DARIEN SETTLEMENT - 2 WORKS IN ONE, COMPRISING [?RIDPATH, GEORGE]
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE MISCARRIAGE OF THE SCOTS COLONY AT DARIEN.
£300
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 October 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
Glasgow, 1700. 8vo, pp. [viii], 112, [ESTC R12945], some page numerals trimmed; Variously attributed to James Hodges, Walter Harris, and Archibald Foyer. A Defence of the Scots abdicating Darien. [?Edinburgh], Printed in the year 1700. 8vo, pp. [xx], 45-165, 167-168, [1], some page numerals trimmed, browned/heavily spotted, [ESTC R29058], 18th century half calf, neatly rebacked retaining original spine
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of Larry Hutchison