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1866réf. BK0123Smyrna Turkey 1866. Autograph commercial letter signed by Cousinery & Fils to Lanman & Kemp New York. Stampless folded letter carried by the Messageries Maritimes steamer Volga departing Smyrna November 9 and arriving at Marseille November 14. Blue oval Cousinery & Fils handstamp and circular "MARSEILLE À LYON" traveling-post-office transit mark dated November 16 on the reverse; black circular "NEW YORK / 45 / DEC / 61 / NOTES" December 3 arrival marking on the front assessing forty-five cents in depreciated United States notes equivalent to the thirty-cent gold rate; manuscript "18" debit marking also apparently miscalculated. 1 pp. 8 x 10 ¼ inches. Old folds; light wear; fine to very fine. A commercial letter documenting the export of Ottoman opium from Smyrna to the United States. Cousinery & Fils confirm the purchase and shipment of five cases for the New York drug firm Lanman & Kemp invoiced at 84360 piastres and balanced through a £671 draft on London. The merchants describe the Smyrna opium market as being in a "state of dullness" with little demand and only limited sales of old and new drugs. They nevertheless report rumors that a Dutch company had ordered another 150 baskets which might strengthen prices. Responding to instructions from New York they agree to suspend purchases for one month and cancel two intended November shipments. A memorandum on the reverse records recent shipments aboard the steamers Sardis and Sidore and calculates a total of 380 cases of opium sent to the United States during 1866. A concise record of the nineteenth-century opium trade connecting Ottoman producers European financial intermediaries and the American pharmaceutical market. . unknown
1913réf. 1944London:: H.M.S.O. 1913. First separate issue 8vo original printed blue wrappers stitched in blue; pp. 219-224ii blank. Text in English and Portuguese With the neat ink stamp on cover of London County Council Library. In very fine condition. This agreement between the UK and Portugal regulated "the consumption sale & exportation of prepared opium and agreed on the repression of smuggling". It was signed shortly after the First International Opium Conference at The Hague 23 January 1912. There members of the League of Nations signed the first international drug control treaty. The UK and Portugal however set their own limits on opium imports to their colonies: 260 chests of opium per annum into Macao and 540 chests into Hong Kong for local consumption while the Government of India retained the right to purchase opium in the open market in Calcutta Bombay and elsewhere in India. H.M.S.O. unknown
1762réf. ABC_508791762. Various sizes. Ad 1-3: Contemporary sturdy paper wrappers sewn on 3 vellum supports; ad 4: the 12 documents are held together by a narrow paper wrapper with the text: "Onafgedaane Indiësche zaaken concentreerende de Amphioen Societeyt" and a string. With 12 manuscript documents and a manuscript on paper in 2 different hands. 15 1 blank; 3 ll. Collection of thirteen Dutch manuscripts concerning the Amfioensociëteit Amfioen Society documenting both its establishment in 1745 and its dissolution half a century later. Founded by the Dutch East India Company VOC to maintain its monopoly on the opium trade in the Dutch East Indies the Amfioensociëteit controlled one of the colony's most profitable monopolies until its liquidation in 1794.The earliest manuscript ads 1-3 contains the charter octrooi granted to the society for the period 1745-1755 together with its renewal for 1755-1765. Although the original charter was printed in Batavia in 1745 and survives in a single known copy that edition does not include the renewal. The present manuscript further contains a third text added in a different hand and dated November 1762 concerning the management of the society's outstanding affairs. Written on paper bearing the watermark of the VOC Chamber of Amsterdam it was probably intended for official administrative use.The remaining twelve documents relate to the financial settlement following the dissolution of the society in 1794. Most date from 1793 1794 and 1797 with one document dated 1807 reflecting the prolonged liquidation process. They concern the distribution of assets among shareholders outstanding debts and other administrative matters arising from the winding up of the company. Several documents are signed by Pieter van de Weert dates unknown cashier of the Amfioensociëteit while others mention Jacob Mossel 1704-1761 governor-general of the Dutch East Indies and the society's first director and Gerard Maximiliaan Taets van Amerongen 1727-1788 who was married to Mossel's daughter. Although several documents are headed "Copie" they are contemporary manuscript records rather than later transcripts many containing calculations annotations and other traces of active administrative use. Together they document the final years of the Amfioen Sociëteit and the administration of its dissolution.The wrappers of ads 1-3 are somewhat water stained with worm holes in the back wrapper and final leaf. The leaves are somewhat water stained especially the 3 final leaves an ink stain on leaf 12; the remaining 12 documents are folded several with small tears in the margins without loss of text occasional mild soiling. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Landwehr VOC 1449 printed copy of ad 1; STCN 240022416 1 copy; Wit Herman de 2012. Aandeelhouders van de opgeheven Amfioensociëteit in 1801. hardcover
