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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 (Author)
Durell, William, 1766?-1845 (Printer)
Durell, William, 1766?-1845 (Bookseller)
Tiebout, Cornelius, 1773?-1832 (Engraver)
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso,1874-1938, (Former owner)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: MDCCXCI. [1791]
Place: New-York
Publisher: Printed and sold by W. Durell, at his book-store and printing-office, no. 19, Q. Street
Edition: First American edition.
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare B-Equiano (Equiano, O. Interesting narrative. 1st American ed. 1791)
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
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Books
Notes
Citation/reference: English short title catalogue, W20545
Citation/reference: Evans, C. American bibliography, 23353
Citation/reference: Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 3505
Statement of responsibility: written by himself ; vol I[-II]
Content: Vol. 1: [8], 194 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [2], 192 p., [1] folded leaf of plates.
Content: Includes "A list of subscribers" p. [5]-[8], v. 1.
Content: Pages 190-191, v. 1 mispaginated 200-201.
Content: Plates engraved by Cornelius Tiebout.
Content: Signatures: vol. 1: [A]⁴ B-R⁶ S²; v. 2: B-R⁶.
Acquisition: Sc Rare B-Equiano Purchase; Arthur A. Schomburg; 1926; (v. 1) B526344; (v. 2) B526345.
Ownership: Copy in Sc Rare B-Equiano (accession nos. B526344-B526355) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 v. in 1 : ill., port. ; 17 cm.
Microfilms
Type of Resource
Text
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR13388934-B
RLIN/OCLC: 13388934
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11757667
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3da1c360-46e7-013d-945e-0242ac110002
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