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NEW ZEALAND Narrative of the Britons’ Voyage to Pitcairn’s Shillibeer 1817 A Narrative of the Britons’ Voyage, to Pitcairn’s
Island; Including an Interesting Sketch of the Present State of the Brazils and of Spanish South America; J. Shillibeer; London; Second Edition; Law and Whittaker; 1817; 8vo; 180 pp.; 12 plate, two enfolded. Recently re-backed into tree calf boards with full gilt spine to period. Interior text has light scattered foxing throughout. Some areas with underlining and marginalia. Enfolded plates have been repaired and refolded neatly back into the book. Frontice and title page have been gently washed along with the final two pages.
Price (USD) $1,450.00
THE HISTORY, CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL, OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN THE WEST INDIES
Edwards Bryan,
Published by John Stockdale, 1801
Three volumes, London, 1794-1801, 1801. third edition, eleven maps and ten engraved plates, 4to, contemporary calf, gilt paneled spines on all three vols. professionally re-backed into the original tree calf binding with period full gilt spines and the original marbled end papers.
The third edition contains 14 maps and plates more than the first edition, as well as an additional volume three, printed just before the author's death. Edwards inherited a plantation in Jamaica from his uncle was in a position to give a first-hand account of conditions after the American War and before the abolition of the slave trade.
He presents a general description of the natural history and inhabitants of the islands, the slave trade, agriculture, sugar, cotton, coffee, etc. and various government documents dealing with Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent, and Leeward Island. Bryan Edwards was a renown English politician and historian, and a strong supporter of the slave trade. Originally published in 1793,
