Leith on the Price of Wales Island
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Beskrivning
PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. LEITH, GEORGE. A short account of the settlement, produce, and commerce, of Prince of Wales Island in the Straits of Malacca. London (printed for J. Booth, by J. Barfield) 1804.
4:o (about 265x205 mm.). (2), (1)-71, (1 blank) pp.
Contemporary brown mottled calf, renovated, worn, faded gilt frame, rebacked, marbled edges, new inner doublures and endpapers. Blindtooled library stamp on lower outer corner of title, second, and last leaf "Free public library, Wigan".
Löwendahl, China illustrata nova. Supplement, 1691.
First edition of an important source on the early history of Prince of Wales Island (Penang) by Sir George Leith, who was nominated Lieutenant Governor of the island and its dependencies in February 1800, and took charge of the Governement on April 20 the following Year.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6167
Datum:
2016-06-21