The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection at Hamilton College : a catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Maps, and Drawings, 1521-1860.

Hough, Samuel J. & Penelope R.O. Hough (eds.)

ISBN 10: 0813012929 / ISBN 13: 9780813012926

Published by University Press of Florida, 1994

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Gainesville : University of Florida Press,1990. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. xii,414p. Index. Illustrations. 4to. - This catalogue provides extensive and precise descriptions of approximately 2000 printed books, manuscripts, maps and drawings of the the Lesser Antilles, a chain of islands in the eastern Caribbean that form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea. They stretch in an arc from the Virgin Islands in the north to the coast of Trinidad and Tobago near Venezuela. The Leeward Islands, the northern group of the Lesser Antilles, comprise the Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, and Montserrat. South of these lie the Windward Islands, the central and southern volcanic arc of the Lesser Antilles, consisting of Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and Grenada. The southernmost subdivision is formed by the Leeward Antilles, situated off the coast of Venezuela, and including the islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire. The Beinecke collection was collected by Walter Beinecke Jr over several decades and donated to Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Condition : als nieuw copy. ISBN 9780813012926. Keywords : BIBLIOGRAPHY, Barbados Netherlands Antilles.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection at Hamilton College : a catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Maps, and Drawings, 1521-1860.
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813012929
• ISBN 13: 9780813012926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: als nieuw
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

This distinguished catalogue of the Lesser Antilles provides extensive, precise descriptions of approximately one thousand printed books and one thousand manuscripts that Walter Beinecke, Jr., collected over several decades and donated to Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, where he is a trustee. The collection includes hundreds of rare original documents, fifty maps, plantation reports, correspondence, and oil paintings and watercolors. 

 The catalogue of the Walter Beinecke, Jr., Collection describes unique manuscript material and many rare books more fully than previously available in bibliographies.  The Houghs have applied advanced bibliographical knowledge to this work and in some instances have added cogent historical annotation.

 The collection's content addresses issues of broad international significance.  Full understanding of the early history of the United States can best be achieved by studying interaction among the European states and the Antilles, as well as the commercial connection between the continental colonies and the Antilles.  During the century and a half represented in this collection, England grew from a northern European power to a dominant world power, its growth largely funded by wealth provided from the Indies.

 

About the Author

Samuel J. and Penelope R. O. Hough own and operate a book business specializing in rare and scholarly books and have extensive library and curatorial experience.  They have organized archival collections for Brown University, the Rhode Island Hospital, and the Newport Historical Society and have organized the archives and design library of Gorham, Inc.  They are the American agent for the Biblioteca Berenson at the Harvard Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence and have published extensively on Gorham silver.