The Present State of Jamaica. With the Life of the Great Columbus the First Discoverer: to which is Added an Exact Account of Sir. Hen.

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The Present State of Jamaica. With the Life of the Great Columbus the First Discoverer: to which is Added an Exact Account of Sir. Hen. Morgan's Voyage to, and famous Siege and Taking of Panama. London: by Fr. Clark for Tho. Malthus, 1683. First and only edition, 12mo, ex libris Captain Alfred Mitchell (1832-1911) (builder of the Mitchell Great House, now a famous ruin in Port Antonio, Jamaica) with his bookplate inside the front board, bound in full later red morocco by Ramage & Co., boards detached, margins trimmed close, cropping the first line of the separate title for the section on Henry Morgan, and a few catchwords, 5 1/4 x 3 in.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

A6 (lacking A1),B-F12 (lacking F12).


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