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18975874Manchester England 1897. Paperback. Very Good. A total of 5 1/4 pages. French text. paperback
189953542New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1899. 8vo. 373 1 pp. plus 32 pp. publisher’s catalogue. Frontisp. 11 plates. Red pictorial publisher’s cloth cover art of sailors over the rail holding sabers in white gray brown red & black gilt lettering front cover & spine minor chipping head of spine minor wear to corners some spotting soiling front inner hinge starting still G copy. First American edition of this seafaring adventure set against the backdrop of the Haitian Revolution a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection from 1791-1804 abetted by British Royal Navy support. Charles Scribner’s Sons, hardcover
1882ZB407435Washington: GPO 1882. 47th Cong. 1st Sess. SED 86 42 pp. string tied paper wrappers good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Washington: GPO unknown
1892643861892. 2 Vols. Port-Au-Price 1892. Complete set. 2 Vols. Port-Au-Price 1892. Complete set. Nineteenth-Century Haitian Codes Haiti. Pradine Linstant d. 1884 Editor. Les Codes Haitiens Annotes Contenant 1 La Conference des Articles Entre Eux 2 Sous Chaque Article Les Titres des Lois et Actes Tant Anciens que Nouveaux qui les Expliquent Les Completent les Modifient Les Arrets du Tribunal de Cassation 3 Une Table Generale et une Table Analytique et Alphabetique des Matieres. Port-Au-Price: Chez A. L. de Pradine 1892. Two volumes. cvi 484; lxiv 279 pp. Complete set. Octavo 9" x 6". Recent cloth printed title labels to spines. Light toning to text internally clean. Ex-library. Stamps to title pages. An attractive set. $450. Later edition. Pradine's were the standard annotated editions of the nineteenth century. Volume I: Code Civile and Constitution de la Republique de Haiti; Volume II: Code de Procedure Civile Code de Commerce. OCLC locates 13 copies in North America 11 in law libraries. unknown
1875373911Paris: L. Guerin et Cie 1875. Second edition. 42 engravings and maps. Folio. Bound in quarter contemporary red morocco and cloth. Good only plates with worm holes. Second edition. 42 engravings and maps. Folio. "Collection of views of the main locations of the French colony of Saint Domingue". Sabin 50578 L. Guerin et Cie unknown
18953632Port-au-Prince 1895. Letter signed “F. Hyppoliteâ€. Single folio sheet ca. 27 × 21 cm. Written in ink on one side folded. Light toning small edge wear old folds. Letter signed “F. Hyppoliteâ€. Single folio sheet ca. 27 × 21 cm. Written in ink on one side folded. <p><br /> Signed letter from Haitian President Florvil Hyppolite to prominent members of the Haitian intellectual diaspora in Paris including future ministers and historian Horace Pauléus Sannon.<br /> <p><p><br /> In this official yet personal letter addressed to Th. Mathieu Joseph Justin Horace Pauléus Sannon Adéca Yn. Pierre and Furcy Châtelain in Paris President Florvil Hyppolite 1828–1896 acknowledges the receipt of a tableau sent the previous year by a group of Haitians living in Paris. The tableau transmitted via Brutus Saint-Victor a prominent figure in Port-au-Prince who himself later served as a cabinet minister contained photographs of the senders. Writing with formal courtesy Hyppolite expresses his gratitude for this thoughtful gesture and conveys his warm appreciation and esteem to his correspondents.<br /> <p><p><br /> The signatories include several figures who would later become prominent in Haiti’s political and intellectual life. Justin Joseph was a jurist and writer who went on to serve briefly as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1914 and authored significant works on Haitian law and foreign relations. Horace Pauléus Sannon 1870–1938 became one of Haiti’s most important historians and diplomats serving as foreign minister ambassador to France and author of landmark studies on the nation’s revolutionary past. Furcy Châtelain later held high office as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Foreign Affairs during the 1910s. The other two men Th. Mathieu and Adéca Yn. Pierre were likely members of the Haitian expatriate community in Paris though their identities remain less certain.<br /> <p><p><br /> Hyppolite’s presidency lasted from 1889 until his sudden death in 1896. Rising to power after years of internal conflict and foreign interference he worked to stabilize the government modernize the army and strengthen Haiti’s position in international affairs. His rule is often remembered for its emphasis on infrastructure projects including railway and port development and for efforts to maintain a careful balance between Haiti’s internal factions and the increasing influence of foreign powers particularly the United States Germany and France. This letter written near the end of his presidency is a testament to his connections not only with domestic political circles but also with Haitians abroad reflecting the networks of support and exchange that linked the republic to its intellectual and diplomatic communities overseas.<br /> <p>. unknown
