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Richard Ligon. A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados....
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Early Work on Barbados with Engraved Plates and Charts
Richard Ligon. A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1657. First edition. Folio. 122 pages (page 97 mis-numbered as "98"). Collated as complete minus imprimatur leaf, with a folding engraved map, nine engraved plates and charts, some folding, folding letterpress index leaf. Contemporary leather binding with a somewhat crudely repaired spine. Boards well-worn and scuffed, mainly at the extremities. Contents toned with scattered light-to-moderate foxing and some dampstaining, else a good copy of this rare work. James Edward Colleton bookplate on the verso of the title page; bookplate of the Donald Angus Collection mounted to the front pastedown.Sabin 41057. Wing, L2075.
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2011 September Beverly Hills Signature Rare Books Auction #6058 (go to Auction Home page)
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September, 2011
13th-14th
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