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Seventeenth report of the directors of the African Institution : read at the annual general meeting, held on the 16th day of May, 1823 : with an account of the proceedings of the annual meeting, and an appendix.

Accession number
PML 198483
Published
London : [publisher not identified], 1823.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Joshua W. Sommer, 2020.
Notes
Vol. 17 from a twenty-five volume series (1807-1827) originally titled Report of the Committee of the African Institution; subsequently titled Report of the director of the African Institution; Report; or, Reasons for establishing a registry of slaves in the British colonies.
Includes folded plate depicting the Vigilante, a French slave ship, which had been captured by the Royal Navy of the coast of Guineau in 1822, illustrated by S. Croad and engraved by J. Hawksworth: 59 x 46 cm, folded to 21.3 x 12.5 cm.
"List of subscribers to the African Institution. 1823"--Page [91].
Description
2 leaves, v-vi, [5], x-lxii, [3], 2-103, [1] pages, 1 [folded] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21.7 x 13.5 cm
Binding
Contemporary 3/4 tan leather, marbled sides, spine stamped in gilt, with red leather spine label lettered in gold.
Classification
Department