Author

[WHITTINGHAM, Ferdinand].

Title

Bermuda
A colony, a fortress, and a prison; or, eighteen months in the Somers' Islands ... by a field officer.

Published, Date

Longman, London,1857.

Description

First edition. 8vo., x, [ii], 287pp., 26 pages ads dated November 1856 at end, coloured folding map frontispiece with engraved vigentte, 8 lithograph plates after W. Walton, offsetting to title, original blindstamped maroon pebble-grained cloth gilt, rebacked preserving spine, a little rubbed and worn

Note

A scarce work on the history of the island, with good descriptions of the treatment of convicts sent there.

References

Sabin 4907.

Stock Number

80928