Douanes

1816 · Best.-Nr. A63885 — Strasbourg Occasionally Paris: Douanes Royales / Douanes Services Actifs / Douanes Colonies Et Entrepots. 1816. Hardback Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Bound volume of a 100 consecutive circulars put out by the Customs Office at Strasbourg 1 to 100. 1816-24. Many signed in ink by the directors with official contemporary handwritten annotations. The main signatory is one Le Tuc D'Omont Directeur des Douanes Royales About 400 pages covering every aspect of customs one section in Gothic German one folding section and several pages of relevant handwritten transcribed letters. One circular loosely inserted ie not bound in. Bound in sound quarter vellum with blue boards a little scuffed and marked with title inked on spine ' Circulaires Imprimes' de la Direction 1.' The circulars appear to deal with administration of employees douaniers customs offices fines and punishments border control contraband tariifs on goods such tobacco coffeesugar etc. Bought by the writer F.R. Cowell on Quai Malaquais Paris in 1936 with his ownership signature on fep. Light wear otherwise very good. Douanes Royales / Douanes Services Actifs / Douanes Colonies Et Entrepots... hardcover