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RUSTIGE, J. De Curaçaosche Vereeniging van Hoedenvlechtsters 'Arbeid Adelt' alsmede eenige algemeene opmerkingen over de Curaçaosche stroohoeden-vlechtnijverheid. Amsterdam, Duwaer & Zoon, (1934). 4to. Wrappers. With photographic illustrations. 56 pp. - (Sl. waterstained). [Boeknr.: 30989 ]

€ 45,00

SAINT LUCIA. 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY 1834-1984. Saint Lucia, 1984. Pictorial leaf including 4 postal stamps depicting together a plantation scene in Saint Lucia. - Fine. [Boeknr.: 31065 ]

€ 25,00

SCHOMBURGK, Robert Hermann. The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical and statistical description of the island; a sketch of the historical events since the settlement; and an account of its geology and natural productions. London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848.Original embossed cloth, rebacked (the original spine laid down). With tinted lithographed title page depicting Trafalgar Square in Bridgetown, coloured map, 2 plates printed in green depicting the configuration of Polycystina and 5 tinted lithographed views. XX,722 pp. First edition. - Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804-1865) was a German-born surveyor and traveller. In 1835-1839 he explored British Guiana for the Royal Geographical Society, and in 1840 he was appointed to define its boundaries with Brazil. Knighted for his work, he then visited Barbados for the Barbados General Railway Company, publishing The History of Barbados in 1848. This substantial work contains a great deal more than a chronological narrative of the settlement and history of the island. He begins with a geographical analysis, statistical information, and an examination of the political and sociological state of Barbados. The third part is on the geology, mineral resources, and natural history of the colony. Barbados was extremely important both to British imperial policies and to her economy, playing a key role in the Atlantic trade routes, particularly for sugar. This book is a classic in West Indian history. It is a scholarly study, in many respects still the best in the entire field, based largely on research done in the British Museum Library and that of the Literary Society of Barbados. Much use has been made of official publications, local newspapers, and information gained by personal experiences and inquiry during the author's residence in the island (Ragatz p.183). - A fine copy.Abbey, Travel, 694; Sabin 77785; Hough, The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection, 891. [Boeknr.: 36705 ]

€ 675,00

SCHUCHERT, Charles. Historical geology of the Antillean-Caribbean region or the lands bordering the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1935. Cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With 123 maps and illustrations. XXVI,811 pp. [Boeknr.: 36843 ]

€ 125,00

SEKOU, Lasana M. (Ed.). National symbols of St. Martin. Philipsburg, House of Nehesi Publishers, 1997. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With many illustrations. XII,173 pp. A compilation of cultural, historical, and environmental information. [Boeknr.: 36925 ]

€ 35,00

SHEPHERD, V.A. & H. McD. BECKLES. Caribbean slavery in the Atlantic world. A student reader. Kingston, (2000). Wrappers. XIX,1120 pp. The volume is made up of 17 sections with a short introduction, comprising more than 70 articles [Boeknr.: 32561 ]

€ 40,00

SIMONS, G.J. Beschrijving van het eiland Curaçao, uit verschillende bronnen bijeenverzameld. Oosterwolde, G.S. de Tempe, 1868.Modern boards. With lithographed portrait, map and 2 coloured lithographed plates of Grot van Hato and Willemstad. 156 pp. First edition. - Rare description of the island of Curaçao, starting with the history of Curaçou, a description of Willemstad, its surroundings and some of the most important buildings, defenses and military equipment, administration of the colony, financial management, religion, education and institutions, name list of the pastors of Curaçou, language and lifestyle, flora and fauna, etc. - (Corner of 1 leaf repaired with loss of text; some lvs backed with Japanese paper).Tiele 1005; Sabin 81320; Renkema C173. [Boeknr.: 17434 ]

€ 275,00

SJIEM FAT, P.V. Biba Willem Sassen. De procureur-generaal mr. W.K.C. Sassen Jz. (1870-1871). Curaçaos rechtsleven in de 19de eeuw. (Zutphen, Walburg Pers,1986). Boards, with dust-jacket. With illustrations. 328 pp. [Boeknr.: 31799 ]

