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[email protected] www.remingtonbooks.com OCCASIONAL LIST 20. 1. Allom (Thoma) and G.N. Wright- China, in a Series of Views displaying the Scenery, Architecture and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire, FIRST EDITION, 124 engraved plates, 4 vols bound in 2, 4to, contemporary half maroon morocco, Fisher and Son, London, c.1843 £2800 2. Darien [Ferguson (Robert)] A Just and Modest Vindication of the Scots Design, for the Having Established a Colony at Darien. With a Brief Display, how much it is their Interest, to apply themselves to Trade, and Particularly to that which is Foreign, 30 +214 pages, 8vo, contemporary calf, [no place or printer] 1699 £3000 Wing F. 742. Kress 2116. Previous owner's book plates 'Sir Francis Hopkins pasted on inside front cover. The Scottish Parliament in 1695 passed an Act giving extensive powers to a Company trading to Africa and the Indies. This Company on the advice of the economist William Paterson determined to establish a Colony on the Isthmus of Darien as a general emporium for the commerce of all nations. The pioneer settlers set off in July 1698 and though, at first all seemed well, everything went wrong later and the settlement was abandoned. Few of the pioneers of this remarkable enterprise ever returned to their native land again. Darwin's Voyage of the’Beagle’ 3. King (Captain P.P.) and Captain Fitzroy: Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S' Ships ‘Adventure" and “Beagle', 1826-36, describing their Examination of the Southern Shores of South America and the "Beagle's" Circumnavigation of the Globe, 8 maps all laid down on linen, plans, charts and 48 engraved plates depicting Patagonians, Fuegians, New Zealanders, Scenes in Brazil, Chile, Tahiti, etc.