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Additional authors

1. Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809
2. Payne, Thomas, 1752-1831
3. Hansard, Luke, 1752-1828
4. Barlow, Inigo
5. Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
6. Blake, William, 1757-1827
7. Benedetti, Michele, 1745-1810
8. Conder, Thomas, 1746 or 1747-1831
9. Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827
10. Perry, John, active 1791-1809
11. Smith, Anker, 1759-1819

Description

1. 2 v. : ill., maps, plans; 32 cm. (4to)

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

1. Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797 -- Travel -- Suriname
2. Slavery -- Suriname -- History
3. Indians of South America -- Guiana
4. Natural history -- Suriname
5. Suriname -- Description and travel
6. Suriname -- History -- To 1814
7. Guiana -- Description and travel

Call number

1. HEL+ (Stedman, J. G. Narrative of a five years' expedition. 1806)

Note

1. Engraved title pages, with vignettes of ships under sail.
2. First published in 1796.
3. "The unsold copies of the second edition [of 1806] were issued with a new title page in 1813."--cf. Keynes. A bibliography of William Blake.
4. "List of subscribers names"--v. 1, p. [vii]-[xiv].
5. "Luke Hansard, printer, near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields"--colophon in both vols.
6. Thirteen plates signed "Blake sculpt" but nos. 7, 12, 14 are also probably by him = 16 plates. The remaining plates are engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi, Thomas Conder, Thomas Holloway, Inigo Barlow, Perry, Benedetti, and A. Smith, all based on Stedman's watercolors.
7. Vol. 1: [2], xviii, 423, [5] p., [41] leaves of plates (3 folded); v. 2: [2], iv, 419, [5] p., [40] leaves of plates (some folded)
8. Signatures: v. 1: [pi]1 b-c⁴ B-3H⁴; v. 2: b² B-3H⁴.
9. With an index in each volume.

Indexed in (note)

1. Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860
2. Keynes. A bibliography of William Blake
3. Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Provenance (note)

1. is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Local note

1. imperfect; lacking plates [61] and [68].
2. is a made-up set consisting of "vol. I" of the 1806 edition, and "vol. II" of the 1813 re-issue. The holdings for the second volume of Sc Rare 988-S (copy 2) are with the catalog record for the 1813 re-issue.

Author

1. Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797.

Title

1. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America : from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions, viz. quadrupedes, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots : with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J.G. Stedman. ; illustrated with 80 elegant engravings, from drawings made by the author.

Imprint

1. London : Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & Th. Payne, Pall Mall, 1806.

Edition

1. Second edition corrected.

Indexed in:

1. Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 719
2. Keynes. A bibliography of William Blake, (1921), no. 111
3. Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 91075

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc Rare 988-S (copy 1) (accession nos. B429087-B429088) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Request Access to Special Collections Material
3. Full text available via HathiTrust--v. 1
4. Full text available via HathiTrust--v. 2

Added author

1. Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809, publisher.
2. Payne, Thomas, 1752-1831, publisher.
3. Hansard, Luke, 1752-1828, printer.
4. Barlow, Inigo, engraver.
5. Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, engraver.
6. Blake, William, 1757-1827, engraver.
7. Benedetti, Michele, 1745-1810, engraver.
8. Conder, Thomas, 1746 or 1747-1831, engraver.
9. Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827, engraver.
10. Perry, John, active 1791-1809, engraver.
11. Smith, Anker, 1759-1819, engraver.
12. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research call number

1. Sc Rare 988-S (Stedman, J. G. Revolted Negroes of Surinam)
2. HEL+ (Stedman, J. G. Narrative of a five years' expedition. 1806)