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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, 1806.

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person.	v. 2	Text	Use in library	HEL+ (Stedman, J. G. Narrative of a five years' expedition. 1806) v. 2	Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	v. 2	Text	Restricted use	Sc Rare 988-S (Stedman, J. G. Revolted Negroes of Surinam) v. 2	Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person.	v. 1	Text	Use in library	HEL+ (Stedman, J. G. Narrative of a five years' expedition. 1806) v. 1	Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	v. 1	Text	Restricted use	Sc Rare 988-S (Stedman, J. G. Revolted Negroes of Surinam) v. 1	Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	v. 1	Text	Restricted use	Sc Rare 988-S (Stedman, J. G. Revolted Negroes of Surinam) v. 1	Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

Suriname > Description and travel
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797 > Travel > Suriname
Suriname > History > To 1814
Guiana > Description and travel
Indians of South America > Guiana
Slavery > Suriname > History
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., [41] leaves of plates (3 folded); v. 2: [2], iv, 419, [5] p., [40] leaves of plates (some folded)
Signatures: v. 1: [pi]1 b-c⁴ B-3H⁴; v. 2: 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

Provenance (note)

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

Call Number

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

OCLC

35811787

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, 1806.

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

Provenance

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

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 second volume of Sc Rare 988-S (copy 2) are with the catalog record for the 1813 re-issue. NN

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