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198839198New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1988. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; red paper and white cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in metallic red on spine; dustjacket; xiv3815; illus. Slight lean else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped lightly shelfworn with a few tiny nicks; Very Good. Inside account of the Duvaliers father and son and their legacy which includes the infamous election day massacre the five month experiment in "democracy" and the coup d'etat that restored a military junta to power. McGraw-Hill Book Company unknown books
195047402Port-Au-Prince: Imprimerie de L'Etat 1950. Ocavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 22pp. Mild external toning and wear; Very Good. Instructions for census-takers in the 1950 Haitian general census. Imprimerie de L'Etat unknown books
197839195New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1978. Reprint. Octavo; brick red paper and teal cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; x2122pp; illus. Hint of a forward lean else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $6.95 lightly shelfworn with a few short tears and a tiny nick to upper rear flap fold; Very Good. Substantial collection of traditional Haitian folktales illustrated throughout by Elsa Henriquez. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
196144417Port-au-Prince 1961. 3rd ed. Hardcover. Good. index 183p. Leatherette-backed boards. 18cm. Boards worn at extremities with chipping in paper covering. A few leaves partially unopened. Pages unevenly browned. At head of title: "Les codes haitiens". Annotated by A. Rigal. French text. <br/><br/> hardcover books
18975874Manchester England 1897. Paperback. Very Good. A total of 5 1/4 pages. French text. <br/><br/> paperback books
192274865Washington: GPO 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. This volume only of 2. 812p. Contemporary tan buckram. No Jacket. Not a proud chapter in American history. <br/><br/> GPO hardcover books
1946WRCAM38304Port-au-Prince: Imprimerie de l'Etat 1946. 27pp. Original printed red wrappers. Wrappers edgeworn with tears. Wrappers and text quite water-stained. A fair copy. This constitution enacted on November 22 1946 is a much toned-down version of the original draft supported by new President Dumarsais Estime which described Haiti as socialist restored bans on foreign land ownership prohibited foreigners from doing business and legitimized trade unions. Under protests from the United States Britain France the Vatican and the business community the present much more conservative document was promulgated. Imprimerie de l'Etat unknown books
193448058New York: Minton Balch & Company 1934. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm.; publisher's cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket signed in image by Walter Cole; 304pp. A hint of shelf wear to jacket extremities including tiny loss at top margin of upper panel spine a bit toned else Very Good or better. Sensationalist history of Haiti and voodoo published during the American occupation in part as a sequel to the author's Black Baghdad 1933 advertised on the rear panel of the present dust jacket as "The Arabian Nights Adventures of a Marine Captain in Haiti." The author a former U.S. Marine captain served as "a white officer of black troops in the interior and subsequently as Chief of Police in Port au Prince." More importantly Craige's "Two cauliflower ears a broken nose and a Mexican bullet in his hip are silent testimony to the fact that Captain Craige has been a man of action" - rear jacket panel. SCHOMBURG p. 1732. Minton, Balch & Company unknown books
1791WRCAM35519Paris: De l'Imprimerie Nationale 1791. 174pp. in French. Dbd. Small pair of worm holes penetrating volume joining in rear half barely affecting text. Overall very good. Administrative orders for the colony of Saint- Domingue later Haiti passed by the National Assembly on June 15 1791 two months before the outbreak of the Haitian Rebellion. SABIN 34844. De l'Imprimerie Nationale unknown books
179237277Paris: Patriote Françoise 1792. First edition. Modern silk with gilt titles. Title page torn and repaired affecting a few words of the statement of responsibility and the quote below it small inked numeral foxing on a few leaves; else contents very good in an excellent binding. 114 pp. Sm. 8vo. Covers the slave insurrections in Haiti. OCLC shows only nine copies. Sabin 75161. Cundall 417. LCP. Afro-Americana 9128. Martin & Walter. Révolution française: IV/2 9677. Patriote Françoise unknown books
