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Record Nr.

UNISA996395342203316

Autore

Tryon Thomas <1634-1703.>

Titolo

Friendly advcie [sic] to the gentlemen-planters of the East and West Indies [[electronic resource] ] : in three parts ... / / by Philotheos Physiologus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by Andrew Sowle ..., [1684]

Descrizione fisica

[2], 222 p

Soggetti

Slavery - Jamaica - Social conditions

Slavery - Barbados - Social conditions

Jamaica Description and travel

Barbados Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Attributed by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints to Tryon.

Date of publication suggested by Wing.

Imperfect: p. 49-64, 81-84 lacking, numerous errors in paging, and pages cropped, faded, stained and tightly bound with some loss of print.

Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.

Nota di contenuto

(from t.p.) [I] A brief treatise of the most principal fruits and herbs that grow in the East and West Indies, giving an account of their respective vertues both for food and physick, and what planet and sign they are under, together with some directions for the preservation of health and life in those hot climates -- [I]I. The complaints of the negro-slaves against the hard usages and barbarous cruelties inflicted upon them -- [I]II. A discourse in way of dialogue, between an Ethiopean or negro-slave, and a Christian that was his master in America.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0062