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    Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2019

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    hardcover. Zustand: near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good. Illustrated with 80 elegant engravings from Drawings made by the Author. Folding plates. 480 pages, 4to, beige cloth, black spine and cover labels. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1972. A fine copy in a good dust wrapper. Stedman's account of the slave system in Dutch-owned Surinam helped arouse resistance to the institution of slavery, and described as well all aspects of natural life in the South American colony.

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    Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Imprint Society, 1971

    0876360150 / 9780876360156

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  • Verlag: University of Massachusetts Press, 1971

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    Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2050grams, ISBN.

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    Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: The Imprint Society, Barre, MA, 1971

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    Hardcover. Quartos, Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in quarter blue cloth and marbled paper boards with tan labels bearing black lettering on spines. Housed in publisher's Very Good blue cloth and marbled paper slip case, lightly worn at corners and edges. Minor general shelf wear to boards. Light scuffing and staining to spines. Top edges of textblocks dyed blue. Interior pages clean. Features 80 black and white plates and fold-out maps scattered throughout. Shelved on the Front Table. 1379249. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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    Zustand: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Seiten: 532 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

  • Verlag: Imprint Society, Barre, Massachusetts, 1971

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

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    Couverture rigide. Zustand: Assez bon. Edition originale. Buisson ,Paris An VII (1799) , 1 volume in-8 (sur 4) , 2 ff.n.ch.-440 pp. , pleine basane de l'époque, dos lisse ornés, pièces de titre et de tomaison, , frottements , manque de matières au premier plat., épidermures.

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    Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Captain John Gabriel Stedman's strikingly illustrated first-hand account of his deployment to the Dutch-controlled colony of Surinam. First edition. A deluxe large paper first edition with hand-coloured plates was published in the same year. Volume 2 only.Rebacked in full calf, with personal coat of arms blind-stamped to the front board. Renewed endpapers. No half title, as issued. Bound with index, binder's directions and errata leaves to the rear.Stedman's first-hand account of an eighteenth-century Dutch colony, including graphic accounts of the worlds of both masters and slaves. It also contains vivid descriptions of the landscapes of Suriname, paying great attention to flora, fauna, and the social habits of indigenous, free and enslaved Africans, and European colonists.Volume II is illustrated with an engraved title page, thirty-nine striking engraved plates and a folding map. Collated, lacking plate facing p. 142.Johnson commissioned William Blake and Francesco Bartolozzi to create engravings for the work and, through their collaboration, Blake and Stedman became close friends.Published by radical figure Joseph Johnson, Stedman's Narrative became a major literary success and was eventually published in more than twenty-five different editions.Stedmandescribesthe"cruelties practiced ontheNegroes,andthemoral deterioration resulting totheir masters" which "forms oneofthemost vivid indictmentsofslavery that have been penned" (ODNB). Rebacked in full blind-stamped calf, with spine replaced. With coat of arms to the front board matching bookplate to the front paste down. Externally, with mild rubbing to the extremities. Armorial unnamed bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are marginally toned, with a few scattered spots, generally more to the plates but illustrations remain pleasing overall and largely unaffected. Bookplate of one Tess M Hope to the front free endpaper. Very Good. John Gabriel Stedman (illustrator). book.

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    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. BLAKE, William (illustrator).

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    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. BLAKE, William (illustrator).

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    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.

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    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.

