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Edwards, Bryan

The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies

1801

1460,76 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1801
Luogo di stampa
London. John Stockdale
Autore
Edwards, Bryan
Soggetto
Travel - Central America & West Indies Maps
Lingue
Inglese

Descrizione

8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 3 volumes, xxiv, xxiii, 576; viii, 618; xxii, 477 pp, 22 engraved maps and plates, many folding, including frontis portrait and 11 maps. later half calf, gilt title lettering on spines, edges worn, signature, a map split at fold, only light foxing, very good set. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Sabin 21901. Cundall 2095. Welch 264. The maps include west Indies, Jamaica, Barbados, Granada, St. Vincent, Dominica, St. Christopher and Nevis, Antiqua, Virgin Islands, St. Doningo, Tobago. The plates include Negro festival, plan for sugar mill, view of Trelawney town, aboriginal peoples, bread fruit, etc. The first edition was 1793 in two volumes. The earlier editions had only 5 maps, few plates. Regatz 165: 'A classic in British Caribbean literature and probably the most famous work in the field. Standard for over a century, and still in many respects the best book on the subject up to the close of the 18th century'.

Edizione: third edition, with considerable additions.