179235978Paris: De L'Imprimerie du Patriote François 1792. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles. Amateur repair of quarter-size hole on title page darkening several words faint foxing pencil annotations else a very good copy. 15 pp. Sm. 8vo. Caption title: Faits Relatifs aux Troubles de Saint-Domingue presentes au Comite Colonial en Vertu d'un Decret de I'Assemblee nationale par M. Bore citoyen et planteur de Saint-Domingue. Date supplied in manuscript. Memoirs of a planter from 1789 to 1791. OCLC shows only seven copies. Sabin 6423. Garrett French Colonial Question 153. Bissainthe M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne 4837. Catalogue de l'histoire de France VIII p. 733: 400. De L'Imprimerie du Patriote François hardcover books
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 books
WRCAM53510Port-au-Prince: C. Descauriet 1828. 3859-276349-736pp. Thick 16mo. 20th-century patterned calf and marbled boards gilt leather label. A handful of wormholes in binding some edge wear. Haitian library stamp on front free endpaper. Minor toning a number of leaves with fire damage along bottom. A fair copy lacking titlepage last leaf and otherwise incomplete see pagination. Gives the Code Civil Code de Procedure Civile Code de Commerce Code d'Instruction Criminelle Code Penal and Code Rural. A rugged copy at best but an extensive example of early Caribbean printing from a time and place with a very low survival rate of material. C. Descauriet hardcover books
1796WRCAM52307Port-au-Prince 1796. 4 x 9 1/2 inches completed in manuscript docketed on verso. Minor toning and edge wear. Very good. A rare pay order for supplies made out to Baron Jean-Charles de Montalembert on behalf of the invading British occupation force in Haiti. The document is signed by John Wigglesworth agent to the Commander of the British forces in Haiti and later Britain's envoy to the leader of the Haitian Revolution Touissant Louverture. By early the next century Louverture would become ever so briefly chief of the first free Black Republic in Haiti. The payee Montalembert has docketed the verso with an additional docket in French transferring the funds to Dutilh & Wachsmuth a Philadelphia mercantile house. <br> <br> St. Domingo the French part of Haiti was a highly prosperous sugar coffee and cotton slave-estate island whose produce was described as exceeding that of the whole of the British Leeward and surrounding islands. In 1789 it was said to consist of 10000 white people 24000 free mixed-race people and 455000 negro slaves. Although free local laws decreed that mixed-race individuals could not accept any office or employment other than as planters. As news spread of the revolution this group revolted but were roundly defeated. Part of the white response to the uprising was to create their own local assembly which excluded those of mixed race and resolved to transfer the island's allegiance to Great Britain whereupon France sent Commissioners who according to some reports recruited negroes to fight the whites. <br> <br> Starting in August 1791 the slaves revolted in many towns implementing major massacres and destruction of estates and establishing free communities of their own. They were led by Touissant Louverture an ex-slave who later joined the French army after the country abolished slavery in 1793. Louverture swiftly rose to the rank of Commander in Chief of the French forces in Haiti and proved to be an effective leader. In 1794 the British army under the pretense of the Napoleonic war sent a force from Jamaica that occupied Port-au-Prince and some other towns a welcome development for the remaining white population on the island. This British force was commanded by General Sir Thomas Maitland of the 62 Foot Regiment for whom Wigglesworth was the army agent. <br> <br> In the end the British were not successful. By 1798 the army had been virtually wiped out by yellow fever and in April of that year Maitland withdrew the British forces from Haiti under a guarantee from Louverture that the remaining pro-British whites would be protected. In May 1801 Touissant established St. Domingo as an independent republic. This alarmed the French so badly that they subsequently sent an army of 25000 that recaptured the island within a year and then by a ruse conveyed Louverture to France where he soon after died in prison. <br> <br> Baron de Montalembert had commanded the Legion britaniques de Sainte-Domingue a force of 1200 men composed of white colonials recruits from Europe and possibly some free mixed-race Haitians. Montalembert's Grenadiers were one of the most dependable units fighting for the British until the aforementioned fever along with heavy casualties decimated the unit. They disbanded on June 25 1797. <br> <br> A rare early Haitian document signed by two principal figures in the British occupation during the Haitian Revolution. unknown books
