Details
EXQUEMELIN, Alexandre Olivier. Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the Most remarkable Assaults Committed of late years upon the Coasts of the West-Indies. London: Printed for William Crooke, 1684. 3 parts bound in 1, small 4o (225 x 175 mm). Four engraved portraits, four engraved plates (two double-page) and double-page map of Panama (one plate reinforced on verso, most plates mildly spotted). Contemporary calf (rebacked). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. A fourth part was issued separately the following year under the name of Basil Ringrose. An important piece of English Americana and the basis for many later historical and fictional works. Contains accounts of the exploits of Henry Morgan and Lolonois. Sabin 23479; Hill p.99.