Dec 08, 2015 - Sale 2401

Sale 2401 - Lot 359

Price Realized: $ 1,430
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
LIGON, RICHARD. A True and Exact History of the Islands of Barbados. Illustrated with a Mapp of the Island. Title, [8], 122, [3] pages, and 9 engraved plates (3 folding), one folding engraved map, and one folding letterpress table. Tall 8vo, old calf, professionally rebacked and recornered; blank endpapers defective, title and following two leaves with minor repairs, one of the folding plates with a large repaired tear, Ii2 with reinforced margins, very small losses to C2 and [M2]. Withal, a satisfactory copy of this rare work. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1657

Additional Details

first edition with the first printed map of Barbados. Wing L2075; Hunt 270; Sabin 41057