(BARBADOS) Hughes Griffith The Natural History of Barbados

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(BARBADOS.) Hughes, Griffith. The Natural History of Barbados. Folding map, 30 plates, text illustrations. Folio, contemporary calf, worn; intermittent minor foxing, minor marginal worming towards rear; later owners' bookplate and inscription on front endpapers. Errata slip pasted to page viii. London, 1750

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first edition. A handsome large-paper copy of an important book, compiled by the rector of St. Lucy's Parish. Half of the ten sections and the bulk of the plates are devoted to the flora of Barbados, with additional sections on climate, minerals, animals, and marine life. A few pages discuss evidence of the early Indian inhabitants. Each of the plates is inscribed with the arms of a different sponsor. "This book is one to place beside Catesby's Natural History"--Hunt Botanical 536. "Handsomely printed, and the plates are finely executed from drawings by Ehret"--Sabin 33582. European Americana 750/168; Hough, Lesser Antilles 206.