The Darien Papers: being a Selection of original Letters and official Documents relating to the Establishment of a Colony at Darien by the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies. 1695-1700.

Published by Edinburgh: The Bannantyne Club, 1849

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First edition of this printing of the letters and documents relating to the ill-fated Darien Scheme, Scotland's aborted attempt to found a colony, leading to bankruptcy and necessitating the Act of Union with England. The Bannatyne Club was founded by Walter to Scott to print rare works of Scottish interest, printing 116 volumes between its founding in 1823 and its dissolution in 1861. Scott, Bibliography of the Darien Company, 216. Quarto (254 x 202 mm). Map frontispiece of the Isthmus of Darien, facsimile of entries in the subscription book, bank note, and letter. Contemporary brown half morocco, spine lettered in gilt with gilt motifs to compartments, red marbled sides, top edge gilt. Library label of Newbattle Abbey to front pastedown. Extremities and sides lightly rubbed, contents slightly toned. An excellent copy.

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Title
The Darien Papers: being a Selection of original Letters and official Documents relating to the Establishment of a Colony at Darien by the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies. 1695-1700.
Author
BURTON, John H. (ed.).
Publisher
Edinburgh: The Bannantyne Club, 1849
Edition
1st Edition

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