Author: HALLIDAY, Andrew.
Title: The West Indies: the natural and physical history of the Windward and Leeward colonies; with some account of the moral, social, and political, conditions of their inhabitants, immediately before and after the abolition of negro slavery.
Description: London, John William Parker, 1837. Later half calf, spine gilt, original boards with floral motifs. With 3 folding maps (general map of the West Indies, geological map of Barbados, and map of the Guyanas), and a folding table of products of Trinidad. VIII,408; (12) pp. First edition. - The author was a deputy inspector general of army hospitals, sent to the West Indies in the fall of 1838. He was stationed in Barbados, British Guiana, and Trinidad during the course of the next two yerars, and saw Tobago en route to the latter for one day. He describes each of these colonies and discourses on its history, government, the religious situation, etc. (Ragatz p.225). Sabin 29899; Beinecke Collection 830; Afro-Americana 4505.
Keywords: Barbados Caribbean Guiana Islands Suriname
Title: The West Indies: the natural and physical history of the Windward and Leeward colonies; with some account of the moral, social, and political, conditions of their inhabitants, immediately before and after the abolition of negro slavery.
Description: London, John William Parker, 1837. Later half calf, spine gilt, original boards with floral motifs. With 3 folding maps (general map of the West Indies, geological map of Barbados, and map of the Guyanas), and a folding table of products of Trinidad. VIII,408; (12) pp. First edition. - The author was a deputy inspector general of army hospitals, sent to the West Indies in the fall of 1838. He was stationed in Barbados, British Guiana, and Trinidad during the course of the next two yerars, and saw Tobago en route to the latter for one day. He describes each of these colonies and discourses on its history, government, the religious situation, etc. (Ragatz p.225). Sabin 29899; Beinecke Collection 830; Afro-Americana 4505.
Keywords: Barbados Caribbean Guiana Islands Suriname
Price: EUR 1045.00 = appr. US$ 1135.76 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 36604
- Book number: 36604