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Senate House Library, University of London

Treatises on European trade

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 70

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Treatises on European trade

Date(s): (1697-1699) 18th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 188 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Possibly produced during the War of the Grand Alliance, 1689-1697, the third major war of King Louis XIV of France, in which his expansionist plans were blocked by an alliance led by England, the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and the Austrian Habsburgs.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume containing 18th century transcripts of two treatises relating to European trade, 1697 and 1699, namely a treatise on the trade and navigation of the Dutch, 1699, written in Amsterdam and ascribed in a different hand to Camille Tallard, Marquis de la Baune-d'Hoston; and a historical treatise on European trade in Africa, Asia and America, 1697, ascribed in a different hand to Claude Le Blanc, who produced it for Louis, Duc de Bourgogne.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: French

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Manuscript folio. Bound in calf.

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

The manuscript was bought by Herbert Somerton Foxwell from Nijhoff, Amsterdam, in 1888.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.