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Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted negroes of Surinam : in Guiana ... from the year 1772 to 1777 ; elucidating the history of that country and describing its productions, viz. quadrupeds, birds, ... trees, shrubs, ... with an account of the Indians and negroes of Guinea / by Capt. J. G. Stedman. Illustrated with 80 elegant engravings from drawings made by the author.

Accession number
PML 53438
Creator
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797.
Published
London : Printed for J. Johnson... and Th. Payne ..., 1813.
Credit line
Gift; Dr. Karl Vogel; 1963.
Notes
While serving in the Dutch military, Stedman was deployed to Surinam to assist troops fighting against members of several maroon communities, who had escaped their enslavement on the Dutch plantations.
All plates colored.
Engraved title page.
Keynes. A bibliography of William Blake. 1921. No. 111: "The unsold copies of the second edition [of 1806] were issued with a new title-page in 1813." First published in 1796.
Thirteen plates signed 'Blake sculpt" but nos. 7, 12, 14 are also probably by him = 16 plates.
Description
2 v. in 1 : ill., fold. maps ; 28 cm
Binding
Modern half brown morocco by Ullman, 1966.
Classification
Department