[Slave Trade].MareMagnum
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Folio. XVIII, 276 pp. Modern blue wrappers with cover label. Top edge gilt. British papers and correspondence with local agents on the international slave trade, including missives exchanged with the Governor of Jeddah, and further details about the possible appointment of a Pasha of Jeddah who might labour to suppress the slave trade. - Well-preserved.
Folio. XVI, 268 pp. Modern blue wrappers with cover label. British papers and correspondence with local agents on the international slave trade, including missives exchanged between Mr. Doria, Mr. C. Wood, and Sir G. Clerk on the continued importation of slaves by the Sheikh of Bandar Lengeh, discussing steps of "signal reprehension" (p. 85) against such conduct, and further intelligence forwarded by Captain Jones from Bushire relative to the trade of slaves throughout the Arabian Gulf. - Well-preserved.
Folio. XXVIII, 467, (1) pp. Modern blue wrappers with cover label. British papers and correspondence with local agents on the international slave trade, including a Vizirial letter to the Governor of Jeddah to abolish the slave trade in his territories. - Well-preserved.
Folio. VI, 86 pp. Top edge gilt. Sewn. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents on the slave trade, including accounts of the extent to which many Arabs of the Gulf involved themselves in slavery in spite of their rulers having entered into agreements prohibiting such an activity: "[T]he Northern Arabs repair to the East Coast of Africa with no other motive than that of running slaves to the Persian Gulf [...] It is a known fact, that not one out of a hundred dhows that come here from the Persian Gulf, comes for any other purpose than to carry a cargo of slaves stolen from the inhabitants of Zanzibar" (p. 75). "These Sheikhs [on the Arabian coast line], who are all, more or less, bound to observe the Treaties, [...] allow the dhows to land the slaves they have succeeded in smuggling out of the Sultan's dominions [...] Could not the Sultan of Oman and the other Chiefs of the Persian Gulf be induced to issue orders calculated to prevent their subjects from carrying on this Trade?" (p. 73f.). - Disbound from a volume of parliamentary papers. Some leaves loosened, but on the whole a good copy. Wilson p. 210.
Folio. V, (1), 70 pp. Sewn. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade, including material on the abuse of the French flag by Arab slave-dhows and on Zanzibar's Sultan Majid bin Said's attempts to exploit Anglo-French political and strategic rivalries in the region. The relevant sections are: firstly, under the heading "Correspondence with British Representatives and Agents abroad", "France" (pp. 1-3) and "Zanzibar" (pp. 12-43); and secondly, under the heading "Reports from Naval Officers", "East Coast of Africa Station" (pp. 44-70). - A good copy.
Folio. VI, 103, (1) pp. Sewn. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade, including the account of a dhow seized near Jebel Yarid, on the Persian side of the Arabian Gulf, carrying a single slave, the captain of which hailed from "Debai and Shargeh" (Dubai and Sharjah; p. 76), Zanzibar slave traffic to Mecca and Muscat, etc. The relevant sections are: firstly, under the heading "Correspondence with British Representatives and Agents abroad", "Muscat" (pp. 31f.), & "Zanzibar" (pp. 33-63); and secondly, under the heading "Reports from Naval Officers", "East Coast of Africa Station" (pp. 64-102). - Neat old stamps; a very good copy.
Folio. V, (1), 86 pp. Top edge gilt. Sewn, with remains of spine. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade, including material on slavery in Zanzibar, Yemen and Oman "carried on by and for the northern Arabs" (p. 37). The relevant sections are: firstly, under the heading "Correspondence with British Representatives and Agents abroad", "France" (pp. 1-5), "Zanzibar" (pp. 7-70); and secondly, under the heading "Reports from Naval Officers. - East Coast of Africa Station" (pp. 71-86). - Removed from the Public Record Office with their stamp. A good copy. Bennett 493.
Folio. (2), 24 pp. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence on the early months of the rule of Sultan Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid of Zanzibar, anxious to re-establish the slave trade. With a reference to "probably the first [photographic views] taken of Muscat and its harbour". - Binding loosened; disbound from a volume of parliamentary papers.
