Americas.- Pirates.- Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the Most remarkable Assaults Committed of late years upon the Coasts of The West-Indies, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, 9 engraved plates, 3 folding (including folding map of Panama), 1 plate with lower margin restored, occasional light soiling or marginal damp-staining, but a good copy generally, ink ownership inscription to title, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [Sabin 23479; Wing E3894], 4to, for William Crooke, at the Green Dragon without Temple-bar, 1684. ⁂ One of the most popular and widely imitated of the accounts of piracy in the Americas. The lives of the buccaneers included in the work were liberally embellished to such an extent that Captain Morgan, one of the most notorious of those featured, successfully sued for slander and was awarded £200. Provenance: Roger Mostyn (ink inscription).
Americas.- Pirates.- Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the Most remarkable Assaults Committed of late years upon the Coasts of The West-Indies, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, 9 engraved plates, 3 folding (including folding map of Panama), 1 plate with lower margin restored, occasional light soiling or marginal damp-staining, but a good copy generally, ink ownership inscription to title, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [Sabin 23479; Wing E3894], 4to, for William Crooke, at the Green Dragon without Temple-bar, 1684. ⁂ One of the most popular and widely imitated of the accounts of piracy in the Americas. The lives of the buccaneers included in the work were liberally embellished to such an extent that Captain Morgan, one of the most notorious of those featured, successfully sued for slander and was awarded £200. Provenance: Roger Mostyn (ink inscription).
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