COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Books Internet Archive
Author (contributor):
Ternaux-Compans, Henri, 1807-1864
Author (contributor):
Ridpath, George, -1726.
Title:
An enquiry into the causes of the miscarriage of the Scots colony at Darien. Or An answer to a libel entituled A defence of the Scots abdicating Darien. : Submitted to the consideration of the good people of England..
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Begin Publication Date:
1700
MMS Id (Alma identifier):
991043484524206966
Permanent Call Number:
D Scott 104
Uniform Resource Identifier:
Subjects:
Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies.
Subjects:
Defence of the Scots abdicating Darien.
Subjects:
New Caledonia (Colony)
Subjects:
Scotland--Commercial policy.
Subjects:
Panama--History--To 1903.
Subjects:
Imprint 1700.
General Note:
Attributed to George Ridpath by the British Museum catalogue, but is unattributed by Scott.; A 1699 edition of this work recorded by Sabin has not been located and is probably a ghost.; A reply to: A defence of the Scots abdicating Darien: including an answer to the defence of the Scots settlement there, printed in [Edingurg], 1700, which has been variously attributed to James Hodges, Walter Harris, and Archibald Foyer. This work , in turn, was partially a reply to: A defence of the Scots settlement at Darien, printed in Edinburg, 1699, which has been variously attributed to John Hamilton Belhaven, Andrew Fletcher, and George Ridpath.; "Declared by a royal proclamation to be 'a false, scandalous, and traitorous libel". See Sabin.; Two states of this work have been noted: in the first leaf A2 catchword is "G en-", signature marking B is under the "a" in "has", and page 43 has catchword "sign"; in the second leaf A2 catchword is "Gen-", signature marking B is under space between "perhaps" and "has", and page 43 has catchword "sing"; state two also has errors in paging: page 50, 51, 54, 55, 58, 59, 62, and 63 are misnumbered 60, 61, 64, 65, 68, 69, 62, and 73.; Signatures: A⁴ (A1 verso blank) B-G⁸ H-I⁴.; John Carter Brown Library copy 2 (D Scott 104) bound separately in 19th century red morocco with red bookcloth-covered boards.; John Carter Brown Library copy 3 (D Scott 104) quarter bound separately in 19th centrury full calf.
Local Note:
John Carter Brown Library copy 1 (D Scott 110 cop. 1) bound as 2nd item of 2 with: Scotland's grievances, relating to Darien, &c. Humbly offered to the consideration of the Parliament / by George Ridpath, printed in [Edinburgh?], 1700.; John Carter Brown Library copy 1 represents the second state of the text in which leaf A2 has catchword is "Gen-", signature marking B is under space between "perhaps" and "has", and page 43 has catchword "sing".; John Carter Brown Library copy 1 quarter bound in 19th century greeen morocco with marbled boards; John Carter Brown Library copy 2 represents the second state of the text in which leaf A2 has catchword is "Gen-", signature marking B is under space between "perhaps" and "has", and page 43 has catchword "sing".; John Carter Brown Library copy 3 represents the first state of the text in which leaf A2 catchword is "G en-", signature marking B is under the "a" in "has", and page 43 has catchword "sign" with errors in paging: page 50, 51, 54, 55, 58, 59, 62, and 63 are misnumbered 60, 61, 64, 65, 68, 69, 62, and 73.; Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy 3: H.T. [Henri Ternaux-Compans]: binding stamp on front and rear boards.
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