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(HAITI.) MOREAU DE ST. MERY, MEDERIC LOUIS ELIE. Loix et Constitutions des Colonies Francoises dans L'Amerique sous le Vent. Five volumes, large, thick 4to, contemporary full speckled calf, spines gilt extra with five raised bands; with a note in ink on the front free end-paper of volume five (from a different but identically bound set) stating that this volume came from the family of Reynaud de Vellevard (?) An exceptionally well-preserved set. Paris: The Author, 1790
first edition. Mederic Louis Elie Moreau de St. Mery (1750-1819) came from a wealthy French family. Born on one of the family's residences at Fort Royal on the Island of Martinique, Moreau was sent to Paris to study. Returning to Martinique, he became an attorney at Cap Francais. The present enormous work is one of several works he produced on the French colonies in the West Indies. It is a codification of the various laws concerning the colonies covering the period of 1550 through 1779. There is much in these volumes regarding slavery and the complex laws governing the estates on which slavery was practiced. A scarce work, in extraordinary condition.
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