Sep 28, 2017 - Sale 2455

Sale 2455 - Lot 305

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(HAITI.) Group of 5 books and printed documents relating to Haiti. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1818-28

Additional Details

Chambre des Représentans des Communes. Letterpress broadside with seated liberty device, 12 x 8 inches. The chamber approves general accounts of the republic for 1826. Port-au-Prince, 9 May 1827 Loi Sur les Patentes. 30 pages. 4to, disbound; worn, foxed, stamps erased. Schedule of fees for occupational licenses to be levied commencing January 1829. Port-au-Prince: Imprimerie du Gouvernement, [1828] Pradt. Pieces Relatives a Saint-Domingue et a L'Amérique. 206, [1], 3 pages. 8vo, 1/2 calf, worn; foxing. Survey of revolutionary movements in Haiti, Argentina and Venezuela. Paris: Bechet, 1818 Vanufel. Code des Colons de Saint-Domingue. x, [1], 1-348 pages. 8vo, contemporary 1/4 calf, front board detached; foxing. Documents relative to the indemnity demanded by France for the loss of property in slaves. Paris: Vergene, 1826 [Les six Codes d'Haïti; suivis d'une table raisonnee des matières.] 38, 59-276, 349-736 pages. 12mo, early 1/2 calf, stamped "Code Boyer" on backstrip; lacking title page and final leaf, and otherwise incomplete. [Port-au-Prince, 1828].