[Au Cap François]. [Antoine Marie], [1764]. First edition. Sewn bound. 17, (3) p. Very early, unrecorded Saint-Domingue imprint. Printing in Saint-Domingue origins in the second half of the 18th century. The first printer who established himself on the isle was Antoine Maria (Cabon, 1919). Marie was born in Nantes..... More

Issued and signed by Georges-René Le Pelley de Pléville, the Minister of Colonies. Dated on November 21, 1797 (1e Frimaire, an 6 de la République française). One page printed and written document with the headline of the “Marine et Colonies. Administration des Colonies”. Temporary citizenship is given to the Saint-Domingue..... More

Sevilla: Andrea Pescioni, 1582. First edition. With 35 woodcut illustrations, some recurring. Decorated with heraldic woodcut on the title page, numerous woodcut initials and a tailpiece, and woodcut printer's devices on 4¶4 and on the last leaf. Text printed in two columns. In 19th century, empire style, red morocco binding..... More

(Paris): Imprimerie de Pain, (1794). First edition. Published unbound. 7, (1) p. Statement of Belley, the first black deputy of the French National Convention, respecting the affairs of Saint-Domingue on August 23, 1794. Jean-Baptiste Belley (1747–1805) was born in Senegal, and as a child transported to Saint-Domingue where..... More

Au Port-Au-Prince: De l’Imprimerie du Gouvernement, Mars 1826. First edition. In contemporary half leader, spine gilt. Exceedingly rare legal monument, the Port-Au-Prince-first edition of the first Haitian civil code. One of the first French colonies in the New Word Saint-Domingue eventually gained its independence in 1804 after two centuries..... More

[Au Port-au-Prince]: [Chez Bourdon, Imprimeur du Roi & du Conseil supérieur de Saint-Domingue], [1790]. First edition. In later, black half maroquin. Panels covered with marbled paper, gilt title on spine. 4 p. Extremely scarce pre-revolution Saint-Domingue imprint, an official convocation of the Colonial Assembly, with important racial reference... More

Paris: Baudouin, Imprimeur de l’Assemblée Nationale, (1790). First edition. Published unbound. 2, (2) p. Official order to commemorate the decree of March 8, 1790 with festivities. The decree of the National Assembly on March 8, 1790 granted full legislative powers to the Colonial Assembly, gave Saint-Domingue and all French..... More

A Paris: Chez Baudouin, Imprimeur de L’Assemblée Nationale, rue du Foin Saint-Jacques, No. 31. 1789. First edition. Published unbound. 15, (1) p. Curt’s proposal to establish a committee of twenty members, who composes constitutions for the French colonies. Louis de Court (1722 or 1752 – ca. 1805) who..... More

Port-de-France [Nouméa]: Imprimerie du Gouvernement. 1865. Two separate sheets. Printed on silk. Framed with light blue silk ribbon frame (papered on verso). Silk sheet size: ca. 33 × 44,5 cm; frame: 2 cm. The programme and the results of the first horse races in New Caledonia took place on August..... More

Paris: Jacques Langlois et Emmanuel Langlois, 1654. First edition. Complete, with the three folding maps. With several woodcut head and tailpieces, and initials. In somewhat later leather. The gilt spine is with five raised bands and red title vignette. Front and rear panels ruled with gilt double-line at the edges..... More

Madrid: en la Imprenta Rea, 1805. First Spanish edition. In contemporary leather, gilt spine. Marbled endpapers. [4] [1]–132. p. The first Spanish translation of the first biography of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the first ruler of an independent Haiti. First edition in Spanish of Jean-Louis Dubroca’s La vie de J. J...... More

Kingston: A. Duperly (Printed: Paris, Thierry Brothers), [1844]. First edition. In contemporary half cloth, panels covered with marbled papers. Marbled endpapers, tinted edges. Folio (ca. 435 × 295 mm), 24 tinted lithographed plates [by Louis Julien Jacottet (no.: 1, 2, 11–2, 16–8, 21–2), Philippe Benoist (no.: 3, 4, 7, 9..... More

At the Headquarters of Le Cap (Au Quartier-général du Cap). Dated on 11 vendémiaire an 11 de la République française (October 3, 1802). With printed heading “Armee de Saint-Domingue, le General en Chef. Liberté, Égalité.”. Signed by Leclerc. 1 leaf, written on both sides. Leclerc’s letter regarding the military positions..... More