[SAINT DOMINGUE] Premier recueil de pièces intéressantes remises par les commissaires de la colonie de Saint-Domingue à MM. les Notables,le 6 novembre 1788.

A very rare collection, unrecorded by both Martin & Walter and Sabin.

Modern bradel binding in full grey paper-covered boards, smooth spine, white longitudinal title label.

The second Assembly of Notables, a little-known historical episode, concerned itself not only with the affairs of metropolitan France but also with those of the colonies.

Following the preliminary matter, comprising four letters from the commissioners (to the Notables, to the King, to the Minister of the Navy, and again to the King), the principal text consists of an Mémoire instructif sur le régime & l'importance de la colonie de Saint-Domingue. The two principal issues addressed are the right of the colonies to send representatives to the forthcoming Estates-General and, more fundamentally, whether it was in the interests of the metropole to retain its colonial possessions.

Occasional light foxing.

A handsome copy.