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ETAT actuel de l'Inde, et considérations sur les établissemens et le commerce de la France dans cette partie du monde, sur les améliorations dont ils sont susceptibles, et sur la meilleure manière d'y faire le commerce. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Madame Veuve Laurent Prault, 1787. iv, 224 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (somewhat worn and damaged). Kress B.1209A; JFBL E154; Conlon 87:425; not in Sabin; not in Muller; not in Howes; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. 'A consideration of the areas in which the newly formed Compagnie des Indes would operate' (JFBL). This anonymous work gives valuable details on French trade with Africa, the Indies, the Philippines, etc. EUR 375
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HISTOIRE générale de l'Afrique noire de Madagascar et des Archipels. Publiée sous la direction d'Hubert Descamps. Paris, PUF, Bordas, 1973. With many (colored) illustrations. 4 volumes. Large 8vo. Original decorated publisher's imitation leather. Vol. 1 & 2: Des origines à 1800. Vol. 3 & 4: De 1800 à nos jours. EUR 200
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(PATERSON, W. & W. TENCH.) Voyages dans le pays des Hottentots, à la Caffrerie, à la Baye Botanique, et dans la Nouvelle Hollande. A Paris, Chez Letellier, 1790. 2 volumes 1. (4), 213 pp.; (v)-viii, (1)-266 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, paper covered boards, a bit rubbed, corners lightly bumped. Mendelssohn, ii, 144; (see also 143 and 467); Ferguson 96, cf.: Hill, p. 290 (English edition of Tench's work). First (?) collective edition of Paterson's Relation de Quatre Voyages dans le Pays des Hottentots et dans la Caffrerie Pendant les Années 1777, 1778 & 1779 and the work by Tench. William Paterson's journey into the country of the Hottentots. A description of the flora and fauna, and observations on the manners and customs of the Boers, Hottentots and Bushmen inhabiting the coastal area of South Africa. This edition does not contain the tables of observations on the thermometer, winds and weather, the map and illustrations, but it has a preface of its own referring to the further contents of the volume. It is followed by the account of the voyage of the fleet of Walkin Tench that conveyed the first convicts to Botany Bay. Includes a description of the settlement at the Cape. EUR 600
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ALGERIA - DELORD, GENERAL. Bulletin de l'Algérie. Manuscript signed 'Gen. D'. (1844). 8 pp. 8vo. Disbound. Interesting document concerning the military operations in various provinces of the Algeria of 'Abd-el-Kader, toujours immobile en apparence, mais qui aiguise ses armes en secret et tâche de reprendre des forces'. Deals also with seized documents in which is spoken of the 'extermination des infidèles' and with a 'chien français jeté à la mer'.Lines crossed out and many corrections suggest this is a draft for a text of which we were not able to establish whether it ever has been published. EUR 300
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COINZE, M. Introduction à un plan général d'administration civile et de colonisation agricole en Algérie. Paris, Frey, 1847. 62 pp. 8vo. Modern red half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, original printed covers preserved. Not in Kayser; not in Gay; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. - Somewhat spotted, with a waterstain in the lower inner margin throughout, the original yellow printed covers preserved. Pleads for the further colonisation of Algeria by introducing European civil government and attracting European (French) colonists to develop the country. EUR 175
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COMPAGNIE DES INDES - MEMOIRE pour le Sieur Dupleix. Contre la Compagnie des Indes. Avec les pieces justificatives. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie de P.A. Le Prieur, 1759. - (Bound with:) (NECKER, J.) Réponse au Mémoire de M. l'Abbé Morellet, sur la Compagnie des Indes, Imprimèe en exécution de la Délibération de Mrs. les Actionnaires, prise dans l'Assemblée générale du 8 Août 1769. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1769. 2 volumes in 1. (4), 294, (2), 124 pp.; (2), 50 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, raised bands, green label with gilt lettering, worn and rubbed, spine damaged, joints split, but solid. First work: Kress S.4166; Goldsmiths 9478A; Einaudi 1659; Higgs 2007; JFBL D341; not in INED; not in Sabin. First edition. Joseph François Dupleix (1697-1763), French colonial administrator. Dupleix revolutionized the policy of the European powers during the critical period of their expansion in to India and the Far East. Taking advantage of temporary French superiority of sea power in Indian waters he was able by means of skilful diplomatic intervention among the Indian princes to make himself the leading European influence in India. He changed the hitherto merely commercial interests of the French and British East India companies into a rivalry for territorial and political control. His ambition developed from the conviction that he could extend French influence beyond the coastal trading ports into the interior and erect there a political hegemony which would not only pay its own way but also vastly expand trading opportunities and produce for France and the French East India Company a revenu 'fixe, constant et abondant'. His ambitious policy failed in the end and he had to return to France where he was received with honour untill he submitted 'ses créances', which were considered disappointing. The ensuing trial ruined Dupleix who died in 1763, poor. 'Dupleix avait offert à la France l'Empire des Indes; on se refusa à cueillir ce beau fruit. Cet homme exceptionnel périt victime de politiciens à courtes vues et de marchands pour lesquels tout gain est immédiat.' In 1763 appeared a work with the title: 'Mémoire pour la Compagnie des Indes. Contre le Sieur Dupleix.'The second leaf (after the title-page and preceding the text) contains the errata to the Mémoire and the Pièces Justificatives.Second work: Kress 6665; INED 3370; Higgs 4701; Sabin 52216; JFBL N25; not in Echeverria & Wilkie; not in Einaudi; not in Goldsmiths.First edition.Morellet's Mémoire sur la situation actuelle de la Compagnie des Indes was an assault on the monopolistic priviliges of the Compagnie des Indes which was published in June 1769. Necker replied with the present work in August 1769 and Morellet responded with his Examen de la réponse de M. N*** au Mémoire de l'Abbé Morellet .... in September 1769. Morellet's succes with his campaign is shown by the suspension of that Company's charter from 1769 to 1785. - Internally a good and sound copy with wide margins. EUR 1200
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MAUROY, P. Du commerce des peuples de l'Afrique septentrionale dans l'antiquité, le moyen-âge et les temps modernes comparé au commerce des Arabes de nos jours. Ouvrage faisant suite à la question d'Alger en 1844. Paris, Au comptoir des imprimeurs-unis, 1845. xi, (1), 199, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spinegilt with raised bands (original covers preserved). Kress S.6843; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Gay, Bibliographie de l'Afrique et de l'Arabie, 309. First edition. Mauroy (1806?-1860) was a lawyer, secretary of the public prosecutor of the 'Cour d'appel de Paris', and head of the cabinet of the Minister of the Interior. Deals with the trade of Carthago and the trade with Africa, the Romans, Vandals and Greek trades and the Arab trade with Africa. - Signed dedication by the author for Félix Ravaisson, on upper cover. Both covers browned, front cover with a repaired tear. EUR 250
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