€ 35,00

(SLOANE, Hans). Histoire de la Jamaïque, traduite de l'Anglois par (Raulin). Londres, Nourse, 1751.2 volumes. Sm.8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, spines richly gilt. With 6 engraved folding plates (o.a. a sugarmill). (2),285; 248 pp. First French edition; first published in Edinburgh in 1739: A new and exact account of Jamaica. - Sir Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753), was an Anglo-Irish physician, naturalist, and collector, with a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the British nation, thus providing the foundation of the British Museum, the British Library, and the Natural History Museum, in London. He went in 1687 to Jamaica as physician to the Duke of Albemarle, governor of Jamaica. He stayed there 15 months, making many observations of its natural resources, agriculture, production, commerce, etc. He returned with eight hundred species of plants (DNB). 'Le voyage de Sloane .. est une minne feconde pour les naturalistes, sur-tout quant à la partie de la botanique. L'étendue que Sloane a donnée à ses recherches sur les plantes, et l'exactitude des descriptions qu'il en a faites, donnent un grand prix à cet ouvrage' (Boucher de la Richarderie I, p.272). - A very fine copy.Sabin 35585; Chadenat 4668; Leclerc 721; The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection, 207. [Boeknr.: 9558 ]

€ 1250,00

SMIDT, J.Th. de, T. van der LEE. (Red.). Publikaties en andere wetten betrekking hebbende op St.Maarten, St.Eustatius, Saba 1648/81-1816. Amsterdam, S. Emmering, 1979. Wrappers (stained). With 2 folding maps and 2 illustrations. XXVIII,482 pp. - (West Indisch Plakaatboek) [Boeknr.: 6800 ]

€ 25,00

SMIT, Jennifer. Monumenten en standbeelden van de Nederlandse Antillen. Curaçao, 1996. 4to. Wrappers. With many photographic plates. 163 pp. [Boeknr.: 36971 ]

€ 35,00

SMITH, Richard E. Die Mission auf Trinidad. (Aus dem Franssösisschen). Wien, 1839. Pamphlet. 16 pp. This work seems to be a German translation of Smith's report in 1839 to the association known as the "Work of the Propagation of the Faith" which supplied funds for the education of clerics. He presented this report in Paris. The Rev. Richard E. Smith was the first priest specifically ordained for the West Indian Mission and was based in Trinidad. He later became Vicar General, and in 1837 was elevated to become Coadjutor Bishop. He later became the first archbishop of Port of Spain. Smith went to Europe to raise funds and obtain more priests to serve in the Mission. He returned to the West Indies in November 1839. - Scarce German language report of the Catholic mission to the West Indies. [Boeknr.: 36177 ]

€ 125,00

SMITH, William. A natural history of Nevis, and the rest of the English Leeward Charibee islands in America. With many other observations on nature and art; particularly, an introduction to the art decyphering. Cambridge, J. Bentham, 1745.Contemporary calf with red title label to spine. (6),318,(9) pp + Errata sheet of 10 lines. First edition; with armorial bookplate of John Guitton. - A series of eleven letters from the rev. William Smith, rector of St. John's at Nevis to rev. Charles Mason, Woodwardian professor and fellow of Trinity-College in Cambridge, containing descriptions of shells, insects, plants and other natural objects observed or remarked upon in the writer's researches during five years residence in Nevis, an island in the Caribbean Sea, part of the Leeward Islands. Sabin 84563; European-Americana VI, p.367; The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection 200. [Boeknr.: 36731 ]

€ 1500,00

SOUBLETTE. SOUBLETTE ET FILS. PHOTOGRAPHY IN CURAÇAO AROUND 1900. Editors J.A. Schiltkamp, B. Smit, E. van Reeven, S. Wachlin. Curaçao, Amsterdam, 1999. Oblong 8vo. Boards. With 135 photographic plates and illustrations. 144 pp. Robert Soublette (1846-1921) and his son Tito (1870-1938) were photographers in Curaçao who visualized the development, changes, and the people of the island around 1900. [Boeknr.: 21291 ]

