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includes notes on the history and topography of the Seychelles, together details of its trade and commerce and a detailed account of its natural history.
includes notes on the history and topography of the Seychelles, together details of its trade and commerce and a detailed account of its natural history.
includes notes on the history and topography of the Seychelles, together details of its trade and commerce and a detailed account of its natural history.
includes notes on the history and topography of the Seychelles, together details of its trade and commerce and a detailed account of its natural history.

inscribed by the author


ESTRIDGE, H. Watley.

Six years in Seychelles; with photographs from original drawings.

N.p., 1885.

£4,500.00
£4,500.00

Six years in Seychelles;

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Rare account of the Seychelles with 30 illustrations by the author. Estridge was collector of taxes in the British colonial administration in the early 1880's, serving as Collector of Customs at Mahé in the Seychelles. This work includes notes on the history and topography of the Seychelles, together with details of its trade and commerce and a detailed account of its natural history.

Rare, with only 8 copies in libraries worldwide and only three in UK (Oxford, Cambridge, Kew). Not in BL.

First edition; 4to, 59 pp., inscribed by the author on title, dedication leaf, 30 mounted photographic illustrations after drawings by the author, folding plan, double-page letterpress table, original roan, titled in gilt on upper cover, neatly rebacked to match, all edges gilt, a very good copy.

Stock code 110099

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includes notes on the history and topography of the Seychelles, together details of its trade and commerce and a detailed account of its natural history.

Six years in Seychelles;

£4,500.00
£4,500.00

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