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Additional authors

1. Whittaker & Co., publisher
2. Gilbert & Rivington, printer

Description

1. 2 volumes : illustrations (some color), maps, music; 20 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subject

1. Slavery -- West Indies, British
2. West Indies, British -- Description and travel
3. Antilles, Lesser -- Description and travel

Genre/Form

1. Bookplates (Provenance)

Call number

1. Sc Rare 917.29-W (West India sketch book)

Note

1. Authorship ascribed to Trelawney Wentworth in volume 2, page 385, and also by Halkett & Laing and Sabin.
2. "London: Gilbert and Rivington, printers, St. John's Square."--printer statement, verso of title page in both volumes; printer statement also found on colophons in both volumes, and varies slightly: "Gilbert & Rivington, printers, St. John's Square, London."
3. Volume 1: ix, [3], 324 pages, [5] leaves of plates; volume 2: vi, [2], 391, [1] pages, [7] leaves of plates.
4. Signatures: volume 1: a⁶ B-O¹² P⁶; volume 2: a⁴ B-R¹² S⁴

Indexed in (note)

1. Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous publications in the English language
2. Handler, J.S. Barbados history
3. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
4. Ragatz, L.J. Guide for the study of British Caribbean history, 1763-1834
5. Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Source (note)

1. Arthur A. Schomburg;

Provenance (note)

1. ith the bookplate in both volumes: "Bello ac pace paratus. George Weare Braikenridge. Broomwell House. No. [blank]." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Author

1. Wentworth, Trelawney, author.

Title

1. The West India sketch book : in two volumes ; vol. I[-II]

Publisher

1. London : Printed for Whittaker & Co. Ave Maria Lane, 1834.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Indexed in:

1. Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous publications in the English language, VI, page 218
2. Handler, J.S. Barbados history, page 90
3. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 11073
4. Ragatz, L.J. Guide for the study of British Caribbean history, 1763-1834, p. 236
5. Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 102634

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc Rare 17.29-W (accession nos. B526861-B526862) ith the bookplate in both volumes: "Bello ac pace paratus. George Weare Braikenridge. Broomwell House. No. [blank]." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

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Added author

1. Whittaker & Co., publisher.
2. Gilbert & Rivington, printer.
3. Braikenridge, George Weare, 1775-1856, former owner.
4. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

LCCN

1. 04007989

Research call number

1. Sc Rare 917.29-W (West India sketch book)
2. Stuart 5578-5579