75/2555 [Africa]. Bosman, W. A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea, Divided into the Gold, the Slave and the Ivory Coasts. London, Printed for J. Knapton etc., 1705, (8),493,(19)p., fold. map of the coast of Guinea, 7 engr. plates, contemp. blindst. panelled calf.

- Partly severely browned. Frontcover detached; backcover for the greater part detached.

= First English translation of the first Dutch edition published in 1704. Cf. Tiele 174; cf. Cat. NHSM p.204 (ed. 1704 and 1709) and Gay 2808 (ed. 1704). Divided in 22 letters, written from S. George del Mina, the main Dutch trading-station, where the author was chief merchant in the service of the West-India-Company from 1689-1702. Chief source for the knowledge of Dutch slave-trade during the latter half of the 17th century and important for the history of the commercial rivalry with the English, Danes and Brandeburgers. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIII.