JEFFERYS, THOMAS A Description of the Spanish Islands and Settlements On the Coast of the West Indies. London: T. Jefferys, 1762. First edition. Modern cloth. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (24.5 x 20 cm); with 31 maps (most folding, the chart of the West Indies hand-colored in outline), with dedication leaf, xxiv, 106 pp., index leaf. Explorers Club bookplate to pastedown and blindstamps to title, maps and elsewhere, red ink mark to title, repaired tear to p. 13, a few splits to maps at folds, toned. An important work published at the cessation of hostilities at the end of the Seven Years' War, when many of these islands were ceded by Spain to France and England. Sabin 35959; Palau 123372. C The Explorers Club Collection
JEFFERYS, THOMAS A Description of the Spanish Islands and Settlements On the Coast of the West Indies. London: T. Jefferys, 1762. First edition. Modern cloth. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (24.5 x 20 cm); with 31 maps (most folding, the chart of the West Indies hand-colored in outline), with dedication leaf, xxiv, 106 pp., index leaf. Explorers Club bookplate to pastedown and blindstamps to title, maps and elsewhere, red ink mark to title, repaired tear to p. 13, a few splits to maps at folds, toned. An important work published at the cessation of hostilities at the end of the Seven Years' War, when many of these islands were ceded by Spain to France and England. Sabin 35959; Palau 123372. C The Explorers Club Collection
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