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1802ref. 374694Montreal 1802. 1p. Slight loss of paper caused by removal of wax seal on right margin not affecting text. Old fold. Else fine. 1p. An excellent autograph letter signed from this prominent fur trader explorer and author of TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN CANADA AND THE INDIAN TERRITORIES published in 1809. Henry was sixty-three at the time this letter was written and mainly occupied with directing fur operations from Montreal. He evidently writes concerning his son's bad debts: "My last to you was by last post was so much hurt by Robert's behavior that I scarcely remember what I wrote. his Horse and Gigg it is only just that the produce of it should go to pay those Gentm who indorsed his notes - how these Gentm could be persuaded to do such a thing is beyond my comprehension without consulting you. if he is turned loose he may be induced to commit some act worse than what he has already done - therefore if he can get clear of his imposing creditors - send him here as soon as possible - but dont come under any promise to any other to whom he owes only those acted by yr orders. unknown books
1823ref. 374695Montreal 1823. 1p. 1p. "I received yours of the 10 of November last and according to your wish I have inclosed to you my order to Mr. William MacIntosh to sell one of the 400 acre lots and pay you your demand which I hope he will do soon. I have left it unsealed for you to read it and afterwards seal it and deliver to him. I would wish to know how much Judge Thomas got from Mr. MacIntosh for the 400 acre lot which he sold by his order and let me hear from you what Mr. MacIntosh will do . unknown books
1688ref. 368775Montreal 1688. In French. 2pp. recto and verso on a single leaf. Signed by Perrot Bleinz and notary Benigne Basset. With an English transcription. Quarto. Old folds. Near fine. Provenance: Archibald de Léry MacDonald; Lawrence Lande. Exhibition: An Exhibition of Early Documents and Printed Material Relating to the Beginnings of Trade in North America from the Private Collection of Dr. Lawrence M. Lande McGill University May 30-July 15 1985 with an 8-page exhibition catalogue. In French. 2pp. recto and verso on a single leaf. Signed by Perrot Bleinz and notary Benigne Basset. With an English transcription. Quarto. Scarce seventeenth century voyageur fur trade contract for an expedition to the wilderness to trade with the Ottawa signed by one of the most important early traders and explorers of Canada and the upper midwest. "Partnership agreements such as this one of Nicholas Perrot are of great rarity" Lande. Perrot 1644-1717 was an explorer interpreter trader commandant diplomat and seigneur. He was one of the best-known figures in the early fur trade of New France particularly during the latter part of the 17th century and took possession of large tracts of land in the Great Lakes region in the name of King Louis XIV. His travels commonly took him deep into unexplored territory and he was the first Frenchman to explore the Upper Mississippi in what is now Wisconsin and Minnesota. Perrot arrived in New France about 1660 as a young donné or contracted assistant in the company of Jesuit Missionaries and travelled to the western Great Lakes region where he gained the friendship of the local First Nations people by trading guns for furs believing that they were entitled to defend themselves from their enemies. He also took the opportunity to learn several Native languages which served him well during his career. Perrot soon entered the fur trade full time and began forming business partnerships. He enlisted himself as a translator with government authorities and participated in peacekeeping missions to bring warriors of several First Nations together to sign peace treaties. By 1685 he was appointed Commandant-in-Chief at Bais des Puants present day Green Bay Wisconsin and surrounding regions and travelled to the upper reaches of the Mississippi River in the territory of the Sioux tribes where he built Fort St. Antoine in present-day Minnesota. During the spring of 1687 in preparation for taking part in raids on Indian villages in the Seneca country Perrot left his store of furs with the Jesuits at St. Francois-Xavier mission in present-day Wisconsin. While out with the raid party a fire at the mission destroyed his entire fur inventory valued at more than 40000 livres. Financially ruined Perrot returned to Montreal to deal with creditors and renew partnership agreements like the present. In the summer of 1688 Perrot partnered with Simon Bleinz to undertake an expedition to trade with the Ottawa Indians and other Nations. Perrot had always been a staunch ally of Governor Frontenac and had obtained a fur trade license from the governor for this venture to ensure that his activities were in keeping with the rules and regulations of the trade. The agreement states that Perrot would supply Bleinz with goods food provisions a canoe and other necessary supplies for the voyage and that Bleinz would convey the