THE HISTORY OF THE BUCANIERS OF AMERICA; FROM THE FIRST ORIGINAL DOWN TO THIS TIME; WRITTEN IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES AND NOW COLLECTED INTO ONE VOLUME... Lon. 1704 25 b/w engravings and maps, many folding. b/w wood engravings in text. (2), 180; 180, (12); (2), 204 pp. This is the so-called third edition, which is a reprinting of the 1698 English version of Esquemelings famous History, plus piracy narratives by Ringrose, de Lussan and the Sieur de Montaubon. See Gosse, My Pirate Library p. 37. NMM Catalog Vol 4, #178. Like most copies of this text there are condition problems. The gutter margin of the title page has been reinforced; the folding map in front shows old repairs, short tears with no loss, and a hole at the central fold with some small loss; and there is worming, especially in the first third of the book, resulting in some minor loss of text and a short track across one plate. Many of the pages and some of the plates are evenly tanned. On the plus side, text and plates are complete; there is no foxing and the sewing is tight. Bound in 19th century full calf with red spine labels. Both boards detached but present. An acceptable copy that could shine again with a little restoration work.