BASKERVILLE PRESS 1762 GARDINER RICHARD An Account of the

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GARDINER, RICHARD. An Account of the Expedition to the West Indies, against Martinico, with the reduction of Guadelupe, and other the [sic] Leeward Islands; subject to the French King, 1759 . . . Third Edition. 4 engraved plates. [6] (of [8]), 91, [1] pages, including half-title; lacks initial blank * Relation de l'Expedition aux Indes Occidentales, contre la Martinique, avec la Reduction de la Guadelupe, et autres Isles sous Vent, appartenant au roi de France, en 1759 . . . Troisième Édition. [8], 91 pages, including initial blank and half-title. Together, 2 volumes. 4to, 295x235 mm, first volume in worn contemporary calf, rebacked to match the modern calf binding of the second; foxing on preliminaries in both volumes and on plates. wide-margined set. Birmingham: John Baskerville for G. Steidel in London, 1762

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first baskerville edition of Gardiner's 1759 narrative of English operations against the French colonies in the Caribbean during the Seven Years War, together with the first edition in french. The two versions were published together as a single work. Gaskell 24, 25.