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THEWEST INDIES
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THEWEST INDIES
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The Laws of the Island of Antigua...vol. I[-III].
London: 1805-1818. Three volumes, quarto. [8], lxvii, 584; [4],
xx, 636; [4], xxvii, 467pp. Library ink stamps and
contemporary ownership inscription on titlepages. Light
dampstaining, particularly to first leaves of second volume.
Tape repair to p.301 in first volume. Twentieth century
buckram, leather labels.
The laws of the island of Antigua from 1668 through 1817,
also including the laws of the Leeward Islands from 1690 to
1798.
(#28897) $ 5,000
ANTIGUA
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Acts of Assembly, passed in the Island of Barbadoes [sic], From 1648, to 1718
London: John Baskett, 1721. Folio. xxxii,314pp. Half calf and
marbled boards, stamped in gilt.
Laws of the island of Barbados, from the time of its early
settlement by the English to 1718, with much on sugar and
slaves.
(#28895) $ 3,750
BARBADOS
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A pattern for governours: exemplify’d in the character of Scroop late Lord Viscount Howe, Baron of Clonawly; and Governour of Barbados as gratefully attempted by several of the most ingenious pens of that island, ... To which is added, a publick act of the Council and General Assembly, testifying their gratitude
London: Edward Cave, 1735. Quarto. [2], 18pp. Disbound.
Rare pamphlet eulogizing the Colonial Governor of
Barbados.
(#33975) $ 3,500
BARBADOS
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Entrance into English Harbour Antigua, takenfrom Fort Charlotte
Antigua, West Indies: 1850. Watercolour on paper, inscribed
lower left. Sheet size: 9 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches.
A beautiful and historically important image of the entrance
to English Harbour (looking inland with a glimpse of
Falmouth Harbour beyond) viewed from Fort Charlotte.
(#24270) $ 2,500
WALFORD THOMAS
BELLAIRS
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Caranage [i.e. The Carenage, St. George's] Grenada
Grenada, West Indies: 1850. Pencil and wash on paper,
signed in ink lower right 'W.T. Bellairs R.N.', inscribed in
pencil on verso 'Caranage [sic.] Grenada / July 50 / W T.
Bellairs' verso. (Pin holes, neat repairs to two tears to lower
margins). Sheet size: 6 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches.
An important view of the inner harbour of St. George's,
Grenada: the name 'Carenage' recalls a time when this calm,
protected bay was where wooden ships were periodically
'careened' or beached to allow for the cleaning of barnacles
from the hull.
(#24266) $ 1,250
WALFORD THOMAS
BELLAIRS
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A Description of the Island of Jamaica; with the Other Isles and Territories in America, to which the English are Related
London: T. Milbourne, 1672. 12mo. [8],192pp. Three
engraved folding maps. (Small neatly closed tear to largest
map). . Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spine gilt,
leather label. .
Rare early work on Jamaica and the other American and
British Caribbean colonies, published by British mapmaker
and bookseller Richard Blome.
(#28594) $ 18,500
RICHARD
BLOME
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Isolario di Benedetto Bordone Nel qual si ragiona di tutte l'Isole del mondo, con li lor nomi antichi & moderni, historie, favole, & modi del loro vivere, & in qual parte del mare stanno, & in qual parallelo & clima giaciono. Con la gionta del Monte del Oro novamente ritrovato
Venice: Nicolò d'Aristotile detto Zoppino, 1534. Small folio.
Letterpress title in red and black, full-page diagram of a
world map, 4 woodcut double-page or folding maps, 4
smaller double-page maps, 103 woodcut maps and plans
scattered through the text. Expertly bound to style in
contemporary vellum.
Early edition of this important geographical compendium
with important New World maps and the earliest
description in book form of Pizarro's conquest of Peru.
(#23568) $ 32,000
BENEDETTO
BORDONE
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Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands
London: Ackermann & Co., 1837. Oblong folio (16 x 22
inches). 12 hand coloured aquatints after Caddy engraved by
Fielding, Harris, Hunt and Westall [complete without text,
as issued]. Each print measuring approximately 12 3/4 x 15
1/2 inches. Each tipped onto sheets of blue paper within an
album. The album bound to style in half period dark blue
morocco and buff paper colored boards. Housed in a dark
blue morocco box.
Very rare complete set of among the most desirable 19th
century colour aquatint views of West Indian landscape.
