Atlantic.- Beatson (Maj.-Gen. Alexander) Tracts relative to the Island of St.Helena; written during a Residence of Five Years, first edition, lacking half-title, with engraved plan and 6 aquatint views by William Daniell after Samuel Davis occasional foxing, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, title defective at lower inner corner not affecting text (repaired), extra-illustrated with 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates (nos.2-5 of 5) from Pocock's 'Five Views of St.Helena' with accompanying 12pp. of text bound in (text oblong folio, folded), contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Abbey, Travel 312 & 310; Tooley 381, Pocock], 4to, 1816. ⁂ Beatson was governor of St.Helena from 1808 to 1813 and despite his strict measures, including suppressing a mutiny in 1811, he made many improvements to the island particularly regarding agriculture and self-sufficiency. Pocock was a naval lieutenant and the son of a marine artist. His work is very rare with a subscription of only 58 copies including 12 proof copies. It is without the title, list of subscribers and the double-page general view but all the text is present. Only one copy has been sold at auction since the 1930s, the Quentin Keynes copy in 2004.
Atlantic.- Beatson (Maj.-Gen. Alexander) Tracts relative to the Island of St.Helena; written during a Residence of Five Years, first edition, lacking half-title, with engraved plan and 6 aquatint views by William Daniell after Samuel Davis occasional foxing, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, title defective at lower inner corner not affecting text (repaired), extra-illustrated with 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates (nos.2-5 of 5) from Pocock's 'Five Views of St.Helena' with accompanying 12pp. of text bound in (text oblong folio, folded), contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Abbey, Travel 312 & 310; Tooley 381, Pocock], 4to, 1816. ⁂ Beatson was governor of St.Helena from 1808 to 1813 and despite his strict measures, including suppressing a mutiny in 1811, he made many improvements to the island particularly regarding agriculture and self-sufficiency. Pocock was a naval lieutenant and the son of a marine artist. His work is very rare with a subscription of only 58 copies including 12 proof copies. It is without the title, list of subscribers and the double-page general view but all the text is present. Only one copy has been sold at auction since the 1930s, the Quentin Keynes copy in 2004.
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