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Lot 122
St.Helena.- [Beatson (Alexander)] Papers relating to the Devastation Committed by Goats on the island of St. Helena, first edition, St. Helena, 1810.
Hammer Price: £850
Description
St.Helena.- [Beatson (Alexander)] Papers relating to the Devastation Committed by Goats on the island of St.Helena, first edition, some light staining, cropped shaving a couple of leaves towards end, ex-Rothamsted Agricultural Library copy with stamp to front paste-down, modern antique-style calf, red morocco label to spine, 8vo, St.Helena, Printed for S. Solomon by J. Coupland, 1810.
⁂ Goats were first introduced to St.Helena by the Portuguese to provide meat for passing ships. By the nineteenth century however they had wrought considerable ecological damage on the island; following a visit to the island in 1843, Joseph Hooker wrote: "Probably 100 St Helena plants have thus disappeared from the Systema Naturae since the first introduction of goats on the Island".
Rare; only 3 copies listed by Library Hub (BL, National Library of Scotland and Natural History Museum). We can trace only this copy sold at auction, sold in these rooms in 2018.
Description
St.Helena.- [Beatson (Alexander)] Papers relating to the Devastation Committed by Goats on the island of St.Helena, first edition, some light staining, cropped shaving a couple of leaves towards end, ex-Rothamsted Agricultural Library copy with stamp to front paste-down, modern antique-style calf, red morocco label to spine, 8vo, St.Helena, Printed for S. Solomon by J. Coupland, 1810.
⁂ Goats were first introduced to St.Helena by the Portuguese to provide meat for passing ships. By the nineteenth century however they had wrought considerable ecological damage on the island; following a visit to the island in 1843, Joseph Hooker wrote: "Probably 100 St Helena plants have thus disappeared from the Systema Naturae since the first introduction of goats on the Island".
Rare; only 3 copies listed by Library Hub (BL, National Library of Scotland and Natural History Museum). We can trace only this copy sold at auction, sold in these rooms in 2018.
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