€ 95,00

St. DOMINGUE. Common routes. St. Domingue - Louisiana. New Orleans, The Historic New Orleans Collection, 2006. 4to. Boards, with dust-jacket. With 76 coloured illustrations. 127 pp. A comprehensive look at the history of St. Domingue and the impact of its revolution on Louisiana. [Boeknr.: 36962 ]

€ 65,00

St. EUSTATIUS. St. Eustache, eine der Antillischen Insuln in Nord-America welche 1781 von den Engelländern erobert und denen Holländern abgenomen worden. - St. Eustache, une des isles d'Antilles dans l'Amerique du Nord la quelle fut prise aux Hollandois en 1781 par les Anglois. Augsbourg, (ca. 1781).Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild) by Johann Baptist Bergmüller. Ca. 31 x 44,5 cm (including margins). Rare and handsome optical view of the bay and town of St. Eustatius also known affectionately to the locals as Statia, part of the Caribbean Netherlands, with numerous sailing boats in the foreground. It shows the island of St. Eustatius taken by the English fleet in February 1781. Admiral Rodney's sailors and troops pillaged the island. The Dutch regained control over the devastated island in 1784.On 16th November 1776, the Dutch commander of St. Eustatius, Johannes de Graaff, ordered a salute to be fired from the Dutch Fort Orange to the flag of the rebellious English colonies in North America. The North Americans regarded this salute as recognition of their independence and first acknowledgment by a foreign power. - A very attractive view of the British naval assualt on Saint Eustatius that took place February, 1781 during the American War of Independence.Cresswell, The American Revolution in drawings and prints, 320. [Boeknr.: 21616 ]

€ 1250,00

St. JOHN, Spenser. Hayti or the Black Republic. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1884.Original decorated green cloth. With folding map. XIV,343 pp. First edition. - St. John wrote this account of Haiti after spending several years there as a chargé d'affaires and later, resident minister. Included are chapters on population, voodoo worship and cannibalism, and a general description of the country and its history. The book caused outrage because of its sensational tales of vodoo and cannibalism and is described as 'a savagely hostile account' in O.D.N.B.Cundall 507; Afro-Americana 9066. [Boeknr.: 36744 ]

€ 225,00

STEEN VAN OMMEREN, Carolien van den. Sint Maarten. Informatiegids. Philipsburg, 2005. Wrappers. With coloured photographic illustrations. 45 pp. [Boeknr.: 36913 ]

€ 15,00

STEENHUIS, J.F. De geologische literatuur over of van belang voor Nederlandsch-Guyana (Suriname) en de Nederlandsche Westindische eilanden. 's Gravenhage, Mouton & Co., 1934. Folio. Wrappers. 80 pp. [Boeknr.: 31765 ]

€ 35,00

SUGAR PLANTATION, WEST INDIES. A VISIT TO THE WEST INDIES - THE MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR. London, 1876.9 woodengravings on 3 leaves (each ca. 31 x 22,5 cm). From: The Graphic. An illustrated weekly Newspaper. - Depicting: Tree and chapel of Christopher Columbus, Havana. The manufacture of sugar: Cutting the cane, Carting home the cane, Water cart and plantation well, Putting cane on conductor, Grinding the cane, Boiling and testing the juice, Night patrol going round the plantations, In the purging house-cutting and crushing the sugar, In the boiler room - feeding the fires with 'bagazo'. [Boeknr.: 30979 ]

€ 95,00

TAYLOR, Chas. Edwin. An island of the sea. Descriptive of the past and present of St. Thomas, Danish West Indies. With a few short stories about Bluebeard's and Blackbeard's castles. Second edition. St. Thomas, Published by the author at Taylor's Book-store, 1896.Original pictorial green cloth. With many photographic plates. 120; 19 pp. + 16 pp. with advertisements. First published in 1895; with autograph dedication by the author - At the end: A few words about St. Croix. (The garden of the West Indies). 19 pp. - The Danish colony in the Caribbean, consistis of the islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix. They have belonged to the United States as the Virgin Islands. The islands quickly became a base for pirates attacking ships in the vicinity. Trading African slaves was part of the transatlantic slave trade by Denmark-Norway around 1671, when the Danish West India Company was chartered, until 1 January 1803, when the 1792 law to abolish the slave trade came into effect. [Boeknr.: 36717 ]