1796WRCAM52305Port-au-Prince 1796. 4 x 9 1/2 inches completed in manuscript docketed on verso. Minor toning and corner wear. Very good. A rare pay order for supplies bought from William Dickson by the invading British occupation force in Haiti. The document is signed by John Wigglesworth agent to the Commander of the British forces in Haiti and later Britain's envoy to the leader of the Haitian Revolution Touissant Louverture. By early the next century Louverture would become ever so briefly chief of the first free Black Republic in Haiti. The payee Dickson has docketed the verso to pay "Mg. de Klegand" with an additional docket in French by de Klegand to pay Dutilh & Wachsmuth a Philadelphia mercantile house. <br> <br> St. Domingo the French part of Haiti was a highly prosperous sugar coffee and cotton slave-estate island whose produce was described as exceeding that of the whole of the British Leeward and surrounding islands. In 1789 it was said to consist of 10000 white people 24000 free mixed-race people and 455000 negro slaves. Although free local laws decreed that mixed-race individuals could not accept any office or employment other than as planters. As news spread of the revolution this group revolted but were roundly defeated. Part of the white response to the uprising was to create their own local assembly which excluded those of mixed race and resolved to transfer the island's allegiance to Great Britain whereupon France sent Commissioners who according to some reports recruited negroes to fight the whites. <br> <br> Starting in August 1791 the slaves revolted in many towns implementing major massacres and destruction of estates and establishing free communities of their own. They were led by Touissant Louverture an ex-slave who later joined the French army after the country abolished slavery in 1793. Louverture swiftly rose to the rank of Commander in Chief of the French forces in Haiti and proved to be an effective leader. In 1794 the British army under the pretense of the Napoleonic war sent a force from Jamaica that occupied Port-au-Prince and some other towns a welcome development for the remaining white population on the island. This British force was commanded by General Sir Thomas Maitland of the 62 Foot Regiment for whom Wigglesworth was the army agent. <br> <br> In the end the British were not successful. By 1798 the British army had been virtually wiped out by yellow fever and in April of that year Maitland withdrew the British forces from Haiti under a guarantee from Louverture that the remaining pro-British whites would be protected. In May 1801 Touissant established St. Domingo as an independent republic. This alarmed the French so badly that they subsequently sent an army of 25000 that recaptured the island within a year and by a ruse conveyed Louverture to France where he soon after died in prison. unknown books
1796WRCAM52308Port-au-Prince 1796. 3 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches completed in manuscript docketed on verso. Minor toning. Very good. A rare pay order for supplies intended for the British occupation force in Haiti made out to M. Juré Ainé. The document is signed by John Wigglesworth agent to the Commander of the British forces in Haiti and later Britain's envoy to the leader of the Haitian Revolution Touissant Louverture. By early the next century Louverture would become ever so briefly chief of the first free Black Republic in Haiti. The payee Jure has docketed the verso in French with an additional docket in French transferring payment to Dutilh & Wachsmuth a Philadelphia mercantile house. <br> <br> St. Domingo the French part of Haiti was a highly prosperous sugar coffee and cotton slave-estate island whose produce was described as exceeding that of the whole of the British Leeward and surrounding islands. In 1789 it was said to consist of 10000 white people 24000 free mixed-race people and 455000 negro slaves. Although free local laws decreed that mixed-race individuals could not accept any office or employment other than as planters. As news spread of the revolution this group revolted but were roundly defeated. Part of the white response to the uprising was to create their own local assembly