Research Catalog

Title

Memoirs of the reign of Bossa Ahádee, King of Dahomy, an inland country of Guiney : to which are added, the author's journey to Abomey, the capital : and a short account of the African slave trade / by Robert Norris ; illustrated with a new map.

Author

Norris, Robert, -1791.

Publication

London : Printed for W. Lowndes, no. 77, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lowndes, W. (William)
• T. Woodman & H. Mutlow, engraver

Description

xvi, 184, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map; 21 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Memoirs of the reign of Bossa Ahádee, King of Dahomy, &c. &c.
• Short account of the African slave trade.

Subjects

• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• Tegbessou, King of Dahomey, -1774
• Benin > History > To 1894 > Early works to 1800
• Slave trade > Africa > Early works to 1800
• Benin > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Slave trade > Great Britain > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• With a half-title page, with publisher's advertisement on verso.
• "A short account of the African slave trade. Second edition, with additions"--p. [149]-184, has separate caption title, and is also written by Robert Norris.
• Map has title: "Map of the slave coast comprehended between the River Volta and Benin with Cape Lagos", and is signed in lower right corner: "Woodman & Mutlow, sculpt."
• Signatures: a⁸ B-M⁸ N⁴ [chi]1.

Indexed In (note)

• English short title catalogue
• Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
• Ragatz, L.J. Guide for the study of British Caribbean history, 1763-1834
• Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf "Interesting as being written by a slave trader before abolition of the slave trade. Brooklyn, 1888. Sidney V. Lowell." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
• : numerous manuscript corrections ; on lower pastedown, printer's ticket, "Edward Snell, Stationer & Printer, Axminster."

Binding (note)

• bound in quarter green cloth with paper boards.

Call Number

Sc Rare F 88-64

LCCN

05015658

OCLC

• 19172329
• NYPG88-B56114

Author

Norris, Robert, -1791.

Title

Memoirs of the reign of Bossa Ahádee, King of Dahomy, an inland country of Guiney : to which are added, the author's journey to Abomey, the capital : and a short account of the African slave trade / by Robert Norris ; illustrated with a new map.

Imprint

London : Printed for W. Lowndes, no. 77, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]

Indexed In:

English short title catalogue, T148519

Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression, 165

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 1597

Ragatz, L.J. Guide for the study of British Caribbean history, 1763-1834, p. 535

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 55507

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 916.68-N (copy 1) (accession no. B511685) inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf "Interesting as being written by a slave trader before abolition of the slave trade. Brooklyn, 1888. Sidney V. Lowell." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Copy in Sc Rare E 16-77 (Lapidus Collection) : numerous manuscript corrections ; on lower pastedown, printer's ticket, "Edward Snell, Stationer & Printer, Axminster." NN

Binding

Copy in Sc Rare E 16-77 (Lapidus Collection) bound in quarter green cloth with paper boards. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 916.68-N (copy 1) has final errata leaf bound between gatherings a and B. NN

Copy in Sc Rare F 88-64 lacks map. NN

Copy in Sc Rare E 16-77 (Lapidus Collection), lacking final errata leaf. NN

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Added Author

Norris, Robert, -1791. Short account of the African slave trade.

Lowndes, W. (William), publisher.

T. Woodman & H. Mutlow, engraver.

Lowell, Sidney V., former owner, inscriber.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Lapidus, Sidney, 1937- donor.

Added Title

Short account of the African slave trade.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare F 88-64

Sc Rare 916.68-N (Norries, R. Memoirs of the reign of Bossa Ahádee)

*KF 1789 (Norris, R. Memoirs of the reign of Bossa Ahádee)

Sc Rare E 16-77 (Lapidus Collection)