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EXQUEMELIN (ALEXANDRE OLIVER)
Bucaniers of America: or, a True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years Upon the Coasts of the West-Indies by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, Both English and French, Parts 1-3 (of 4), William Crooke, 1684

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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EXQUEMELIN (ALEXANDRE OLIVER)

Bucaniers of America: or, a True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years Upon the Coasts of the West-Indies by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, Both English and French, Parts 1-3 (of 4), 6 engraved plates (of 9, 3 folding, the frontispiece portrait cut to size and window-mounted), a few small dampstains, modern half calf [ESTC R21525; Goldsmiths 2549], 4to (230 x 165mm.), William Crooke, 1684

Footnotes

The first edition in English. A fourth part was published in the following year.

Provenance: "R.P. 1732" ink inscription on verso of title, with later name in margin of title inked over.

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