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Zustand: Fair. 1963. No Edition Remarks. 239 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slipcase is missing. Binding remains firm. Pages illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to rear of frontispiece. Tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Oversized book. Light wear, some soiling to the cloth; pages toned; a sound binding; a good book overall. No jacket. Title page also says "Elucidating the history of that country and describing its productions, fiz. quadrupedes, birds, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits and roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana and Negroes of Guinea." With illustrations by the author. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Inventory No: 201177. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. No slipcase.

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. No slipcase. This book shows minimal sign of wear to the cover, binding, or pages. No dust jacket included with this book. This book is part of a multi-volume set. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 343 pp. French text, colour frontispiece, 2 colour illustrations, numerous figures, loose folding map, spine repaired, limited and numbered edition to 10000 copies of which this copy is numbered 4914. Copy in very good condition. #15899.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First thus. This Folio Society copy is in very good condition. Bound in a pictorial cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Patterned card slipcase is in good condition with slight wear to edges. Maps on green end papers. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and free form notations and marks. Title page has small residue of a previous owner label but otherwise very good. Top edge stained green, the rest good and lightly soiled. A nice copy of this interesting subject.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Expedition to Surinam is the narrative of a five years expedition against the revolted peoples of Surinam in Guiana on the wild coast of South America from the year 1772 to 1777. There is a small indentation to the fore edge of thew front board. A very good, clean and tight copy.

8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, engraved illustrations and endpaper maps on green stock; pictorial cream cloth blocked in green, gilt back, green top, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1 of 1950 sets. Signed Limited Edition with slip case, 2 Vol. set, Fine.

BLAKE, William (illustrator). First Edition. . 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. quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots; with an account of the indians of Guiana, & negroes of Guinea.illustrated with 80 elegant engravings from drawings made by the author. London: Printed for J. Johnson and J. Edwards, 1796. Full Description: STEDMAN, Captain J.G. 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. quadruple, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea. Illustrated with 80 elegant engravings, from drawings made by the author. London: Printed by J. Johnson, 1796. First edition, deluxe hand-colored large paper issue. Among Blake's finest work as a book illustrator. Two quarto volumes (11 1/2 x 9 inches; 290 x 228 mm). xviii, 407 (ie 415 as usual), [1, blank], [7, index, directions for placing the plates and errata], [1, blank]; iv, 404, [7, index, directions for placing the plates and errata], [1, blank] pp. Some plates watermarked 1794. Complete with eighty-three hand-colored etched plates including frontispiece (first volume), both title-pages with etched vignettes and eighty plates of which sixteen were engraved by Blake and five are folding (maps and plates). Two of the plates are heightened in gold. All after Stedman. Colored copies of the first edition are rare. This list of subscribers shows only about 200. Full contemporary marbled calf, rebacked. boards ruled and tooled in gilt. Spines with red and black morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. Spines stamped in gilt. Drab green endpapers. Gilt dentelles. Gilt board edges. All edges marbled. Boards with some rubbing and corners a bit bumped. In volume I, C5 with a closed tear, repaired not affecting text. Leaves Y-Y3 with neat repairs to top margins, just barley touching headline. Leaf Y4 with closed tear to bottom margin, neatly repaired and just touching a few letters. In volume II, leaf Qq3 with a closed tear neatly repaired at bottom margin, not affecting text. Some general toning and light staining, but overall very good with beautiful hand-colored plates. "Stedman, an officer in the Scots Brigade in Holland, volunteered for service against the negroes in Dutch Guiana. While out there he to all intents married the subject of Number 9 [facing p. 95], Joanna, a Mulatto, and had a son by her, who became a midshipman in the British Navy, but died young. The author emerges as a most interesting and sympathetic character. As Lowndes rightly says the book is as entertaining as a romance. It will be noticed that William Blake engraved thirteen plates, while three plates were engraved by Bartolozzi". "Many of the plates, it will be noticed, were engraved by [William] Blake, who had learnt his trade from Basire, to whom he was apprenticed for seven years from August 1772. As Keynes says in his bibliography From 1791 until 1800 Blake did much of his work as a journeyman engraver for the booksellers" (Abbey). Keynes eventually decided that Blake was responsible for sixteen of the plates. "Both text and plates made a strong impression on reviewers. The Analytical Review, XXIV (Sept. 1796), said 'The numerous plates. are neatly engraved, and are, we have great reason to believe, faithful and correct delineations of objects described in the work.' The Critical Review (jan. 1797) praised the engravings as being 'in a style of uncommon elegance'" (Bentley). Bentley 499A. Cox II, p. 285; Abbey, Travel, 719. Sabin 91075. Cundall, West Indies, 1715. Ray England 2. HBS 69040. $17,500.