(#31669) $ 52,500
JOHN HERBERT
CADDY
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An East View of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe... Drawn on the Spot by Lieut. Arch. Campbell Engineer
London: Thomas Jefferys, November 1762. Engraving, by
Peter Mazell. Image size (including text): 11 1/8 x 19 1/2
inches. Sheet size: 18 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches.
A fine and rare image of Guadaloupe in the West Indies,
taken during the English occupation of the island from 1759
to 1763.
(#5748) $ 2,400
LT . ARCHIBALD
CAMPBELL
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The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects and plants
London: printed for Benjamin White, 1771. 2 volumes, folio.
Titles and text in English and French. 220 hand-coloured
engraved plates by or after Catesby, double-page hand-
coloured engraved map. Expertly bound to style in half
diced russia and period marbled paper covered boards,
spines gilt with raised bands.
"Catesby's Natural History is the most famous colour-plate
book of American plant and animal life ... a fundamental and
original work for the study of American species" (Hunt).
(#29658) $ 160,000
MARK
CATESBY
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A New Atlas of the British West Indies, with a Whole Sheet General Map of the West India Islands, and a Whole Sheet Map of the Island of Hispaniola, or St. Domingo. Engraved to accompany the Philadelphia edition of Edwards's History of the West Indies.
Philadelphia: James Humphreys, 1806. Small folio (11 1/2 x
10 3/4 inches). Letterpress title, half sheet letterpress list of
plates, 11 engraved maps (3 folding). On guards throughout.
Uncut. Expertly bound to style in half tree calf and period
marbled paper covered boards.
A rare early American atlas.
(#32771) $ 8,500
BRYAN
EDWARDS
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A Chart of the Gulf of Florida or New Bahama Channel, commonly called the Gulf Passage, between Florida, the Isle of Cuba, & the Bahama Islands
London: printed for W. Faden, 1 August 1794. Copper-
engraved map, hand-coloured in outline. Good condition,
with small neat repairs to fold and upper and lower margin,
old light creasing. Sheet size: 24 x 30 1/4 inches.
A spectacular and rare sea-chart of southern Florida, the
Keys, the north coast of Cuba and the Bahamas.
(#20525) $ 22,500
WILLIAM
FADEN
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A New Survey of the West Indies ... The fourth Edition enlarg'd.
London: Printed by M. Clark for J. Nicolson ... and T.
Newborough, 1699. 8vo (7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches). Folding map
engraved by F. Lamb. [8],496pp. Contemporary panelled
calf, rebacked at a later date retaining the original red
morocco lettering piece. Provenance: William Edward
Schrafft (bookplate).
A classic account of 17th century Mexico and the West
Indies.
(#28319) $ 1,750
THOMAS
GAGE
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A Statement of Facts, connected with the present state of Slavery in the British sugar and coffee colonies, and in the United States of America ... contained in a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel ... Second Edition ...
London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1830. 8vo (9 x 5 3/4 inches).
30pp. Stitched. Provenance: Sir John Gladstone (1764-1851,
inscribed "Fasque" at the head of the title page and with
some manuscript underlining and corrections).
(#27367) $ 675
JOHN
GLADSTONE
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Pascaert Vande Caribes Eylanden
Amsterdam: 1666. Engraved sea chart, period hand-
colouring in outline. Sheet size: 21 1/2 x 25 inches. Minor age
toning.
Fine seventeenth century sea chart of the islands of the
Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the
Lesser Antilles.
(#27837) $ 1,750
PIETER
GOOS
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A series of three views of the Botanic Garden on the island of St. Vincent, West Indies.
[Glasgow: printed for R.Griffin & Company, 1825]. Set of
three uncoloured lithographs, drawn on stone by J. Watson
(?), from original drawings by L. Guilding, one cut to the
edge of the image with loss to the artist's name, two cut to
the edge of the image, all on early pink paper mounts within
ink ruled borders. Sheet size: 6 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches, and
smaller.
Three very early lithographic proofs of views of the island of
St. Vincent in the West Indies.
(#15110) $ 1,500
LANSDOWN
GUILDING
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The Royal Gazette ... [Bound volume of 46 weekly issues of the Royal Gazette, each with corresponding issues of the Supplement to the Royal Gazette and the Postscript to the Royal Gazette].
Kingston, Jamaica: Alexander Aikman, 29 December 1787 to
27 December 1788. Quarto. Volume X, Numbers 1-9, 11-16,
18-19, 21, 23-27, 29-35, and 37-52. Each 20pp. issue
comprised of three sections (Royal Gazette, Supplement and
Postscript). With an additional 2pp. Post-Script to number
48 dated 27 November 1788. Approximately 15 leaves with
small portion clipped (lists of prices for commodities),
minor arear of worming. Contemporary boards, spine
perished.
