapitajn Antoine le Sage de Fontenay moderen f. Drelincourt. Fontenay blev sekondløjtnant i Marinen 1714 premierløjtnant 1719 kaptajnløjtnant 1722 kaptajn 1728 kommandørkaptajn 1732 kommandør 1744 schoutbynacht 1751 viceadmiral 1754 og admiral 1759. Han erholdt 1760 Ridderkorset af Dannebrog. Han gjorde sig i dette tidsrum desuden bemærket ved at udgive et fra fransk oversat værk om søtaktik 1743 ligesom han også reviderede den i flåden brugte signalbog. Wikipedia.Med etikett fra tidligere eier samt lite stempel på fribladet og tittelbladet. Svake ytre øvre falser. Ren og fin materie.Et flott verk om marine.Label of former owner small stamp on front free endpaper and title page. Outer hinges a bit weak. Internally clean. </em> hardcover
1779154781Spain: 1779. Visually appealing manuscript offering a valuable insight into the Spanish naval empire in the Caribbean Fascinating official service record of don Francisco Ximenez Parrado an officer of the Spanish Navy who served during the War of Jenkin's Ear 1739-48. This detailed account signed by Parrado enumerates his services from 1721 to 1779 listing naval campaigns many of them in the Americas. During his career Parrado participated in a range of operations; coastal patrols surveys and some significant naval engagements particularly against the British. In 1729 Parrado joined the Fuerte 60 under don Domingo Justiniani which sailed from Cadiz on 19 December in company with the two-decker frigate Nuestra Señora del Carmen 54. En route to Cartagena the two ships passed Tobago the coasts of Trinidad Margarita Cumana and Caracas. Once at Cartagena they commenced cruising the coasts of Terra Firme Spain's mainland possessions from the Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico in search of illicit traders. In less than a year they had captured some six frigates and seven sloops carrying contraband off the coast of Venezuela. During the Summer of 1736 Parrado was in the Conquistador under don Blas de Lezo which was under repair in Spain before its embarkation for Cartagena early in 1737 with 1891 tons of cargo and brigadier don Jose Ambrosio the new governor of Chile aboard. The Conquistador remained at Cartagena on coast guard duties until she was scuttled by de Lezo during the battle of Cartagena in 1741 as part of the blockade of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon's massive invasion assault. British failure here was to prove one of the pivotal moments of the War of Jenkins's Ear. Parrado is shown as having stayed in Cartagena until 1744 after which it seems he joined don Benito Antonio de Espinola in Havana taking part in the 1745 commissioning voyage of the Santa Teresa de Jesus 64 better known as the Dragon. The manuscript details an engagement in that year with an unnamed British vessel of 60 guns "quese avisto diferentes vezes frente del Puerto" "had been seen several times outside the port ". The Dragon's main mast was split and she was forced the quit the battle. The document also notes Parrado's presence in Tortuga Cabo de San Antonio Puerto Rico and Havana during 1746. The record details Parrada's career under four headings: Empleos "Employments" Campañas "Campaigns" outlined in chronological order Comiciones en que fue Empleado "Commissions in which he was employed" and Funciones en la America "Dutiess in America". Parrado seems to have occupied seven different positions during his career showing a clear ascent through the ranks ; Marinero Agregado a los Pilotos "Sailor attached to the pilots" Arnillero "Gunsmith" with a note that he continued in his role with the pilots Pilotín "Pilot's Assistant" Segundo Piloto "Second pilot" Primer Piloto "First pilot" Alférez de Navío "Frigate lieutenant" a junior watch officer and Teniente de Fragata "First lieutenant" a full lieutenant. Parrado later became the principal teacher at the School of Navigation in Cartagena. This fascinating document offers some welcome insight into a single career during a time of considerable conflict taking place on a world-wide stage. 4 pp. manuscript in neat clearly legible hand on a single bifolium elaborately engraved cartouche to the first page incorporating a three-master atop and enclosing a tabulated manuscript summary of Parrado's postings and positions. Light toning and minor staining. A very good example. Clowes The Royal Navy vol. 3. unknown
17882680Paris: S.n. 1788. First edition. Sewn binding. Protected with blank paper wrappers. Title and date in ink on the front cover by a later neat hand. Printed on thick paper. Partly uncut untrimmed. With a few contemporary corrections in the text in ink like in other copies. Some stains on the cover. Inside clean. Overall in fine condition. First edition. Sewn binding. Protected with blank paper wrappers. 