A defence of the Scots settlement at Darien. : With an answer to the Spanish memorial against it. And arguments to prove that it is the interest of England to join with the Scots, and protect it. To which is added, a description of the country, and a particular account of the Scots colony

By

Philo-Caledon.
Belhaven, John Hamilton, Baron, 1656-1708
Foyer, Archibald,
Ridpath, George, 1726
Fletcher, Andrew, 1655-1716

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[Edinburgh?], [publisher not identified], Printed in the year, M. DC. XC. IX. [1699]

Notes

Place of publication suggested by octavo editons printed in Edinburgh in the same year and by European Americana. Scott does not suggest a place of publication.

Dedication, pages [3-4], 1st count, signed: Philo-Caledon.

"According to a manuscript note in the librarian's copy of the Catalogue of the New College Library (Edinburgh, 1868), the author is Archibald Foyer". See Scott.

Variously attributed to John Hamilton Belhaven, Andrew Fletcher, and George Ridpath. Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun / by W.C. Mackenzie, Edinburgh, 1935, pages 314-323, attributes the work to John Hamilton Belhaven.

Also printed in the same year in Edinburgh as an octavo in half sheets with a double rule above imprint on title page (Scott, 67a1) and an octavo in whole sheets with one rule above imprint on title page (Scott, 67a2).

There are two issues of the first quarto edition: this issue has the word "England" printed in roman type capitals on on the title page and gathering D misssigned C (Scott, 68); the other has the word "England" printed in italic capitals on the title page and correct signature signings. (Scott, 68a).

Signatures: [A]² ([A]1 verso blank) B⁴ C² ²C² E-P².

Woodcut printer's ornaments on title page.

See: Kress Library of Business and Economics. Catalogue, with data upon cognate items in other Harvard libraries, 2106.

See: Kress Library of Business and Economics. Catalogue, with data upon cognate items in other Harvard libraries, 2117.

Scott, J. Bibliography of printed documents and books relating to the Darien company, | 68

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), | F2047

Brown, J.C. Bibliotheca Americana (1875-1882 edition), | II:1559

European Americana, | 699/9

English short title catalogue, | R18505

Subjects

Colonization , Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indi , Description and travel , Imprint 1699 , Natural history , New Caledonia (Colony) , Panama

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 1343953908