247. Hall (Richard) The History of the Barbarous Cruelties and Massacres, Committed by the Dutch in the East-Indies, lacking frontispiece, trimmed at head, occasionally just touching text (including title), lightly browned, 20th century crimson half crushed morocco, gilt, 8vo, printed and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1712.
est. £1000 – £1500
Rare in any state. Only the Streeter copy (lot 247, Christies, New York, 16-17th April, 2007) has appeared at auction in the last 30 years. A manuscript f., signed William Courthope, 1835, concerning the death of Captain Nathaniel Courthope is bound in between pages 76 and 77. Courthope had died after engaging two Dutch ships. The work seeks to sway English sympathies away from the demands of the Dutch and reviews atrocities committed against the English at Amboyna.
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