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Books: The Starbuck family of Nantucket. Wicquefort, Abraham de and Romeyn de Hooghe. Advis Fidelle aux veritables Hollandois, touchant ce qui s'est passé dans les villages de Bodegrave et Swammerdam, et les cruautés inouies, que les Francois y ont exercées. 1673, first edition, 202 pages. Illustrated with seven folded engravings by Romeyn de Hooghe. Leather bound with title to the spine. Owners name 'Starbuck' inscribed inside front cover.Part of the Starbuck archive being sold through this saleroom. The Starbuck family were prominent in the anti-slavery movement both in the UK and the USA. Having been involved in the founding of Nantucket, members of the family emigrated to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, after the American Revolutionary War and continued their successful whaling business.
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