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Piracy Trials. The Tryals of Joseph Dawson, Edward Forseith, William May, William Bishop, James Lewis, and John Sparkes for Several Piracies and Robberies by them Committed.
London: John Everingham, 1696.
First edition, folio-format pamphlet, consisting of twenty-eight pages; disbound with amateurish paper repairs and sewing, a good candidate for restoration; 12 1/2 x 8 in.
Wing T-2252; ESTC R38357; uncommon at auction.
This report covers the trial Henry Every's crew regarding the attack on the ship Ganj-i-sawai, an Indian ship of the Grand Mughal's fleet. Perhaps the greatest ship ever taken by pirates, it carried more than 500,000 gold and silver pieces.
From the Library of the late Stanley DeForest Scott, sold to benefit the Library of the Grolier Club.