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    Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: J. Johnson and J. Edwards, 1796. First edition, in two volumes (frontis, xviii, 407, index; iv, 404). Large quarto (27 cm) in full polished calf, five raised bands, gilt titles to spine, emblem in gilt of Society of Writers to the Signet (and from that library) on front covers. Illustrated with fine copperplate engravings by William Blake, Bartolozzi, Benedetti, Perry, Barlow, Conder, Smith, and Holloway (Quite a few plates, especially the half-page plates, are unattributed. In some instances, the engraver's name must be made out with a magnifying glass) and three maps. Seventy-nine of the original eighty plates are present showing individuals, encampments, views of settlements, monkeys, jaguar, small animals, birds, butterflies, fish; many botanical plates including, e.g., coffee plant, indigo, palms, various tropical fruits. Absent plate 80 ('Europe supported by Africa and America'); map of Guiana appears to have lost about half at a fold; three lines of text missing at bottom of Volume I, pages 165- 166. Title pages heavily spotted with only light intermittent spotting elsewhere, but plates and text are generally clean. Later 19th century leather binding, skilfully re-backed, new endpapers. John Gabriel Stedman (1744- 1797), a professional soldier who served during the slave revolt in Surinam and Guiana, depicted the cruelty of the planters and described the animals and flora of an exotic region of South America. The book became a reference point for supporters of abolition, including Stedman's friend, William Blake, whose engravings appear in this book by the 'radical' publishers Johnson and Edwards. List of Plates and Maps. Volume I: Frontis ; partial map of Guiana; Flying Fish, Dorado (p. 10); View, Sawfish (p. 12*); Female Slave (Bartolozzi, p. 15); Fruits (p. 22); folding map of Surinam (p. 30); A Coromantyn (Blake, p. 80); Joanna (Hollaway, p. 88); Tamarind Sprig (p. 91); View of Estate, Plantation Barge (p. 93); A Negro Hung Alive (Blake, p. 110); Toucan (p. 118); a Private (Blake, p. 132); Views (Conder, p. 134); Iguana, Alligator (p. 144); Sloths (Barlow, p. 153); View of Port, Armed Barges (p. 157); Monkeys (Blake, p. 166); Order of March (Conder, p. 186); Macaws (p. 198); Group of Negro Slaves (Blake, p. 200); Cotton Tree, p. 214); Armadillo, Porcupine (p. 224); Skulls (p. 231); Trees (p. 236); Birds (Barlow, p. 262); Military Post, Encampment (p. 270); Azure Blue Butterfly (p. 278); tab (plate removed? p. 282); folding view (damaged, p. 286); Town Plan (Conder, p. 288); Female Quadroon (Perry, p. 296); Deer (p. 308); Sugar Cane (p.314); Flagellation (Blake, p. 326); tab (plate removed? p. 338); Birds (p. 340); Boar, Pecary (p. 356); Plantain, Banana (p. 372); Indian Family (Benedetti, p. 380); Arms, Ornaments (p. 406). Volume II: Two Views (p. 4); Monkeys (Blake, p. 10); Sprig of Arnotta Tree (p. 20); Butterfly, Palm Tree Worm (p. 22); Parrots (p. 32); Wood Rat, Grisson (p. 42); Fish (p. 46); Jaguar, Tiger Cat (p. 50); Planter (Blake, p. 56); Palm Trees (p. 68); Views of Settlements (p. 71); Various Fruits (Blake, p. 74); A Rebel (Bartolozzi, p. 88); Skin Colour, Manner of Fighting (p. 98); March through a Swamp (p. 104); folding Field of Action, Encampment (Conder, p. 126); Possum, Rat (Smith, p. 142); Small Animals (p. 152); Tapir, Sea Cow (Barlow, p. 176); Camp Views (Barlow, p. 182); Indian Female (Benedetti, p. 190); Butterfly, Rattlesnake (Barlow, p. 196); Sprig of Cacao (p. 208); Melons (Smith, p. 214); Hummingbirds (Barlow, p. 220); Fish Traps (p. 228); Birds (p. 234); Family of Female Slaves (Blake, p. 280); Musical Instruments (p. 286); Views (p. 292); Execution (p. 292); Indigo Plant (p. 304); Forest Camp, Cottage (Barlow, p. 324); Coati, Anteater (Barlow, p. 328); Spoonbill, Crane (p. 343); Celebrated Gentleman (Blake, p. 348); Coffee Tree (p. 353); Coffee Plantation (Conder, p. 354); Shark (p. 384); absent Europe Supported by Africa and America (p. 394).

