Nov 21 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2687 -

Sale 2687 - Lot 320

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(VIRGIN ISLANDS.) Group of 3 works on Saint Croix, Saint Thomas, and Saint John. 3 works in 4 volumes, 8vo, condition as noted. Various places, 1777-1797

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Hans West. "Bidrag til beskrivelse over Ste Croix med en kort udsigt over St. Thomas, St. Jean, Tortola, Spanishtown og Crabeneiland." 2 folding tables. [8], 363, [1] pages. 8vo, contemporary tree calf, minor wear; lacks front free endpaper, minor staining to pages 2-8 and 307, minor foxing. First edition of an important work in Danish on natural history. Sabin 102732. Copenhagen, 1793.

C.G.A. Oldendorp and Johann Jakob Bossart. "Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brüder auf den Caraibischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix und S. Jan." 3 maps, 4 plates, folding table. [16], 444, [4]; [4], 447-1068, [46]. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary ½ calf over marbled boards; pencil notes in margins; edges tinted red; early owners' signatures on front endpapers. First edition of a report by a German evangelist in what are now the United States Virgin Islands. Sabin 57152. Barby, Germany, 1777.

Peter Lotharius Oxholm. "De Danske Vestindiske Öers Tilstand i Henseende til Population, Cultur og Finance-Forfatning, i Anledning af nogle Breve fra St. Croix." 84 pages. 8vo, contemporary ½ calf over marbled boards, minor wear; moderate worming, lacking all 4 plates, coming disbound. Sabin 58042. Copenhagen, 1797.