[Rarebooks] FS: Graphic Account of Slave Rebellion in Dutch Guiana, 1813, with Engravings by William Blake

[Charles Agvent]

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

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