Cartouches des noirs, 1783. Manuscript Artistically the subject of this

Artistically the subject of this drawing suited Bramer because night scenes were a specialty of his

While the text is newly set and largely akin to earlier editions

This ambitious French Creole planter from Grenada was instrumental in transforming Trinidad from a sparsely inhabited territory into a thriving plantation economy

L'Habitation Saint-Ybars ou maîtres et esclaves en Louisiane

Cartouches des noirs, 1783. Manuscript Artistically the subject of thisIdentification card for Black people in Paris France: Louis XVI (1774 1792); Charles La Croix Castries (1727 1801). Arrt du Conseil dtat du Roi, pour le renouvellement des cartouches des noirs & autres gens de couleur qui sont Paris. [colophon:] Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1783. 4. 4 pp. With a woodcut headpiece and a typographic oblong certificate with woodcut borders. A very rare copy of an example of an identification card for Black individuals in