€ 450,00

TEENSTRA, M(artin) D(ouwes). De Nederlandsche West-Indische eilanden. Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, 1836-1837.2 volumes. Later half calf, original printed wrappers preserved. With handcoloured title vignette depicting St. Eustaqtius, plan of Philipsburg on St. Maarten after S. Fahlberg and 3 folding tables. XII,351; VIII,381 pp. First edition. - Volume I contains an extensive description of the island of Curaçao, its climate, topography, trades, products and statistics; Volume II covers the history of Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, St. Marten, St. Eustachius and Saba. The 3 folding tables give an overview of the populations in 1833: the numbers of the whites, free people (coloured and black) and slaves, living on Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba. Marten Douwes Teenstra (1795 - 1864 was an agriculturalist, traveler and writer. In 1828 he left for Suriname, where he started working as an agricultural advisor. He was soon appointed inspector of bridges, streets, roads and waterworks there and he also received investigative power, which actually fell under the authority of the Attorney General. - A fine set.Sabin 94586; Renkema SM31. [Boeknr.: 17414 ]

€ 1650,00

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. Handbook of Trinidad and Tobago. Published by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago for the use of those who wish to know something about the colony and its institutions. ('Not an official publication'). Trinidad, Government Printer, 1934.Original gilt cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With folding coloured map and many photographic plates. XII,224 pp. [Boeknr.: 36777 ]

€ 95,00

TUCHMAN, B.W. Het eerste saluutschot (van de Amerikaanse Andrew Doria vanaf St. Eustatius beantwoord). De Amerikaanse vrijheidsstrijd en de Republiek. (Houten, De Haan, 1991). Wrappers. With illustrations (several in colours). 365 pp. [Boeknr.: 9234 ]

€ 25,00

TUCHMAN, Barbara W. Het eerste saluutschot (van de Amerikaanse Andrew Doria vanaf St. Eustatius beantwoord). De Amerikaanse vrijheidsstrijd en de Republiek. (Houten), Fubula, (1988). Boards, with just-jacket. With plates (several in colours). 365 pp. [Boeknr.: 33451 ]

€ 25,00

TWINTIG JAREN STUDIEKRING. Uitgaven Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. (No pl.), 1967. Wrappers. 126 pp. Contrubutions by P. Wagenaar Hummelincjk, D.C. Geijskes, A. Brouwer, J. Lanjouw, etc. [Boeknr.: 30674 ]

€ 18,00

VAN GENEESKUNST EN LEEFGEWOONTEN. CURIOSA EN CURACAO. Ter viering van het derde lustrum 18-11-63 van de Vereniging van Geneeskundigen in de Nederlandse Antillen, bij de tentoonstelling in het Curacaosch Museum. Jaartallen en epidemien. Hospitalen en quarantaine. Curaçao, 1963. Oblong 8vo. Wrappers. 22 pp. [Boeknr.: 30988 ]

€ 25,00

VERSCHUUR, G(errit). Voyage aux trois Guyanes et aux Antilles. Paris, Hachette, 1894.Sm.8vo. Original half cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With woodengraving on title-page, portrait, 28 engraved plates and many woodengravings in the text. 367 pp. Fine illustrated narrative of a voyage from Venezuela, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Curaçao, Aruba, Haiti to the three Guyanas by the Dutch writer Gerrit Verschuur (1840-1906). - (Foxing as usual).Suriname-Catalogus UB Amsterdam 7127. [Boeknr.: 21302 ]

€ 125,00

WAGENAAR HUMMELINCK, P. Rotstekeningen van Curaçao, Aruba en Bonaire. The prehistoric rock drawings of Bonaire and Curaçao. Curaçao, Presse-Papier, 1992. Wrappers. With 230 illustrations. 209 pp. [Boeknr.: 27798 ]

€ 35,00

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