Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards

Date:
1937
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/5/41
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 Hearn (Lafcadio) Youma: Story of a West Indian Slave, Frrst Eprrion, front., er. 8vo0., original cl., 1890 18s 64 [Helps (Sir Arthur)| The Conquerors of the New Wortp and their Bonps- MEN, 2 vols, cr. 8vo., cl., 1848-52 10s Withdrawn from circulation by the Author. A narrative of the principal events which led to Negro Slavery in the West Indies and America. The SPANISH CONQUEST in AMERICA and its relation to the History of. SLAVERY and to the GOVERNMENT of COLONIES, BEST EDITION, 4 vols, 8vo., cl., 1855 16s 65 66 Herrera (Antonio de) Historia GENERAL de los Hrcuos de los CASTELLANOS en las Istas i TreERRA Frrme (1492-1554)— with the supplementary volume: DESCRIPCION de las INDIAS OCCIDENTALES, wth 9 engraved title-pages (having inset views and portraits of the conquistadores) and 14 maps, 9 vols in 5, — sm. folio, Af calf, Madrid, 1725-30 #26 Second and Best Edition, revised and edited by G. Barcia, with additional material in the fifth volume. Herrera—‘‘ unquestionably the greatest Spanish colonial annalist, and most critics would say historian as well . . . His official position gave him direct access to the state papers and other authentic sources . . . His great work is indispensable for those who wish to study the colonial period and the aboriginal American people.” —W. L. CLEMENTS. 67 ———— GENERAL History of the Vast CONTINENT and ISLANDS of AMERICA, commonly call’d the West Indies, from the first discovery thereof, wzth folding maps and plates, 6 vols, 8vo., contemporary calf gilt, London, 1725-26 418 First EDITION of the first English translation ; a fine set. SCARCE. 68 Higgins (H. H.) Norss by a Fietp Naturarist in the WESTERN TROPICS, map and views of Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad, &c., cr. 8vo., cl., 1877 6s 69 Hotten (John Camden, Hdztor) The Orteinau Lasts of PErsons of QuaLity, Emierants, &c., who went from Gt. Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700, 4to., cl., N.Y., 1931 £1 5s Reprint of 1874 edition. Includes the Summer Islands, 1673-79; Barbados, Virginia, ete. 70 James (Winifred) The Mutererry Trex, éJlusts. and map, 8vo., cl., 1913 6s Jamaica, Haiti, Costa Rica, Panama, etc. 71 Jefferys (Thomas) A Description of the SpanisH IsLaNnps and SETTLEMENTS on the Coast of West INDIES, 32 maps and plans (a few pages stained at the foot), 4to., calf, rebacked, London, 1774 £5 Contains descriptions and plans of harbours on Tierra Firma, Isthmus of Panama, Coast of Mexico, Florida (Pensacola and St. Augustin), Cuba, St. Domingo. Puerto Rico. 72 [Justel (H.)] Recurm de divers Voyacrs faits en AFRIQUE et en AMERIQUE, many maps (one slightly defective), and plates, 4to., contemporary calf (repatred), Parts, 1674 ~ L7 Includes Ligon’s Barbados; La Borde’s Relation des Caraibes ; Thomas’s De- scription de la Jamaique; Description de l’Isle de S. Christophe, ete. ; Telles, Histoire d’ Ethiopie, etc. Contains some account of Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New York, New England and Newfoundland, with a map.
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