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Samuel Gedge Ltd
PRICES OF MERCHANDISE IN ROTTERDAM
82. [PRICE CURRENT.] [ROTTERDAM.] Prys courant, van
diversche Koopmanschappen in Rotterdam …
[Rotterdam, 2 June 1711.] Price current, printed on single sheet (32 x 7.5cm)
manuscript completions, small woodcut arms of Rotterdam at head of sheet,
uncut, very good.
This price current for merchandise sold in the Dutch port of Rotterdam
2 June 1711 lists the prices of saffron, different types of sugar, almonds,
honey, currants and other soft commodities. At the start of the eighteenth
century the city was an important mercantile centre and one of
the six Chambers of the Dutch East India Company.
No issues traced in OCLC. £250
FRANKFURT PRICE CURRENT
& COMMODITY CIRCULAR
83. [PRICE CURRENT.] [FRANKFURT] … Preisz-Courant in
Frankfurt am Main …
[Frankfurt, 5 November 1801.] Printed price current & commodity circular
(18.5 x 22.5cm) 1, [1, blank], 1, [1, blank]pp., verso of second leaf with
address panel indicating posting to company of Carl Anton Venino in Würzburg,
remains of small wax seal and small opening tear to margin of second leaf not
affecting text, a few contemporary annotations, old folds, very good.
This printed price current and investment circular was issued in
Frankfurt and is dated 5 November 1801 and posted to the colour merchants
Carl Anton Venino in Würzburg. In addition to the price current
of two columns listing commodities such as coffee, honey, peppers,
indigo and tea, there is a full-page printed circular letter offering comments
on the changes in commodity prices and other investment information.
A contemporary endorsement on the verso of the second leaf,
“Mayer & Sohn”, presumably identifies the company that issued the document.
We have not been able to trace any other issues in OCLC.
ENGLISH WINE WAREHOUSE IN FLORENCE
£400
84. [PRICE CURRENT.] [FLORENCE.] J. H. Brown’s wine and
tea warehouse Via Rondinelli n.os 4205 & 4204, Florence.
[Florence, c.1850.] Printed price current. 4to (21 x 27cm) [3], [1, blank]pp.,
drop-head title, printed on blue paper, very good.
An unusual mid-nineteenth century price-current listing the goods sold
by J.H.Brown, presumably an Englishman, at his “wine and tea warehouse”
in Florence. In a printed note to his customers he comments that
he is “the first to introduce into Italy the system of moderate profits and
low prices …” Details are included of his “bank and exchange office”
also. Amongst the goods on sale, in addition to teas and wines, the price
current lists different “potted meats”, “pickles” and “sauces”, “preserved
fish” as well as a selection of “English cutlery”. Brown was no doubt
serving the British expatriate community as it seems unlikely that there
would have been much Italian demand for “bloater paste”, “English gin”
or “Guinness’s Stout”.
Not traced in OCLC. £250