Démonstration de l'injuste [et] chimerique prétention que les directeurs de la Compagnie des Indes en Hollande forment, afin de faire révoquer, ou du moins rendre inutile l'octroy que Sa Majesté imperiale [et] catholique a accordé à ses sujets des Pays-Bas austrichiens pour l'établissement d'une compagnie de commerce [et] de navigation aux Indes orientales [et] occidentales : dediée a messeigneurs les Etats Géneraux des Provinces-Unies

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; 1648-1795

Date:

1722

Description:

Arguments against the opposition of the Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie to the Compagnie d'Ostende, established in the Austrian Netherlands by Charles VI in 1722.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Purchased, 1959.

Subject:

Compagnie d'Ostende; Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie; Commerce; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); essays; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

51 leaves : paper; 233 x 196 mm

Geographic Subject:

Belgium -- Commerce -- Early works to 1800; Netherlands -- Commerce -- Early works to 1800; Netherlands -- History -- 1648-1795; Netherlands; Belgium

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (p. 1); date range based on the dates that the octroy of Charles VI was in effect.; Collation: Paper, 26 leaves; [1-2], 2-51, [52]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. Pagination loss due to trimming.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Disbound quires, with remnants of binding material and glue.; Origin: Probably written in the Austrian Netherlands (modern Belgium) between 1722 and 1731.; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 951