[Rarebooks] For Sale: West Indies Sugar Trade, 1675

[Bob Petrilla]

West Indies. FACTUM POUR LE SIEUR HOUEL, SEIGNEUR PROPRIETAIRE & GOUVERNEUR
DES ISLES DE GARDELOUPE & DES SAINTES, AU SUJET REMBOURSEMENT A LUY DEU PAR
LA COMPAGNIE DES INDES OCCIDENTALES, CONTESTANT POUR ELLE LE SIEUR FRANCOIS
FRANCOIS COMMIS POUR L'EXAMEN & DISCUSION DES DEMANDES & PRETENTIONS DU DIT
SIEUR HOUEL ... AVRIL 1675. s.l.: s.n., 1675. First Edition. This is a
detailed description of the legal action concerning Charles Houel de Petit
Pre, Governor of Guadeloupe from 1643-1664, and the Compagnie des Indes
Occidentales, over the disputed repayment of money. Includes a long history
of French doings on the Island, and the financial undertakings of various
French representatives who were developing the sugar trade there. 52 pages,
in French. Old marbled wrappers are present, and detached. 9.5" x 7.25"
[WorldCat finds only one holding: Bibliotheque Nationale de France.]
$125.00

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