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Ligon, Richard
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676
Moseley, Humphrey, d. 1661
Title
A true & exact history of the island of Barbados : illustrated with a mapp of the island, as also the principall trees and plants there, set forth in their due proportions and shapes, drawne out by their severall and respective scales : together with the ingenio that makes the sugar, with the plots of the severall houses, roomes, and other places, that are used in the whole processe of sugar-making ... : all cut in copper
Publisher
London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley ...
Description
First 2 p. blank. Folded letterpress leaf with title "An index to the platforme or superficies of an ingenio, that grinds or squeezes the sugar" follows p. 84
The thirteen leaves of plates include 2 double-page maps tipped in at the centerfold, the first a general map of the island by John Ogilby
Signatures: [A]² a-b² B-2I² chi1
Includes index
Errata, last p
Wing
Sabin
Binding: old calfskin, tooled in gilt along margins of boards and on spine, author & title on spine label
Bookplate of Hugh Craggs

Subjects: Botany; Sugar
Language English
Publication date 1657
publication_date QS:P577,+1657-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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IA Collections: getty; americana
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trueexacthistory00ligo
Notes Some very tight gutter and margins. Some text may fall into the gutters. Some slight over-cropping may occur
Authority file  OCLC: 1085971713
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Internet Archive identifier: trueexacthistory00ligo
https://archive.org/download/trueexacthistory00ligo/trueexacthistory00ligo.pdf
  • IA contributor: Getty Research Institute

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