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Sale 2708 - Lot 269

Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(VIRGIN ISLANDS.) Pair of works on Saint Croix, Saint Thomas, and Saint John. 3 works in 4 volumes, all 8vo, condition as noted. Various places, 1777-1793
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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, moderate wear; minor foxing; early owner's faint inked stamps on title page. 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, original boards, minimal wear; uncut; early collector's bookplates on front pastedowns. First edition of a report by a German evangelist in what are now the United States Virgin Islands. Sabin 57152. Barby, Germany, 1777.

Second set of the same, bound in one volume. 8vo, contemporary calf, minor wear; edges tinted red; early inscriptions on front endpapers.

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