Lot 96
Slavery.- Beckford (William) A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica...Sugar-Cane...Slave-Trade..., 2 vol., first edition, 1790.
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Slavery.- Beckford (William) A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica, with Remarks upon the Cultivation of the Sugar-Cane...the Consequences of an Abolition of the Slave-Trade, and of the Emancipation of the Slaves, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, Marcus Gage's copy with his ink signature to head of titles, very occasional spotting, contemporary half diced russia, rubbed, spines and corners a little worn, vol.2 with split to upper joint, [Goldsmiths 14195; Kress S.5284; Sabin 4248], 8vo, for T. & J.Egerton, 1790.
⁂ An authoritative portrait of colonial Jamaica and the sugar/slave economy.
William Beckford (1744-1799), a successful sugar planter and historian who was born in Jamaica, was the nephew of William Beckford, politician and Lord Mayor of London, and first cousin to the author and art-collector William Thomas Beckford of Fonthill Abbey.
Description
Slavery.- Beckford (William) A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica, with Remarks upon the Cultivation of the Sugar-Cane...the Consequences of an Abolition of the Slave-Trade, and of the Emancipation of the Slaves, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, Marcus Gage's copy with his ink signature to head of titles, very occasional spotting, contemporary half diced russia, rubbed, spines and corners a little worn, vol.2 with split to upper joint, [Goldsmiths 14195; Kress S.5284; Sabin 4248], 8vo, for T. & J.Egerton, 1790.
⁂ An authoritative portrait of colonial Jamaica and the sugar/slave economy.
William Beckford (1744-1799), a successful sugar planter and historian who was born in Jamaica, was the nephew of William Beckford, politician and Lord Mayor of London, and first cousin to the author and art-collector William Thomas Beckford of Fonthill Abbey.
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