Leather-bound. Zustand: Very Good. Second Edition, Corrected. 2vol. 4to 4to. 2 folding maps 78 plates including 13 by Blake, from drawings made by the Author. Simply but nicely rebound in 1/4 leather over dark brown cloth. Second edition, corrected. List of subscribers. As is frequently seen, some offsetting to pages opposite plates. One of the most famous and fascinating military, travel, and humanistic books of all history. The account of the unsuccessful attempt to put down the revolted Negros of Dutch Surinam. Full title: 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 [sic], reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits and roots : with an account of the Indians of Guiana, and Negroes of Guinea. With its first-hand depictions of slavery and other aspects of colonization, this book became an important tool in the early abolitionist cause. A vivid portrayal of a battle for the village of Gado Saby can be seen in the frontispiece of Stedman's Narrative, which depicts Stedman standing over a dead slave in the foreground and a village burning in the distance. Stedman contrasts the beauty and sweetness of the colony with his first taste of the violence and cruelty endemic there. Stedman met Joanna, a mulatto slave, soon after arriving in Surinam (see portrait opposite p. 95) Stedman was captivated by Joanna's looks and charm, and they soon began a romance. Before long they had a son together, named Johnny. Throughout his Narrative, Stedman praises Joanna's character and sweet nature. He often describes instances of her loyalty and devotion to him through his absences and illnesses. Joanna died in 1782, after which their son migrated to Europe to live with Stedman. Stedman served in the Scots Brigade, a regiment of mercenary troops that had been established by the Netherlands to help protect its constitutional interests. In 1772, he volunteered to accompany the expedition sent by the States-General to subdue the insurgents in Dutch Guiana. However, the book takes a strong anti-slavery stance (as witnessed by the involvement of the progressive William Blake): Stedman describes the cruelties practiced on the slaves, and shows the moral deterioration of their masters. (from Auction Records Stedman served in the Scots Brigade, a regiment of mercenary troops that had been established by the Netherlands to help protect its constitutional interests. In 1772, he volunteered to accompany the expedition sent by the States-General to subdue the insurgents in Dutch Guiana. However, the book takes a strong anti-slavery stance (as witnessed by the involvement of the progressive William Blake): Stedman describes the cruelties practiced on the slaves, and shows the moral deterioration of their masters) (from Sotheby's auction records (L20409-57, 2020) One scholar notes: "the later editions in English are the prefered text for any scholar interested in the power of Stedeman's witness against slavery. " ".During the Dutch colonial period, Suriname was a lucrative source of sugar, its plantation economy driven by African slave labor and, after abolition of slavery in 1863, indentured servants from Asia.The Netherlands abolished slavery in Suriname in 1863, under a gradual process that required enslaved people to work on plantations for 10 transition years for minimal pay, which was considered as partial compensation for their masters." (Wikipedia) It will be noticed that a William Blake engraved thirteen plates, while three plates were engraved by Bartolozzi". "Many of the plates, it will be noticed, were engraved by [William] Blake, who had learnt his trade from Basire, to whom he was apprenticed for seven years from August 1772. As Keynes says in his bibliography From 1791 until 1800 Blake did much of his work as a journeyman engraver for the booksellers" (Abbey). Keynes eventually decided that Blake was responsi.

