FISHING: Set of 10 documents and 13 engravings. Royal Ordina - Lot 236

FISHING: Set of 10 documents and 13 engravings. Royal Ordinance on the Use of Trawls, 1818. Law Concerning Fishing in the Provinces of Languedoc and Roussillon, 1791. Imperial Decree on Fishing in Holland and Antwerp (French, 1812), Circular of 1812 on the Renewal of Fishing Leases and Licenses (11 pages), Law Prohibiting Two Types of Fishing, Year XI. Law on river fishing, 1829. Instructions on the leasing of fishing rights in inland waters, 1830. Passport for a fisherman from Saumur traveling to Ancenis in 1849 (handwritten “French Republic” letterhead). Cod fishing, engraving by Adam after Gamain (image 15.4 x 23.3 cm). Twelve small lithographs depicting various types of freshwater fishing (circa 1840). Two letters from Lorient to Nantes in 1808 regarding shipments of sardines loaded onto ships and naming the captains.