Item #54671 Historical and Statistical Account of the Bermudas, From Their. William Frith WILLIAMS.

Historical and Statistical Account of the Bermudas, From Their

Item #54671

WILLIAMS, William Frith. An Historical and Statistical Account of the Bermudas, From Their Discovery to the Present Time. London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1848. xii,346pp. Folding colored frontispiece map. Contemporary three quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt spine label. Small tear in upper foredge of a few pages. Small closed tear repaired on verso of map. Map and titlepage slightly foxed, else quite clean and neat. A very good copy. Williams, a resident of Hamilton, Bermuda, drew largely on the heretofore unexamined material in the Public Records Office of the Colony. His work constitutes the first thorough history of Bermuda, from discovery and initial settlement through the mid-nineteenth century. There is a heavy emphasis on the political history of the island, and also information on geology, climate, agriculture, commerce, churches, etc. A lengthy appendix reprints many documents important in the history of the island. A scarce book - we can find only one copy appearing at auction in the last thirty years.

Price: $4,750.00

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