JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser.

MATTHEWS, John

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 by ... during his residence in that country in the

Stock Code

90779

London, White, 1788

£1,350

A good account of the country and its people although the final chapter is a justification of the slave trade; the author believing that without slavery many indigenous people would otherwise have been slaughtered in an effort to control population.

Qty

ASK A QUESTION

Add to wishlist

CATEGORIES:

TAG:

Description

First edition. 8vo., iv, 183pp., folding copper-plate frontispiece, large folding map (offset), contemporary calf, sometime rebacked, red morocco lettering piece, corners worn, a very good copy.

Bibliography

Hogg 161; Cox I, 387; Gay 2852.

Stock ID:90779

Skip to the end of the images gallery

Skip to the beginning of the images gallery

Buy another copy / Sell your copy

If you have a specific question about this book, please complete the form below.
For general enquires contact us

NEW ARRIVALS

WYATT, Sir Thomas.

WYATT, Sir Thomas.
The Poetical Works...

£250

LINDO, Abigail.

LINDO, Abigail.
A Hebrew and English, and English and Hebrew Vocabulary;

£1,250

[BALLETS RUSSES].

[BALLETS RUSSES].
Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev. Seizième saison.

£12,500

SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita & Edward (translators); RILKE, Rainer Maria.

SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita & Edward (translators); RILKE, Rainer Maria.
Duineser Elegien;

£5,750

PARK, Nick; BAKER, Bob.

PARK, Nick; BAKER, Bob.
Wallace & Gromit The Wrong Trousers: Final Draft.

£15,000

[TELINGATER].
Podshipniki: sharikovye: rolikovye [Ball Bearings].

£12,500

FISCHER, Bobby.

FISCHER, Bobby.
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess.

£7,500

CONOLLY, Lieut. Arthur.

CONOLLY, Lieut. Arthur.
Journey to the North of India,

£3,500

MILTON, John.
The Poems of John Milton

£750

ROBINSON, Frederick.

ROBINSON, Frederick.
Refutation of Lieutenant Wellsted's attack

£4,000

MURRAY, John.
Handbook for Japan including the whole Empire from Yezo to Formosa.

£200

WOODVILLE HARRISON, Cuthbert.

WOODVILLE HARRISON, Cuthbert.
An Illustrated Guide to the Federated Malay States.

£350

Contact us for more information

info@shapero.com +44 (0)20 7493 0876