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175825562S.l. [Toulon] s.d. [1758] in-4 en feuille
175614817Frères Duplain Lyon 1756 1 vol. In-4 de 2 ff.n.ch. XVI 185 pp. XIV (table) 1 f.n.ch., veau marbré de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats armoriés, tranches rouges.
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
17634584A Paris, Chez H. L. Guérin & L. F. Delatour, 1763. 1763 1 vol. in-4° (298 x 225 mm.) de: [2] ff. (faux-titre, titre en rouge et noir), x pp. (dédicace, table des chapitres, Rapport de messieurs les Commissaires), 481 pp., (1) ff. ("Figures de la tactique navale"), 49 planches hors-texte contenant 133 figures. 2 bandeaux gravés. Plein veau glacé d'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre de maroquin havane, triple encadrement de filets dorés sur les plats, double filet doret sur les coupes, dentelle intérieure, tranches dorées. (Coiffes et mors discrétement restaurés).
17374245Madrid, Francisco Martinez Abad, 1737-1738. 1737 3 parties reliées en 1 vol. In-folio (304 x 206 mm) de: [144] pp., 200, [1], 201-202, [2], 203-204, [1], 205-536 columns, 537-538 pp., 539-560 [i.e. 561], [2] ff., ; [4] pp., 561-912 columns, 913-920 ff., Divxxi- Divxxvii [i.e., Divxxxii] ff., 921-1174 columns, 1174-1191 columns, 1192-1199 ff., Mcc- Mccxxxviii ff.; [4] pp., 1200-1527 columns, 1526-1729 columns, 132, [2] pp. (Déchirure restaurée à l'avant dernier feuillet, dernier feuillet doublé et restauré, avec petit manque de texte habilement recomposé). Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt (minor wear to extremities). Pleine basane XVIIIe, dos à nerf orné, titre de maroquin rouge, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches marbrées. (Accidents aux coiffes, coins émoussés).
174942120, , 1749-1750. 2 vol. in-12 à 15 lignes par page, texte encadré, de (8)-554 pp. ; (4)-509 pp., veau brun glacé, filets dorés sur les plats, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre "Oeuvres de H.M.R.D." en maroquin fauve, gardes de papier dominoté, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
175765706With Thirty-Two Charts D…POT G…N…RAL DE LA MARINE compiler. Le Pilote des Iles Britanniques publiÈ d'aprÈs les ordres du Contre-Amiral DecrÈs Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Par le DÈpot gÈnÈral de la Marine. Paris 1757-1804. 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. 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. Charts after Bellin John Knight Hamilton Moore Stuart Amos Arnold corrected by MacKenzie Joseph Huddart and others. "As with the Neptune FranÃois 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. HBS 65706. $8500 DÈpot gÈnÈral de la Marine hardcover books
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
170839636Paris, Giffart, 1708-1710. 137 gravures en 1 album in-4 (18 x 25cm), veau brun, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre, tranches jaspées (reliure de l’époque).
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
