Author: POYER, John.
Title: The history of Barbadoes, from the first discovery of the island, in the year 1605, till the accession of Lord Seaforth, 1801.
Description: London, J. Mawman, 1808. 4to. Contemporary tree-calf, rebacked with the original spine laid down. XXIX,(7),668 pp. First edition; with subscribers' list and errata page; with bookplates of Edward Booth and Cornelis Walford. - The work of a well-informed native of the island, written from the point of view of a West Indian, the welfare of whose colony home seemed indissolubly bound up with the institution of slavery. Very useful for the detailed account of the course of events during the latter part of the eighteenth century (Ragatz p.183). - (Some foxing). - Very scarce. The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection 621; Sabin 64853; Afro-Americana 8354.
Keywords: America Barbados Caribbean Islands slavery
Title: The history of Barbadoes, from the first discovery of the island, in the year 1605, till the accession of Lord Seaforth, 1801.
Description: London, J. Mawman, 1808. 4to. Contemporary tree-calf, rebacked with the original spine laid down. XXIX,(7),668 pp. First edition; with subscribers' list and errata page; with bookplates of Edward Booth and Cornelis Walford. - The work of a well-informed native of the island, written from the point of view of a West Indian, the welfare of whose colony home seemed indissolubly bound up with the institution of slavery. Very useful for the detailed account of the course of events during the latter part of the eighteenth century (Ragatz p.183). - (Some foxing). - Very scarce. The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection 621; Sabin 64853; Afro-Americana 8354.
Keywords: America Barbados Caribbean Islands slavery
Price: EUR 3575.00 = appr. US$ 3885.48 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 36766
- Book number: 36766