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Lot 180
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Ligon, Richard

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Description

  • A true & exact history of the island of Barbados· Illustrated with a mapp of the island, as also the principall trees and plants there, set forth in their due proportions and shapes, drawne out by their severall and respective scales. Together with the ingenio that makes the sugar, ... London: Humphrey Moseley, 1657
  • paper, ink, leather
Folio (283 x 180 mm). Folding map, 6 engraved plates, 3 folding tables and one folding plan; some browning, closed tear to map. Contemporary calf, scuffed, rebacked.

Literature

Wing L2075; Sabin 41057

Catalogue Note

first edition of the  first extensive account of the island, with considerable information on the cultivation and processing of sugar.