goods to the trading area and do all that he was able for the success of the partnership. Bleinz had the option of taking at his own expense six shirts two capots or hooded coats of blanket cloth moosehide or other material and one rifle to trade for his own personal profit. The pelts resulting from the venture were to be distributed evenly amongst Bleinz another unnamed associate of the partnership and Perrot. An "apichimon" or bonus of six beaver pelts was to be paid to Bleinz by the partnership upon the successful conclusion of the expedition. "Perrot who was often unappreciated even during his lifetime was France's best representative among the Indians of the west. His knowledge of the languages of the country his natural eloquence the happy blend of daring and coolness that were the essence of his character had made it possible for him to win the esteem confidence and even affection of the Indians. The Potawatomis the Menominees the Foxes the Miamis the Mascoutens and the Sioux granted him with the honours of the pipe of peace the rights and prerogatives enjoyed by their own chiefs. His credit was not less among the Ottawas and the Hurons. During the last four decades of the 17th century at a time when alliance with the nations of the west was indispensable in order to ward off the Iroquois peril and allow access to new territories Perrot thanks to the influence that he had acquired rendered valuable assistance to the colony" Dictionary of Canadian Biography. The present document is from the famed collection of Lawrence M. Lande 1906-1998 detailed as item 107 in his second bibliography of his collection The Founder of our Monetary System John Law Compagnie des Indes & the Early Economy of North America Montreal: 1984. Lande began collecting manuscript material relating John Law the Compagnie des Indes and the fur trade - North America's first economy - as early as the 1960s principally working with dealers Izzy Ehrlich and Alfred Van Peteghem purchasing material from the collections of Thomas Phillips Philip Sang and historian Archibald Lery MacDonald the assemblage of which Van Peteghem termed an "unparalleled feat." All of the printed material and many of the documents were donated by Lande in his lifetime; however a grouping of the manuscript items including the present document were sold by his heirs after his death. Lande Founder of our Monetary System 107 unknown books
1913ref. 22042Paris: Printed by D. Michaud 1913. First edition. Paperback. Light wear to wrappers pages slightly toned else very good. Printed green wrappers 12.5 x 9.5 inches 26 pp. illustrated. Trade catalogue of metal garden contructions including fences gates arbors topiary frames bird cages coops etc. The firm Maison Dutourleau Fils Beausejour 50 Parc Saint-Maur Seine is listed in the 1891 edition of Jardins de France. No copies of this catalogue found on OCLC/Worldcat. Printed by D. Michaud paperback
1853ref. 2276Hamburg, Herold'sche Buchhandlung, 1853. 41 S. ANGEBUNDEN: Die Stellung der Hansestädte. (Teil) II.: In näherer Beziehung auf Hamburg. Ebda., 1854. 95 S. Mit Tab. Spät. HLn.
1860ref. 717Philadelphia 1860. Book. Sm. 8v illustrated title wrappers. Pp. 47. Wrapper printed in red and black. Minor marginal wear; very good. unknown books
ref. 18066A Amsterdam, Chez Jacques Coeur, à la corne d'Abondance (Paris), 1756. 3 volumes. xii, 372 pp.; 406 pp.; 350 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, labels with gilt lettering and numbering. Mars 27; Weulersse, i, p. xxvii; Kress 5526; Goldsmiths 9082; Einaudi 2659; Mattioli 1481; INED 2079; Higgs 1145. First edition, second issue. Einaudi's copy is identical with ours, about the Kress and Goldsmiths copies not much can be said, both collections contain more than one copy and they both indicate that there is one copy with a third volume with the indication 'Nouvelle édition', as does our third volume. According to Mars, Ange Goudar, cet inconnu, essai bio-bibliographique, the third volume came from the same press as the first two volumes but with a different ornamental typography. Between the first issue and this issue, there appeared, according to Mars, a parisian contrefaçon, all published in 1756. This is the main work of Goudar. It was used by the demographer Süssmilch in his Die goetliche ordnung. Voltaire had a copy in his library and Diderot wrote about the book in a letter to Sophie Volland. Preceding Mirabeau's l'Ami des Hommes by a few months, it marks an important date in the history of political economy, and made Goudar one of the leading figures of the school of 'des agrariens et populationnistes', not to be mixed with the Physiocrats, which they preceded and with whom they disagreed on various points. 'Of the pre-physiocratic French writers who approached the population problem in terms of agricultural values and reforms, Ange Goudar (1720-1791) was the most important' (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, pp. 56-67.) Spengler's analysis is elaborate and shows the crucial importance of this work. - Some corners somewhat damaged.
