766 - America - South America - Voyage to Suriname. Description of the Dutch Possessions in Guyana. With a lithographed frontispiece and 99 illustrations on 49 lithographed plates by Paulus Lauters and Jean-Bapt. Madou, based on drawings by Benoit, printed on Chinese paper. Brussels, Soc. des Beaux-Arts, 1839. 2 leaves, 76 pp. 49 x 34 cm. Contemporary green half-maroquin binding with gilt spine (corners and headbands slightly bumped, slightly stained and rubbed).

America - South America - Voyage to Suriname. Description of the Dutch Possessions in Guyana. With a lithographed frontispiece and 99 illustrations on 49 lithographed plates by Paulus Lauters and Jean-Bapt. Madou, based on drawings by Benoit, printed on Chinese paper. Brussels, Soc. des Beaux-Arts, 1839. 2 leaves, 76 pp. 49 x 34 cm. Contemporary green half-maroquin binding with gilt spine (corners and headbands slightly bumped, slightly stained and rubbed). First edition. - Sabin 4737 - Nederl. Scheepv. M. 284 - Muller, America 1460. - The painter and draftsman Benoit (1782–1854) visited the Dutch possessions in the West Indies, from which he brought back a rich collection of views (Thieme/Becker III, 339). Covers, among other topics, the discovery and colonization of the country, the population, trade, traditional dress, religion, customs and traditions of the natives, and slavery. The lithographs by Jean-Bapt. Madou and Paulus Lauters, among others, featuring views of Paramaribo, landscapes, scenes from the lives of settlers, natives, and slaves, plants, animals, hunting scenes, and native settlements. — Bookplate on the inside cover, slightly browned and with foxing spots. *