LIGON, RICHARD. A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados. Illustrated with a Mapp of the Island, as also the Principall Trees and Plants there...Together with the Ingenio that makes the Sugar, London: for Humphrey Moseley 1657. Folio, contemporary speckled calf, spine with green, red and black morocco lettering-pieces, folding chemise and morocco-backed slipcase (top edge split), old repairs to head and tail of spine, joints splitting, loss of leather to tail of spine and to board edges in a few spots, front flyleaf torn, some mostly marginal staining and slight soiling, occasional light foxing, flame-damage to margins of a few leaves, 2-inch repaired tear to inner edge of the folding map, 2 of the folding plans with longer neatly repaired tears, a few marginal paper defects including one torn corner, slightly affecting the rule-border. FIRST EDITION, folding engraved map of Barbados, 3 folding plans, one folding table, 6 engraved plates.

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LIGON, RICHARD. A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados. Illustrated with a Mapp of the Island, as also the Principall Trees and Plants there...Together with the Ingenio that makes the Sugar, London: for Humphrey Moseley 1657. Folio, contemporary speckled calf, spine with green, red and black morocco lettering-pieces, folding chemise and morocco-backed slipcase (top edge split), old repairs to head and tail of spine, joints splitting, loss of leather to tail of spine and to board edges in a few spots, front flyleaf torn, some mostly marginal staining and slight soiling, occasional light foxing, flame-damage to margins of a few leaves, 2-inch repaired tear to inner edge of the folding map, 2 of the folding plans with longer neatly repaired tears, a few marginal paper defects including one torn corner, slightly affecting the rule-border. FIRST EDITION, folding engraved map of Barbados, 3 folding plans, one folding table, 6 engraved plates.

A generally accurate account of Barbados, important for its description of early sugar-making techniques. The map, which shows two runaway slaves, is the first separate map of the island (Campbell, Map Collectors' Series 21:1). Sabin 41057; Wing L 2075.

Provenance: Charles North, Earl of Guilford, inscription on front flyleaf, and Frederick North, Fifth Earl of Guilford, Wroxton Abbey bookplate; early signature on title-page.