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A Voyage to the River Sierra-Leone, on the Coast of Africa; Containing an Account of the Trade and Productions of the Country, and of the Civil and Religious Customs and Manners of the People; in a Series of letters to a Friend in England... With an additional letter on the subject of the African slave trade. Also, a chart of part of the coast of Africa, from Cape St. Ann, to the River Rionoonas; with a view of the island Bananas. London: Printed for B. White and Son, 1788. First edition, iv, 183, [1]pp., engraved folding frontispiece 'A view of the Island of Bananas', large engraved chart of the Coast of Africa, frontispiece and chart spotted and slightly offset. [Bound after:] BOWDLER (Thomas) Letters Written in Holland, in the Months of September and October, 1787... To which is added A Collection of letters, and Other Papers, relating to the Journey of the Princess of Orange, on the 28th of June, 1787

MATTHEWS (John)

  • Publisher: London: Printed for the Benefit of a Charitable Institution at Bath, 1788
London: Printed for the Benefit of a Charitable Institution at Bath, 1788. First edition, [4], 192, 100p., 2 engraved folding plates (one as frontispiece), of which both slightly browned with spotting to adjacent leaves, title-page and subsequent few leaves with light damp-stain to lower outer corner of blank margin. 2 vols., bound in one, 8vo (215 x 130 mm), nineteenth-century red half calf, spine rubbed, marbled boards, edges dyed yellow. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of George Wilbraham (1779-1852), Whig politician, of Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire.

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