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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

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Names
Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797
Denton, W. (William), active 1792-1795 (Illustrator)
Orme, Daniel, 1766-1837 (Engraver)
Atkins, Samuel, 1760-1810 (Illustrator)
S.C. Barnes & Co (Engraver)
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso,1874-1938, (Former owner)
Bellamy & Robarts (Associated name)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1789
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for and sold by the author, no. 10, Union-Street, Middlesex Hospital; sold also by Mr. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard; Mr. Murray, Fleet-Street; Messrs. Robson and Clark, Bond-Street; Mr. Davis, opposite Gray's Inn, Holborn; Messrs. Shepperson and Reynolds. and Mr. Jackson, Oxford-Street; Mr. Lackington, Chiswell-Street; Mr. Mathews, Strand; Mr. Murray, Prince's-Street, Soho; Mess. Taylor and Co. South Arch, Royal Exchange; Mr. Button, Newington-Causeway; Mr. Parsons, Paternoster-Row; and may be had of all the booksellers in town and country,
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare B-Equiano (Equiano, O. ...Life of Olaudah Equiano. 1789)
Topics
Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797
Enslaved persons -- United States
Enslaved persons -- Great Britain
Slave trade -- West Indies, British
Slave trade -- Africa
Slavery -- United States
Slavery -- West Indies, British
Slavery -- Great Britain
Africa -- Description and travel
Genres
Portraits
Biographies
Books
Notes
Citation/reference: English short title catalogue, T140573
Statement of responsibility: written by himself ; vol. I[-II]
Content: Dedication dated: March 24, 1789.
Content: Below imprint, in square brackets: Entered at Stationer's Hall.
Content: With a list of subscribers in vol. 1.
Content: "Errata" (for both vols.)--p. [1] at end of vol. 1.
Content: Frontispiece portrait in vol. 1 signed: W. Denton pinxt. ; D. Orme sculpt.
Content: Engraved illustration at front of vol. 2, "Bahama banks, 1767", signed: Atkins Del. ; Barnes & Co. Sc.
Content: Vol. 1: [2], v, [9], 272, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [6], 255, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates.
Content: Signatures: vol. 1: [pi]² A⁶ B-M¹² N⁴ [chi]1; v. 2: [pi]1 [A]² B-L¹² M⁸.
Ownership: Copy in Sc Rare B-Equiano (accession nos. B571142, B571143) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Physical Description
Extent: 2 volumes : illustration, portrait ; 20 cm
Type of Resource
Text
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR4232810-B
RLIN/OCLC: 4232810
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11759201
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 78f8f070-74bd-013b-c4ed-0242ac110003
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