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[Title-Page] - 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. Vol. I. Second Edition, corrected.

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[Title-Page] - 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. Vol. I. Second Edition, corrected.

Cataloguing Level

Complete

Date of Original

1806

Special Collection

Bentley-Blake Collection

Creator

Blake, William, 1757-1827, engraver

Format

1 leaf : illustration ; 27 x 20 cm

Storage Location

Rare Books

Notes

Title-page: Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797. 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. Vol. I. Second edition corrected. London : Printed for J. Johnson ... & Th. Payne, 1806.

"The 81 plates are dated Dec. 1792, Dec. 1793, Dec. 1794, and Dec. 1795, and 41 have no engraver's name. Thirteen are signed "Blake Sculpt."; besides these, GEB & Keynes (1921) are confident that Blake also engraved the plates opposite volume 1, page 227; volume 2, page 104; and volume 2, page 296, which are not signed."--Cf. Bentley.

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Catalogue Number

Blake no.782 v.1

Copyright

Public Domain

Subject

Indians of South America -- Surinam.
Slavery -- Surinam.
Suriname -- History -- To 1814
Suriname -- Description and travel

Sequence

0782

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