1843réf. 5977New York City: H. H. Schieffelin & Co 1843. First Thus. Loose Sheet. Loose sheet printed verso and recto measuring just shy of 8 inches x 9.75 inches. Old folds now mellowed but with a nasty closed tear running down the middle of the sheet for 6.5 inches.Now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing. Included is a handsomely printed handbill 4 x 6 inches for a 1988 lecture on "Victoria Opium and Empire." by Frank. J. Novak M.D. presented at Stanford University's Fairchild Auditorium. Commodities report from the Schieffelin drug firm including the going rate for opium oil. Jacob Schieffelin and his brother founded their drug company in 1794; in 1813 the firm passed to his sons who renamed the firm H. H Schieffelin located at the intersection of John St. and Cliff St. in Lower Manhattan about two blocks from today's South Street Seaport Museum. That firm dissolved in 1848. Other trade goods listed include agricultural produce soaps lucifer matches various gums sulphur asbestos ginger etc. A fine glimpse into daily American life and global trade. . H. H. Schieffelin & Co unknown
1848réf. 6240St. Louis: W. H. Gray Ed 1848. First Thus. Loose sheet. Very Good. Published Saturday January 1 1848. Sheet folding to four pages each page measuring 9 x 11.25 inches. Printed sheet with autograph address and postal cancellation. With old mailing folds wax seal ghost some smudging and small stains. A well preserved copy. Commodities prices including Turkish opium and annual statement of the business in St. Louis. Now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing. W. H. Gray, Ed unknown
1866réf. BK0123Smyrna Turkey 1866. Autograph commercial letter signed by Cousinery & Fils to Lanman & Kemp New York. Stampless folded letter carried by the Messageries Maritimes steamer Volga departing Smyrna November 9 and arriving at Marseille November 14. Blue oval Cousinery & Fils handstamp and circular "MARSEILLE À LYON" traveling-post-office transit mark dated November 16 on the reverse; black circular "NEW YORK / 45 / DEC / 61 / NOTES" December 3 arrival marking on the front assessing forty-five cents in depreciated United States notes equivalent to the thirty-cent gold rate; manuscript "18" debit marking also apparently miscalculated. 1 pp. 8 x 10 ¼ inches. Old folds; light wear; fine to very fine. A commercial letter documenting the export of Ottoman opium from Smyrna to the United States. Cousinery & Fils confirm the purchase and shipment of five cases for the New York drug firm Lanman & Kemp invoiced at 84360 piastres and balanced through a £671 draft on London. The merchants describe the Smyrna opium market as being in a "state of dullness" with little demand and only limited sales of old and new drugs. They nevertheless report rumors that a Dutch company had ordered another 150 baskets which might strengthen prices. Responding to instructions from New York they agree to suspend purchases for one month and cancel two intended November shipments. A memorandum on the reverse records recent shipments aboard the steamers Sardis and Sidore and calculates a total of 380 cases of opium sent to the United States during 1866. A concise record of the nineteenth-century opium trade connecting Ottoman producers European financial intermediaries and the American pharmaceutical market. . unknown books
1925réf. 160W. Lazare-Ferry, Paris, sans date (circa 1925) - Format : 27 x 21 cm, 8 pages de photos en N&B - Etat : Très bon état général (couverture insolée aux bords fragiles, agrafes rouillées ; planches en très bon état).
réf. TK0360no place: no date. 9.5 x 12.75 inches. 40 pages. 145 numbered photographic tinted illustrations each with numerous figures. Original plain black wrappers. With apologies but there is no manufacturer name on this trade catalogue of hand-crafted ornamental 'finishing' pieces such as decorative brasses for a piece of furniture. Many are with motifs from nature leaves flowers. Other ornaments: lions lizards angel wings wheat eagle-heads sun-faces etc. Each figure is numbered with the highest number showing is 3836 ornaments are shown. [no date]. unknown
réf. TK0360no place: no date. 9.5 x 12.75 inches. 40 pages. 145 numbered photographic tinted illustrations each with numerous figures. Original plain black wrappers. With apologies but there is no manufacturer name on this trade catalogue of hand-crafted ornamental 'finishing' pieces such as decorative brasses for a piece of furniture. Many are with motifs from nature leaves flowers. Other ornaments: lions lizards angel wings wheat eagle-heads sun-faces etc. Each figure is numbered with the highest number showing is 3836 ornaments are shown. [no date]. unknown books
réf. 153017Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1788 in-4, 12 pp., en feuilles.
réf. 237764Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1783 in-4, 7 pp., en feuilles.
