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5:00 AM PT - Mar 1st, 2012
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[Skinner (Sir John)] A true relation of the unjust, cruel, and barbarous proceedings against the English at Amboyna in the East-Indies, by the Netherlandish governour & council there, 3 parts in 1, engraved frontispiece depicting torture and execution, title in red and black, title closely trimmed, loss of last line of imprint and date at foot, B1 small section torn away from upper inner corner, loss of a few words, D6 trimmed at outer edge, loss of part of final letter on each line, worm hole or small traces to upper margins, occasionally affecting part of a side-note, browned, some foxing and staining, new endpapers, antique style calf, stained, [Wing T3065A and A3406A], 12mo, printed by Will. Bentley for Will. Hope, at the Anchor under S. Bartholomew Church near the Royal Exchange, and W. Shears at the Bible in S. Pauls Church-yard, [1651]. ***Scarce . ESTC lists only 5 copies (not in the BL). The Amboyna massacre took place in 1623 and involved the torture and execution on Ambon Island of twenty men on charges of treason, ten of whom were in the service of the British East India Company. It was the result of the intense rivalry between the East India companies of England and the United Provinces in the spice trade.. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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