Folio. (2), 13, (1) pp. With a full-page lithographed map ("Sketch of the East Coast of Africa"). Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents on the slave trade, including accounts of the extent to which many Arabs of the Gulf involved themselves in slavery: "The illegal trade, which is in the hand chiefly of the Northern Arabs, is carried on in the following manner: The Arabs generally arrive at Zanzibar with the north-east monsoon in the early part of the year; their object being to purchase, if they can, and, if not, to kidnap, the slaves they may require, and to export them for sale to Arabia and the shores of the Red Sea and Persian Gulf [...]" (p. 2f.). The map shows the east coast of Africa from Madagascar to the Arabian Peninsula, including the Arabian Gulf and the southern shore of Persia. Disbound from volume of parliamentary papers, a good copy. Bennett 491. Wilson p. 210.
Folio. IV, 69, (1) pp. Sewn, with remains of former spine. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade, especially in Madagascar and off the south coast of Arabia. One item discusses the reported landing in Arabia of slaves from a French dhow, noting that "few French dhows go to Arabia without a few slaves who are sold" (p. 69). Comprises the sections "Zanzibar" (pp. 1-43); "Reports from Naval Officers - East Coast of Africa Station" (pp. 45-59); and "Appendix [Zanzibar]" (pp. 61-69). - A good copy. Bennett 495.
Folio. (2), 5, (1) pp. Disbound. With reference to the "treaties for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade [...] made [...] with chiefs or states in Arabia, and on the shores of the Persian Gulf". - Slight fading to margins.
Folio. (2), 2 pp. Top edge gilt. Disbound. On the case of the slave Morrjan, apparently about 20 years old, who swam to a British steamer in Jeddah harbour to seek his freedom, but was returned to his master through the local Governor, being the slave of an Ottoman subject. - Extracted from a volume of parliamentary papers. First leaf loose; slight gutter defects, but well-preserved.
(2), 8 pp. Folio. Sewn. Including a Circular on the receipt of fugitive slaves in the Arabian Gulf: "If, while your ship is in the territorial waters of any Chief or State in Arabia, or on the shores of the [...] Gulf, or on the East Coast of Africa, or in any island lying off Arabia, or off such coast or shores, including Zanzibar, Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands, any person should claim admission to your ship and protection on the ground that he has been kept in the state of slavery contrary to the Treaties existing between Great Britain and the territory, you may receive him until the truth of his statement is examined into [...]". - Well-preserved.
Folio. (4) pp. Disbound. The text of an engagement of Sultan Abdallah of Johanna (Anjouan, Comoros) to "protect any persons who may be rescued from slavery by the vessels of Her Britannic Majesty's navy". - Old stamp at the head of the title. Disbound from volume of parliamentary papers, otherwise as issued, title serving as the upper cover.
Folio. (2), 6 , (2) pp. Sewn. A report by British administrator John Kirk on the ongoing slave trade in the dominions of Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar. - Well-preserved. Bennett 502.
Folio. (4) pp. Disbound. The text of an engagement and treaty between Silah Mahomed, Nukeeb of Maculla (Al-Mukalla, Yemen) to "abolish and prohibit the export and import of slaves" in his territories. - Old stamp at the head of the title. Disbound from volume of parliamentary papers, otherwise as issued, title serving as the upper cover.
Folio. XIII, (1), 360 pp. With a folding coloured map ("Sketch of northern dominions of the Sultan of Zanzibar"). Sewn. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade, including material relating to the importation of African slaves into Arabia through Jeddah and Hodeidah, with a report by Rear-Admiral Cumming that he has "even heard it whispered that some of the slaves sold to the Somalis are retailed by that tribe, the ultimate buyers being the Arabs of the Persian Gulf, and that they are taken by the Gulf of Aden into the Red Sea" (p. 191). Also on the abuse of French flag by dhows, etc. - The map shows a portion of the Somaliland coastline. Slight edge chipping to first few leaves; stamp to t. p.; a good, clean copy. Bennett 503.
Folio. (2), 19, (1) pp. Top edge gilt. Disbound. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade, including an account of the murder, by slave traders, of the young schoolmaster and missionary student Benjamin Hartley on 28 January 1874. - Disbound from a volume of parliamentary papers but otherwise as issued, a very good clean copy. Bennett 497. Wilson p. 210.
