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The most famous work on Dutch Surinam

STEDMAN, John Gabriel.
Reize naar Surinamen, en door de binnenste gedeelten van Guiana; Naar het Engelsch.

With 4 folding engraved maps, folding engraved plan, and 37 engraved views and plates, one large folding, by R. Vinkeles, J. Wijsman, and A. Zurcher, after the English original.

With 4 folding engraved maps, folding engraved plan, and 37 engraved views and plates, one large folding, by R. Vinkeles, J. Wijsman, and A. Zurcher, after the English original.

With 4 folding engraved maps, folding engraved plan, and 37 engraved views and plates, one large folding, by R. Vinkeles, J. Wijsman, and A. Zurcher, after the English original.

With 4 folding engraved maps, folding engraved plan, and 37 engraved views and plates, one large folding, by R. Vinkeles, J. Wijsman, and A. Zurcher, after the English original.

With 4 folding engraved maps, folding engraved plan, and 37 engraved views and plates, one large folding, by R. Vinkeles, J. Wijsman, and A. Zurcher, after the English original.



Amsterdam, J. Allart, 1799-1800. 4 vols. Contemporary half calf, spines divided and gilt in 6 compartments, 4 ornamented with gilt flowers, one with volume number and one with orange morocco title-label. With 4 folding engraved maps, folding engraved plan, and 37 engraved views and plates, one large folding, by R. Vinkeles, J. Wijsman, and A. Zurcher, after the English original. XVI, 339; VII, 327 (1); VIII, 351 (1); VIII, 308 pp.

First Dutch edition of John Gabriel Stedman's famous narrative, the most famous work on Dutch Surinam, after the original English edition published at London in 1796. The author, who took part in the punitive expedition sent by the Dutch Republic to subdue the revolted negro-slaves of Surinam, travelled through the country from 1772 to 1777. Stedman (1744-1797) possessed not only a keen mind and eye for the geography, politics, and natural history of the country, but also for its economical and social conditions. Most impressive, however, and very modern are his vivid descriptions of the brutal treatment of the negroes, and his enlightened reflections upon the moral perversions of the slave-owners, leading him to pronounce the strongest possible indictment against slavery.
Stedman's account stands out as a model of reporting. His observations gave rise to a storm of protest in liberal Europe, and then his publisher did not even allow him to publish all he originally wrote down. His unexpurgated version was only recently published. The  book became very popular and was much republished and translated, into French and Dutch and other languages. In 1799 also an abridged edition in Dutch was published at Leiden, after the German edition, in 2 volumes, with map and 5 plates only.

Good set of a rare edition.
Tiele 1046; Muller 1489 (ed. of 1801); Sabin 91078 (did not actually see a copy, quoted it after Muller, ed. 1801).

Related Subjects: America, North  Cartography  Slavery  Surinam 

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