Kiøbenhavn, Høppfner, (16. Martius, 1792). 4to. The entire volume of ""Forordninger..."", 1792 bound with the entire volumes of 1790 and 1791 as well in a very nice strictly contemporary brown full calf binding with four raised bands, gilt title-label and lovely gilt ornamentatiions to spine as well as the gilt, crowned monogram of King Chritian the VII to top of spine. Light wear and a closed tear to top capital. Otherwise in splendid condition, in- as well as ex-ternally. Stamp from the Danish Royal Military Library to front free end-paper. Pp. 69-71. [Entire volume: 146, 12 pp., 1 f. blank + 288, (8) pp., two folded tables + 323, (13) pp. woodcut vignettes of the Danish Elephant-order to title-pages].
Extremely rare first printing of the very first law anywhere in the world to abandon slave trade. From the library of King Christian VII, who passed the law, with his crowned gilt monogram to spine. With the completely groundbreaking ""Forordning on Neger=Handelen"" (""Decree about the Negro-Trade"") of 1792, under King Christian VII, Denmark became the first country in the world to forbid slave-trade. Although the first law against slavery as such, not just slave-trade, would follow half a decade later, this first decree forbidding trading in slaves was a major milestone towards equality and freedom for all of mankind, in fact the very first of its kind in the entire world. Britain would be the next country to follow lead, and their first law against slave-trading was passed in 1807, 15 years after the Danish. After the British followed The US, Spain in 1811, Sweden in 1813, Netherlands in 1814, and France in 1817.From the 1660'ies until the end of the 18th century, about 111.000 slaves were sent from the Gold Coast in Danish Guinea to the Danish colony on the West-Indian islands St. Thomas, St. Jan, and St. Croix, this slave trade being part of a larger three-way trade between The Gold Coast, The West-Indian Islands, and Denmark. Weapons and alcohol were shipped from Denmark to Africa to buy slaves, and the slaves were transported to The West-Indies, from where other goods, especially sugar, were shipped back to Denmark. During the last decades of the 18th century, many Europeans were having concerns with the continuation of trading with slaves. One of these was the Danish Minister of Finance, himself a plantation owner, Ernst Schimmelmann (1747-1831), who was instrumental in the Royal Decree against slave-trade being formulated and passed. He was clearly affected by the general tendencies and the new Enlightenment view of mankind, the freedom and rights of man, and the question of the decency of trading in human beings. There was also a financial aspect of the wish to forbid slave trade, as it was beginning to become clear that society was moving towards a more humanistic view of all of mankind that would eventually make slave trading difficult. And apart from that there was also the question whether it was even profitable to transport slaves all the longs way over the Atlantic Ocean. Whatever the bearing arguments might have been, the present decree is a groundbreaking document that catapulted Denmark into a modern, humane world, 15 years before any other country, helping to spark a world-wide legal movement that was absolutely essential in order for the world to evolve into one that is free, humane, and equal for all of mankind.
LALANDE (LA LANDE), JÉRÔME LE FRANCOIS (LA LANDE). - FROM THE ROYAL LIBRARY OF CHRISTIAN VII.
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(1792)
Paris, Chez la Veuve Desaint, 1792. 4to. Bound in 3 fine contemp. full sprinckled calf, 5 raised bands, tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Spines gilt. Lower compartments with the Royal Danish coat of arms in gold. Upper compartments with the monogram of the Danish King Christian VII in gold. (4),LXVI,478(4),727"(4),737 pp. and 44 folded engraved plates. With ""Tables Astronomiques, calculées sur les Observations les plus nouvelles, Pour servir à la troisieme Édition de l'Astronomie"", (2),378 pp. of Tables and Corrections. This is bound at end of volume one. Broad-margined. A few scattered brownspots. A few leaves in vol. two and three with some faint dampstaining in upper margins, a few in upper right corners.
This third edition - kept ajour with the latest developments in astronomy - is the largest edition of Lalande's major work, the standard work of 18th century astronomi. The offered copy has a distinguished provenance as it comes from the library of the Danish King Christian VII.""Lalande's greatest contribution was as a writer of textbooks, the most important being his 'Traitè d'Astronomie' of 1764, with subsequent editions in 1771 and 1792. It became a standard textbook and had the advantage over others texts of containing much practical information on instruments and methods of calculation"" (DSB).
Kiøbenhavn, Kongel. Majests. priviligerede Bogtrykkerie, 1699-1773. 4to. Indbundet i 10 samtidige helldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning.
Originaltrykkene.
(København), Uden trykker, 29. Januarii 1776. 4to. Originalt papbind. Bind med slitage. Trykt på kraftigt blåligt skrivepapir. Indvendigt et aldeles rent og frisk eksemplar. Teksten sat indenfor træskåren dobbetramme. 12 ff.
Originaltrykket af Indfødsretten, loven om statsborgerskab som blev proklameret under store festligheder på Christian 7.s fødselsdag 29.1.1776.""Indfødsretten legitimerede den nationale identitet, der havde udviklet sig i borgerlige danske kredse, og her blev den modtaget med spontan begejstring. Den formåede dog ikke at udrydde den danske modvilje mod kongens tysktalende undersåtter, som kulminerede med Tyskerfejden 1789-90.""(Ole Feldbæk).
