COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Books Internet Archive
Record
Author:
Long, Edward, 1734-1813.
Title:
The history of Jamaica. Or, General survey of the antient and modern state of the island: : with reflections on its situation settlements, inhabitants, climate, products, commerce, laws, and government. In three volumes. Illustrated with copper plates.
Publisher:
Printed for T Lowndes in Fleet-Street
Begin Publication Date:
1774
MMS Id (Alma identifier):
991004415549706966
Permanent Call Number:
1-SIZE D774 .L848h
Statistics Note 1 (Accession Number):
STAT_NOTE_1_ACCESSION #: 02150
Subjects:
Slavery--Jamaica.
Subjects:
Slaves--Jaimaica.
Subjects:
Black people--Jamaica.
Subjects:
Natural history--Jamaica.
Subjects:
Jamaica--History--To 1962.
Subjects:
Jamaica--Politics and government--To 1962.
Subjects:
Catalogs,Booksellers'--Great Britain--1774.
Subjects:
Imprint 1774.
General Note:
Attributed to Edward Long by Halkett & Laing and by Sabin.; Pagination: volume 1: [2], 626 p., [4] leaves of plates (2 folded); volume 2: [2], 595, *596-*600, 601, [1] p., [10] leaves of plates (4 folded); volume 3: [3], 596-976, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates.; Signatures: volume 1: pi1 B-4K⁴ L² (-L2); volume 2: pi1 B-4G⁴ chi1; volume 3: pi⁴ 4H-6F⁴ 6G² (-6G2) 6H-6I⁴; Corriegenda: volume 2, page 601; volume 3, page 975.; "Plays", booksellers' advertisements: volume 2, page [1], 3rd count; "Books printed for T. Lowndes": volume 3, pages [1-2], 3rd count.; Engraved printer's ornaments on title pages.
Local Note:
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary speckled calf.