[DROIT MARITIME] Consultation par MM. Ravez, Brochon, Saint-Marc et de Saget, pour Balguerie et Comp

Rare first edition.

No copies recorded in CCF or WorldCat.

A copy preserved in its original wrappers with printed green covers, showing a few marginal losses to the corners; internally in pleasing condition.

A rare document relating to a dispute arising from the wreck, off Saint-Domingue on 9 April 1834, of the vessel Courrier de la Vera-Crux (laden with bales of cotton), involving the Bordeaux shipowners Balguerie et Cie, the insurers Aguirrevengoa and Uribarren, the captain, and the various consignors. Appended is a copy of the grounds and operative part of the judgment of the Commercial Court.

At the head of the upper cover, signed autograph inscription: For Monsieur Ravez, from his devoted servants Balguerie et Cie.