Barbot on Guinea: Volumes 1 and 2 (Hakluyt Society) by Adam Jones - 1991

Hakluyt Society, 1991-12-28. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. No dust jacket, Blue cloth boards have minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Jean Barbot, who served as a commercial agent on French slave-trading voyages to West Africa in 1678-9 and 1681-2, in 1683 began an account of the Guinea coast, based partly on his voyage journals (only one of which is extant) and partly on previous printed sources. The work was interrupted by his flight to England, as a Huguenot refugee, in 1685, and not finished until 1688. When Barbot found that his lengthy French account could not be published, he rewrote it in English, enlarging it even further, and then continually revising it up to his death in 1712. The manuscript was eventually published in 1732. Barbot's book had considerable influence on later European attitudes to Black Africa and the Atlantic slave trade and in modern writings on both subjects is frequently cited as evidence. The French account serves as the base for the present… Read More

Hakluyt Society, 1992-11-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1992 VG-/VG-. 2 vols. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (wear to spine on volume one, a few marks and spots, else internally clean) in dustwrapper (corresponding tearing to spine volume one, a little general rubbing); pp. cxxviii, 1-328 (last blank); viii (last blank), [ii], 329-916, with 57 illustrations. Heavy item (2.1 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good set marred by one defective volume, priced accordingly.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-/VG-.

Hakluyt Society, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Fine blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and pictorial cover. Dust jacket is very good plus in protective mylar with mild general wear and rubbing. No names or markings noted. Ships securely boxed with delivery confirmation on domestic orders.

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1992 F/VG+. 2 vols. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt in dustwrapper (closed tear & creasing at headcap Vol. 1, slightly rubbed, otherwise as new); pp. cxxviii, 1-328 (last blank); viii (last blank), [ii], 329-916, with 57 illustrations. Heavy item (2.1 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A near fine set.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/VG+.

Routledge, 28/12/1991 00:00:01. hardcover. Acceptable. 3.0000 in x 22.0000 in x 14.5000 in.

Routledge, 28/12/1991 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 3.0000 in x 22.0000 in x 14.5000 in.

London: Hakluyt Society, 1992. Hardcover. Fifne condition in fine dust jackets./fine. Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volumes 175 &176. Edited by Paul Hair, Adam Jones and Robin Law. Bound in the publisher's original baby blue cloth with the front covers and spines stamped in gilt. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free endpaper of Volume One. Includes bibliography and index.

1992 HAKLUYT SOCIETY, LONDON. TWO VERY GOOD COPIES IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAPS. VOLUMES 1 AND 2. ISBN NO. FOR VOLUME 2 IS 0904180336. VOLUME 1: SECOND SERIES. NO. 175. VOLUME 2: SECOND SERIES. NO. 176

Hakluyt Society. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!