BLAKE, William (illustrator). First Edition. With Eighty-Three Plates and Maps, of Which Sixteen are Engraved by Blake STEDMAN, Captain J.G. 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. quadruple, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea. Illustrated with 80 elegant engravings, from drawings made by the author. London: Printed by J. Johnson, 1796. First edition, among Blake's finest work as a book illustrator. Two quarto volumes (10 7/16 x 8 1/8 inches; 265 x 206 mm). xviii, 407 (ie 415 as usual), [1, blank], [7, index, directions for placing the plates and errata], [1, blank]; iv, 404, [7, index, directions for placing the plates and errata], [1, blank] pp. Plates watermarked 1794. Complete with eighty-three etched plates including frontispiece (first volume), both title pages with etched vignettes and eighty plates of which sixteen were engraved by Blake and five are folding (maps and plates). All after Stedman. Pages 111 & 112 of volume I misbound between pages 104 & 105. This copy with a faint "Blake" signature in Volume 1 vignette on the title-page, bottom left just above the protruding cannon, which is not present in volume 2. Later editions do not have this. Contemporary full mottled calf. Volume I with repairs to head and tail of the spine and the front and rear joints. Volume II with invisible rebacking, preserving original spine. Boards tooled in gilt. Each volume with two black morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. Edges speckled brown. Marbled endpapers. Green silk bookmarks in each volume. Overall a very good set and internally very clean. "Stedman, an officer in the Scots Brigade in Holland, volunteered for service against the negroes in Dutch Guiana. While out there he to all intents married the subject of Number 9 [facing p. 95], Joanna, a Mulatto, and had a son by her, who became a midshipman in the British Navy, but died young. The author emerges as a most interesting and sympathetic character. As Lowndes rightly says the book is as entertaining as a romance. It will be noticed that William Blake engraved thirteen plates, while three plates were engraved by Bartolozzi". "Many of the plates, it will be noticed, were engraved by [William] Blake, who had learnt his trade from Basire, to whom he was apprenticed for seven years from August 1772. As Keynes says in his bibliography From 1791 until 1800 Blake did much of his work as a journeyman engraver for the booksellers" (Abbey). Keynes eventually decided that Blake was responsible for sixteen of the plates. "Both text and plates made a strong impression on reviewers. The Analytical Review, XXIV (Sept. 1796), said 'The numerous plates.are neatly engraved, and are, we have great reason to believe, faithful and correct delineations of objects described in the work.' The Critical Review (jan. 1797) praised the engravings as being 'in a style of uncommon elegance'" (Bentley). Bentley 499A. Cox II, p. 285; Abbey, Travel, 719. Sabin 91075. Cundall, West Indies, 1715. Ray England 2. HBS 66086. $5,500.

hardcover. Volume II ONLY. Illustrated with 39 fine copper engravings and 1 folding map from drawings made by the author and engraved by William Blake, Bartolozzi and others. Small 4to, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards; spine lacking top segment, front inner hinge repaired. London: J. Johnson & J. Edwards, 1813. Second edition, corrected; second issue. A good copy. John Gabriel Stedman (1744-1797) was a distinguished British Dutch soldier and noted author. His first-hand account of his time in Surinam is ".one of most detailed descriptions ever written of an eighteenth-century slave plantation society." and became an important tool in the abolitionist cause. He described as well all aspects of natural lie in this South American colony. First published in 1796, the unsold copies of the second edition [of 1806] were issued with a new title-page in 1813. Library blind-stamp & label.

hardcover. Zustand: very good(-). First. Engraved frontispiece in the first volume, and 2 title page vignettes, plus 79 (of 80) fine copper engravings from drawings made by the author and engraved by William Blake, Bartolozzi and others, which include 3 folding maps and 1 folding panoramic view. 2 volumes. Small 4tos, recent brown blind stamped polished calf, red spine labels. London: J. Johnson & J. Edwards, 1796. First edition. A very good (-) copy with decent margins, though title is cropped close on fore-edge side, and footer text has been partially cropped on some of the plates. Light foxing throughout and some staining in gutter at rear of volume one; plate 35 is amateurishly "colored." John Gabriel Stedman (1744-1797) was a distinguished British Dutch soldier and noted author. His first-hand observation and depiction of slavery and other aspects of colonization became an important tool in the abolitionist cause. He described as well all aspects of natural lie in this South American colony. An imperfect copy of the true first edition with tiny "Blake" engraved beside the cannon on first title vignette.