Schleswig, Königlichen Taubstummen-Institut, (n.y) + Serringhausenschen Buckdruckerey, (n. y.). + Ha 8vo. Bound in one magnificent contemporary red full morocco binding with splendidly gilt boards. Both boards with ornamental gilt frames, gilt stars, gilt crown at the top, gilt ship at the bottom and gilt hearts to the centres, with the intials ""E.E."" (front board) and ""M.C.H"") (back board) respectively in the middle and the year ""1835"" underneath. Richly gilt spine with four raised bands. Title-label to spine rwmoved and spine-gilding quite worn. All edges chiseled and gilt. A bit of wear to capitals. A very fine and clean copy. Handwritten ancestral notes (Erichsen family - presumably the ""E.E"" from the front board) in German to back free end-paper, beginning with Johan Christian Friedrich Erichsen, born in 1837 and ending with Anders Bygdall, born in 1897. XX, 675, (1) pp. + 88 pp. + frontispiece + (12), 256 pp.
Kiøbenhavn, Høpffner, (1777). 4to. Without wrappers. With paper back-strip. King Christian III's wax seal to last leaf. Fine and clean. 14, (2) pp.
Originaltrykket. I 1772 kunne Asiatisk Kompagni bygge på mere end hundrede års ubrudt kontinuitet, både hvad angik koloniadministration og handel. Dets administration af Tranquebar, Serampore og mindre loger i Bengalen og på Malabarkysten blev i 1777 overtaget af kronen. Det betød en mærkbar besparelse på kompagniets budget, men ikke ændrede vilkår for dets indiske handel.
Kiøbenhavn, Nicolaus Christian Høpffner, 1774-1778 + 1785-1789 + 1793-1800. 4to. Indbundet i 6 samtidige helldrbd. med rygforgyldning og kongernes monogram på rygge.
Originaltrykkene.
Altona, Eckhardischen Schriften, 1786. 8vo. Contemp. full calf. With 4 large clasps and catches with floral engravings, all in silver and fully intact. Floral coloured endpapers with goldstamps. (20),1008,(26) pp. + 96 pp. Title-page slightly soiled, otherwise fine.
Altona, Eckhardischen Schriften, 1786. 8vo. Bound in a fine full vellum with blindtooled frames and with large paintings in colour on both covers, depicting ladies playing music and singing and with cartouches with lettering (psalms ?). All edges tooled and gilt. With 4 large clasps and catches with engravings, all in silver and fully intact. Fine green endpapers with printing in gold. (20),1008,(28) pp. + 96 pp. Clean and fine.
Kiøbenhavn, Schultz, (1808). Velbevaret samtidigt marmoreret helldrbd. Rig rygforgyldning. Forgyldt skindtitel. Stempel på titelbladet, 134,(2) pp. På skrivepapir.
Kiøbenhavn, Schultz, (1808). Samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldt rygtitel. Ryg lettere slidt. Stempel på titelbladet, 134,(2) pp. På skrivepapir. Lidt spredte brunpletter.
Glückstadt, Babst, 1771. Small 4to. Clothbacked boards. Upper board with the printed title-page. 6 pp. With 2 royal wax-seals at end.
Kiøbenhavn, Schultz, (1808). Samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldt titeletiket på ryg. En papirsetiket påsat nederst på ryg.Stempel på titelbladet, 134,(2) pp.
Kiøbehavn, Schultz, (1808). Samtidigt hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Mangler titeletiket. Ryg lidt slidt. Papirsetiketter på ryg og forreste bindside. 134,(2) pp.
Kiøbenhavn, Schultz, (1808). Ubeskåret i et papbind med originale blå blanke omslag påsat permerne. Senere shirtryg. Stempel på titelbladet, 134,(2) pp. Spredte brunpletter.
Objets et Mondes tome VII]fascicule 4. Hiver 1967. (Auteurs: Elie VERNIER, Christian PELRAS, Montserrat PALAU MARTI, Léon PALES et Marie TASSIN de SAINT PEREUSE)
Reference : 1142584
Paris: Musée de l'Homme, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 1967 in-4, nombreuses illustrations. Broché, cachet, bon état. Sommaire: Elie VERNIER. Les cannes cérémonielles de Madagascar. - Christian PELRAS. Lamak et tissus sacrés de Bali. - Montserrat PALAU MARTI. Sabres décorés du Dahomey. - Léon PALES et Marie TASSIN de SAINT PEREUSE. Ces Dames de la Marche. - Ethnomusicologie.
[revue] Objets et Mondes tome 7 [tome VII] fascicule 4. Hiver 1967. Elie VERNIER. Les cannes cérémonielles de Madagascar. - Christian PELRAS. Lamak et tissus sacrés de Bali. - Montserrat PALAU MARTI. Sabres décorés du Dahomey. - Léon PALES et Marie TASSIN de SAINT PEREUSE. Ces Dames de la Marche. - Ethnomusicologie. (Paris: Musée de l'Homme, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 1967). [M.C.: revue, Ethnologie, Madagascar, Afrique, Dahomey, Benin, Indonésie, Bali, préhistoire]