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 /
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Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall,
1796.
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Area Studies/Africana copy of volume 1 contains a bookseller's description. Includes errata and index in each volume. "List of subscribers names": volume 1, pages [vii]-[xiv]. Many plates are unsigned. Among those signed are engraved by William Blake, Francesco Bartolozzi, Thomas Conder, Thomas Holloway, Inigo Barlow, John Perry, Michele Benedetti, and Anker Smith, all based on Stedman's watercolors, Thirteen plates engraved and signed by Blake: v. 1, facing page 80, 110, 132, 166, 174, 200, 326; v. 2. facing page 10, 56, 74, 280, 348, 394. Additionally Blake almost certainly engraved other unsigned plates: v. 1. facing page 227; v. 2 facing page 104, 296. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes (xviii, 407 pages, 7 unnumbered pages; iv, 404 pages, 7 unnumbered pages), plates : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. |