Oct 10, 2002 - Sale 1946

Sale 1946 - Lot 416

Price Realized: $ 9,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
INTERLEAVED WITH A CONTEMPORARY COMMENTARY (DANISH WEST INDIES.) Bound volume of 9 separate printings of Danish royal proclamations and ordinances regarding their colonies in the West Indies. The acts dealing with commerce in the region, free trade between the ports, slavery, sugar and rum trade, and coinage. Interleaved throughout with contemporary manuscript notations concerning the acts, presumably by a government financial official, whose notes discuss the reasons behind and the effectiveness of the laws. Each act Signed in print by Kings Friedrich or Christian of Denmark/Norway. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf, worn; minor loss in bottom margin of last 3 acts (without loss to text). Copenhagen, 1764-72
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Forordning, angaaende Handelen paa Bore Americanske Eylande. 9 April 1764 Placat, hvorefter De paa de Kongelige Americanske Eylande. 9 April 1764 Forordning og Forbud, angaaende Slavers Udforsel fra de Kongelige Americanske Eylande. 25 March 1766 Forordning og Declaration angaaende De Friheder udi handelen, som Frie-havnene St. Thomas og St. Jean udi America. 22 April 1767 Forordning, hvorefter Alle fra St. Croix udi America til Europa affendende Sukkere skal. 23 January 1770 Forordning hvorefter Mynten paa de Kongelige Americanske Eyland. 20 March 1770 Placat, hvorved Forordningen af 23 Jan. 1770, angaaende raae Sukkeres hidforsel fra St. Croix til Kiobenhavn. 3 October 1771 Placat hvorved Den hidtil af Bestindisk Rom paabudne Consumption. 8 November 1771 Placat, hvorved Den for alle til Norge exprterende danske Silke-uldene-og Bomulds-bare de Norske Kiobmaend udlovede Praemie 5 pro Cento . . . St. Croix, St. Thomas og St. Jean. 7 September 1772.<