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WEST INDIES -- BENOIT, P.J. Voyage à Surinam. Description des possessions Néerlandaises dans la Guyane. Bruss., Société des Beaux-Arts, 1839. (4), 76 pp. W. tinted lithogr. front. and 99 ills. on 49 tinted lithogr. plates by Madou and Lauters after the author's drawings, all w. tissue guards. Fol. Cont. h. mor. extra w. dec. gilt back. (Spine ends sl. worn/chipped, lower joint split at the top, corners bumped, a bit foxed/browned).
Pierre Jacques Benoit (1782-1854), initially trained as a jeweler and goldsmith, visited the Dutch colony of Surinam in 1830, by then one of the centers of the slave trade. During his time in Surinam, he explored the coastal city of Paramaribo as well as the tropical interior, including the Jewish independent town of Savanna. Along the way, he produced dozens of drawings and paintings depicting architecture, plantations, slaves, and local rites, rituals, and customs. The handsome tinted lithographed plates present a graphic view of Guyana and Guyanese life. Included are views of Paramaribo, villages, public buildings, markets, plantation houses, dances, games, festivals, a funeral procession, costume, washing, billiard-playing, dwelling interiors, Indian utensils, jungle scenes, natural history plates, &c. There is also a depiction of a slave auction. - Sabin 4737; Muller, Cat. of books on America, 146; Doorne/Kempen, Suriname-cat. v.d. UB A'dam, 580a.€ 700
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