*MARINE]. Etat général des officiers de la Marine de la Compagnie des Indes arresté le 14 decembre 1740In French, manuscript on paper. France, 18th century (after 1740). [2] non ch. ff. + 61 ff. + [5] non ch. ff. preceded by 4 and followed by 3 ff. of endpapers, cursive writing in brown ink. Bound in glazed havana calf, spine with 5 nerves partitioned and decorated with flowers, red leather title-piece, triple gilt fillets on the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, gilt inner border, old dominoté paper counter-guards and end-papers, gilt edges (a few stains and scratches, corners a little dull, but generally in very good condition). Dimensions : 133 x 85 mmPrecious elements on the Compagnie des Indes, the French trading posts in India and Asia . One should note the sections such as "Vessels left for the Indies from 1740 to 1741".