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    elucidating the History of that Country and describing its Productions, Viz. Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Trees, Shrubs, Fruits and Roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana, and Negroes of Guinea. Second, corrected, edition. 2 volumes. 74 plates (1 extending) by William Blake, Bartolozzi et al, 2 plans and 3 extending maps, all with contemporary hand colouring. Lacks the plate at page 196 in the second volume ('Indian Female of the Arrowouka Nation'). 4to. A couple of plates with minor repairs to verso, and one with marginal tear. Contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed and scuffed, with an early rebacking to the first volume (this a little frayed at head of spine) and with a later rebacking to the second volume which has also had some repair to the fore-corners. Fore-corners of the first volume a little bumped and rubbed. xviii, 423, 4[index]; (ii), iv, 419, [5 index]pp. London, J. Johnson, Stedman's book has been of vital importance as it is "one of the most detailed descriptions ever written of an eighteenth-century slave plantation society" (ODNB). His "intimate dealings with members of all social classes, from the governor and the wealthiest planters to the most oppressed slaves and maroon rebels, gave him unique opportunities to describe the full panorama of colonial life-the mistreatment of slaves by sadistic masters, the courage of the rebels in battle, the daily lives of Indian and African slaves, and exotic flora and fauna" (ibid). These insights into the harsh reality of the slave trade lead the book to be regarded as an important tool for early abolitionist causes. Interestingly, however, it is now known that this first edition "in fact represented a significantly altered version of the manuscript Stedman had submitted to his publisher, Joseph Johnson, in 1790. For unbeknown to the author, Johnson had passed the manuscript to William Thomson, a professional editor and ghost writer" (ibid) who was hired to rewrite the original manuscript entirely. Upon seeing this heavily edited version, Stedman commented that it was "mard intirely" and "full of lies and nonsense" (Stedman's diary, 24 June, 1975). It is claimed that Stedman exploded in anger and burned two thousand copies. This first edition "distorted Stedman's views on race, slavery, and social justice, and turned them more towards a pro-slavery position" (ibid).   His view on slavery is, however, a complicated one and has been subject to much scholarly debate. Despite the highly sympathetic sections withheld from the 1796 first edition such as "his admiration for Africans-their institutions, morals, hygiene-including the rebel slaves; his frank depiction of sex between European men and African women; and many of his remarks about the pervasiveness of misconduct and debauchery of European planters" (ibid), Stedman himself was far from an abolitionist. For instance, in 1792 Stedman refused to sign a popular petition against the slave trade. Stedman seemed to concede that Britain's tropical colonies could not be cultivated and maintained without slave labour, being content in the end to propose modest political and legal reformations to the slave trade. Stedman's love affair with the Joanna, an enslaved mulatto woman with whom he had a son, further complicates his views towards slavery. Nevertheless, Stedman's account of his time spent in Surinam "had significant contemporary impact. Upon its publication the Critical Review observed that "we have never opened any work which is so admirably calculated to excite the most heart-felt abhorrence and detestation of that grossest assault on human nature-domestic slavery."   Stedman's wonderfully illustrative account of the reality of eighteenth-century slave plantations has been brought to life in this volume by plates illustrated by William Blake, Francesco Bartolozzi, and others based on Stedman's original drawings and watercolours. Blake, who was responsible for sixteen plates in this edition that "have long b.

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    Second edition, two volumes bound in one, 4to, xviii, 423, (5), iv, 419, (5) pp. Engraved title pages and 81 plates, including 3 folding maps and a folding view, the latter and one of the maps with a closed tear to a fold crease, frontispiece and volume I title with contemporary signatures and light damp stains to the top and bottom edges, some foxing throughout, volume I title cut close to the lower edge with partial loss of the imprint. Contemporary diced calf, corners worn, neatly rebacked. ".one of the most detailed descriptions ever written of an eighteenth-century slave plantation society. The heavily edited first edition distorted Stedman's views on race, slavery, and social justice, and turned them more towards a pro-slavery position. Softened or deleted in the 1796 publication were his admiration for Africanstheir institutions, morals, hygieneincluding the rebel slaves; his frank depiction of sex between European men and African women; and many of his remarks about the pervasiveness of misconduct and debauchery of European planters. Nonetheless, the Narrative had significant contemporary impact." (ODNB). 16 of the plates were engraved by William Blake, whose name also appears on the Subscriber's List. Bentley 499B.

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    2 vols. 4to, 2 engraved titles both with handcoloured vignettes of ships at sea and 81 coloured engravings including 3 plates engraved by William Blake. 2nd ed., large paper copy. Very fine in contemporary tree calf, rebacked with old backs laid down, red and black letter pieces. (Watermarks on paper: text 1796, plates, 1794, J. Whatman paper). The Large Paper copy of which only a few were printed was published coloured at £5.5s as opposed to the plain issue on ordinary paper at £3.3s. Abbey 719, Sabin 91075.