1856672p. Inked ownership of Christian Kieffer (a 19th century Mayor of Lancaster, PA) on front fly leaf. Large 8vo. 9" x 5 4/3" in 8's. Original full brown cloth binding decorated and embossed in blind. Spine lettered in gold. Quarter inch loss at head of spine. James Gutherie served in the Kentucky legislature, 1827-41. U.S. Secretary of treasury, 1853-57. A Unionist, he put his Louisville and Nashville Railroad at the disposal of federal troops, 1861-65. Served as U.S. Senator, Democrat, from Kentucky (1865-1868). Hardbound. Very good. ECON/BUS BOX 1
ref. 17250A Paris, Chez Henrics, Brumaire An 9 (octobre 1800). iv, 350, (2) pp. Large 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, red label and gilt lettering. Kress B.4197; Goldsmiths 17829; Einaudi 2859; not in Mattioli; INED 2232; Stourm, p. 318; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, iii, p. 211. First edition. Deals with the political situation of France in comparison with the other European nations: The political situation before the war; General thoughts on the present situation of France; Present situation of France considering its allies; Present situation of France considering its ennemies; Present situation of France considering the neutrals; Internal situation of France, followed by two chapters dealing with: 'Population et industrie de la France' and with 'Moeurs et Lois de la France.' According to Barbier the work was composed not only under supervision of Talleyrand but even partly written by him. Alexandre-Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, Comte d'Hauterive, was diplomat and economist, born in Aspres (Hautes-Alpes) on 14 April 1754. He went with Choiseul-Gouffier to Constantinopel, spent some years in New York, and returned to France in 1798 and started working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From the 18th Brumaire to the fall of the Empire he was involved in all the major negociations of the period. - Small hole in half-title, occasional light spotting, small library stamp on half-title, a very attractive copy.
ref. 15440A La Haye, Chez Pierre de Hondt, 1739. Titles printed in red and black, with folding table on two sheets and 1 engraved plate. 6 volumes in 3. (2), 204 pp.; (2), 312 pp.; (2), 208 pp.; (2), 286 pp.; (14), 294 pp.; (18), 246 pp. Small 8vo. Modern overlapping vellum, red morocco labels. Kress 4447; Goldsmiths 7712; Einaudi 3728; INED 1553; Mattioli, 2247; Conlon 39:427; JFBL M162; European Americana, 739/191; not in Sabin. The only edition of this important work. An account of the financial operations of John Law and his 'Compagnie des Indes', including a great number of important memoirs, letters patent, decrees, declarations, etc. Barthélemy Marmont du Hautchamp (1682 - ab. 1760) was an admirer of John Law's system and his book is not written without partiality but has yet been recognized as the best contemporary history of the system and its most precious source. John Law's operations began with the foundation in 1716 of the 'Banque Générale', soon afterwards renamed 'Banque Royale'. This was followed by the scheme of colonization known as 'Mississippi scheme' in the 'Compagnie des Indes' which, by absorbing various other chartered companies, acquired the monopoly on the trade to America, Africa and China. Moreover, the company obtained the monopoly of tobacco, the control of the mint, the payment of the national debt, and the farm of the taxes. Within a few years Law's companies thus got almost complete control over France's overseas trade, its currency and public finances, to the extend that Law's companies at one point owned more than half of the then known United States. In 1719 the 'Compagnie des Indes' and the 'Banque Royale' were united, and the promising outlooks of the new company lead to an unprecedented speculation in its shares. As known the bubble burst in 1720, cash payments were suspended and Law fled from the country, leaving behind ruined many of his former supporters.The last 2 volumes contain the full texts of the 'mémoires', 'letters patentes', 'édits', 'déclarations', 'arrêts', etc., mostly by the Conseil d'État, as well as many other documents of which many are dealing with the 'Compagnie d'Occident', and the 'Compagnie des Indes Orientales et de la Chine', on which documents the author based this thorough and important history.Marmont du Hautchamp was born in Orléans and fermier des domaines in Flanders. He was also the author of the famous and very rare Histoire générale et particulière du visa (also published in The Hague, in 1743) which also dealt with the activities of John Law and the Mississippi bubble.
