1st Nov, 2022 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Gloriana)
210
[Z] SLAVE TRADE: 'INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE CAPTAINS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS OF HER MAJESTY’S SHIPS OF WAR EMPLOYED IN THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE'
SLAVE TRADE: 'INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE CAPTAINS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS OF HER MAJESTY’S SHIPS OF WAR EMPLOYED IN THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE'
printed by Harrison & Sons, London for H.M.S.O., 1892, two vols bound in contemporary blue half calf -- 9 x 6½in. (23 x 16.5cm.)
(2)
Volume I prints the various Acts of Parliament dealing fully with the Suppression of the Slave Trade, in 1825, 1843, 1873 (bis), 1876, 1879 and 1880 and the description of the General Act of the Brussels Conference (1888-1890) signed by 17 crowned heads including the Ottoman Emperor and the Sultan of Zanzibar and the states of some African and Arab countries. Volume II publishes treaties with 15 states 'other than those whose instructions admit of domestic slavery, who are not parties to the Brussels Act', including Haiti, Liberia and Madagascar.
Sold for £620
Estimated at £200 - £400
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
SLAVE TRADE: 'INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE CAPTAINS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS OF HER MAJESTY’S SHIPS OF WAR EMPLOYED IN THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE'
printed by Harrison & Sons, London for H.M.S.O., 1892, two vols bound in contemporary blue half calf -- 9 x 6½in. (23 x 16.5cm.)
(2)
Volume I prints the various Acts of Parliament dealing fully with the Suppression of the Slave Trade, in 1825, 1843, 1873 (bis), 1876, 1879 and 1880 and the description of the General Act of the Brussels Conference (1888-1890) signed by 17 crowned heads including the Ottoman Emperor and the Sultan of Zanzibar and the states of some African and Arab countries. Volume II publishes treaties with 15 states 'other than those whose instructions admit of domestic slavery, who are not parties to the Brussels Act', including Haiti, Liberia and Madagascar.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Gloriana), 1st Nov, 2022
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Order of Sale:
Mercantile (Sail & Yachting) 1-57B
Mercantile (Steam) 58-112
Naval (Sail) 115-202
Naval (Steam) 205-319
Navigational & Scientific Instruments 325-353
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