which excluded those of mixed race and resolved to transfer the island's allegiance to Great Britain whereupon France sent Commissioners who according to some reports recruited negroes to fight the whites. <br> <br> Starting in August 1791 the slaves revolted in many towns implementing major massacres and destruction of estates and establishing free communities of their own. They were led by Touissant Louverture an ex-slave who later joined the French army after the country abolished slavery in 1793. Louverture swiftly rose to the rank of Commander in Chief of the French forces in Haiti and proved to be an effective leader. In 1794 the British army under the pretense of the Napoleonic war sent a force from Jamaica that occupied Port-au-Prince and some other towns a welcome development for the remaining white population on the island. This British force was commanded by General Sir Thomas Maitland of the 62 Foot Regiment for whom Wigglesworth was the army agent. <br> <br> In the end the British were not successful. By 1798 the British army had been virtually wiped out by yellow fever and in April of that year Maitland withdrew the British forces from Haiti under a guarantee from Louverture that the remaining pro-British whites would be protected. In May 1801 Touissant established St. Domingo as an independent republic. This alarmed the French so badly that they subsequently sent an army of 25000 that recaptured the island within a year and by a ruse conveyed Louverture to France where he soon after died in prison. unknown books
179243209Nancy France: Chez Haener Imprimeur du Départment de la Meurthe 1792. First edition. Self wrappers. A very good copy with pin holes along inner margin two soiled spots signed in ink on last page. 4 pp. Illus. with a woodcut headpiece. Sm. 4to. Signed illegible. Law authorizing negotiation with the United States minister to obtain food and construction materials in the amount of 4000000 livres to be paid by the French Treasury but to be reimbursed by taxes on the colony. The money was much needed as the loan decree dated 26 Juin 1792 came in the midst of unparalleled upheaval in Haiti. The revolution of the year before with its "horrible carnage" had now given way "to strategic military operations tactical maneuvers and new political alliances as the slaves gain territory and stabilize their positions. They raid plantations for military equipment loot the whites' forces after they are repelled and trade with the Spanish for weaponry" Kona Shen History of Haiti The Revolution Builds Brown University. library.brown.edu/haitihistory/6.html. Toussaint Louverture is a rising star Civil Commissions arrive from France free blacks and mulattos in Saint-Domingue are granted equal political rights Spain declares war on England and France and battle ensues for control of Haiti. The U.S. is concerned with conditions on the island and in fact Jefferson writes of his concern to the Marquis de Lafayette 16 June 1792. Rare. OCLC BN France and other European Libraries locate no copies of this issue No. 1412 with additional text concerning the Departement de la Meurthe. A Paris printing No. 1813 can be found at Cornell Univ. Minn. and JCB which also has a Toulouse printing. Manioc Bibliotheque shows a digitized version of the Paris imprint. Chez Haener, Imprimeur du Départment de la Meurthe unknown books
1792WRCAM45082Philadelphia 1792. 32pp. Bound with ten other titles detailed below. Contemporary marbled boards neatly rebacked in antique-style half calf gilt leather label. Contemporary manuscript contents list on front pastedown contemporary ownership inscription on fly leaf. Light foxing throughout. Very good. Fourth edition with notes and an appendix extracted from authentic original papers. An important narrative of the Haitian Revolution of 1791 recounting the many violent and brutal events to which the inhabitants were subject. The author writes: "At this time one hundred thousand negroes were in rebellion and all the buildings and plantations of more than half the Northern province appeared only as one general conflagration." <br> <br> This work is bound with ten other early American imprints primarily sermons as detailed below: <br> <br> 1 Aufrer Anthony: THE CANNIBALS' PROGRESS; OR THE DREADFUL HORRORS OF FRENCH INVASION. Newburyport Ma.: Edmund M. Blunt 1798. 351pp. EVANS 33332. <br> <br> 2 Gifford John: A LETTER TO THE HON. THOMAS ERSKINE. Philadelphia. 1797. 128pp. Lacks titlepage and second leaf. EVANS 32191. <br> <br> 3 Tappan David: A DISCOURSE DELIVERED TO THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY IN BRATTLE-STREET BOSTON. Boston. 