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Unrecorded issue of the classic 18th-century treatise on commerce

RICARD, Samuel. Traité général du commerce, contenant des observations sur le commerce des principaux etats de l'Europe... les productions naturelles, l'industrie de chaque païs... des détails sur les monnoies, poids et mesures... des règles sur différentes opérations de négoce... enfin les ordonnances et usages établis à Amsterdam, touchant les assurances et le réglement des avaries.
Amsterdam, E. van Harreveld and A. Soetens, 1781. 2 volumes. 4to. With the title pages printed in red and black, a woodcut headpiece in each volume, and numerous tables in the text. Contemporary gold-tooled calf with a modern spine. [8], 624; [8], XVI, 530 pp. Full description

€ 1,250

Economic History & Trade

Competing proposals to gain renevue from opium farming in the Dutch East Indies

ROO, L.W.G. de. De verkoop van opium op Java. Open brief aan Dr. H.J.A.M. Schaepman lid van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal.
Including: Verklaringen van opiumschuivers uit verschillende streken der residentiën Pasoeroean, Besoeki en Rembang.Nijmegen, H.C.A. Thieme, 1892. 4to. Half green cloth, marbled paper sides, title in gold on spine. 56, 71 pp. Full description

€ 750

Economic History & Trade Indonesia / Dutch East Indies Pharmacy / Pharmacopaea

Mexico's industry and commerce, dedication copy by the author

ROUTIER, Gaston. Le Mexique[.] Limites géographiques. Orographie. Hydrographie. L' agriculture, la flore, la faune et les mines. L' industrie et le commerce.
Paris, H. Le Soudier, 1891. 8vo. With a lithographed folding map of Mexico (34.5 x 46 cm). Contemporary half red morocco, gold-tooled spine. XVII, 110 pp. Full description

€ 2,950

Agriculture Earth Sciences Economic History & Trade Faunas & General Zoology Floras & General Botany Horticulture Latin America Mexico Middle America Technology Tobacco

Very rare publication of new Russian import regulations

[RUSSIA - CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION]. Tarif général ou table alphabétique des droits que payeront les marchandises dans tous les ports et aux douanes des frontières de l'Empire de Russie, excepté à celles d'Astracan, du gouvernement d'Oufa et de Sibérie. Composé dans la Comission de Commerce l'année 1782.
St. Petersburg, J.J. Weitbrecht, 1783. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, sprinkled edges. 155, [1 blank] pp. Full description

€ 3,000

Eastern Europe Economic History & Trade Russia (incl. Siberia)

First-hand account of the California Gold Rush, with plates "superior to those in the English edition" (Kurutz)

RYAN, William Redmond. Avonturen gedurende een tweejarig verblijf in Californië en zijne mijnen.
Haarlem, A.C. Kruseman, 1850. 2 volumes bound as 1. 8vo. With two lithographed title pages and 20 lithographed illustrations on 10 plates, all drawn by Carel Christiaan Anthony Last after the author. Modern half cloth. [2], 308; VIII, 325 pp. Full description

€ 1,950

Mineralogy & Gems North America

Description of Cuba's population, agriculture and commerce around 1860

SAGRA, Ramón de la. Cuba en 1860 o sea cuadro de sus adelantos en la poblacion, la agricultura, el comercio y las rentas publicas. Supplemento a la primera parte de la Historia politica y natural de la Isla de Cuba.
Paris, Simon Raçon and co. for L. Hachette and co., 1862. Folio. With some letterpress tables in text. Contemporary red cloth. [4], 282 pp. Full description

€ 1,850

Agriculture Anthropology & Ethnography Caribbean Islands Middle America Tobacco

Only copy located of the 1850 Saint Helena almanac, portraying the island at the height of its importance
in transatlantic shipping and the suppression of the slave trade

[SAINT HELENA - ALMANAC]. The Saint Helena almanac and annual register for the year of our lord 1850, ... Containing a detailed account of the public departments and local institutions.
Saint Helena, George Gibb, Government office, [1849]. 8vo. With title-page printed in orange, with the woodcut royal arms of the United Kingdom. Later black half morocco, gold-tooled spine. [126], 37, [3] pp.; plus [3], [1 blank] pp. advertisements Full description

€ 3,500

Almanacs Geology Greek & Non-Western Types UK - United Kingdom

Much enlarged edition of the first encyclopaedia of commerce

SAVARY, Jacques and Philemon Louis SAVARY. Dictionnaire universel de commerce.
Amsterdam, Janssonius van Waesbergen, 1726-1732. 4 volumes bound as 3. 4to. With a folding engraved portrait of the dedicatee, Jan Six de Vromade, by Houbraken, and 3 large allegorical engraved headpieces. Main text printed in two columns. Contemporary mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spines and board edges. [8], XXXVIII, [2] pp. 2032; 2000; 1032; 676 cols [=1016, 1000, 516, 338 pp.]. Full description

€ 7,500

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias Economic History & Trade

Fundamental work in the history of economic thought

SAY, Jean-Baptiste. Traité d'économie politique, ou simple exposition de la manière dont se forment, se distribuent, et se consomment les richesses.
Paris, L'imprimerie de Crapelet, chez Deterville. 1803. 2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary gold-tooled half auburn morocco. [4], XLVI, 527, [1 blank]; [4], 572 pp. Full description

€ 10,000

Economic History & Trade France

Unique first edition (1823) of a technical handbook for gold- and silversmiths and jewellers

SCHUL[T]ZE, Heinrich. Der Gold- & Silberarbeiter und Juwelier nach allen seinen praktischen Verrichtungen. Ein vollständiges Handbuch dieses Gewerbes...
Ilmenau, B.F Voigt, 1823. 8vo. With 8 tables on separate leaves (6 on 3 folding plates bound at the end of the book), 109 tables in the text and 4 lithographed folding illustration plates signed by Uckermann. Contemporary marbled paper over boards, gold-tooled spine with light brown label. XII, 340, [4] pp. Full description