Lot 251: BROWNE, PATRICK.

Est: £1,500 GBP - £2,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 10, 2009

Item Overview

Description

THE CIVIL AND NATURAL HISTORY OF JAMAICA. .LONDON..: B. WHITE AND SON, 1789 (PLATES WATERMARKED 1814).
Folio (360 x 234mm.), half-title, large folding engraved map of Jamaica, 49 engraved plates, nineteenth-century half calf, spine gilt, [Cundall, Bibliographia Jamaicensis 416; Great Flower Books, p.52; Pritzel 253; Sabin 8671; Stafleu TL2 842], some browning to the plates, half-title laid down, map frayed at foot

Artist or Maker

Patrick Browne

Notes

Third edition and considered the best, due to the Linnaean indexes and the large and accurate map of the island.

Auction Details

Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

Sotheby's

November 10, 2009, 10:30 AM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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