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16181Archive includes 9 pieces from the League of Child Welfare and Maternity founded in 1919 by Frances Lady Chelmsford to ensure nationwide pre and post-natal care to women in India. In addition to 7 Typed Letters Signed by Chelmsford's assistants requesting and thanking donors for their contributions to the endowment there is an Autograph Letter Signed by Lady Chelmsford in 1920 to the royal family: "I wish to thank your Highness most warmly for your splendid contribution towards the endowment fund. Your Highness is always so generous to movements which have to their object the amelioration of the conditions of women and children." Also included is the only known copy according to OCLC of the 1919 pamphlet "Speech Delivered by her Excellency Lady Chelmsford" expressing her "desire to form an Association of all persons in India interested in matters which concerns health of the people especially of the women and children.threefold object-1Domestic sanitation 2 Education of mothers in all that concerns their own health and that of their children 3 Training of health visitors and nurses. unknown books
1 vol. in-8 reliure pleine basane racinée (reliure de comptoir français en Inde), dos à 4 nerfs dorés orné, Société de l'Histoire de l'Inde Française, Pondichéry, 1911-1914, 1 f., 402 pp. Bon état pour cet exemplaire en reliure de comptoir français d'Inde (restaurations marginales à 3 ff., bon exemplaire par ailleurs). Français
19751093905Halle, Martin-Luther-Universität, (1975). 77 S. m. Abb. OKart.
0428759181.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0428759300.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
181 p., ill. n.t.; 20,5 cm. Bross. edit. con sovrac. Molto buono
Folio, First Edition; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
4814840like new. unknown
2006x-1847340806Naval & Military Pr 2006. Hardcover. New. 108 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.38 inches. Naval & Military Pr hardcover
1847340806.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1908EJ5861Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing 1908. HB. Heavy card covers with dark brown backstrip brown lettering on front cover 8vo 29 pp. India Army Orders Simla the 17th August 1908 No. 466 Robert Scallon Major-General Adjutant General in India. Price 1s or 10 annas. Detailed account of the strength and equipment of a British Cavalry Regiment in India at the beginning of the twentieth century. Contents include established strength regimental equipment and supplies by the Ordnance Department supplies by the Supply and Transport Corps supplies by the Military Works Services or the Public Works Department supplies by the Medical Store Department and supplies by other departments and by local purchase. Ex-General Staff Library War Office with stamp dated 16 Nov. 1908. Library stamps both on title page and front cover no marks in text binding tight. Covers show minor soiling. Scarce title. Book condition VG-. Superintendent Government Printing unknown
19541093510New York, The John Day Comp. (1954). 4 Bl., 310 S. m. Abb. auf Bildtaf. OLwd.
1982531088.GaudioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
6935(Montauban), (1724). Placard de 38 x 48 cm sur vergé (petit manque de papier dans la marge).
8052P., Imprimerie Royale, 1770. In 4° de 7 pp., bandeau gravé.
199379255London, 1993, in-8, 351pp, Reliure éditeur jaquette illustrée, Superbe exemplaire! 351pp
118830Paris. De l'Imprimerie Royale 1770. 4 pages. Mouillure angulaire. 275x21 Cm. Broché. Publié en 1770 cet arrêt du Conseil d'État du Roi constitue un document essentiel pour comprendre la régulation du commerce français au XVIIIe siècle en particulier concernant les marchandises en provenance de l'Inde. À une époque où la France cherchait à étendre son influence commerciale et coloniale ce texte révèle les mécanismes administratifs et fiscaux mis en place par l'autorité royale pour contrôler et bénéficier de ce commerce lucratif. Compagnie des Indes. Paris. De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1770. unknown
1724WRCAM34684Paris 1724. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French law granting the exclusive right to organize lotteries to the speculative "Compagnie des Indes" France's leading West Indian commercial concern. Not in Wroth; OCLC locates only two copies at Yale and the University of Minnesota. Rare. <br> <br> This copy is 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 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. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 294 this copy. OCLC 47646033. unknown books
1727WRCAM40679Paris 1727. 3pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Lightly tanned. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree "concerning loans made on the Company's shares" Maggs. In 1721 the Compagnie declared bankruptcy and was reorganized after the Mississippi Bubble burst. Not in Wroth. OCLC locates only one copy at the John Carter Brown 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. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 327 this copy. OCLC 84380833. unknown books
1729WRCAM34683Paris 1729. 3pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French royal decree concerning life annuities in the Compagnie des Indes. Good evidence of French administration of speculative ventures in the West Indies. Wroth lists only one copy at Harvard; OCLC locates no more. <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 1179. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 340 this copy. unknown books
1722WRCAM40666Paris 1722. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French royal decree concerning life annuities in the Compagnie des Indes. The previous year the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized after the Mississippi Bubble burst. Wroth records only one copy at NYPL; OCLC adds no more. Rare. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-1794 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 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 972. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 254 this copy. unknown books
1727WRCAM40676Paris 1727. 8pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Light soiling along spine edge; minor dampstaining along bottom edge. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree establishing two offices to control the inspection of goods from the Compagnie des Indes. "The Compagnie des Indes flourished from 1726 to 1746 paying handsome dividends and bringing wealth to the ports of Bordeaux Nantes Marseille and in particular its home port of Lorient L'Orient although it lost its rights in the western hemisphere. It established trading offices in many parts of India also Canton Yemen Persia Basra and North Africa. The main sources of its wealth were porcelain wallpapers lacquer and tea from China cotton and silk cloth from China and India coffee from Mocha Yemen pepper from Mahé South India gold ivory and slaves from West Africa" - Shakespeare. A variant and unrecorded issue of Wroth 1096 "which cites the 'Lettres Patentes' only of which but one copy is known to exist that in the New York Public Library whereas no edition of the 'Arrest' itself seems to be known" - Maggs. OCLC locates only one copy at the John Carter Brown 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. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 309 this copy. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION 1096 ref. OCLC 79795021. Howard Shakespeare "The Compagnie des Indes" in the JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOND & SHARE SOCIETY February 1997. hardcover books
1722WRCAM40667Paris 1722. 4pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree giving to the Compagnie des Indies in perpetuity the forts and trading posts which they established off the coast of Guinea. The previous year after the Mississippi Bubble burst the Compagnie had declared bankruptcy and was reorganized. Wroth records only three copies; OCLC adds no more. 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 981. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 255 this copy. unknown books
1724WRCAM40673Paris 1724. 7pp. Quarto. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Fine. A French royal decree "concerning the customs declarations to be made by the ships le Bourbon la Diane l'Argonaute & l'Athalante whose cargo included pepper wild cinnamon aloes rhubarb and cotton and muslin fabrics imported from the colonies" - Maggs. Wroth records only two copies at NYPL and the John Crerar Library; OCLC adds two more at Harvard and the John Carter Brown Library. Scarce. <br> <br> From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne 1727-1794 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 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 1066. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 300 this copy. OCLC 84632312. unknown books