1852réf. 1338Original manuscript. 1852-1854. Folio 38 x 27cm. Full contemporary reverse calf with gilt morocco titles labels to the spine "Rough Sales Book / S & L / B". Marbling to page edges. Marbled endpapers with engraved label for "Baily Brothers Booksellers Stationers Account Book Manufacturers" London to the front pastedown. 172pp. of manuscript text in ink on red-ruled laid paper watermarked "W. King / 1850" followed by c.160pp. blank with a handful of pages torn out following the conclusion of the manuscript text section and another within the text. The majority of entries are in English with some in Spanish mostly written in the same hand. Condition is very good the binding firm with marking to the boards chipping to the head of the spine and a little wear to the extremities. The contents with a 3cm tear to the head of the first text page and two pages partially cut/torn away at the bottom are otherwise in good order. The ledger of a British sales agents operating in Panama during the mid-nineteenth century detailing the importation and sale of a wide variety European and South American goods into the country. The manuscript meticulously records the origin city/country importer ship the goods received and sold and the charges entailed for each shipment. A typical entry for example records the arrival of "gunpowder received per "Alexander" and sold on behalf of the Kames Gunpowder Company Glasgow" followed by details of the subsequent purchasers "J. D. Cordova" etc. and the charges/commissions taken by the agent including fees for landing expenses and "carriage to arsenal". Many of the entries describe large diverse cargoes combining both essential and luxury goods including: alpacas; chocolate pots; "41 cases of pickles and mustard"; lavender water; rocking chairs; a "copying machine"; cinnamon; scissors razors; bone buttons; horse brushes; compasses; gin; hatchets; bedsteads; looking glasses; children's toys; cloves; muslins; kegs of shot; cups and saucers; tobacco; machetes; claret; playing cards rat traps; "Aqua de Colonia" cologne; silk gloves; saddles; blunderbusses; padlocks; lace; pantaloons; "Jamaica rum"; almonds; vinegar; bonnets; sausages; gold frames; water closets; wash stands; champagne; mosquito nets; and much else besides. The origin ports include major European trade centres such as Liverpool and Glasgow but also include many South American ports such as Guayaquil Equador carrying beans cocoa coffee sugar and quinoa amongst other things; Buenaventura Colombia; Callao Peru carrying candlesticks coffee mills and bayonets; Lima Peru "bottled fruits" and cherry cordial; and Valparaiso Chile; as well as San Francisco and New York to the north. The importers themselves are also a mixture of British and Panamanian companies. A fascinating detailed insight into Panama's transatlantic and South American trade during the mid-nineteenth century. [Original manuscript]. hardcover
réf. SHL-7A Paris, 1803-1808, 20 tomes en 10 volumes in-8 (20.5 x 12.5 cm), pleine basane marbrée, dos à faux-nerfs richement orné, roulette sur les coupes : faux-titre - titre - 300 pp. [à chaque tomes, reliées par deux, soit 600 pp. par volume] - 5 pl. h-t. dont deux dépliantes au premier volume - 4 pl. h-t. dont deux dépliantes (2nd vol.) - 4 pl. h-t. dépliantes (3ème vol.) - 8 pl. h-t. dépliantes (4ème vol.) - 1 pl. h-t. dépliante (5ème vol.) - 1 pl. h-t. dépliante (6ème vol.) - 1 pl. h-t. dépliante (8ème vol.) - 1 pl. h-t. (9ème vol.) - 3 pl. h-t; dépliantes (10ème vol.). Tête de série de ce périodique mensuel, publié depuis germinal an XI -1803 jusqu'en avril 1813 (Tome 41), dont nous proposons les 20 premiers tomes reliés uniformément en 10 volumes. Défauts d’usage aux reliures : frottements, épidermures, un accroc latéral à la coiffe du dernier volume. Corps de l’ouvrage généralement en bon état néanmoins on doit noter certains défauts usuels : qq rousseurs, certaines planches avec pliures ou petites déchirures, sans manque. Le journal se décompose comme il suit : Économie Rurale : connaissance des terres - compositions des sols - calendrier des jardins - des arbres - mise à fleur et fruit des arbres - plantations - apiculture, etc. Économie domestique : entretien des bâtiments - préparations culinaires & œnologie. Économie Animale : hygiène vétérinaire - salubrité de l'air - art vétérinaire, etc. Arts industriels : mécanique, etc. Éducation physique. Éducation morale. Lois rurales. Variétés.
