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Hazard, Samuel

Santo Domingo, Past and Present: with a Glance at Hayti

1974

39.48 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1974
Place of printing
Santo Domingo. Editoria de Santo Domingo
Author
Hazard, Samuel
Edition
reprint of the first edition of 1873 published in New York.
Keyword
Travel - Central America & West Indies
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [21 x 14 cm]; xxxi, 511, [ii, ads] pp, 24 plates including frontis, map, 128 illustrations in text, bibliog. original green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine and decorated in black, small ink mark on endpaper, original ribbon bookmark, fine, clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Cundall 354a. Smith H67 (for first edition): "The first nine chapters give history and geography, but in the remainder of the chapters, the author tells of his travels and observations as a member of a commission sent out by the U. S. Government to examine and report on the island." The work covers the whole island with very interesting illustrations.