Each of the disbound parts is in its original edition.
With: "Supplément au Précis justificatif de la société commerciale de la nouvelle Compagnie des Indes. Pour servir de réponse aux inculpations contenues dans le rapport fait à la Convention nationale, le 3 août 1793", printed in Paris by Lottin, also in 1793 (4to, 14 pp.), likewise disbound, printed in two columns, one for the "inculpations" and the other for the "réponses", on bluish paper.
These texts constitute refutations of the allegations levelled against the Compagnie des Indes, founded in France by Colbert in 1664 and whose privilege had been abolished on 3 April 1790.
During the Terror, the Compagnie des Indes was suspected of counter-revolutionary activities, and on 26 July 1793 the Convention ordered its buildings to be sealed.
A second decree of 11 October 1793 abolished the Compagnie des Indes and requisitioned its goods and ships.