1925réf. 28865PARIS 1925-1930 DOSSIER CONTENANT : 2 LETTRES DU BUREAU DES MARQUES JACQUES BROCCHI DE PARIS qui s'est occupé des depots des marques au Tribunal de Commerce de Paris le 11 Mai 1925, avec agraphés : les titres officiels de dépot des Marques du Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce de Paris + 5 LETTRES DU BUREAU DES MARQUES JACQUES BROCCHI DE PARIS qui s'est occupé des depots des marques au Tribunal de Commerce de Paris en Janvier 1930, avec agraphés : les titres officiels de dépot des Marques du Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce de Paris du 8 janvier 1930,
2003réf. LFA-126742816Un ouvrage de 99 pages, format 240 x 240 mm, illustré, broché couverture rempliée, publié en 2003, Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris, bon état
1788réf. 41603London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols. 1788. Folio. Pages 253-265 1 blank pp as issued. Caption title as issued. Disbound with some loosening else Very Good. "Numb. 29." printed in left corner at head of title. The matters include "A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Helstgon in the County Cornwall; and also A Petition of the Mayor Aldermen Burgesses and other Inhabitants of the Town of Shrewsbury: Were severally presented to the House and read; representing the present State of the African Slave Trade as being sent State of the African Slave Trade as being contrary to the Principles of Justice Humanity good Policy and Religion; and submitting the same to the Consideration of the House." This is an early protest against the continuation of the African Slave Trade. Printed and Sold by John Nichols... unknown
1788réf. 39695London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols. 1788. Folio. Pages 313-316 2 as issued. Disbound else Very Good. "Numb. 36." printed in left corner at head of title. The matters include "A Petition of the Aldermen Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Town of Wokingham in the Counties of Berks and Wilts. . . representing the present State of the African Slave Trade as being contrary to the Principles of Justice Humanity good Policy and Religion; and submitting the same to the Consideration of the House." The reception of a Report concerning the regulation of Trade between the North American Colonies and the West India Islands and "the Countries belonging to the United States of America" is noted. This is an early protest against the continuation of the African Slave Trade. Printed and Sold by John Nichols... unknown
1788réf. 39695London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols. 1788. Folio. Pages 313-316 2 as issued. Disbound else Very Good. "Numb. 36." printed in left corner at head of title. The matters include "A Petition of the Aldermen Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Town of Wokingham in the Counties of Berks and Wilts. . . representing the present State of the African Slave Trade as being contrary to the Principles of Justice Humanity good Policy and Religion; and submitting the same to the Consideration of the House." The reception of a Report concerning the regulation of Trade between the North American Colonies and the West India Islands and "the Countries belonging to the United States of America" is noted. This is an early protest against the continuation of the African Slave Trade. Printed and Sold by John Nichols... unknown books
1788réf. 41603London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols. 1788. Folio. Pages 253-265 1 blank pp as issued. Caption title as issued. Disbound with some loosening else Very Good. "Numb. 29." printed in left corner at head of title. The matters include "A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Helstgon in the County Cornwall; and also A Petition of the Mayor Aldermen Burgesses and other Inhabitants of the Town of Shrewsbury: Were severally presented to the House and read; representing the present State of the African Slave Trade as being sent State of the African Slave Trade as being contrary to the Principles of Justice Humanity good Policy and Religion; and submitting the same to the Consideration of the House." This is an early protest against the continuation of the African Slave Trade. Printed and Sold by John Nichols... unknown books
réf. 244572Paris, Hector Bossange [Imprimerie de Guiraudet], 1832 in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., 46 pp., dérelié. Rousseurs.
1904réf. 46795Pasadena: Press of the Leonard Company 1904. 1904. 6" x 3 1/4" in 3 1/4" x 6." Three sheets of coated stock with five folds resulting in 36 panels and housed in light blue wrappers printed in red and gold with green highlights. Bound with two staples. "Pasadena situated one thousand feet above and twenty-four miles from the Pacific Ocean has fifteen thousand people eleven public schools including the new $100000 high school; Throop Polytechnic Institute; a $50000 free library containing twenty-four thousand volumes; two beautiful parks; fine streets; over one hundred miles of cement sidewalks; a complete sewer system; gas and electric plants; the finest street railway system in the United States; and last but not least a climate summer and winter that has no rival." Includes photographic images of Pasadena schools and residences the Hotel Green the Hotel Maryland and Marengo Avenue. The Pasadena Board of Trade precursor to today’s Pasadena Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1888. It was conceived to promote a positive business climate in Pasadena and it was an early collaborator with the Valley Hunt Club in Pasadena’s New Year events. In 1895 when the Valley Hunt Club determined it was unable to continue staging the Rose Parade the Board of Trade saved the event and initiated the formation of the Tournament of Roses Association. It is also credited with proposing the construction of the Colorado Street Bridge across the Arroyo Seco then leading the effort to design finance and construct the iconic structure. Minor stain to the inner margin with a bit of toning and light wear to the wrappers and page edges. Very good. Press of the Leonard Company, 1904. unknown
réf. 164101Auch, J.-P. Duprat, 1792 in-4, 38 pp., en feuilles, cousu.
