VOYAGE A LA GUIANE ET A CAYENNE, FAIT EN 1789 ET ANN?ES SUIVANTES; Continent une Description G?ographique de ces Contr?es, l'Histoire de leur D?couverte; les Possessions et Etablissements des Fran?ais, des Hollandais, des Espagnols et des Portugais dans. . .

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400 pp. First edition; text in French; bound in contemporary quarter brown leather with gold stamping across the spine; 3 plates; 1 fold-out, hand-color, map; ix; 1 errata; 1-400 pp. Binding tight; boards with minor wear; internally fine; see additional images provided. Publication date (An VI) is six years from the Republic (An II is 1792) and not the Revolution (1789); therefore An VI is 1797. Compendium of historical, ethnographic, botanical, and zoological information on French and Dutch Guianas and neighboring regions, with a French-Galibi vocabulary and notes on grammar "so as to make oneself easily understood regarding those objects most necessary to life." Discusses the cruelty of the Dutch slave owners in Surinam, a country made to flourish by the "genius" of the Dutch nation for the exploitation of swampy lands. The author looks to the speedy abolition of slavery in the lands of the Batavian [Dutch] republic. A prosperity rivalling that of Surinam is predicted for the French colony, where the abolition of slavery took place without the violence and chaos that occurred in Saint-Domingue. Some details of the current state of agriculture, the administration, and daily life in the colony under the new republic are given. The folding map depicts the coast and interior of French Guiana (including the Isles du Diable, a site of the later penal colony) with a detailed map inset of the environs of Cayenne, principal city of the colony to which numerous enemies of the Revolution were deported in the mid-1790s; alluding perhaps to these deportations, the publisher's preface speaks of the interest in the colony, "sur-tout dan les circonstances actuelles." Hand-color map is 9.25 x 14 cm. Sabin 66412. A rare work in very presentable condition. Size: 8vo. 0.0. N° de ref. del artículo 3509

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