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16th & 17th Century Americana

Lot 25

16th & 17th Century Americana CLARKE, Samuel (1599-1683). A Mirrour or Looking-Glass Both for Saints and Sinners, Held Forth in Some Thousands of Examples. --A Geographical Description of All the Countries in the Known World. London: Printed by Tho. Milbourn for Robert Clavel, et al., 1671. – [Issued with:] A True, and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations of the English in America... London: Printed for Robert Clavel, et al., 1670., 1671

292 x 191 mm

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Lot 25

292,0 x 191,0 mm

Estimation: US$ 2.000 - 3.000

€ 1.800 - 2.700

Enchère: 5 Jours

Freeman’s | Hindman’s Auction Chicago

Lieu: Cincinnati

Enchère: 24.10.2024 14:00 Date

Numéro d’enchère: 2112

Nom d’enchère: Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection

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THIS COPY WITH EXTENSIVE 17th AND EARLY 18th-CENTURY ANNOTATIONS IN BARROW’S HAND on the paste-down, verso of the engraved portrait, verso of the last text leaf, and the rear pastedown, most of which are religious in nature and discuss religious law and sin. A 38-line note on the verso of the last text leaf (religious in nature) is signed “Sept 22 1700 J.B.” Annotations on the rear pastedown describe 17th/18th century terminology for interracial couples (“white & negro – mulatos / Indian & white missicos[?] / negro & Indian alcatracos[?]”). ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE NAMES OF FOUR 17th-CENTURY PRIVATEERS: Sir Henry Morgan, François l'Olonnais, Bartolomeu Português, and Para Silliano[?].

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