A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica, . with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life. By Hans Sloane, ... In two volumes. ...
Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, PRS (1660-1753)
Category
Books
Date
1707 - 1725
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3050967
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . map . fol... All leaves (letterpress and plates) are mounted as double leaves. Identified in 1768 catalogue: L.2 (6 in later hand).. Provenance: Bookplate in both vols. (pasted over earlier plate): George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841.. Binding: 18th century Cambridge-style panelled calf bindings (vol. 1 front board detached), with slight differences in the decoration on the two vols.; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spines, with red title labels. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, PRS (1660-1753)