[Rarebooks] FS: EXPEDITION AGAINST THE REVOLTED NEGROES OF SURINAM, 1813, with 81 Engravings incl. by William Blake

[Charles Agvent]

One of a number of African-American pieces in our new catalog: Summer 
Miscellany with 85 select items in a variety of fields. See the catalog 
here: *http://www.charlesagvent.com/agvent/images/pdfs/Summer2017.pdf*

STEDMAN, J[ohn] G[abriel] [WILLIAM BLAKE]. NARRATIVE, OF A FIVE YEARS' 
EXPEDITION, AGAINST THE REVOLTED NEGROES OF SURINAM, IN GUIANA, ON THE 
WILD COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA... London: J. Johnson, 1813. Second Edition. 
Two quarto (8-1/2" x 10-1/2") volumes bound in early calf-backed marbled 
boards with calf corners, contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine 
labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, rebacked. A graphic account 
of the slave rebellion in Dutch Guiana, 1772- 1777, illustrated with 81 
engravings (including 3 folding maps) after drawings by the author by 
William Blake (13 with an additional 3 attributed to him), Bartolozzi, 
Benedetti, Barlow, and others. Sabin (91075) called this "one of the 
richest contemporary accounts of a plantation society in the Americas." 
According to the DNB, Stedman's narrative is "one of the most vivid 
indictments of slavery that have been penned." Stedman also depicts the 
social and natural history of the area in detail, and many of the 
engravings illuminate his writings on these subjects. Blake's work, 
among the finest that he did for hire, are primarily powerful portraits 
of slaves. Occasional light, small stain but very clean overall. Near 
Fine with minor wear. (#018448) $3,750.00

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