SCHOMBURGK Robert H. The history of Barbados. Comprising a geographical and statistical description of the island: a sketch of the historical events since the settlement; and an account of its geology and natural productions. London (1848) xx + 722pp + 9 tinted plates including title page. 1st ed., an overall clean copy with minor stains to plates as usual, in old full calf with later spine but with original label overlaid. An important and scholarly study of the island's history.