Et des Lettres-Patentes du Roi, pour la liberté du Commerce à la Côte de Guinée, données à Paris au mois de Janvier 1716. Avec les Reglemens que ledit commerce a occasionnés, par un citadin*. Two quarto volumes (211 X 260 mm) marbled fawn sheepskin, spine with five decorated bands, boxes decorated with small stamps, brown title and volume labels, red edges (contemporary binding). Volume I: illustrated title, (4) title pages, warning and table of chapters, 615 pages, (1) errata page, 7 maps and 7 plates outside the text; Volume II: illustrated title, (4) title pages, warning and table of chapters, 618 pages, (1) errata page, 3 maps and 5 plates outside the text.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS GUIDE TO TRADE WITH AMERICA, written for the use of traders. It contains TWO ILLUSTRATED TITLES drawn and engraved by Arrivet, 10 MAPS (including 9 folding) of South America, North America (2), Martinique, Saint-Domingue (2), Guadeloupe, Cayenne and its surroundings, Louisiana, Guinea; and 12 PLATES engraved outside the text: botany, genre scenes (black king who dispenses justice, slave market, tobacco rollers, turtle fishing), fan and ship’s handle, sugar mill, indigo, etc. Interesting provenance the Musée de Marseille.
Offered by Librairie Michel Morisset
$4500
To purchase, contact mm@librairiemichelmorisset.com
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