Sale 22JK02 | Lot 263

[PIRATES] FERNANDEZ, NICOLAS. Dying Declaration of Nicholas Fernandez, Who with Nine others were Executed in front of Cadiz Harbour, December 29, 1829. For Piracy and Murder on the High Seas.

Catalogue: The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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Lot 263
[PIRATES] FERNANDEZ, NICOLAS. Dying Declaration of Nicholas Fernandez, Who with Nine others were Executed in front of Cadiz Harbour, December 29, 1829. For Piracy and Murder on the High Seas.
[New York:] 1830. Translated from the Spanish by Ferdinand Bayer. Disbound. 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches (19 x 11 cm); woodcut frontispiece, vignette to title, 36 pp. Chip to frontis touching border, else fine.

A scarce volume reporting (and showing on the title) how Nicholas Fernandez and others "were sentenced ... to be hung, quartered and their heads to be placed on hooks on the sea shore" (p. 21). We trace no copy at auction in over 20 years.


C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $535 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $535 (includes buyer's premium)

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The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 10am EDT