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A new voyage to Guinea : describing the customs, manners, soil, climate, habits, buildings, education, manual arts, agriculture, trade, employments, languages, ranks of distinction, habitations, diversions, marriages, and whatever else is memorable among the inhabitants : likewise, an account of their animals, minerals, &c. : with great variety of entertaining incidents, worthy of observation, that happen'd during the author's travels in that large country : illustrated with cutts, engrav'd from drawings taken from the life : with an alphabetical index

Title: A new voyage to Guinea : describing the customs, manners, soil, climate, habits, buildings, education, manual arts, agriculture, trade, employments, languages, ranks of distinction, habitations, diversions, marriages, and whatever else is memorable among the inhabitants : likewise, an account of their animals, minerals, &c. : with great variety of entertaining incidents, worthy of observation, that happen'd during the author's travels in that large country : illustrated with cutts, engrav'd from drawings taken from the life : with an alphabetical index / by William Smith, Esq; appointed by the Royal African Company to survey their settlements, make discoveries, &c.
Author: Smith, William (Surveyor)
Publication: London : Printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar, MDCCXLIV. [1744]

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Additional Authors

Nourse, J. (John), -1780

Description

iv, 276, [8] pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 22 cm

Alternative Title

Voyage to Guinea

Subjects

Genre/Form

Early works.

Note

"Illustrated with cuts, engrav'd from drawings taken from the life. With an alphabetical index."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indexed In (note)

English short title catalogue
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Source (note)

of Sidney Lapidus;

Provenance (note)

inscribed: in ink, on title page, "W.R. Deverell to the Statistical Society of London" ; on title page, partially legible stamp for the Statistical Society of London.

Binding (note)

rebacked leather boards, with gilt spine.

Call Number

BMG (Smith, W. New voyage to Guinea)

LCCN

05014627

OCLC

4329342

Author

Smith, William (Surveyor)

Title

A new voyage to Guinea : describing the customs, manners, soil, climate, habits, buildings, education, manual arts, agriculture, trade, employments, languages, ranks of distinction, habitations, diversions, marriages, and whatever else is memorable among the inhabitants : likewise, an account of their animals, minerals, &c. : with great variety of entertaining incidents, worthy of observation, that happen'd during the author's travels in that large country : illustrated with cutts, engrav'd from drawings taken from the life : with an alphabetical index / by William Smith, Esq; appointed by the Royal African Company to survey their settlements, make discoveries, &c.

Imprint

London : Printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar, MDCCXLIV. [1744]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indexed In:

English short title catalogue, T59354

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 84559

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare C 16-41 (Lapidus Collection) inscribed: in ink, on title page, "W.R. Deverell to the Statistical Society of London" ; on title page, partially legible stamp for the Statistical Society of London.

Binding

Copy in Sc Rare C 16-41 (Lapidus Collection) rebacked leather boards, with gilt spine.

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare C 16-41 (Lapidus Collection) has 5 leaves of plates.

Source

Gift; of Sidney Lapidus; 2015. Copy in Sc Rare C 16-41 (Lapidus Collection), Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.

Gift; of Sidney Lapidus; 2019. Copy in Sc Rare D 17-15 (Lapidus Collection), Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.

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Added Author

Nourse, J. (John), -1780, publisher.

Lapidus, Sidney, 1937- donor.

Running Title

Voyage to Guinea

Other Form:

Online version: Smith, William, surveyor. New voyage to Guinea. London, J. Nourse, 1744 (OCoLC)646880793

Research Call Number

BMG (Smith, W. New voyage to Guinea)

Sc Rare C 16-41 (Lapidus Collection)

Sc Rare D 17-15 (Lapidus Collection)

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