The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies [electronic resource] / By Bryan Edwards, Esq. F.R.S. S.A. In three volumes

Author: Edwards, Bryan, 1743-1800
Additional Titles: Half-title, v. 3: History of the West Indies
Published: London : Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1801.
Edition: Third edition, with considerable additions. Illustrated with plates.
Physical Description: 3 volumes : illustrations, portrait, maps ; 24 cm (8vo)
Additional Creators: Broughton, Arthur, -1796 and Young, William, Sir, 1749-1815

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Historical survey of the French colony in the island of St. Domingo
Postscript to the HIstorical survey of St. Domingo
Historical account of the constitution of Jamaica

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Note

Sir William Young identified as the editor in the prefatory advertisement.
"Printed by Luke Hansard, Great Turnstile, Lincoln's-Inn Fields."--t.p. versos, v. 1-3.
"An historical survey of the French colony in the island of St. Domingo: comprehending an account of the revolt of the Negroes in the year 1791, and a detail of the military transactions of the British army in that island, in the years 1793 & 1794": v. 3, p. xxii, 240.
"A tour through the several islands of Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Antigua, Tobago, and Grenada, in the years 1791, and 1792: by Sir William Young": v. 3, p. [241]-284.
"Historical account of the constitution of Jamaica": v. 3, p. [285]-366.
"Hortus eastensis: or A catalogue of exotic plants, in the garden of Hinton East Esq; in the mountains of Linguinea, in the island of Jamaica, at the time of his decease. By Arthur Broughton": v. 3, p. [367]-407.
"Postscript to the HIstorical survey of St. Domingo: containing a brief review of the transaction and condition of the British army there, during the years 1795, 6, 7, and 8, until the final evacuation of the country": v. 3, p. 408-477.
Pagination: v. 1: xxiv, xxiii, [1], 576 p., [16] leaves of plates (15 folded); v. 2: viii, 617, [1] p., [3] folded leaves of plates; v. 3: [4], xxxii, 477, [1] p., [3] folded leaves of plates.
Signatures: v. 1: A⁸ a⁴ b⁸ c⁴ B-2O⁸; v. 2: A⁴ B-2Q⁸ 2R⁶ (-2R6); v. 3: [A]² (-[A]2) b-c⁸ B-2H⁸ (-2H8)
Cf. See Hogg, P.C. African slave trade, 1603.

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Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present 21091.
Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne, 5652.
Ragatz, L.J. Brit. Caribbean history, p. 165.
Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 3418.

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