6 52 2 p. <p>A scarce and interesting source of the French efforts to colonize Guiana in the late 18th century. <p><br /> By the Treaty of Paris in 1763 France lost almost all her possessions in the Americas thus the relevance of her remaining islands on the Antilles and the territories in the Guianas dramatically increased. The first ill-fated attempt to colonize Guiana with some 12000 men in 1763 failed with a loss of about ten thousand settlers killed by tropical diseases and hostile natives. The second endeavor in 1776 was much more successful. Under the administration of Pierre-Victor Malouet and with the assistance of the Swiss engineer Jean Samuel Guisan — and the heavy use of slave work — France established flourishing agriculture in the colony. This period ended very soon in the early 1790s when French Guiana was partly turned into a penal colony for political prisoners of the Revolution. <p><br /> The present 1788 pamphlet describes the ill-fated first and the more successful second wave of colonization and designs an administrative plan based on slave work for the future success of the colony. Many chapters deal with the slaves and their work and the author states that the “government should pay for about 3000 African slaves to be introduced annually to populate Guyane until they are numerous enough to reproduce themselves.†p. 15 <p><br /> The essay was published anonymously but the author’s name and title were added in ink by a contemporary hand to the title page of the copy held at the British Library however for the most part it remained indecipherable to us: Par M. B… Contrôleur de la marine …. <p><br /> Extremely scarce we could trace copies in institutional holdings only in France BnF Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève and the UK BL.<br /> Sabin 29193; Hogg 1113 The African Slave Trade and Its Suppression: A Classified and Annotated Bibliography of Books Pamphlets and Periodical; Conlon 88:1966 Le siècle des lumière. Vol. XXIII. [S.n.] unknown
175765706Paris: Dépot général de la Marine 1757. DÉPOT GÉNÉRAL DE LA MARINE. . Le Pilote des Iles Britanniques publié d'aprés les ordres du Contre-Amiral Decrés Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Par le Dépot général de la Marine. Paris 1757-1804.<br> <br> Large folio 25 1/2 x 20 inches; 640 x 505 mm. Atlas containing thirty-two charts thirty of which are double-page the first of which is folding. Letterpress title and table of plates.<br> <br> Modern half calf over marbled boards. Spine ruled in gilt. Black calf spine label lettered in gilt. Charts mounted on stubs. Title-page and table of plates with a bit of smudging. Some toning to backsides of the charts due to the use of mounting adhesive not affecting front side of the charts. A few charts with professionally repaired small closed tears most of which are marginal and barely affecting the charts if at all. Some old ink and pencil notes on blank backsides of the charts. Overall a very nice copy.<br> <br> Charts after Bellin John Knight Hamilton Moore Stuart Amos Arnold corrected by MacKenzie Joseph Huddart and others.<br> <br> "As with the Neptune François this volume was made up from the charts available to the French Admiralty. They range in date over half a century from those complied by J.-N Bellin to charts of England's south coast harbours prepared by Napoleon. There are two general charts of the North Atlantic followed by detailed charts covering the whole of the British Isles particularly places of strategic importance such as the Isle of Wright Portsmouth Torbay and Plymouth." Sotheby's.<br> <br> Greene and Hanff II.<br> <br> HBS 65706.<br> <br> $8500. Dépot général de la Marine unknown
1732AATCG223SY47Paris 1732. 13.5 x 19 cm. Contemporary red goatskin morocco sewn on 5 cords gold-tooled spine gold-tooled fillets on boards and board edges title in 2nd and 3rd of 6 spine compartments further each with 5 small fleurs-de-lis blue-black goatskin morocco pastedowns with wide richly gold-tooled frame headbands worked in red and white gilt edges. Manuscript in brown-black red and blue ink on vellum some of the lettering and borders gilt. With a beautiful frontispiece painting in coloured gouaches 14 x 9.5 cm pasted on the page facing the opening of the text showing a small warship at a shipyard in a small harbour being repaired by workmen. On the left shore a man tends pots on an open fire outside a small hut while 2 others watch and talk across an inlet behind it are the larger ruins of a church with tower in the background more people smaller boats and the far shore. Centred at the foot is a scrollwork shield leaning against a crate with the text "Marine du Roy. 1732." Frontispiece plus 2 26 ll. including 2 double and 1 larger folding. Splendid vellum manuscript on the condition and organisation of the French Royal Navy of King Louis XV in the year 1732 including maritime data on the French colonies in Canada Louisiana and the West Indies. The manuscript is beautifully calligraphed in a formal roman and italic in brown-black red and blue sometimes with gold covering the ink with 2 decorated initials in gold over red. The use of the high quality vellum the fine gouache illustration the lavishly executed calligraphy and the beautiful contemporary binding indicate that the manuscript must have been produced for an important person probably a head of the marine or an official at the court. The manuscript gives a complete survey of the size and organisation of the French navy of the Ancien Regime in 1732 and must have been top secret at the time!From the library of the well-known art historian and book collector Henri Beraldi 1849-1931. The manuscript is generally in fine condition with only an occasional minor spot or small stain. The binding is slightly worn at the hinges head and foot of spine and on the raised bands but is also generally fine. A remarkable and luxurious manuscript providing a wealth of information on the French Royal Navy in 1732.l Bibliotheque Henri Beraldi II Paris 1934 168; Sotheby's London Sale 16 & 17 december 1963 lot 223. hardcover
