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BENOIT, P[ierre] J[acques] [1782-1854].. Voyage À Surinam Description Des Possessions Néerlandaises Dans La Guyane.
folio. pp. 2 p.l., 76. with half-title. text in double columns. 100 illus. on 50 lithographed plates (incl. additional title). contemporary half chagrin, gilt back (rubbed, some foxing throughout). laid in 8vo. 10-leaf list of plates in wrs. First Edition. Benoit describes Surinam's history, geography, population, commerce, diseases, arts, religion, sorcery, plantations, natural history, manners, customs and costume of the native Indians, negro slaves and maroons, the slave trade, and exports. The handsome lithographed plates, executed on stone by Madou and Lauters after drawings by the author, present a graphic view of the country and life there. Included are views of Paramaribo, villages, public buildings, markets, plantation houses, dances, games, festivals, a funeral procession, costume, washing, billard-playing, dwelling interiors, Indian utensils, jungle scenes, natural history plates, &c. There is also a fine depiction of a slave auction. Cundall 1717. Sabin 4737.
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