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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

Title: 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.
Author: Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797.
Publication: London : Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & Th. Payne, Pall Mall, 1813.

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

Subjects

Suriname > History > To 1814
Guiana > Description and travel
Indians of South America > Guiana
Suriname > Description and travel
Slavery > Suriname > History
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797 > Travel > Suriname
Natural history > Suriname

Note

Engraved title pages, with vignettes of ships under sail.
First published in 1796.
"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.
"List of subscribers names"--v. 1, p. [vii]-[xiv].
"Luke Hansard, printer, near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields"--colophon in both vols.
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.
Vol. 1: [2], xviii, 423, [5] p., [1], 40 leaves of plates (3 folded); v. 2: [2], iv, 419, [5] p., 41-80 leaves of plates (1 folded)
Signatures: v. 1: [pi]² b-c⁴ B-3H⁴ 3I²; v. 2: [pi]1 b² B-3H⁴
With an index in each volume.

Indexed In (note)

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

Call Number

HEL+ (Stedman, J. G. Narrative, of a five years' expedition. 1813)

LCCN

11030515

OCLC

6540366

Author

Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797.

Title

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

London : Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & Th. Payne, Pall Mall, 1813.

Edition

Second edition corrected.

Indexed In:

Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 719

Keynes. A bibliography of William Blake, (1921), no. 111

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 91075

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 988-S (copy 2) imperfect; lacking plates 61 and 68. NN

Copy in Sc Rare 988-S (copy 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 first volume of Sc Rare 988-S (copy 2) are with the catalog record for the 1806 edition. NN

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Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809, publisher.

Payne, Thomas, 1752-1831, publisher.

Hansard, Luke, 1752-1828, printer.

Barlow, Inigo, engraver.

Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, engraver.

Blake, William, 1757-1827, engraver.

Benedetti, Michele, 1745-1810, engraver.

Conder, Thomas, 1746 or 1747-1831, engraver.

Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827, engraver.

Perry, John, active 1791-1809, engraver.

Smith, Anker, 1759-1819, engraver.

Research Call Number

HEL+ (Stedman, J. G. Narrative, of a five years' expedition. 1813)

Sc Rare 988-S (Stedman, J. G. Revolted Negroes of Surinam)

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