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 ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J.G. Stedman ... ; illustrated with 80 ... engravings from drawings made by the author.

Engraved title pages, with vignettes.

Many of the plates engraved by William Blake while he was apprenticed to Basire (see Abbey); others by Bartolozzi, Thomas Conder, Thomas Holloway, Inigo Barlow, Perry, Benedetti, and A. Smith, all after Stedman. Includes v. 1 frontispiece and 80 numbered plates.

Indexes and errata at the end of each volume.

List of subscribers: v. 1, p. [vii]-[xiv].

Vol. 1: [5], iv-xviii, 14, 11*-14*, 15-30, 29*-30*, 31-276, 275*-276*, 277-407, [8] p., [1], 40 plates; v. 2: [2], iv, 404, [7] p., plates 4l-80.

ESTC T146566

Bentley, G E. Blake bibliography 408A

Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic lit., no. 16679

960730 Charm

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