ref. 16593A Berlin, 1757. iv, xviii, 435, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, red edges. Higgs 1474; Kress 5617 (incomplete copy); Weulersse, i, xx; this edition not in Goldsmiths, Einaudi & INED. The best edition. Including the 'Arrêt du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, qui, entr'autres dispositions, ordonne que le commerce de toute espèce de grains sera libre entièrement par terre et par les rivières, de province à province, dans l'intérieur du Royaume. Du 17 Septembre 1754', to which referrence is made in the Avertissement. The basic importance of agriculture in the life of the French nation was equally emphasized by C.J. Herbert, who held labor and land to be the primary resources of a nation, and agriculture its basic industry. Upon agriculture depended a nation's power and wealth, its ability to colonize, the fruitfulness of its commerce, and the capacity of its territory to support population. Having demonstrated the basic importance of agriculture to the political and economic strength of France, Herbert indicated that French agriculture was languishing, and its revivification was essential to the aggrandizement of the nation and to the felicity of its inhabitants; ..... Herbert advocated the improvement of grain markets and prices through inauguration of the right to export grain, modifications in the tax system, and the establishment of a research bureau to discover how agriculture could be improved, and why some provinces were more favorable to agriculture, manufacturing, and population growth than others. (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, pp. 67-72). Valuable work, cited with praise by Adam Smith.
ref. a44937NY 2000 United Nations. 2 volumes. In English and French. 4to. 1079pp. plus 46 pages of index in Volume 1 465pp. plus 155 pages of statistics in Volume 2 printed hardcovers. Fine no DJs. 2 volume set. . hardcover
ref. 16124A Paris, Chez l'auteur, Moutard, Desenne, 1789. 32, 176 pp. 8vo. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, vellum corners, label with gilt lettering. Kress B.1655; Goldsmiths 13928; Stourm 190; INED 3007; Martin & Walter, i, 8288; Monglond, i, p. 244, all listing copies in which the 32 preliminary pages are lacking, as almost always. First edition. The first 32 pages which are apparently nearly always lacking contain: "Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale, ou précis des élémens du plan général." A new financial system proposed, followed by 25 projects of decrees. - First two leaves a little stained.
ref. 16748A Paris Debeure 1756. In-8° relié (17 X 10 centimètres), pleine basane de l’epoque, dos orné à nerfs, XII-251-344 pages. Assez bon état, frottement au dos,aux coiffes et coins.
1848ref. 5874Mit reich ornamentiertem lithogr. Titel von H. Cordts, Altona. Altona, C. Th. Schlüter 1848. 8vo. (20,5 x 12,4 cm). (III)-VI, 108 S. Bibl.-Halbleinwandband d. Zt.