Very rare bound group of 18th-century newspapers printed
in Jamaica at the height of the slave trade.
(#34007) $ 15,000
JAMAICA
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The Natural and Civil History of the French Dominions in North and South America
London: printed for Thomas Jefferys, 1760. 2 parts in one
volume, folio (13 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches). Titles printed in red and
black. [8], 168; [4], 246pp. 18 engraved folding maps and
plans, by Jefferys. Expertly bound to style in half 18th
century russia over period marbled paper covered boards,
spine with raised bands in seven compartments, morocco
lettering piece in the second, the others with a repeat
decoration in gilt.
An important mid-18th century work on French Canada,
Louisiana and the French colonies in the Caribbean: "A
monumental geographical work important equally for its
text as well as its maps" (Streeter).
(#28939) $ 28,000
THOMAS
JEFFERYS
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Acts of Assembly, Passed in the Charibbee Leeward Islands. from 1690, to 1730
London: John Baskett, 1734. Folio. 15,24,[4],25-231,[30]pp.
Bound to style in half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt
with leather labels. A few leaves lightly tanned, last few
leaves chipped and worn at edges.
Laws for the Leeward Islands, colonized by the British in
the late 17th century, comprising Antigua, Montserrat, and
the northern islands up to Puerto Rico in the Caribbean
chain, such as Anguilla.
(#29153) $ 4,000
LEEWARD
ISLANDS
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Summario de la Generale Historia de l'Indie Occidentali
Venice: 1534. 3 parts in one volume, small quarto (7 7/8 x 5
1/2 inches). 1 folding woodcut map of Hispaniola, 4 woodcut
illustrations (3 full-page, 1 half page). Bound to style in 18th-
century dark red morocco, covers bordered in gilt, spine in
six compartments with raised bands, ruled in gilt on either
side of each band, lettered in the second compartment.
Important source for primary material on the New World.
(#25121) $ 45,000
PETER
MARTYR
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Acts of Assembly, Passed in the Island of Montserrat; from 1668, to 1740, Inclusive. [bound with]: Acts of Assembly, Passed in the Charibbee Leeward Islands, from 1690, to 1705
London: John Baskett, 1740. x,146; v,24,[4]pp. 20th-century
cloth, gilt leather labels. Cloth lightly soiled, extremities
rubbed. Library ink stamp on titlepage. Light dampstaining
in gutter margin of first few leaves. A few leaves lightly
toned, some minor foxing and soiling.
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Laws of Monserrat and the Leeward Islands.
(#28896) $ 5,000
MONTSERRAT
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A View of the Port of La Trinité and all the north side of Martinique, Taken by the Right Honble. Augustus Hervey Febry. the 11th. 1762
London: Torre, [circa 1769]. Copper engraving, by Peter
Charles Canot, in very good condition. Sheet size: 16 5/16 x
28 1/8 inches.
An excellent image of the naval action in Martinique during
the Seven Years War.
(#5683) $ 2,850
DOMINIC
SERRES
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Autograph letter signed, to Benjamin Hawes, a lengthy letter concerning the abolition of slavery in the West Indies and the conversion of plantation slave labor into a free labor system.
Ipswich: 9 June 1842. 9pp. Early annotation at the top right
corner.
An incredible content 9-page letter about the transition
from slavery to free labor in the West Indies: "... you cannot
force these to labour by the whip, as they are now free Men
..."
(#31578) $ 12,000
SLAVERY -
THOMAS CLARKSON
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At a Committee of the Society, Instituted in 1787, for the Purpose of Effecting the Abolitionism of the Slave Trade [caption title].
London: 28 July 1789. 3pp., printed on a bifolium. Old folds.
Lower righthand corner trimmed away from both leaves,
not affecting text. .
A newsletter and expense report from 1789 for The Society
for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, signed in print
by its chairman Granville Sharp.
(#33606) $ 1,000
SOCIETY FOR THE
ABOLITION OF THE
SLAVE TRADE
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An original drawing with a Royal Navy warship firing her cannon out to sea, titled 'Pigeon Island from the Town of Gros Islet,' St. Lucia.
[St. Lucia: circa 1800]. Pen, ink and wash drawing within an
ink-ruled border, titled in the margin beneath in ink in a
contemporary hand. Image size: 6 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches; sheet
size: 7 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches.
A fine early view recalling St. Lucia's turbulent past.
(#24262) $ 1,000
ST . LUCIA
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