London. 1886. Two volumes. xxviii,675;xii,803pp. including several in- text maps, charts and illustrations, plus fifteen plates (including frontispiece in second volume) and a folding colored map. Thick octavo. Original pictorial gilt cloth, spines gilt, skillfully rebacked with original backstrips laid down. A few scattered light fox marks. Very good, partially.....

Weimar. 1816. xxiv,594pp. plus folding map. Contemporary three quarter calf and boards, ornate gilt spine, blue gilt morocco label. Contemporary private library label on front cover, bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing. Very good. Later edition, after the first French edition of 1813. "The author sailed from France in 1791.....

[Cuba. 1863]. Broadside, 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches. In Spanish. Manuscript pencil numerical annotation in lower margin ("364"). Fine. A rare and evidently unrecorded Cuban imprint relating to the Dominican Restoration War of 1863-65, announcing and celebrating the defeat of and death of Dominican Nationalist General Benito Martinez at.....

Paris: Claude Jombert, 1718. [10],352,[4]pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, gilt medallion on boards, spine gilt extra, gilt leather label. Discrete institutional ownership stamp on titlepage. Some very minor age-toning, otherwise clean and fresh. A very good copy. First edition of this rare collection of travels. Dralsé de Grandpierre was a French.....

Paris: Chez Thomas Jolly, 1667-1671. Four volumes bound in three. [20],593,[3]; [16],539; [16],317,[8]; [6],362,[13]pp., plus eighteen plates (many folding) and five folding maps. Extra engraved titlepage in first and second volumes. Plate of arms in first, third, and fourth volumes. Contemporary calf, leather labels, spines gilt extra. Minor rubbing, some.....

Madrid. 1793. xxiv,228,[4]pp. Small quarto. Contemporary calf. Extremities lightly worn. Rather clean internally. Very good. The third Spanish edition, after the rare first two editions of 1681 and 1682, of Esquemeling's famous book, the classic account of pirates in the Caribbean, on the Spanish Main, and in the South Seas.....

Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1826. Title leaf, Index leaf, plus fifteen hand- colored folding maps (thirteen double-page maps, with the maps of Florida and the West Indies printed on single sheets) all tipped to stubs. Folio. Original three-quarter red calf and marbled boards, original red calf label on front board lettered.....

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1839. 199pp. Contemporary blue cloth, blindstamped covers, gilt- lettered spine. Slightly rubbed, spine sunned. Contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper, moderate foxing. Good. A prejudiced description of Florida, St. Croix, and Cuba. "[W]ith mention of...the indolent men of the U.S. Navy who should be.....

Boston. [ 1848]. 240pp. plus frontispiece and eight woodcut plates. Original publisher's cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Light wear to binding, modern bookplate on front pastedown; ink stamp of private collection on front flyleaf. Internally clean. Very good. An account of the Revolution by a Massachusetts native who joined.....

[Paris. n.d., but 1671]. 3pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Some light foxing. Contemporary inscription. Very good. In an attempt to encourage the commerce of the early French colonies in the West Indies, this act declares that no export duty is to be charged on goods shipped to America.....

Paris. 1765. 3pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Some soiling and minor foxing. Light creases. Contemporary inscription. About very good. A French royal decree concerning the payment of bills of exchange for the French colonies of Louisiana, Saint- Domingue, Isle-Royale (today Cape Breton Island in Nova Scota) and Martinique.....

Paris. 1725. 6pp. Quarto. Very minor foxing. Light soiling along spine edge. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. A French royal decree concerning the confiscation of a British vessel. "This decree confirms the confiscation of the British vessel Anne de Rodelan and her cargo, the property of and commanded by one Jacques.....

Paris. 1671. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Light tanning and some soiling around edges. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree, regulating goods shipped by the West India Company. Wroth locates no copies, and neither does OCLC. Rare. From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie.....