London: J, Johnson, 1806. 2 vols. 4to, xviii, 423, (4, index and plate list); iv, 419 ( 6, index and plate list) pp, with 40 hand-coloured plates in both vol I and vol II as called for plus hand-coloured title page to vol I and coloured vignette to both volumes. 16 of the plates and the two title page vignettes are by Blake. Contemporary diamond calf with gilt rules and decoration, including to spine, with general light wear, the front cover of vol I rehinged; internally good, some offsetting and spotting to reverse of a few plates, occasional mild foxing to margins, but generally a good clean copy. ß Second edition, revised and enlarged, very scarce colored. Stedman's account of the slave rebellion in Dutch Guiana, 1772-1777, with 40 hand-colored plates, 16 by William Blake. A best-seller in its day and translated many times, Stedman's narrative was an important resource for the abolitionist movement across Europe, even though Stedman himself was not straightforwardly anti-slavery. Stedman based the text on personal diaries he kept on his travels (now held by the University of Minnesota), albeit with his numerous accounts of sexual liaisons with free and enslaved women reduced and romaticised. Essick writes that "Stedman's narrative of the brutalities of slavery very probably influenced Blake's own anti-slavery position"; Blake's graphic illustrations of abused slaves, infused with human dignity, undoubtedly influenced the reading public and advanced the abolitionist's cause. Essick, William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations, XXXIII. Bentley, Blake Books, 499.

First Edition. London: J. Johnson, 1796. Vol I only. 4to, xviii, 407 (i.e. 415), (7, index, plates, errata) pp., with 40 hand-coloured plates as called for including hand-coloured frontispiece and title page vignette. Very good in contemporary brown calf with gilt rules, decoration, and titling to spine with five raised bands. Internally good: some offsetting and very occasional foxing; front endpaper torn but expertly repaired. ß First edition. Sixteen of the plates (and per a recent discovery the vignettes on the title-pages, one of which has the miniscule signature Blake ) were engraved by Blake after Stedman s drawings. This book had a substantial impact on Blake, who refers specifically to one of the illustrations that he engraved (that of a slave branded with his owner s initials, ironically those of Stedman himself) in his Visions of the Daughters of Albion: Stampt with my signet are the swarthy children of the sun . As Forum noted in their catalogue 105 item 265: Most impressive however, and very modern, are his vivid descriptions of the brutal treatment of the negroes, and his enlightened reflections upon the moral perversions of the slave-owners, leading him to pronounce the strongest possible indictment against slavery ever raised& His observations gave rise to a storm of protest in liberal Europe& his unexpurgated version was only recently published. Abbey, Travel, 719. Bentley 499A. Essick, William Blake s Commercial Book Illustrations, XXXIII. Kress Library 16679. Ray, Illustrator and the Book in England, 2. Volume 1 aquired from Chelsea Rare Books: Vol 2 was sadly stolen from their shop.

London: J. Johnson, 1813. 4to, 3 uncoloured plates by Blake, from Vol II; Size 26.5 x 20. 5 cm. Rather browned and foxed in places, particularly to the edges. ß Third edition. The plates are: "The Quato. Monkeys", "Limes, Capsicum.", "Flagellation of a Female.". Essick, William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations, XXXIII p 71 - 75.

London: J. Johnson, 1813. 4to, 8 plates from the 1813 (third) edition. The plates are clean and in good condition hand-coloured with the standard palette, measuring 26.5 x 20.5 cm. ß The plates are - "A Free Coromantyn Negro", "A Private Marine." , "The Mecoo and Kishee Monkeys", "The Skinning of the Aboma Snake", " Family of Negro Slaves.," The Skulls of Lieut. Leppar.", "March Thro' a Swamp or Marsh, in Terra-Firma", "The Celebrated Graman Quacy". Essick, William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations, XXXIII p 71 - 75.