NARRATIVE OF A FIVE YEARS' EXPEDITION AGAINST THE REVOLTED NEGROES OF SURINAM IN GUIANA ON THE WILD COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA FROM THE YEARS 1772 TO 1777. ELUCIDATING THE HISTORY OF THAT COUNTRY & DESCRIBING ITS PRODUCTIONS, VIZ. QUADRUPEDS, BIRDS, REPTILES, TREES, SHRUBS, FRUITS, & ROOTS; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE INDIANS OF GUIANA AND NEGROES OF GUIANA.
by Stedman, J. G
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- Hardcover
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Stockton, California, United States
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About This Item
4to. 2 volumes bound in blue cloth backed boards covered in marbled paper and housed in a custom slipcase. Paper spine labels. Limited edition of 1950 copies. Illustrated w/ 80 engravings from drawings by the author. Bookplate. Fine in slipcase.
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- Title
- NARRATIVE OF A FIVE YEARS' EXPEDITION AGAINST THE REVOLTED NEGROES OF SURINAM IN GUIANA ON THE WILD COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA FROM THE YEARS 1772 TO 1777. ELUCIDATING THE HISTORY OF THAT COUNTRY & DESCRIBING ITS PRODUCTIONS, VIZ. QUADRUPEDS, BIRDS, REPTILES, TREES, SHRUBS, FRUITS, & ROOTS; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE INDIANS OF GUIANA AND NEGROES OF GUIANA.
- Author
- Stedman, J. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Limited edition of 1950 copies.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Barre: Imprint Society 1971.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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