Research Catalog

Title

A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica : with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, & c. of the last of those islands : to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America : illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved, in large copper-plates as big as the life / by Hans Sloane, M.D. fellow of the College of Physicians and secretary of the Royal Society ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].

Author

Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753.

Publication

London : Printed by B.M. for the author, 1707-1725.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Motte, Benjamin, -1738
• Savage, John, active 1680
• Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725

Description

2 v. : ill., maps, music; 35 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Alternative Title

• Voyage to Jamaica
• Natural history of Jamaica

Subject

• Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753 > Travel > West Indies
• Natural history > Jamaica > Early works to 1800
• Natural history > West Indies > Early works to 1800
• West Indies > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Caribbean Area > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Botany > Pre-Linnean works
• Botanical illustration > Early works to 1800
• Slavery > Jamaica > Early works to 1800
• Tropical medicine > Jamaica > Early works to 1800
• Jamaica > Description and travel > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

Bookplates (Provenance)

Note

• Title page of each volume printed in red and black.
• Vol. 2 has imprint: London : Printed for the author, 1725.
• Vol. 1: [16], cliv, 264, [1] p., IV, 156 double leaves of plates (some folded); v. 2: [4], xviii, 466, 469-499, [1] p., V-XI, 157-274 double leaves of plates (some folded).
• Plates signed both by M. van der Gucht and J. Savage: "Plates: Vol. I. Pls. I-IV engraved, double; II and IV signed 'M: V. dr Gucht Sculp.' ... Pl. I: foldout maps of Jamaica, the Western Ocean, and the Caribee Islands. 'Tab.' 1-156, engraved, double, some foldout; six (pls. 6 26 45 48 93) signed J. Savage, thirty-four (as pls. 13 46 79 103 146 156) signed M. vander Gucht, others unsigned. ... Vol. II: Pls. V-XI, engraved, double, pls. V-X foldout; all signed M. vander Gucht. ... 'Tab.' 157-274, engraved, double, some foldout; one (pl. 252) signed J. Savage, thirty-six (as pls. 159 190 240 269) signed M. vander Gucht, others unsigned. ..."--Catalogue of botanical books in the collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt.
• "Vander Gucht worked from drawings by Everhard Kickius (fl. 1701-1705), and these were based on Sloane's dried specimens, except for a few drawn in Jamaica by the Rev. Garett Moore; see J.E. Dandy, The Sloane herbarium (1958), p. 204"--Catalogue of botanical books in the collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt.
• B. M. = Benjamin Motte. Cf. Catalogue of botanical books in the collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt.
• The running title for the first section of vol. 1 is "A voyage to Jamaica", but the running title for the rest of vol. 1 and vol. 2 is "The natural history of Jamaica".
• WIth printed marginal notes.
• Text continuous despite break in pagination.
• Signatures: vol. 1: [pi]² A-C² a-o² q² ²q-2p² 2q² (-2q2) B-3X² [chi]1; v. 2: [pi]² a-e² A-6A² 6B² (-6B2) 6C-6K².
• Includes index.
• Music of Jamaican songs, vol. 1, p. l-li.

Indexed In (note)

• Short title catalogue of eighteenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine
• English short title catalogue
• Catalogue of botanical books in the collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt
• Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration
• Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time
• Catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library

Provenance (note)

• with bookplate of Robert Heron in vols. 1 and 2 ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare+ 574-S (Sloane, H. Jamaica)

LCCN

07007820 //r862

OCLC

• 3683232
• NYPGR3683232-B

Author

Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753.

Title

A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica : with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, & c. of the last of those islands : to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America : illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved, in large copper-plates as big as the life / by Hans Sloane, M.D. fellow of the College of Physicians and secretary of the Royal Society ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].

Imprint

London : Printed by B.M. for the author, 1707-1725.

Indexed In:

Short title catalogue of eighteenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine, p. 420

English short title catalogue, T100752

Catalogue of botanical books in the collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt, 417

Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, 1854

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 82169

Catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, V, p. 126

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare+ 574-S (accession nos. B593599, B593600, B593607) with bookplate of Robert Heron in vols. 1 and 2 ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare+ 574-S: vol. 1 is bound in 2 parts: pt. 1 is the text, pt. 2 is the plates. NN

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Added Author

Motte, Benjamin, -1738, printer.

Savage, John, active 1680, engraver.

Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725, engraver.

Heron, Robert, 1764-1807, former owner.

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

Running Title

Voyage to Jamaica

Natural history of Jamaica

Research Call Number

Sc Rare+ 574-S (Sloane, H. Jamaica)

*KC+ 1707 (Sloane, H. Voyage to the islands Madera)

Stuart 1733