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A topographical and political description of the Spanish part of Saint-Domingo : containing, general observations on the climate, population, and productions : on the character and manners of the inhabitants : with an account of the several branches of the government : to which is prefixed, a new, correct, and elegant map of the whole island

Title: A topographical and political description of the Spanish part of Saint-Domingo : containing, general observations on the climate, population, and productions : on the character and manners of the inhabitants : with an account of the several branches of the government : to which is prefixed, a new, correct, and elegant map of the whole island / by M.L.E. Moreau de Saint-Mery, member of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, &c. ; Translated from the French by William Cobbett ; Vol. I[-Vol. II].
Author: Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E. (Médéric Louis Elie), 1750-1819.
Publication: Philadelphia : Printed and sold by the Author, Printer and Bookseller, no. 84, South Front-Street, 1796.

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Description

2 v. : map; 22 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

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Note

Vol. 1: 8, 8, liv, 314 p., [1] folded leaf of plates; v. 2, 318, [2] p.
List of subscribers, v. 1, p. [3]-8. Errata note, v. 2, p. [1] at end.
The table of contents in v. 2, p. [241]-318, was not translated by Cobbett. Cf. the note, p. [241].
Translation of: Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie française de l'isle Saint-Domingue.
Map drawn by I. Sonis, engraved by John Vallance.
Signatures: v. 1, pi⁴ [italic a in parenthesis]⁴ (a)-(f)⁴ (g)⁴(-(g)4) A-2Q⁴ 2R1; v. 2, [A]⁴ B-2R⁴ (2R4 verso blank)

Indexed In (note)

English short title catalogue
Evans, C. American bibliography
Gaines, P. W. Cobbett
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

with the bookplate: From the Library of Arthur A. Schomburg ; With the bookplate: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 972.94-M (Moreau de Saint Méry, M. Topographical and political description of the Spanish part of Saint-Domingo)

LCCN

20006419

OCLC

5298882

Author

Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E. (Médéric Louis Elie), 1750-1819.

Title

A topographical and political description of the Spanish part of Saint-Domingo : containing, general observations on the climate, population, and productions : on the character and manners of the inhabitants : with an account of the several branches of the government : to which is prefixed, a new, correct, and elegant map of the whole island / by M.L.E. Moreau de Saint-Mery, member of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, &c. ; Translated from the French by William Cobbett ; Vol. I[-Vol. II].

Imprint

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by the Author, Printer and Bookseller, no. 84, South Front-Street, 1796.

Indexed In:

English short title catalogue, W31204

Evans, C. American bibliography, 30818

Gaines, P. W. Cobbett, 15a

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 6806

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 972.94-M (accession no. B498939) with the bookplate: From the Library of Arthur A. Schomburg ; With the bookplate: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 972.94-M bound together in a single volume ; with printed auction catalog entry affixed to front pastedown ; copy imperfect: lacking map, title pages for vols. 1 and 2 damaged, affecting text. NN

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Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, translator.

Sonis, I., illustrator.

Vallance, J. (John), 1770-1823, engraver.

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

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 972.94-M (Moreau de Saint Méry, M. Topographical and political description of the Spanish part of Saint-Domingo)

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