1798. 31pp. Half title. Second edition. EVANS 34628. <br> <br> 4 M'Keen Joseph: TWO DISCOURSES DELIVERED AT BEVERLY ON THE DAY OF THE NATIONAL FAST MAY 9 1798. Salem Ma.: Thomas C. Cushing 1798. 31pp. Half title. EVANS 34039. <br> <br> 5 Prince John: A DISCOURSE DELIVERED AT SALEM ON THE DAY OF THE NATIONAL FAST MAY 9 1798. Salem Ma.: Thomas C. Cushing 1798. 44pp. Half title. EVANS 34414. <br> <br> 6 Osgood David: SOME FACTS EVINCIVE OF THE ATHEISTICAL ANARCHICAL AND IN OTHER RESPECTS IMMORAL PRINCIPLES OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC STATED IN A SERMON DELIVERED ON THE 9th OF MAY 1798. Boston. 1798. 27pp. Half title. EVANS 34284. <br> <br> 7 Thayer John: A DISCOURSE DELIVERED AT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BOSTON ON THE 9th OF MAY 1798. Boston. 1798. 31pp. Half title. EVANS 34646. PARSONS 196. WALGREN 417. <br> <br> 8 Tappan David: A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE CHAPEL OF HARVARD COLLEGE JUNE 19 1798. Boston. 1798. 28pp. EVANS 34629. <br> <br> 9 Eckley Joseph: A DISCOURSE DELIVERED ON THE PUBLIC THANKSGIVING DAY NOVEMBER 29 1798. Boston. 1798. 23pp. Half title. EVANS 33664. <br> <br> 10 Morse Jedediah: A SERMON PREACHED AT CHARLESTOWN NOVEMBER 19 1798 ON THE ANNIVERSARY THANKSGIVING IN MASSACHUSETTS. Boston. 1798. 746pp. With the six pages included in the appendix of the second edition printed separately for those who purchased the first edition. EVANS 34151 34152. EVANS 24766. hardcover books
191657435Most Port-au-Prince 1916. 20 items single sheet printed letterhead or partly printed documents accomplished in ink dated and signed with two printed broadsides. 1 vols. Chiefly 4to one broadside folio. Some toning or soiling and marginal chipping large broadside split along fold overall very good. 20 items single sheet printed letterhead or partly printed documents accomplished in ink dated and signed with two printed broadsides. 1 vols. Chiefly 4to one broadside folio. Presidents of the Republic of Haiti - A Collection. An outstanding collection of Haitian material comprising items signed by 11 presidents:<br/>1 ALEXANDRE PETION president of Haiti 1807-1818. Autograph document signed "Pétion" as president 6 April 1812 a laissez passer for Mr Douglass on government business and noting his white horse "which it is forbidden for whomsoever to touch under any pretext."<br/>2 JEAN-PIERRE BOYER president of Haiti 1818-1843. Autograph financial document signed "Boyer" as Commander-in-Chief of Port-au-Prince 30 November 1817 a receipt for 185 gourdes.<br/>3 FABRE GEFFRARD president of Haiti 1859-1867. Manuscript letter signed "Geffrard" as President 3 December 1860 ordering his secretary of state to pay General Simon Sam see no. 7 below the sum of 2165 gourdes.<br/>4 NISSAGE SAGET president of Haiti 1870-1874. Manuscript letter signed "Nissage Saget" as President 11 October 1870 requesting a report on the state of the Arsenal at Cap-Haitien cellophane tape repair to verso at signature.<br/>5 MICHEL DOMINGUE president of Haiti 1874-1878. a Manuscript letter signed "Domingue" as general and provisional commander of the département du Sud 14 September 1868 promoting second lieutenant Hyppolite see no. 6 below to full lieutenant; Partly printed document signed "Domingue" as president of the Etat Meridional d'Haiti 25 January 1869 promoting Prosper Faure to the rank of générale de division; Manuscript letter signed "Domingue" as president of Haiti 11 December 1874 acknowledging receipt of dispatches from the interim secretary of war.<br/>6 FLORVIL HIPPOLYTE president of Haiti 1889-1896. Manuscript letter signed "F Hyppolite" as générale de division 14 July 1875 concerning troop inspections; Manuscript letter signed "F Hyppolite" as president 27 January 1896 concerning an appointment to the local police.<br/>7 TIRESIAS AUGUSTIN SIMON SAM president of Haiti 1896-1902. Manuscript letter signed "T A S Sam" as president 12 August 1898 to the secretary of the interior endorsing a recommendation for a police appointment.<br/>8 FRANÇOIS ANTOINE SIMON president of Haiti 1908-1911. Manuscript letter signed "F.A. Simon" as générale de division honorary aide de camp to the President etc. 16 July 1896 to President Tiresias Augustin Simon Sam concerning a recommendation for Camille Jean-François acting police commissioner in the Cayes district; Typewritten letter Signed "F.A. Simon" as president 15 March 1909 conveying a military commission.