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.
Description
- Related Names
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Smith, Anker, 1759-1819, engraver.
Perry, John, active 1791-1809, engraver.
Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827, engraver.
Conder, Thomas, 1746 or 1747-1831, engraver.
Benedetti, Michele, 1745-1810, engraver.
Blake, William, 1757-1827, engraver.
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, engraver.
Barlow, Inigo, engraver.
Hansard, Luke, 1752-1828, printer.
Payne, Thomas, 1752-1831, publisher.
Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809, publisher.
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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London : Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & Th. Payne, Pall Mall, 1813.
- Edition
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Second edition corrected.
- Note
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With an index in each volume.
Signatures: v. 1: [pi]² b-c⁴ B-3H⁴ 3I²; v. 2: [pi]1 b² B-3H⁴
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)
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.
"Luke Hansard, printer, near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields"--colophon in both vols.
"List of subscribers names"--v. 1, p. [vii]-[xiv].
"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.
First published in 1796.
Engraved title pages, with vignettes of ships under sail.
- Physical Description
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2 v. :
ill., maps, plans ;
32 cm. (4to)
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