Imprimerie Royale Paris 1839. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo hardcover no dj. Vg condition. Bound in contemporary brown quarter-leather of the period w/ raised spine bands leather corners maroon leather spine label titled in gilt. Handsome prev. owner bookplate; contents mildly & uniformly age-toned w/ just the slightest scattered foxing chiefly to opening & closing pgs otherwise clean unmarked binding & hinges quite firm. Leather corners & spine moderately edge-rubbed tiniest nick at upper spine. 320 pp. Originally 4 parts published as 3 volumes. Imprimerie Royale, Paris hardcover
Paris Dupont 1849-1864. Bound in 32 uniform contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Gilt lettering. Spine gone on volume 11. Some maps and plates. <br/><br/><em>Conating first hand investigations on colonial history ethnography hydrography nautical matters geography etc. etc. </em> unknown
Paris: D'Imprimerie Royale 1828. Leather Bound. pp. 143. 4to. Tree calf. Red leather title label lettered in gilt. Gilt lettering and decorations to covers and spine. Blue ribbon bookmark. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Front joint splitting at bottom corners bumped boards creased scuffing a few dark spots to spine occasional foxing to contents. D'Imprimerie Royale unknown
Paris Librairie de Challamel Ainé 1861-1897. 8vo. 128 volumes all except 7 volumes bound in uniform contemporary half calf with gilt lettering. Remaining 7 volumes in half cloth. Two volumes with detached spine. All volumes with gilt stamp to front board and a few volumes with paper label pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Spines with a bit of wear internally very fine and clean. With numerous folded maps and charts. <br/><br/><em>A fine set all volumes first editions of this important travel- and exploration journal being the official French journal on maritime and colonial exploration in the last half of the 19th century containing numerous papers maps and charts of hitherto unexplored territory. </em> hardcover
Paris. : Imprimerie Royale. 1843. Publisher’s printed boards. . Very good light scuffing and soiling to covers contents fresh and bright with wide margins. . 4to. 31x23cm. . French text. Uncommon report of a French commission to examine slavery and politics in the French colonies. The early eighteenth century was a time of of civil unrest and slave rebellions in the colonies and public opinion in Europe was strongly anti-slavery. This led to the final abolition of slavery in the French colonies in 1848. Heavy book may require extra shipping. weight: 3.4 lb. Imprimerie Royale. hardcover books
Paris: Ministrie de la Marine et les Colonies 1853. Captain's commission for a merchant ship captain for overseas voyages. Filled in by hand and signed. Edges soiled and stained darkened along folds some age toning overall. Small hole and cracking along one fold. Good condition. Paris: Ministrie de la Marine et les Colonies, 1853. unknown