Author: BRIDGES, George Wilson.
Title: The annals of Jamaica.
Description: London, John Murray, 1828.2 volumes. Later boards (Symington Bookbinder York), with original printed title labels, uncut. XIX,604; XII,505,(1) pp.First edition. - The book was taken off the market by court order following action brought against the publisher by two free persons of color, Lescesne and Escoffery, who had been deported from Jamaica unjustly, because of the libel it contained on them. It provides information on Jamaica from the earliest times to 1826, including a review of the institution of slavery, the religious situation in the island, notes on natural history, and the British administration. One of the best known histories of a Caribbean island (Ragatz). Sabin 7820; Ragatz p. 194.
Keywords: America Caribbean Islands Jamaica slavery
Title: The annals of Jamaica.
Description: London, John Murray, 1828.2 volumes. Later boards (Symington Bookbinder York), with original printed title labels, uncut. XIX,604; XII,505,(1) pp.First edition. - The book was taken off the market by court order following action brought against the publisher by two free persons of color, Lescesne and Escoffery, who had been deported from Jamaica unjustly, because of the libel it contained on them. It provides information on Jamaica from the earliest times to 1826, including a review of the institution of slavery, the religious situation in the island, notes on natural history, and the British administration. One of the best known histories of a Caribbean island (Ragatz). Sabin 7820; Ragatz p. 194.
Keywords: America Caribbean Islands Jamaica slavery
Price: EUR 935.00 = appr. US$ 1016.20 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 36664
- Book number: 36664