Item #CAT000653 British Government Reports on Sugar and Coffee, 5 bound volumes [Report from the Select Committee on Sugar and Coffee Planting reports 1-8 with supplements and index; Report from the Committee on the Distillation of Sugar and Molasses; Sugar: Account of Imports and Exports].
British Government Reports on Sugar and Coffee, 5 bound volumes [Report from the Select Committee on Sugar and Coffee Planting reports 1-8 with supplements and index; Report from the Committee on the Distillation of Sugar and Molasses; Sugar: Account of Imports and Exports]
British Government Reports on Sugar and Coffee, 5 bound volumes [Report from the Select Committee on Sugar and Coffee Planting reports 1-8 with supplements and index; Report from the Committee on the Distillation of Sugar and Molasses; Sugar: Account of Imports and Exports]
British Government Reports on Sugar and Coffee, 5 bound volumes [Report from the Select Committee on Sugar and Coffee Planting reports 1-8 with supplements and index; Report from the Committee on the Distillation of Sugar and Molasses; Sugar: Account of Imports and Exports]

British Government Reports on Sugar and Coffee, 5 bound volumes [Report from the Select Committee on Sugar and Coffee Planting reports 1-8 with supplements and index; Report from the Committee on the Distillation of Sugar and Molasses; Sugar: Account of Imports and Exports]

London: 1808.

First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Item #CAT000653
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Five volumes uniformly bound up in modern two toned cloth. Dating from 1802 (Sugar Imports and Exports) to 1847-48 (3 vols: Sugar and Coffee Planting). Report of the Committee on the Distillation of Sugar and Molasses dated 1808. The Sugar imports is a variety of publications bound up together, the latest dating to 1854 - it includes numerous folding plates and tables. The Sugar and Molasses report is 419pp, continuously paginated relating in depth conversation regarding sugar distillation. The Sugar and Coffee planting comprise vols XXXV-XXXVII of the Sessional Papers of the House of Lords. They are paginated by reports as follows: Vol 35: 308, 76, 489pp, v. 36: 181, 274, 171pp (including a remarkable large folding chart of sugar prices from 1840-1843); v. 37:410, xlvi, 198, 44, 191.

A huge collection of information on the sugar trade in the 19th century spanning the period where the transatlantic slave trade was banned (though the sugar trade continued to be fueled by it) and the Napoleonic wars threatened world supplies. All volumes are uncommon in libraries, rare in commerce. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Law & Criminal Studies. Inventory No: CAT000653.

Price: $1,250.00

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