1911pp. (12) [Introduction], 44. Double column. 12mo. 185mm. Original printed wraps. Front wrap detached. Some loss on rear wrap. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist who is now chiefly remembered for: his celebration of British imperialism; tales and poems of British soldiers in India; and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. KIP BX 3
1847ref. 65395Hamburg, Meißner, 1847. 4to. 2 Bl., 125 S., 1 Bl. Ohne Einband.
ref. 50659aafZürich, Buchdruckerei K. Neidhart & Co., 1951, in-4to, 98 S. ill. mit Zeichnungen v.Rolf Gfeller + 34 Tafeln mit Fotogr. Abb. Nikolaus Vonwiller (Vintage Einkaufszentrum !) (3 Falttafeln). Original-Pappband,
ref. 17054A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez A.M. Lottin, 1760. xii, 335, (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt with gilt lettering, very, very lightly rubbed. Kress 5864; Goldsmiths 9570; Higgs 2216; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 380; INED 2428; not in Einaudi; Conlon 60:867. First edition. 'Deux parties dans cet ouvrage: la première est consacrée au commerce dans l'Antiquité et à l'époque contemporaine; la seconde concerne les diverses branches de la production, les banques et les manufactures' (Leblanc, op.cit.) - Copy from the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek Schloß Eferding.
ref. 16078A Amsterdam, 1770. (12), 557, (5) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands. INED 2756; Einaudi 3297; Goldsmiths 10608; Higgs 5135; not in Kress. First edition. 'Chaque article est accompagné d'abondantes reférences bibliographiques' (INED). Interesting overview of the political and economic thought of the Enlightenment, including long chapters on Holland, Great Britain, political economy, commerce, women, liberty, Rousseau, colonies, etc., etc. The bibliography on political economy is found under the word 'connoissance' and deals mainly with the physiocratic school, each entry contains an important bibliographical section.
1930ref. 22986Portsmouth: T. C. Newman Procter Printer n.d. circa 1930s. Paperback. Fine. 8.5 x 5.5 inches original pictorial wrappers 56 pp. engraved illustrations on nearly every page. Leather goods and tools of all kinds. Includes exotic leathers bookbinding leathers vellum and parchment etc. Not found on OCLC/Worldcat T. C. Newman (Procter, Printer) paperback
Hard-cover in-4°, 242 pages + adv., color and B&W photos (many photos from early advertising campaigns, using the Linhof system). Overweight Hardcover no D-J. VG+++ Edges, corners, and covers of book show (very very )minor wear. No underlining; no highlighting; no internal markings. Stored in a box. [HP-3]
1835ref. 16876Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1835. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. Original red morocco-backed red cloth by Delauney with stamp with royal monogram on upper cover. Rubbed upper joint starting head of spine chipped. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. With a notation from John B. Murray that this "was one of 9 volumes presented by His Majesty Louis Phillippe King of the French to John B. Murray New York 1846 and is now given to his nephew Archie Murray June 1872." The last must have donated it to a library as there is a discreet gift notation in gutter following title and a subject heading in upper margin of title written in pencil. A good copy. De L'Imprimerie Royale unknown
1835ref. 16876Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1835. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. Original red morocco-backed red cloth by Delauney with stamp with royal monogram on upper cover. Rubbed upper joint starting head of spine chipped. First edition. 1 vols. Folio. With a notation from John B. Murray that this "was one of 9 volumes presented by His Majesty Louis Phillippe King of the French to John B. Murray New York 1846 and is now given to his nephew Archie Murray June 1872." The last must have donated it to a library as there is a discreet gift notation in gutter following title and a subject heading in upper margin of title written in pencil. A good copy. De L'Imprimerie Royale unknown books
1807pp, (4), 348. 12mo. Marbled edges. Modern full cloth binding. Early (1806) manuscript ownership of W. R. Broad. A nice clean and tight copy. An absolutely wonderful compendium of a broad range of facts, statistics, and historical events. Sort of a combination handy encyclopedia / Information Please Almanac / and Guinesses' Book of Records. Covers a wide range of topics beyond those mentioned in the title, like: history; accidents; battles; floods; oddities; royalty; politics; reference; statistics; law; diplomacy; wars; military; biography; economics; government; chronology; roads; inventions; architecture; religion; commerce; storms; earthquakes; records; etc. The 1806 ownership indicates that these were early examples of gift books, issued for the Christmas and New Year's trade. The supposed author, Philip Luckombe, was responsible for all sorts of interesting miscellaneous literature, including: 'A Concise History of the Origin an Progress of Printing' 1770. W144/Rear.