<br/>9 CINCINNATUS LECONTE president of Haiti 1911-1912. Manuscript letter Signed "Ctus Leconte" as president 13 June 1912 concerning a request for police officers' uniforms; Printed broadside presidential decree dated 16 August 1911 naming the members of his cabinet.<br/>10 MICHEL ORESTE president of Haiti 1913-1914. Typewritten letter Signed "Michel Oreste" as president 4 July 1913 concerning a commercial license for the representative of the Hamburg America Line.<br/>11 PHILIPPE SUDRE DARTIGUENAVE president of Haiti 1915-1922. Typewritten letter signed "Dartiguenave" as president 1 April 1916 concerning a widow's pension. With four additional Haitian items: Partly printed receipt for import duties paid by Capt Taylor of the American brig Pegasus 6 November 1827 signed Lavartida on letterhead of the National Treasury of Santo-Domingo; Printed broadside with vignette headed "Liberté ou la Mort" decree of the provisional government concerning the rental of properties held by the nation 10 May 1843 following the overthrow of president Boyer; Autograph letter from générale de division Antoine Jeanty 27 November 1880 to the secretary of war; Partly printed consular document Amsterdam 16 December 1929 concerning bills and manifests for a cargo ship.<br/>An impressive and representative collection of Haitian leadership from the earliest years of the Republic's independence through the U.S. invasion of 1915. unknown books
1825WRCAM47136Port-au-Prince 1825. Watercolor 6 1/2 x 5 inches. Matted and framed to 10 x 8 inches. A few faint spots of foxing. Colors bright and fresh. Near fine. A handsome watercolor of Haitian general and president Jean-Pierre Boyer 1776-1850 who reigned over Haiti from 1818 to 1843. Boyer a free mulatto was born in Port-au-Prince but educated in France. One of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution he fled to France when Toussaint's uprising turned against the mulattoes as well as the whites returning with LeClerc in 1802. After independence Haiti split into two states north and south and Boyer served as the right hand of Alexandre Petion who established himself as president of the southern state. Boyer was appointed by Petion to be his successor in 1818 while Henri Christophe still ruled in the north. After Christophe committed suicide in 1820 and his young son was killed ten days later Boyer succeeded in reunifying the two states of Haiti. In late 1821 Santo Domingo became independent from Spain and Boyer swiftly moved to invade uniting the island under his rule by early 1822. In 1825 after agreeing to an indemnity he obtained official French recognition of the country for the first time since the revolution. <br> <br> At first Boyer's rule looked like a new start for the war-ravaged country and many free blacks from the United States considered settling there; but Boyer preferred to maintain a semi-feudal government and little was done to improve the situation. He stayed solidly in power until an earthquake was followed by an insurrection in 1843. Santo Domingo rebelled and won its independence back in 1844. Boyer fought back for over a year before fleeing first to Jamaica in 1845 and then to France where he died in 1850. He succeeded in lasting as president longer than any other Haitian ruler just edging out "Papa Doc" Duvalier for the honor. <br> <br> In this portrait which shows Boyer in three- quarter profile facing left he is dressed in his full regalia as general and president wearing a blue military coat trimmed in gold braid and a white cape with a red lining. This likeness closely resembles an engraving by Raban dated 1825 which is probably based on it. He is at the height of his achievements having just solidified his power by obtaining recognition from France. The portrait is signed with the initials "B.C." written in reverse in the bottom corner. An outstanding image of Haiti's fourth president. unknown books
1790WRCAM51150Cap Français Saint Domingue 1790. Watercolor 10 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches mounted on 12 3/4 x 18-inch card captioned in manuscript. Some expertly repaired tears and minor soiling. Very good. Matted. A fine perspective view of Place de Montarcher one of the major public spaces in Cap Français modern-day Cap Haïtien with the large Vallière & Montarcher fountain at center surrounded by a lively street scene. Cap Français was by far the richest port city in the colony which helped transform Saint Domingue from a languid outpost into one of France's most profitable and richest colonies by the time of the French Revolution. The image is signed: "Le Cher Largues. pinxit 1790." Original views from 18th-century Haiti are extraordinarily rare in the market. unknown books