1741réf. ABC_50545Amsterdam: Hendrik Boussière 1741. Tipped into a passe-partout. A long sheet ca. 40.5 x 14.5 cm printed on two sides with the woodcut coat of arms of Amsterdam at the head. Exceptionally rare issue of a commodity price current for the Amsterdam market providing merchants with up-to-date market prices for a wide range of goods. This publication was issued every Monday from 1609 onward although comparable price lists are known to have circulated as early as 1585. To regulate the market the guilds of merchants and traders were required to publish standardised price information on a weekly basis. These lists were submitted to the authorities such as the mayor sheriff and aldermen as well as to subscribers but could also be purchased at the stock exchange. They were especially popular among foreign merchants.The present issue dated 13 February 1741 provides a detailed overview of contemporary market prices across a wide range of commodities. These include herbs and spices sugar materials for paint production pharmaceutical goods salt metals and munitions flax and hemp animal skins pitch and tar fish oils tobacco honey and wax as well as various textiles including silks cottons and woollens. It further records prices for butter wines grains and seeds. The list concludes with exchange rates for several currencies. Ephemeral by nature and often discarded after use these publications are now very scarce. We have only been able to trace one other copy of the present issue.The work has been folded in the past the bottom margin has been cut somewhat short with some loss of text. Otherwise in very good condition.l Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis PM 405 1 copy; Wittop Koning Geschiedenis van de Pharmacie in Nederland figure 78 this copy; cf. W.P. Sautijn Kluit "De Amsterdamsche prijs-courantiers in de 17e en 18e eeuw" in: R. Fruin red. Bijdragen voor vaderlandsche geschiedenis en oudheidkunde Nieuwe Reeks deel 8 1875 p. 58-66; STCN 427437431 1 copy other issue from the same year; Wittop Koning p. 82. Hendrik Boussière, unknown
1741réf. ABC_50545Amsterdam 1741. Hendrik Boussière Tipped into a passe-partout. A long sheet ca. 40.5 x 14.5 cm printed on two sides with the woodcut coat of arms of Amsterdam at the head. 2 pp. Exceptionally rare issue of a commodity price current for the Amsterdam market providing merchants with up-to-date market prices for a wide range of goods. This publication was issued every Monday from 1609 onward although comparable price lists are known to have circulated as early as 1585. To regulate the market the guilds of merchants and traders were required to publish standardised price information on a weekly basis. These lists were submitted to the authorities such as the mayor sheriff and aldermen as well as to subscribers but could also be purchased at the stock exchange. They were especially popular among foreign merchants.The present issue dated 13 February 1741 provides a detailed overview of contemporary market prices across a wide range of commodities. These include herbs and spices sugar materials for paint production pharmaceutical goods salt metals and munitions flax and hemp animal skins pitch and tar fish oils tobacco honey and wax as well as various textiles including silks cottons and woollens. It further records prices for butter wines grains and seeds. The list concludes with exchange rates for several currencies. Ephemeral by nature and often discarded after use these publications are now very scarce. We have only been able to trace one other copy of the present issue.The work has been folded in the past the bottom margin has been cut somewhat short with some loss of text. Otherwise in very good condition.l Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis PM 405 1 copy; Wittop Koning Geschiedenis van de Pharmacie in Nederland figure 78 this copy; cf. W.P. Sautijn Kluit "De Amsterdamsche prijs-courantiers in de 17e en 18e eeuw" in: R. Fruin red. Bijdragen voor vaderlandsche geschiedenis en oudheidkunde Nieuwe Reeks deel 8 1875 p. 58-66; STCN 427437431 1 copy other issue from the same year; Wittop Koning p. 82. unknown
réf. 223150Toulouse, Claude-Gilles Lecamus, s.d. (1721) in-4, 4 pp., en feuille.
