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STEDMAN, JOHN GABRIEL. 1744-1797. - Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition…
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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.
London: J. Johnson, 1813. 2 volumes. xviii, 423, [5]; iv, 419, [5] pp. Engraved titles, 81 plates and maps by Bartolozzi, William Blake, and others. (270 x 210 mm). Second edition, subscriber's copy. This is a reissue of the 1806 edition with dates altered on the titles, the first edition having appeared in 1796. Bound in 19th century half leather, marbled boards rebacked with original spine strips aid on. Edges worn, contents clean.
Laid on to front endpaper a letter to 'My Dear Fanny', sending her the 2 volumes for her lifetime and then asking for them to be passed on to the writer's nephew who was the great grandson of Col Stedham the letter signed Sophia L. E. Cotton.
'In 1772 [Stedman] volunteered to accompany an expedition sent out by the States-General to subdue the revolted Negroes in Surinam, or Dutch Guiana ... The field of his curiosity embraced not only all branches of natural history, but also economic and social conditions. His description of the cruelties practiced on the Negroes, and of the moral deterioration resulting to their masters, forms one of the most vivid indictments of slavery that have been penned' Abbey Travel 719; Sabin 91075.
Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America.
London: J. Johnson, 1813. 2 volumes. xviii, 423, [5]; iv, 419, [5] pp. Engraved titles, 81 plates and maps by Bartolozzi, William Blake, and others. (270 x 210 mm). Second edition, subscriber's copy. This is a reissue of the 1806 edition with dates altered on the titles, the first edition having appeared in 1796. Bound in 19th century half leather, marbled boards rebacked with original spine strips aid on. Edges worn, contents clean.
Laid on to front endpaper a letter to 'My Dear Fanny', sending her the 2 volumes for her lifetime and then asking for them to be passed on to the writer's nephew who was the great grandson of Col Stedham the letter signed Sophia L. E. Cotton.
'In 1772 [Stedman] volunteered to accompany an expedition sent out by the States-General to subdue the revolted Negroes in Surinam, or Dutch Guiana ... The field of his curiosity embraced not only all branches of natural history, but also economic and social conditions. His description of the cruelties practiced on the Negroes, and of the moral deterioration resulting to their masters, forms one of the most vivid indictments of slavery that have been penned' Abbey Travel 719; Sabin 91075.
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