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Additional authors

1. Norris, Robert, -1791
2. Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807
3. Thomas Spilsbury and Son, printer
4. G. and W. Nicol (Firm), bookseller
5. W. J. and J. Richardson (Firm), bookseller

Description

1. xxxi, [1], xxiv, [1], 230 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, 1 folded map; 27 cm

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

1. Slave trade -- Benin -- History -- 18th century
2. Women soldiers -- Benin -- History -- 18th century
3. Social structure -- Africa, West -- History
4. Benin -- Description and travel -- 19th century
5. Benin -- History -- To 1894
6. Africa, West -- History -- To 1884
7. Benin -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
8. Benin -- Economic conditions -- 18th century
9. Benin -- Commerce -- History -- 18th century
10. Benin -- Civilization -- 18th century
11. Benin -- Kings and rulers -- 18th century

Call number

1. BML+ (Dalzel, A. History of Dahomy)

Note

1. Map title: Dahomy and its environs by R. Norris.
2. Includes errata -- p. xxix and xxxii.
3. Includes a list of subscribers (pages xxvii-xxxi).
4. Page 64 misnumbered 66.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed in (note)

1. ESTC

Source (note)

1. Copy in Sc Rare 966.801-D (copy 2) from the Library of Melville J. Herskovits;
2. of Sidney Lapidus;

Provenance (note)

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

Binding (note)

1. Copy in Sc Rare F 16-4 (Lapidus Collection) bound in half black leather with marbled paper boards.

Local note

1. imperfect; lacking title page.
2. lacking map; the map was removed and cataloged separately under call number: Sc Map N-266.

Author

1. Dalzel, Archibald, author.

Title

1. The history of Dahomy : an inland kingdom of Africa : compiled from authentic memoirs : with an introduction and notes / by Archibald Dalzel, Esq., Governor at Cape-Coast Castle.

Publisher

1. London : printed for the author by T. Spilsbury and Son : sold by G. and W. Nicol : C. Dilly : W. J. and J. Richardson, 1793.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed in:

1. ESTC, T132961

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc Rare (copy 1) (accession no. B511690) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Binding

1. Copy in Sc Rare F 16-4 (Lapidus Collection) bound in half black leather with marbled paper boards. NN

Source

1. Copy in Sc Rare 966.801-D (copy 2) from the Library of Melville J. Herskovits; Gift; 2008
2. Gift; of Sidney Lapidus; 2016. Copy in Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books

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Added author

1. Norris, Robert, -1791, cartographer.
2. Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807, bookseller.
3. Thomas Spilsbury and Son, printer.
4. G. and W. Nicol (Firm), bookseller.
5. W. J. and J. Richardson (Firm), bookseller.
6. Lapidus, Sidney, 1937- donor.
7. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

LCCN

1. 05016361

Research call number

1. BML+ (Dalzel, A. History of Dahomy)
2. Sc Rare 966.801-D (Dalzel, A. History of Dahomy)
3. Sc Map N-266
4. Sc Rare F 16-4 (Lapidus Collection)