Nov 12, 2013 - Sale 2330
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Sale 2330 - Lot 196

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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
(AMBOYNA MASSACRE.) [Skinner, John, Sir.] A True Relation of the Unjust, Cruell, and Barbarous Proceedings against the English at Amboyna in the East-Indies, by the Netherlandish Governour, and Councel there. Woodcut arms of the English East India Company on title verso. [12], 30, [2], 31-38, [2], 20, [2], 34 pages, including engraved frontispiece. 3 parts in one volume. 4to, 188x139 mm, contemporary limp vellum; tears in lower portion of several leaves toward end, repaired with occasional slight text loss. STC 7453. London: H. Lownes for Nathanael Newberry, 1624
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first edition of a 3-part work comprising an account of the torture and execution of English traders by the Dutch at Ambon for allegedly conspiring to seize the Dutch fort there, the translation of a Dutch pamphlet on the incident, and an English response. STC 7451.