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The island of Cuba

Title
The island of Cuba / by Alexander Humboldt ; translated from the Spanish, with notes and a preliminary essay, by J.S. Thrasher.
Author
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
Publication
New York : Derby & Jackson, 119 Nassau Street ; Cincinnati : H.W. Derby, 1856.

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Additional Authors
  • Thrasher, J. S. (John Sidney), 1817-1879.
  • Derby, Henry W.
  • Tinson, William H.
  • Derby & Jackson, publisher.
  • Pudney & Russell, printer.
  • Sarony & Co., lithographer.
Description
397, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map; 18 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Ink stamps (Provenance)
Note
  • "Remarkable for having omitted Humboldt's views on slavery, of which the author publicly and deservedly complained."--Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time.
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by J.C. Derby, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of New York."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
  • "W.H. Tinson, stereotyper. Pudney & Russell, printers."--verso of title page.
  • Map lithographed by Sarony & Co., New York.
  • Translation of a Spanish edition of: Essai politique sur l'île de Cuba.
Indexed In (note)
  • Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression
  • Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906
Provenance (note)
  • with ink stamp on title page: "Arthur A. Schomburg 205 West 115th Street." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Call Number
Sc Rare 917.291-H (Humboldt, A. von. Island of Cuba)
LCCN
02009655
OCLC
  • 264238
  • NYPGR264238-B
Author
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
Title
The island of Cuba / by Alexander Humboldt ; translated from the Spanish, with notes and a preliminary essay, by J.S. Thrasher.
Imprint
New York : Derby & Jackson, 119 Nassau Street ; Cincinnati : H.W. Derby, 1856.
Indexed In:
Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression 1134
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 5046
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare 917.291-H (accession no. B499091) with ink stamp on title page: "Arthur A. Schomburg 205 West 115th Street." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Local Note
Copy in Sc Rare 917.291-H lacks folded map; accompanied by [10] p. of publishers' advertisements at end.
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Added Author
Thrasher, J. S. (John Sidney), 1817-1879.
Derby & Jackson, publisher.
Derby, Henry W., publisher.
Tinson, William H., stereotyper.
Pudney & Russell, printer.
Sarony & Co., lithographer.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare 917.291-H (Humboldt, A. von. Island of Cuba)
HOY (Humboldt, A. von. Island of Cuba)
Stuart 5580
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