LEPELLETIER DE SAINT RÉMY
Les Colonies françaises depuis l'abolition de l'esclavage - Le travail. L'immigration africaine et asiatique. La production. La propriété.
Guillaumin & Cie|Paris 1859|16 x 24.2 cm|Broché
New edition, partly original as revised, of this study first published in 1858 in the Revue des Deux Mondes (Sabin 40127. Ryckebusch 5041).
Minor chips to the corners of the covers, some occasional foxing.
A member of one of the oldest families in Martinique, Romuald Le Pelletier de Saint-Rémy (1809–1882) served as president of the Central Agency of Colonial Banks; he wrote extensively on West Indian issues and colonial ventures in South America.
Inscribed by the author Romuald Le Pelletier de Saint-Rémy on the front free endpaper.
€400