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973 - BENOIT, Pierre-Jacques Voyage à Surinam. Description des possessions néerlandaises dans la Guyane [...]. Brussels Société des Beaux-Arts, Dewasme et Laurent 1839 Folio; 47 (of 50) pl. (pl. 34, 35 & 36 missing, lower part of pl. 40 cut out, some marg. spotting). Contemp. half shagreen, percaline boards, gilt-orn. flat spine (boards sl. faded, corners sl. bumped). First edition of the work by the Belgian P.-J. Benoit (1782-1854) who travelled in Suriname in 1830. There, he witnessed daily life and opposed the abolition of slavery. The ill., bound at the end, incl. 1 front. and 46 nice lithographs "sur chine appliqué" by Madou and Lauters, showing scenes of the everyday life of enslaved people, but also topographic views, life of the native Americans and Surinamers, the fauna and flora, ceremonies, houses, costumes, etc. and a slave market. Ref. Walch 106. - Van der Marck 137. - Chadenat 14 ("un des plus beaux livres sur la Guyane hollandaise"). - Sabin 4737. - Muller, America, 1460.
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BENOIT, Pierre-Jacques Voyage à Surinam. Description des possessions néerlandaises dans la Guyane [...]. Brussels Société des Beaux-Arts, Dewasme et Laurent 1839 Folio; 47 (of 50) pl. (pl. 34, 35 & 36 missing, lower part of pl. 40 cut out, some marg. spotting). Contemp. half shagreen, percaline boards, gilt-orn. flat spine (boards sl. faded, corners sl. bumped). First edition of the work by the Belgian P.-J. Benoit (1782-1854) who travelled in Suriname in 1830. There, he witnessed daily life and opposed the abolition of slavery. The ill., bound at the end, incl. 1 front. and 46 nice lithographs "sur chine appliqué" by Madou and Lauters, showing scenes of the everyday life of enslaved people, but also topographic views, life of the native Americans and Surinamers, the fauna and flora, ceremonies, houses, costumes, etc. and a slave market. Ref. Walch 106. - Van der Marck 137. - Chadenat 14 ("un des plus beaux livres sur la Guyane hollandaise"). - Sabin 4737. - Muller, America, 1460.
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