Folio. (2), 1, (1) pp. Bifolium. Full text of the agreement between the British and Sultan Abdullah bin Omer Al Quaiti, Jemedar of Shuhr (Ash-Shihr) in the Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut (Yemen) "to abolish and prohibit the import and export of slaves to or from the port of Shuhr". - Disbound from a volume of parliamentary papers but otherwise as issued, foxed.
Folio. (2), 25, (1) pp. With 2 coloured maps (one folding, one full-page). Top edge gilt. Sewn. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade: "At Brava and Lamo slaves are in large demand, and Pemba is still unsatisfied; neither will Arabia and the Persian Gulf be contented to forego their usual supplies" (p. 25). The maps show "The slave caravan route from Dar es Salam to Kilwa" and a "Sketch of coast visited by Vice Consul Elton during the months of Dec. 1873 & Jan. Feb. & Mar. 1874". Disbound from a volume of parliamentary papers, otherwise as issued, a very good copy. Bennett 498.
8vo. (16), 256 pp. Contemporary limp vellum. Traces of ties. Rare, early introduction to and grammar of the Arabic language: a compilation based on Arab sources by the Syrian Jesuit Metoscita. "The work again contains laudatory poems in four languages by Donatus. It is dedicated by the publisher Paulinus to Cardinal Francesco Barberini, who as Curator of the Sacra Congregatio had ordered its publication. Paulinus had already recently published two other Arabic grammars in Rome, a large one by Martelotti (1620) and a small one by Scialac (1622). The author, Petrus Al-Matusi, was one of the first pupils of the Maronite College in Rome [...] On p. 227 of the grammar we find one of the first examples of a classical Arabic poem quoted and translated [...] The work is excellently printed with the 16pt Arabic types of Savary de Brèves. At the end a grammatical analysis of Psalm 34 is given following the example of Bellarmino's Hebrew grammar" (Smitskamp). "After the demise of the Medici Oriental Press, Arabic printing in Rome was revived by the French scholar-diplomat François Savary de Brèves, who commissioned the design and production of an Arabic fount of an outstanding elegance and beauty. Much has been written on this type-face, which was evidently based directly on Arab or Turkish specimens of calligraphy acquired by Savary while serving in the Ottoman Empire: the punch-cutting, however, was probably executed in Rome [...] This celebrated type-face, which later passed to the Imprimerie Royale, was the mainstay of Arabic typography in France until the late 19th century [...] It likewise influenced the Arabic founts of the Press of the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, which had a monopoly of Arabic printing in Rome from 1622 onwards, and at first employed Paulin, the former associate of both Raimondi and Savary de Brèves" (Roper, p. 144-146). - Slight browning and brownstaining throughout due to paper; 18th or early 19th century marginalia and notes on flyleaves; ownership "J. Venturi" to title page. Fück 77. Schnurrer 59. Smitskamp, PO 190. De Backer/Sommervogel V, 1028. Bibliothèque de Silvestre de Sacy II, 2772 (lacking 1 leaf). Not in Vater/Jülg. Cf. G. Roper, Early Arabic Printing in Europe, in: Middle Eastern Languages and the Print Revolution. A Cross-Cultural Encounter (Westhofen 2002), pp. 129-150.
Folio. (2), 9, (1) pp. Loosely sewn as issued. Includes references to slavery on Pemba and dhows trading from the Arabian Gulf and Oman. - Some edge chipping, but a good copy. Bennett 2240.
Folio. (2), 6 pp. Loosely sewn as issued. On legal and social problems of the progress of the abolition of slavery and the new "free" status of former Zanzibar and Pemba slaves after their emancipation. - Hull University Library stamp on title-page. A very good copy. Bennett 2244.
Folio. (2), 11, (1) pp. Loosely sewn as issued. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade in the Arabian Gulf, with special mention of slaves received at Bandar Lengeh from the Agent at Sharjah as well as first-hand observations on child slaves and the so-called "domestic servants" in demand in Basrah and Bushire. - Chipped edges reinforced; sewing renewed; paper a little browned throughout but a good copy.
Folio. (2), 8, (2) pp. Top edge gilt. Loosely sewn as issued. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade in Zanzibar, also describing the country's depletion of labour through the recruitment of soldiers and porters for service throughout the African continent by Arab and European traders. - Sewing renewed, a good copy. Bennett 2231.
